THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE GLOBAL
ENVIRONMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY:
FROM COMMON CHALLENGES TO SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES
United Nations, New York - 14-15 November 1997
BIOGRAPHIES OF PARTICIPANTS
Nii Boi Ayibotele is Chairman and Managing Director of the Ghana Water and Sewerage
Corporation. He was formerly Secretary of the Ghana National Committee for International
Hydrology and Water Resources Programmes. He was responsible for establishing the Water
Resources Research Institute of Ghana from 1966 to 1995. He is currently a member of the
International Advisory Committee of the United Nations University International Network on
Water, Environment and Health (UNU/INWEH). His recent publications include: Conservation
and Rational Use of Water in North African Countries, and Policies and Strategies
for the Development of Natural Resources and Energy in Africa. He holds a B.S. in
Engineering from the University of London.
Muthiah Alagappa is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for the Study of
Politics and Security at the East-West Center. His research interests include
international relations in the Asia-Pacific region, regional institutions,
democratization, and political legitimacy in Southeast Asia. He is the author of numerous
publications, including Asian Security Practices: The Ideational and Material
Influences, and The New Asia-Pacific Order. He holds a Ph.D. in
international affairs from Tufts University School of Law and Diplomacy.
Zehra Aydin-Sipos is the Focal Point and UN system-wide Task Manager for Major Groups
in the Division for Sustainable Development of the Department for Economic and Social
Affairs (DSD/DESA) at the United Nations. Her tasks focus on providing a link between the
Commission on Sustainable Development and the Major Groups as defined in Agenda 21,
consisting of NGOs, business and industry, local authorities, scientific and technological
communities, workers and trade unions, women, children and youth, indigenous people and
farmers. She has studied at Ankara College (Turkey), Illinois State University, and the
New School for Social Research.
Lina Briones is a professor in the Department of Soil Science at the University of
Philippines. She is involved in a farmer-scientist partnership whose work focuses on
sustainable agricultural development through a locally-based, non-governmental
organization known as MASIPAG. She is also active in a number of NGOs involved in rural
development. She is a co-author of An Introduction to the Elements of Agrotechnology
Transfer. She received an M.S. from the University of the Philippines, and a Ph.D. in
Soil Chemistry from the University of Hawaii.
Pamela Chasek is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University and Manhattan
College. She created, wrote and edited the Earth Negotiations Bulletin, a daily
bulletin on environment and development negotiations. Her recent articles have appeared in
Group Decision and Negotiation, and the Journal of Environment and
Development. She holds a M.A. in international affairs from the University of Miami,
and a Ph.D. in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University.
Jean-Marc Coicaud is a Senior Academic Officer at the United Nations University's
headquarters in Tokyo. He is the officer-in-charge of the UNU's programme on the United
Nations in the 21st Century (UN21). His recent publications include: Légitimité et
Politique. Contribution à l étude du droit et de la responsabilité politiques. He is
also author of a number of articles in International Relations. He holds a M.A. and a
Ph.D. from the University of Paris.
Charles Constantinou began working for the United Nations Secretariat in 1961, and
retired in 1995 as Chief of the Energy and Resources Branch in the Department of
Sustainable Development. He graduated from the London School of Economics.
Nitin Desai is Under Secretary-General of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs
(DESA) at the United Nations. He was formerly USG of the United Nations Department of
Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development (DPCSD). His previous positions include
Secretary and Chief Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Finance of the Government of
India, and more recently, Deputy Secretary-General of the 1992 United Nations Conference
on Environment and Development.
Michael W. Doyle is Director of the Center of International Studies and Professor of
Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is also Chairman of the
Editorial Board and the Committee of Editors of World Politics. His current areas
of special interest are in the philosophies of world politics and new developments in
United Nations peacekeeping. He is the author of numerous publications, including Peacemaking
and Peacekeeping for the Next Century (Rowman and Littlefield, forthcoming), Keeping
the Peace: Multidimensional UN Peace Operations (Cambridge University Press, 1997),
and Ways of War and Peace (W.W. Norton, 1997). He received an M.A. and a Ph.D. in
political science from Harvard University.
