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Press
Statement
Statement by Ibrahim Thiaw,
Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of
the United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification on his Designation as Acting
Executive Secretary of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate
Change
Bonn, 21
June 2022
The
Secretary-General of the United Nations has
designated me to be the Acting Executive Secretary
of the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC), effective 17 July 2022,
and until a new Executive Secretary is
appointed.
I am confident that
together with Deputy Executive Secretary Sarmad
Ovais and the UNFCCC senior management, the
continuity will be uninterrupted during this
transitional period to deliver on the ambitious
agenda ahead of UNFCCC COP27.
I also
remain committed to ensuring that there will be no
disruption in the dispensing of my functions as
Executive Secretary of the United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and,
particularly, the delivery of the mandate the
UNCCD Parties have entrusted me with at
COP15.
I look forward to
working with the Secretary-General and UNFCCC
Parties to facilitate a smooth transition to the
next UNFCCC leadership and extend my thanks to the
UNCCD COP15 President, the Bureau and staff for
the willingness to share my time with our sister
Convention.
About
UNCCD
The United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is
the global vision and voice for land. We unite
governments, scientists, policymakers, private
sector and communities around a shared vision and
global action to restore and manage the world’s
land for the sustainability of humanity and the
planet. Much more than an international treaty
signed by 197 parties, UNCCD is a multilateral
commitment to mitigating today’s impacts of land
degradation and advancing tomorrow’s land
stewardship in order to provide food, water,
shelter and economic opportunity to all people in
an equitable and inclusive
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