Ban sees Sendai conference as kick off to "year of sustainability"

Ban sees Sendai conference as kick off to "year of sustainability"

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L), accompanied by Margareta Wahlstrom, Ban's special representative for disaster risk reduction, gives a speech at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 4, 2015. Ban said he will visit Sendai, Japan, in March to attend the Third U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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