President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete attends the High-level Retreat on "New Ideas for a Fair Globalization in Alpabch, Austria August 30, 2013. Left are members of his delegation, Professor Rwekaza Mukandala, Vice Chancellor of the University of Dar es salaam and Profesor Joseph Semboja, Principal Uongozi Institute.
 President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete attends the High-level Retreat on "New Ideas for a Fair Globalization in Alpabch, Austria August 30, 2013. Right is the host and Co-Chairman of the Retreat, Mr Manuel Jose Barroso, President of the European Commission, followed by Ms Valerie Amos, UN Under-Secretary-General of for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.
 President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete walks with Ms Kristalina Georgieva, the European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid, shortly before the start of the High-level Retreat on "New Ideas for a Fair Globalization in Alpabch, Austria August 30, 2013.
 President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete with Mr Manuel Jose Barroso, President of the European Commission, at the start of the High-level Retreat on "New Ideas for a Fair Globalization in Alpabch, Austria August 30, 2013.
 President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete with Mr Manuel Jose Barroso, President of the European Commission, at the start of the High-level Retreat on "New Ideas for a Fair Globalization in Alpabch, Austria August 30, 2013.
President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete walks with Dr Jeffrey Sachs, Director of Earth Institute at the Columbia University, as they head to the meeting hall to attend the High-level Retreat on "New Ideas for a Fair Globalization in Alpabch, Austria August 30, 2013.STATE HOUSE PHOTOS.

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UN Secretary
General, Ban Ki-moon appointed President Jakaya Kikwete to participate in the
retreat as part of the European Forum Alpbach 2013. He is the only African
leader who was appointed to attend a three-day retreat this
year. Austria’s President Heinz Fischer is also attending. 

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has informed the Forum  that the current situation in Syria will
force his early return to New York, hindering him from participation in the
final event on 

Saturday, August 31, 2013. Instead UN Under-Secretary-General for
Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos will
speak on Ban Ki-moon’s behalf. 

Together with Austria’s President Heinz Fischer, European
Commission President José Manuel Barroso and President Jakaya 

Mrisho Kikwete, she will discuss the topic “New Ideas for a Fair
Globalization: The Role of Politics. 

Franz Fischler, President of the European Forum Alpbach, said: “We
regret that the Secretary General will be unable to join us in Alpbach but
I naturally understand that the current issues being addressed 

by the UN demand his presence in New York.“ 

The three-day event commenced on Thursday, with an evening session
headed by Valerie Amos and the EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and
Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva. 

The final day of the European Forum Alpbach 2013 will begin on Saturday
with a panel discussion on “New Ideas for a Fair Globalization: What
Should Entrepreneurs Do?”. 

Prominent panelists will be the respected US American economist
Jeffrey Sachs, the Chairman of UN Energy, Kandeh K. Yumkella, 

the Chairman of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, the entrepreneur and founder of the Internet
platform WAMDA, Habib Haddad, as well as the Chairman 

of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis - IIASA,
Pavel Kabat. 

Following a performance by the Vienna Philharmonic, the Forum will
climax with a discussion between José Manuel Barroso, Valerie Amos, Jakaya
Mrisho Kikwete and Heinz Fischer about the role of the 

International community in the revision of post-2015 development goals
and new paths to cooperation between the United Nations and the European
Union.

President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete in a group photo with hosts and participants in the
High-level Retreat on "New Ideas for a Fair Globalization in Alpabch,
Austria August 30, 2013. To his left  is the host and Co-Chairman of the
Retreat, Mr Manuel Jose Barroso, President of the European Commission, followed
by Ms Valerie Amos, UN Under-Secretary-General of for Humanitarian Affairs and
Emergency Relief Coordinator. Third right is the Minister for Energy and
Mineral Professor Sospeter Muhongo.