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Opening Statement of the Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, to the Annual Meeting of the United Nations Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Issues, Montreal - 17 September 2007
It gives me great honor today, as Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity and host agency of this year's annual meeting, to welcome the members of the United Nations Inter-Agency Support Group on Indigenous Issues to Montreal and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biologi ...
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Message from the Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf on the Occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, 9 August 2007.
The celebration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People on 9 August 2007 presents an opportunity to draw attention to the contribution of indigenous and local communities to the conservation and sustainable use of the world’s biological diversity. It also provides opportunity ...
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#349252007-07-02
Discours prononcé par Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversité biologique Á la Douzième réunion de l’Organe subsidiaire chargé de fournir des avis scientifiques, techniques et technologiques de la Convention sur la diversité biologique
Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Twelfth Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity
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#344422007-06-26
“Global Alliance for Life on Earth” - Statement by Dr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at a Meeting organized at the United States Library of Congress by the Institute for Policy Innovation, Washington DC, 26 June 2007.
During this weekend, the temperature reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Romania; as a result at least four people died. This was a stark reminder of the exceptional heat wave that engulfed Europe in August 2003, which led in a matter of days to the death of more than 22,000 people. According to ...
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#343332007-06-20
Message from the Executive Secretary, Ahmed Djoghlaf, on the Occasion of World Refugee Day, 20 June 2007
As the world focuses on the plight of millions of refugees and displaced people on World Refugee Day, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity would like to pay tribute to the courage, strength, and compassion of not only the refugees, but also of those who give them: “a New Hom ...
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#340462007-06-14
Message from the Executive Secretary Ahmed Djoghlaf on the Occasion of World Day to Combat Desertification, 17 June 2007.
Dry and sub-humid lands represent a unique repository of biodiversity, culture and traditional knowledge. Home to two billion people, many of whom rely on biodiversity resources for their daily lives, dry and sub-humid lands contain extraordinarily high levels of endemism and are the origin of m ...
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#340432007-06-12
Statement delivered by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Royal Society and the Biodiversity Sub-Committee of the UK Government Global Environmental Change Committee Workshop Biodiversity – Climate Interactions: adaptation, mitigation and human livelihoods, The Royal Society, London, U.K., 12-13 June 2007
The world recorded this year the second warmest winter. Eleven out of the twelve past years have been the hottest years since meteorological data were first recorded in 1850. A study by NASA has shown that, during the last 30 years, world temperatures have been the highest in 12,000 years. The s ...
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#338612007-06-11
Statement by Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the Eleventh Session of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Rome, Italy, 11 June 2007.
It is a great pleasure and honour to address the eleventh session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. As Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, I wish to extend my most sincere gratitude to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United ...
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Statement delivered by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Countdown 2010 Partners Assembly, Brussels, Belgium, 11 June 2007
In April 2002, the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) committed themselves to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional and national levels as a contribution to poverty alleviation and to the benefit of all life ...
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#335202007-06-05
Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the 7th INFO/RAC NFPs Meeting of Barcelona Convention, Palermo, Italy, 5-7 June 2007
It is a great pleasure and honor to deliver a statement at the INFO/RAC Session of the Joint National Focal Points Meeting for the Mediterranean Action Plan.
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#336222007-06-05
Message from Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, for the World Environment Day, 5 June 2007, Berlin.
As climate change is one of the burning issues on the global agenda, it is only fitting that the theme of this year’s World Environment Day - Melting ice – a hot topic? coincides with International Polar Year, and is reflective of the impacts of climate change on our planet. In March the World M ...
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#334392007-06-04
Statement by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, at the Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, the Hague, 3-15 June 2007
It is a great pleasure and honour to address the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). As you know, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) attaches great importance to the need to ...
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#331102007-05-28
Opening Statement of Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to the Fourth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on the Review of the Expanded Programme of Work on Forest Biological Diversity, FAO, Rome, 28 May 2007
I am honoured to address the distinguished participants in the fourth meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Review of the Implementation of the Programme of Work on Forest Biological Diversity. This meeting is held at a crucial time. The ninth meeting of the Conference of the ...
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#329172007-05-22
Message from Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, on the Occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May 2007
Climate change is real. The United Nations lead scientific authority on climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in its most recent report, prepared by 2,500 experts from 130 countries, has indicated that the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth’s atmosphere i ...
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#329242007-05-22
Indigenous and Local Communities – the Human Face of Climate Change, Statement by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, for the Media Conference at UN Headquarters, New York, 22 May 2007
Since the appearance of man on earth, impacts on the natural functions of our planet have never been as destructive as in the last 500 years, leading to an unprecedented extinction of biological diversity on earth. The pressures on the planet’s natural functions caused by human activity and mani ...
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#329252007-05-22
Message of Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the Occasion of the Celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity at the Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom, 22 May 2007
Climate change is a real threat to our own future and to other species that share this planet. Following the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released earlier this year, this is crystal clear. We are already losing biodiversity at rates unprecedented since the demise of t ...
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#330692007-05-22
Discours délivré par Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention sur la diversité biologique, à la conférence Mission Antarctique : La Terre vue de la mer Conférence de Jean Lemire sur les changements climatiques et la biodiversité, Montréal, Canada, 22 mai 2007
La Terre vue de la mer donne certainement l’image d’une planète qui fait face au double défi des changements climatiques et de la perte de la biodiversité. En cette journée internationale de la diversité biologique partout sur la planète les gens s’informent et prennent conscience de l’enjeu cap ...