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Monday, July 14, 2014

PRESS INVITATION: 9 a.m. Media Launch of UN Report

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PRESS INVITATION: 9 a.m. Media Launch of UN Report assessing India and South Asia’s Progress on Development Goals – WEDNESDAY, 16 JULY 2014

UNIC India

To k.manoharan@unic.org

Today at 10:07 AM

Press Invitation – For Media Persons only

United Nations Information Centre

cordially invites you to the

media launch

UN Secretary-General’s 2014 Report on

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, 16 July 2014

(Early launch to avoid conflict with Parliament’s timings!)

VENUE: UN Conference Hall, 55 Lodi Estate, New Delhi-110 003

CHIEF GUEST:

Dr. Najma Heptulla

Union Minister of Minority Affairs, Government of India

The Report will be presented to the press by

Dr. Jayati Ghosh

Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Ms. Lise Grande, UN Resident Coordinator

will reflect on MDG challenges and opportunities for India.

Mrs. Kiran Mehra-Kerpelman,

Director, UN Information Centre for India and Bhutan

will chair the launch.

The Secretary-General’s MDG Report is an annual global report card on how countries and regions of the world have fared in delivering on the urgent and time-bound promises made in the Millennium Declaration that sought to reduce global poverty, hunger, illiteracy, infant and maternal mortality, and pledged to create strategies for better gender equality, a cleaner environment and health for all.

RSVP: unic.india@unic.org; Phone: 46532242

Please carry a Press Photo ID with you to facilitate your entry into the UN Premises;

You will have to trade the Photo ID at our security desk for the visitor’s pass; and follow standard security procedures.