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Top UN Officials on Climate, Development Goals in Washington
Media Availability: Amina Mohammed, Janos Pasztor here 17-18 April

Contact: Deborah DeYoung, UN Information Center, 202-276-8670, ddeyoung@unicwash.org, deyoung@un.org

WASHINGTON, April 14, 2015 /Standard Newswire/ -- Senior United Nations officials in Washington for the World Bank/IMF's Spring meetings are available to discuss with journalists the work currently under way by the international community on climate change and sustainable development:

WHO:
Amina Mohammed, UN Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning

Janos Pasztor, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Climate Change

WHEN:
17-18 April 2015

BACKGROUND:
2015 is a key year for work on the interconnected challenges of sustainable development and climate change. Several high-level meetings are expected to mark milestones toward agreements that will chart the international community's work for the coming years:

April 17-19 World Bank/IMF Spring Meeting

July 13-16 Financing for Development

September 25-27 UN Summit on Post-2015 Development Goals

December 1-11 Climate – Conference of the Parties 21

FOR MORE:
Sustainable Development Platform:
sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/5527SR_advance%20unedited_final.pdf

UN Secretary-General's Road to Dignity by 2030
www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=49509#.VS0_HIJ0zct

Climate Change Platform:
www.un.org/climatechange 

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change:
newsroom.unfccc.int  

TO ARRANGE AN INTERVIEW, PLEASE CONTACT:
Deborah DeYoung, UN Information Center
202-276-8670
ddeyoung@unicwash.org or deyoung@un.org