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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><BR><SPAN
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style="COLOR: #000080"><STRONG>Tina Birmpili of
Greece appointed as the Deputy Executive Secretary
</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN><BR><STRONG><SPAN
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style="COLOR: #000080">of the United Nations
Convention to Combat
Desertification</SPAN></SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13px">Bonn, 22 July 2020 – The
Executive Secretary of the United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD),
Ibrahim Thiaw, announced today the appointment of
Tina Birmpili of Greece as the next Deputy
Executive Secretary of the UNCCD.<BR> <BR>Ms.
Birmpili will assume the position on 1 October
2020. She is currently serving as the
Executive Secretary of the Vienna Convention for
the Protection of the Ozone Layer and its Montreal
Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone
Layer. Ms. Birmpili will succeed Pradeep Monga of
India to whom the Executive Secretary is grateful
for his dedicated service to the UNCCD secretariat
and the Global Mechanism.<BR> <BR>Ms.
Birmpili brings to the position over 25 years of
experience in policy analysis and implementation
on sustainable development related issues and
management at all levels of governance. She is a
former Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate
Change in Greece. Prior to joining the Ozone
Secretariat in 2013, she served as Ambassador of
Greece to the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD), in Paris.
Throughout her career, which included assignments
with the Athens Development Agency, the Open
University of Greece and the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs in different capacities, she has been
engaged in issues related to environment and
sustainable development.<BR><BR>Ms. Birmpili holds
a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and a Master of
Science (MSc) in Environmental Management and
Economics from Imperial College of Science,
Technology and Medicine, London.<BR><SPAN
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style="COLOR: #000000"> <BR>For more
information, you may contact: Ms. Yukie Hori -
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style="COLOR: #000000">yhori@unccd.int</SPAN></A><SPAN
style="COLOR: #000000"> and for media-related
questions contact: Ms. Wagaki Wischnewski
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the UNCCD</SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">The United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is
an international agreement on good land
stewardship. It helps people, communities, and
countries to create wealth, grow economies and
secure enough food and water and energy, by
ensuring land users have an enabling environment
for sustainable land management. Through
partnerships, the Convention’s 197 Parties set
up robust systems to manage land degradation and
drought promptly and effectively. Good land
stewardship based on a sound policy and science
helps integrate and accelerate the achievement
of the Sustainable Development Goals, builds
resilience to climate change and prevents
biodiversity loss. Land also plays a key role in
the prevention, preparedness, response, and
recovery phases of the COVID-19 pandemic,
securing rural livelihoods and creating green
jobs, supporting community resilience and
maintaining the sustainable delivery of
ecosystem services.
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United Nations Convention to Combat
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<DIV
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Secretariat</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"
align=left><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 22, 2020
10:31 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"
align=left><B>Subject:</B> Tina Birmpili of Greece
appointed as the Deputy Executive Secretary of
UNCCD</DIV>
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