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Late Breaking News from CSD-5

Updated 8 April 1997

Newly-elected CSD Chair Dr. Mostafa Tolba (Egypt).
The fifth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development got underway this morning at UN Headquarters in New York. Delegates elected Dr. Mostafa Tolba (Egypt) as Chair of the CSD. During the morning, delegates heard statements from outgoing CSD-Chair Rumen Gechev (Bulgaria), Tolba, Joke Waller-Hunter, Director of the Division for Sustainable Development, Derek Osborn (UK), Co-Chair of the CSD's Ad Hoc Intersessional Working Group, Dr. Manuel Rodriguez (Colombia), Co-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests, Birgitta Dahl, Chair of the High-Level Advisory Board, UNEP Executive Director Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Mohamed El-Ashry, CEO and Chair of the GEF, and Maurice Strong, Chair of the Earth Council.

In the afternoon, the High-Level Segment began. Sixteen ministers and ambassadors and three NGOs made statements regarding the report of the Ad Hoc Intersessional Working Group.

Wednesday's issue of the Earth Negotiations Bulletin summarizes Tuesday's meeting. You can also download the Earth Negotiations Bulletin in either text or PDF format.