Global Citizen Festival: Ban, Stevie Wonder and tens of thousands unite to end poverty
“There is so much energy here tonight. We can power the world,” said the Secretary-General, who key29819 was introduced by Mr. Wonder key29811 as key29809 he closed the concert,
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The focus of key29814 this year’s festival is celebrating success and accelerating progress to a world without extreme poverty by 2030. The concert is initiated by key29810 the Global Poverty Project which is campaigning to secure new commitments to health, education, women’s equality and global partnerships. The enthusiastic audience had received free tickets to the concert online after helping to key29815 spread key29808 the word or by volunteering to help end poverty.
“The United Nations thanks you for taking action to end poverty,” Mr. Ban added. “Remember: key29806 The UN starts with “U”.
The festival, which key29816 also featured Alicia Keys and Bono, among others, coincided with the UN General Assembly high-level debate at the UN Headquarters.
There were no high-level speeches at the festival, except for civil society key29820 which took to the stage to talk about their causes. Instead, the audience danced and sang along during the five-hour show to tunes that included Mr. Wonder’s hits “Superstition” and “Isn’t She Lovely.”
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the Global Citizen Festival at Central Park’s Great key29807 Lawn. Photo: UN Information Centres
Other performers included John Mayer, Kings of Leon, and Will.i.am, as well as key29813 Mr. Wonder’s special guests Janelle Monae and Maxwell.
Eradicating poverty was chosen by the latest UN General Assembly President John Ashe as the overarching theme key29817 of this year’s UN General Assembly, which concludes tomorrow.
In addition to speaking in their national capacities to the General Assembly, world leaders met to hammer out the parameters of a post-2015 sustainability agenda, which will success the eight anti-poverty targets know as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
At the start of the debate on key29812 24 September, the UN planned to hear from 84 heads of State, 41 heads of Government, 11 Deputy key29818 Prime Ministers and 65 Foreign Ministers on sustainable development, poverty eradication, climate change, human rights, and a range of peace and security issues.