Africa: Marking International Year, UN Chief Celebrates Role of Light in Boosting Sustainable Growth

19 January 2015

The role light-based technologies play in spurring sustainable development can help the international community tackle the challenges of the 21st century, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared today as he unveiled the International Year of Light - the United Nations effort showcasing light's vital contribution to issues related to energy, education, agriculture and health.

In a message delivered to the Year's opening ceremony held at the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris, the Secretary-General explained that light science has already revolutionized medicine, agriculture and energy while today's optical technologies has become the lynchpin to the basic infrastructure of modern communications.

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