IUCN’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations presents Letters of Credentials to the Secretary General
On 22 May 2024, the International Day for Biodiversity, the Permanent Observer of IUCN to the United Nations, Dr Sofie Sandström Jaffe, presented her Letters of Credentials to the UN Secretary General H.E. Antonio Guterres.
Sofie Sandström Jaffe, Permanent Observer of the International Union for Conservation of Nature to the United Nations, presents her credentials to Secretary-General António Guterres.
The formal ceremony included a bilateral meeting in which IUCN commended the progress made in the multilateral system and environmental governance in recent years. During this meeting, IUCN underscored its ongoing work in preparation for the September Summit of the Future, and praised the Secretary General for kickstarting this process to revive the multilateral system and provide momentum for decisive action on the most significant challenges of our time. In IUCN’s view, the Pact for the Future, the main outcome of the summit, should include a clear commitment to a fossil-free and nature-positive future.
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