- Yvo de Boer
Yvo de Boer (born 1954,
Vienna ) is the current Executive Secretary of theUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change . Prior to joining the UNFCCC, Mr. De Boer was Director for International Affairs of the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment of theNetherlands . He was in charge of international policy, both in the context of the European Union, as well as involving broader international cooperation.He also served as Deputy Director-General for Environmental Protection in the same Ministry, as Head of the Climate Change Department and has worked in the fields of housing and public information. He focused mainly on the climate change negotiations both before and after the signing of the
Kyoto Protocol .cite news|url=http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/csd14/bureau.htm|title=Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) Bureau Members Review Session: CSD-14|work=United Nations |date= May 1, 2006] Mr. De Boer has also worked for theUnited Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) earlier in his career.cite news|url=http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/sga1014.doc.htm|title=Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York|work=United Nations |date= August 10, 2006]He was born in
Vienna and is married with three children. As the son of a Dutch diplomat, he traveled the world extensively before entering boarding school in the United Kingdom and obtaining a technical degree insocial work in the Netherlands.cite news|url=http://www.terrapinn.com/2007/carbon/SpeakerList.stm|title=Opening up the carbon nation|work=The University of Chicago Gleacher Center, Chicago, USA|date= September 20, 2007]References
External links
* [http://unfccc.int/secretariat/executive_secretary/items/1200.php Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC] - Official UNFCCC profile
* [http://unfccc.int/files/press/news_room/press_releases_and_advisories/application/pdf/20060810_new_es_yvo_de_boer.pdf Yvo de Boer Appointed New UNFCCC Executive Secretary]UN Press Release,Bonn , 2006-08-10
* [http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/sga1014.doc.htm Secretary-General Appoints Yvo De Boer of The Netherlands As Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC]UN Announcement,New York , 2006-08-10
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