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The Earth Council - Geneva: Election of Reto Braun

Geneva (ots)

The Earth Council is pleased to announce the
establishment of the Earth Council - Geneva and the election of a
distinguished business and public service leader, Reto Braun, as its
Chairman.  The Earth Council - Geneva is an autonomous Swiss
non-governmental organization affiliated with the Earth Council
Foundation Canada with offices in San Jose, Costa Rica and the Earth
Council Foundation - USA. Founded at the Earth Summit in Rio de
Janeiro in 1992 at the initiative of the Summitís Secretary-General,
Maurice Strong, the Earth Council has a network of partner
organizations throughout the developing world.  The Earth Council
remains true to its original mission - to support and empower people
in building a more secure, equitable and sustainable future.
The Earth Council in Geneva (http://www.EarthCouncil.com) carries
out the climate change and market mechanism program in partnership
with the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and
spearheads the e-learning service called LearnSD. "With Reto Braun
we have an ideal leader to guide this organization. He brings to the
Earth Council his extensive international contacts and his knowledge
of the Information Technology industry gained during his 24 years
with the Unisys Corporation, as a Member of its Board and as
President and Chief Operating Officer of worldwide operations.  He is
highly qualified to take the leadership role to implement the Earth
Councilis strategies in close cooperation with its network of partner
organizations and the United Nations to provide professional services
to the global community that has emerged in service of sustainable
development."  Mr. Strong said.
Mr. Braun said, "We are fortunate to have the support of a
distinguished and experienced Board of Directors.  The Board includes
Maurice Strong; José Maria Figueres, Senior Managing Director of the
World Economic Forum and former President of the Republic of Costa
Rica; Juan Rada, Senior Vice President of Oracle Corporation;
Ambassador Mohamed Sahnoun, Senior Director, UN University for Peace;
Michael Zammit Cutajar, former Executive Secretary, UN Climate Change
Secretariat; Lucas Assunção, Coordinator, Climate Change and BioTrade
at UNCTAD.  Gao Pronove, a former UN staff member, serves as the
Executive Coordinator, and who together with Lucas Assunção,
spearheaded the start-up of the Earth Council Geneva as well as its
Online Learning Center for Sustainable Development
(http://www.LearnSD.org).
For further details, please refer to the Web-Site EarthCouncil.com

Contact:

earth council
Reto Braun - Chairman
Tel: +41/79/665'28'65
E-Mail: info@earthcouncil.com

UNCTAD
Lucas Assunção
Tel. +41/22/917'57'31
E-Mail: Lucas.assuncao@unctad.org