United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination PROGRAMME UN Secretary-General BAN Ki-moon, Chair of the UN System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB), invites you to a high-level event on The UN system partnering for the people of SIDS Monday, 1 September 2014, from 15:00 to 17:00, Faleata Sports Complex – Conference Room 1 The UN Secretary-General will be joined on the podium by H.E. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi , Prime Minister of Samoa, and Mr. WU Hongbo , Secretary-General for the Third International Conference on SIDS. Mr. Taleb Rifai , Secretary-General, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), will moderate an inter-active dialogue among the following speakers: Mr. José Graziano da Silva , Director-General, FAO Ms. Irina Bokova , Director-General, UNESCO Mr. Mukhisa Kituyi , Secretary-General, UNCTAD Ms. Helen Clark , Administrator, UNDP Mr. Achim Steiner , Executive Director, UNEP Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka , Executive Director, UN Women Ms. Rachel Kyte , Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change, World Bank Group Ms. Shamshad Akhtar , Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, UN/ESCAP Mr. WU Hongbo , Under-Secretary General, UN/DESA and Secretary-General for the Third International Conference on SIDS Ms. Valerie Amos , Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator, UN/OCHA Secretary-General BAN Ki-moon and UN system leaders will highlight the UN system’s tangible contribution to the sustainable development of SIDS. The high-level event will demonstrate how the UN system is working together with and for SIDS on sustainable social and economic development, climate change and disaster risk management, oceans and seas, and other priority areas. For more information, please contact Xenia von Lilien at [email protected] , +1-917-297-5345, or Cheryl Stafford at [email protected] , +1-917-572-0570 United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) www.unsceb.org The Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) is the longest-standing and highest level coordination forum in the history of the United Nations. Comprising the leadership of 29 member organizations, CEB itself is chaired by the UN Secretary-General. .