Peter Evans is a Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He
has written extensively on international political economy and development in Third World
states. Some of his publications include: State-Society Synergy: Government and Social
Capital in Development (University of California Press, 1997); Embedded Autonomy:
States and Industrial Transformation (Princeton University Press, 1995); and Bringing
the State Back In: New Perspectives on the State as Institution and Social Actor
(Cambridge University Press, 1985). He received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D degrees from
Harvard University.
Jacques Fomerand is the Director of the United Nations
University Office in North America. Previously he worked in the office of the
Under-Secretary General of the then Department for International Economic and Social
Affairs. His publications include: Economic and Social Questions in the Years Ahead:
Challenges and Opportunities for the Secretary-General. He is completing a book on U.S.
Development Cooperation at the United Nations, which will be published next spring. He
holds a Diplôme from the Institute d´Etudes Politiques, Aix en Provence, France, and a
Ph.D. from the City University of New York in Political Science.
Joanne Fox-Przeworski is Regional Director of the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP) Office in North America. Formerly OECD Co-ordinator for Sustainable Development and
Advisor to the Deputy Secretary-General she had held various posts at OECD since 1991. She
was a consultant to the Commission of European Communities, the European Center for Social
Welfare, Training and Research and the French-American Foundation. She conducted policy
research and fora as a Project Director of TRUST, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois. In addition
to publications in the above areas, she has written articles and a book on the copper
industry in Chile. She has an MA from Harvard University and a doctorate from Washington
University in St. Louis,
Lin Gan is a Senior Researcher at the Center for International Climate and
Environmental Research-Oslo (CICERO). His current work at CICERO deals with strategic
planning of new research projects concerning developing countries in Asia, in the areas of
energy development, environmental policy and planning, natural resources management, and
international institution. He was formerly a Research Fellow at the Center for Science and
International Affairs at Harvard University. He holds a Masters Degree in Social Science
from the University of Lund, Sweden, and a Ph.D. from Roskilde University, Denmark.
Peter H. Gleick is Co-Founder and President of the Pacific Institute for Studies in
Development, Environment, and Security. He is also an Advisor for the Comprehensive
Freshwater Assessment at the Stockholm Environment Institute. He received a B.S. from Yale
University in engineering and applied science, and a M.S. and Ph.D. from University of
California, Berkeley in energy and resources.
Jose Goldemberg is a Professor at the University of Saõ Paulo, Brazil. He is a former
Minister of State of Education of the Federal Government. He is also a former President of
the Energy Company of the State of Sao Paolo. He is author of many technical papers and
books on nuclear physics, environment and energy. He holds a Ph.D. in Physical Science.
Peter Hayes is a co-executive director at the Nautilus Institute, a non-profit research
and education institute. Currently, he is active as an environment and energy consultant
for developing countries, and writes widely about security affairs in the Asia-Pacific
region. His publications include: Pacific Powderkeg: American Nuclear Dilemmas in
Korea (Free Press, 1990) and American Lake: Nuclear Peril in the Pacific
(Penguin, 1987). He has a doctorate from the Energy and Resources Group at the University
of California at Berkeley.
Atul Kohli is a professor at Woodrow Wilson School of Politics, Princeton University.
He is member of International Peace and Security Committee, Social Science Research
Council, since 1992. His publications include: Democracy and Discontent: India's Growing
Crisis of Governability, and The State and Poverty in India: The Politics and Reform. He
holds a M.A. in International Affairs from Carleton University, Canada, and a Ph.D. from
the University of California, Berkeley.
Palitha T.B. Kohona is Chief of the Treaty Section of the Office of Legal Affairs at
the United Nations. His present functions include providing advice to Permanent Missions,
capitals, and others on questions of treaty law, and formulating and implementing legal
and administrative policy approaches. He holds a Ph.D. from Cambridge University.
