Archive for December, 2007

Rural Development Affairs Standing Committee of House of Peoples Representatives Visit IBC

Friday, December 21st, 2007

Rural Development Affairs Standing Committee of the House of Peoples Representatives visited the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (IBC) on 23 Hidar 2000 EC. The Director General of IBC, Dr. Girma Balcha, presented the overall background information on objectives, duties, achievements so far and constraints to the Conservation of Biological Diversity to the Committee.
According to Dr. [...]

The Director-General of UNESCO Awards Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation jointly to the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (Ethiopia) and…

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, has awarded the 2007 Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation jointly to the Institute of Biodiversity Conservation (Ethiopia) and to Dr Julius Oszlányi (Slovakia), in accordance with the recommendations of the Bureau of the International Coordinating Council of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme, which met in Paris 18 [...]

Message from the Executive Secretary Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf on the occasion of United Nations Day 24 October 2007

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Marking the anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Charter on 24 October 1945, United Nations Day celebrates the achievements and goals of the Organization. This year’s celebration reminds us that today more than ever before multilateral cooperation is required to address the unprecedented environmental challenges facing the world, and that the [...]