“2015 is the most crucial year for humanity”. This is how UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon emphasised the need for the UN and the OECD to push for concrete results during the decisive upcoming conferences on development finance, sustainable development goals and climate change. In a keynote speech at the OECD headquarters on 28 April 2015, Ban Ki-moon’s urged the organisation to continue in its endeavour in favour of economic and social stability which bolsters the UN’s mission of achieving worldwide peace.