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UNIS/MA/36
26 November 2013
VIENNA/NEW YORK, 26 November 2013 (Sustainable Energy for All) -United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim will make statements to media at 11:50 am (EST) on Wednesday, 27 November at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on action to catalyze financing to achieve the objectives of the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative.
The initiative, launched by the Secretary-General in 2011, seeks to achieve universal access to modern energy services, double the improvement rate of energy efficiency and double the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix.
The Secretary-General and World Bank Group President will make their remarks after a meeting of the Sustainable Energy for All Advisory Board, which they co-chair. Several members of the Advisory Board, representing countries and companies, will follow with brief remarks on their individual sustainable energy initiatives.
WHO: Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General
Jim Yong Kim, World Bank Group President
WHEN: Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 11:50 am - 12:30 pm (EST), 17:50 - 18:30 hrs (CET)
WHERE: UNHQ Delegates Dining Room 2-3
LIVE WEBCAST: UN Web TV
http://webtv.un.org/
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For more information and press materials, see
http://www.se4all.org
A limited number of seats will be available to print press for a working lunch of the Initiative to be held from 12:30pm-1:30pm. RSVP to A.Kamara[at]SE4ALL.org
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For further information please contact:
Anthony
Kamara
Sustainable Energy for All Initiative (SE4ALL)
Email: A.Kamara[at]SE4ALL.org
Mobile: (+43-699)1458-3402
Wynne
Boelt
UN Department of Public Information
Email: boelt[at]un.org
Telephone: (+1) 212-963-8264
Christopher
Neal
The World Bank
Email: cneal1[at]worldbank.org,
Telephone: (+1) 202- 473-2049
