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C I C MontralCANADIAN INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL
CONSEIL INTERNATIONAL DU CANADA
PRESERVING THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE ON EARTH:
AN OBJECTIVE OF THE UNITED NATIONS
ByDr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretaryof the Convention on
Biological Diversity
Welcome by
Mr. Pierre-Marc Johnson, Former Premier of Qubec
Monday June 7, 2010 at 7:30 p.m., registration at 7 p.m.
Hotel Hilton Montral Bonaventure, Room Le Portage, Lobby
level900, de la Gauchetire Street West, Bonaventure Metro
Station
Dr. Djoghlaf has pursued a distinguished diplomatic career that
has includedpostings with the Algerian government and the United
Nations Environment
Programme. He has been General Rapporteur of the Preparatory
Committee of
the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
(UNCED),
better known as the "Rio Summit" in 1992. In 2003 he was
appointed Deputy
Executive Director of UNEP after serving as Director and
Coordinator of the
Division of Global Environment Facility (GEF).He is also Deputy
Secretary
General of the United Nations and Minister Plenipotentiary at
the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Algeria. Mr. Djoghlaf took office as
Executive Secretary of
the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) January 3,
2006.
Free admission. Registration required.
E-mail [email protected](please write "reservation Lecture June 7,
2010"); Phone 514-987-3000 ext 7621.
Presentation in French followed by a question period in English
and French.
This lecture will discuss the important issues related to
theConvention on Biological Diversityas part of the UN
system and its mission with regard to world heritage of
biodiversity. The Convention is an international treaty
signed in Rio de Janeiro on June 5, 1992 to preserve lifes
diversity on earth. To date, 193 States and theEuropean Union are
Parties to the Convention. After the Rio Summit, Canada was the
first industrialized nation
to ratify the Convention in 1992. The City of Montreal is host
to the Secretariat of the Convention since 1996and, through a
unique partnership, it has incorporated the Convention into its
strategic plan for sustainable
development. The United Nations has declared 2010 the
International Year of Biodiversity and has convened a
Summit on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012
to mark the 20th
anniversary of the
Convention.
Mr. Djoghlaf will discuss the many challenges to the
implementation of the treaty, as well as the various
mechanisms implemented over the last twenty years to achieve
tangible results for each of the objectives of the
Convention, namely: conservation of biological diversity,
sustainable use of biological resources and the
equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic
resources. He will also discuss the UNs principlesand practices
influencing national and local heritage in biodiversity.
This lecture will be of particular relevance to professionals
and students in natural sciences, and to members oflocal and
national associations promoting biodiversity, and the general
public.
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