NORWEGIAN NOMINATED TO HEAD UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME. From: Europe Environment | Date: January 20, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Europe Information Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Norwegian Government officially announced on January 11 that it was putting forward former government minister Borge Brende for the post of Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The nomination was made the same day in a letter from Socialist Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. 40-year-old Mr Brende was Norway's (conservative) Minister of the Environment ...

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