The second big triumph is the successful conclusion, after 15 years, of the Millennium Development Goals, which have underpinned the largest, longest, and most effective global poverty-reduction effort ever undertaken. Two UN Secretaries-General have overseen the MDGs: Kofi Annan, who introduced them in 2000, and Ban Ki-moon, who, since succeeding Annan at the start of 2007, has led vigorously and effectively to achieve them.
第二大胜利是经过15年的努力，圆满完成了支撑有史以来规模最大、时间最长、效果也最显著的全球扶贫行动的千年发展目标。两任联合国秘书长曾负责千年发展目标的监督工作：2000年制定千年发展目标的科菲·安南，以及2007年初接替安南、为实现该目标做出积极有效努力的潘基文。