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| A BOLD COUNCIL FOR A GROWING UNION |
In its first meeting, the Council elected at the 3rd IUCN World Conservation Congress promised bold and strategic leadership to fulfil the promise of the Union and empower a strong and effective conservation movement that succeeds in making conservation everybody's business.
The Council appointed three additional members to ensure representation of indigenous issues, a field level perspective of the links between poverty reduction and nature, and the donor community. They are Aroha Te Pareake Mead from Polynesia, Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury from Bangladesh and Ton Boon von Ochssée from the Netherlands.
The new Council admitted 64 new members to the Union, including Trinidad and Tobago, originating from almost all regions. It brings membership figures to 1,086, including 81 State members, 113 Government Agency members, 775 National NGOs, 84 International NGOs and 33 Affiliate members.
The Council also recognized five IUCN national committees and one sub-regional committee, which will further strengthen the Union's work in Mozambique, Denmark, Turkey, Nicaragua and Chile, and in the South American region.
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