Noble Laureate Kailash Satyarthi's Children's Foundation is convening a summit called the 'Laureates and Leaders for Children Summit' in New Delhi from 10th of next month. <br/><br/>Briefing media in New Delhi today, Mr Satyarthi said, the platform aims to bring together Nobel laureates and world leaders who would commit to accelerating progress and achieving breakthroughs to benefit children, by signing a declaration.<br/><br/>He said, the two day event will be held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan and it will be inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee. He said, thirty-four nobel laureates extended their support to the initiative and 14 of them would assemble in Delhi and participate in the summit.<br/><br/>He said, 150 eminent personalities from academia, corporate sector, sports, industry, media and civil society will also be present. During the summit, the '100 million for 100 million' campaign will be launched which aims to mobilise over the next five years, 100 million youths for as many underprivileged children across the world.<br/><br/>Dalai Lama, former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, wife of late former South African president Nelson Mandela, Gra'a Machel, Nobel Prize winner and former president of Timor-Leste, Jos Ramos-Horta, Prof Yuan Lee will be attending the event. Other distinguished representatives of organisations which have been conferred the Nobel Peace Prize will also be in attendance.
News On AIR | November 3, 2016 8:48 PM
Satyarthi's Children's Foundation convening Nobel laureates summit in Delhi from Dec 10