Mostafa Tolba of UNEP - The Not-so-well-known Goodness of a Great Scientist and Leader

In December 1972, when the General Assembly decided on the location of the environment secretariat2 (what was to become the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in Nairobi), Dr Tolba became the first Deputy Executive Director (DED). [...]during their governing body sessions, the Commission a...

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Published in:Environmental policy and law 2016-06, Vol.46 (3/4), p.205
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