William Kamkwamba on building a windmill

In the late 19th century, al Mirr was described as a small mud village, with mill close to the river.

Briefings were made pursuant to rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure by William Lacy Swing, Special Representative of the Secretary General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye, Force Commander of MONUC.

When he was just 14 years old, Malawian inventor William Kamkwamba built his family an electricity generating windmill from spare parts, working from rough plans he found in a library book.

The current main building dates from 1914, but a mill dates from the 1750s and Finland oldest walved stone bridge from 1777 is on the King's Road (, ) which passes by the manor.

In the 1930s jazz, and particularly swing, both in urban based dance bands and blues influenced country swing, was among the first music to present African American sounds for a predominantly white audience.

Briefings were made pursuant to rule 39 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure by Mr. William Lacy Swing, Special Representative of the Secretary General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye, Force Commander of MONUC.

The cost will be 1 billion, but the EU says that this is incredibly cheap when compared to the cost of inaction on climate change, which will run into the trillions. It should be obvious that the 1 billion windmill doesn t negate the trillions of dollars of damage from climate change that we still have to pay by the end of the century.

The Group wishes to thank the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), in particular the Special Representative of the Secretary General, William Lacy Swing, for the support it has received, both in terms of information and logistics.

The mission was accompanied by the Special Representative of the Secretary General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, William Lacy Swing, in Kinshasa, Mbuji Mayi, Kamina, Entebbe and Kigali, while the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Burundi, Carolyn McAskie, accompanied the mission in Bujumbura, Entebbe, Kigali and Dar es Salaam.

In conclusion, I would like to thank my Special Representative, William Lacy Swing, and the men and women of MONUC, the United Nations system and international partners for their untiring efforts, often under conditions of personal risk, to bring peace to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

At age 14, in poverty and famine, a Malawian boy built a windmill to power his family's home. Now at 22, William Kamkwamba, who speaks at TED, here, for the second time, shares in his own words the moving tale of invention that changed his life.