Achim Steiner re-elected executive director UN Environment program

Achim Steiner, executive director of the program for the environment of the United Nations (UNEP), was re-elected for a term of two years, starting in June this year.

Steiner was re-elected by the Assembly of the UN unanimously and with the recommendation of the current Secretary General of the Organization, Ban Ki-moon. The current executive director was chosen for the post for the first time in 2006, referred to a statement issued by the UN.

Before joining the Organization's environment program, Achim Steiner, German and Brazilian nationality, was director-general of the International Union for conservation of nature and natural resources between 2001 and 2006.

During the previous mandate, Steiner launched the Green Economy initiative, in 2008, established the first scientific-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystems and adopted the Convention of Minamata for mercury.

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