President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be joining former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the 2014 annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative to extend Sri Lanka’s support to the Elephant Action Network that works toward preventing elephant poaching and ivory trafficking, the President’s Media said.
The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) was established in 2005 by former U.S. President Bill Clinton. An initiative of the Clinton Foundation, CGI convenes global leaders to create and implement innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. CGI Annual Meetings have brought together more than 180 heads of state, 20 Nobel Prize laureates, and hundreds of leading CEOs, heads of foundations and NGOs, major philanthropists, and members of the media.
To date, members of the CGI community have made more than 2,900 Commitments to Action, which have improved the lives of over 430 million people in more than 180 countries. When fully funded and implemented, these commitments will be valued at $103 billion.
The 2014 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, taking place Sept. 21-24, 2014, in New York City will convene more than 1,000 global leaders in business, government, and civil society organisations.
