Ibrahim Thiaw Takes Over As Acting Director General of the World Conservation Union

Ibrahim Thiaw, the Director of the Union’s West Africa Office has been appointed as acting Director General of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) after the departure of Achim Steiner on 31 May 2006. Achim Steiner stepped down from the position of Director General to take up the post of Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi, Kenya on 15 June 2006.