Dear friends

2015 will be a critical year for the global community and the United Nations. It is the year we face several decisions – on disaster risk reduction, financing for development, sustainable development and climate – that will shape our collective futures for generations to come.

Earlier this year the Department of Public Information launched “2015: Time for Global Action”, the UN system-wide campaign that aims to build public support for the sustainable development agenda and show how the issues behind some of this year’s most important events are interconnected.

As part of the campaign, a new website – www.un.org/action2015 – is now live and will shortly be available in all six official UN languages. This website will serve as a source of news, as a portal to UN system websites, and as the anchor for a robust social media campaign. It will also link to the extensive civil society mobilization under way through the concurrent Action 2015 campaign.

The website has been designed with the general public in mind and to complement the existing and very informative UN websites that focus on the substance of the processes. We hope to continue to build the new website, with your help, adding more news, features, graphics, videos and photos that will help people understand the issues and find ways to join in and take action.

We look forward to working with you to implement the wider “2015: Time for Global Action” campaign and to helping achieve the kinds of outcomes this year that will lead to better lives for everyone.

Thank you.  

Cristina Gallach
Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information