Marc Levy is an instructor in Political Sciences at Williams College, and affiliated
with the Center for Environmental studies. He taught in the Politics Department of the
Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University from 1992-1996, and did his graduate work at
the School of Advance International Studies at Harvard University. He contributed to the
creation of a database on international environmental regimes. He is co-editor) of Institutions
for the Earth: Sources of Effective International Environment.
John R. Mathiason is an Adjunct Professor at the Robert S. Wagner School of Public
Service at New York University. He is also the Managing Director of the Associates for
International Management Services, Inc., a management consulting firm specializing in
international and not-for-profit management, community development, and information
services. Mr. Mathiason received a B.A. from St. Olaf College and a Ph.D. from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Chung-in Moon is a Professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of the
Center for International Studies at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. His recent
publications include Arms Control in the Korean Peninsula: International Penetrations,
Regional Dynamics, and Domestic Structure and Post-Cold War Democratization and
National Intelligence: A Comparative Perspective (both Yonsei University Press,
1996). He received a B.A. from Yonsei University, and an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the
University of Maryland.
Mikiyasu Nakayama is a Professor at Utsunomiya University (Japan). She is interested in
environmental monitoring and management of river and lake basins. She has been serving as
an advisor for several United Nations Organizations, as well as for Non-Governmental
Organizations. One of her publications deals with the Role of the World Bank in
Negotiation Process of the Indus. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of
Tokyo
Volker Rittberger is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the
University of Tubingen (Germany). He has held visiting appointments at Stanford
University, St. Antony's College, Oxford, the New School for Social Research, and the
University of Potsdam. Some of his publications in English include Theories of
International Regimes (Cambridge University Press, 1997) and Regime Theory and
International Relations (Clarendon Press, 1993). He received an M.A. and Ph.D. from
Stanford University.
Oscar de Rojas is the Deputy Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United
Nations and Chairman of the Second Committee of the 52nd General Assembly. He
served as a Permanent Observer to the United Nations for the Latin American Economic
System (SELA). He was the former Director-General for International Economic Affairs in
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela. He has participated extensively in
International Economic meetings and conferences since 1974, when he became Executive
Assistant to the Minister of State for International Economic Affairs. He holds a B.S.
from Louisiana University, and an M.A. in economics and international affairs from
Columbia University.
Holly Sims is an Associate Professor at the State University of New York in Albany, and
Regional Co-Editor for North America Public Administration and Development. Her current
research focuses on China's environmental stewardship, the implementation of the Montreal
Protocol in China and India, and economic crisis and environmental change in Cuba. She
holds an M.A. in Asian studies and a Ph.D. in political science, from the University of
California, Berkeley.
George Sorensen is a Professor of International Politics and Economics at the
University of Aarhus (Denmark). His recent publications include: Whose World Order?:
Uneven Globalization and the End of the Cold War, and Democracy and
Democratization: Processes and Prospects in a Changing World. He holds an M.A. in
political science and a Ph.D. in social science.
Egbert Tellegen is a Professor at the University of Amsterdam.
Paul K. Wapner is an Associate Professor of International Politics at the School of
International Service at American University. He is the author of Environmental
Activism and World Civic Politics (State University of NY Press, 1996), for which he
was awarded the Harold and Margaret Sprout Award at the 1997 meeting of the International
Studies Association. He received a B.A. from the University of Colorado (Boulder), an M.A.
from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. from Princeton University.
Ken Wilkening is Program Officer for the Nautilus Institute's ESENA (Energy,
Environment, and Security in Northeast Asia) Project. His research was a comparative study
of the role of science in international policymaking on the acid deposition issues in
Europe, North America and East Asia. As part of his research, he spent two years at the
National Institute for Environmental Studies of the Environment Agency of Japan. He holds
a B.S. in physics and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in environmental studies from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison.
Lyuba Zarsky is a Co-Director of the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable
Development in Berkeley, California. She heads the Institute's program on regional
environmental governance, which is focused on policy issues at the interface of
trade/investment liberalization and sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region.
She is currently working on a project which focuses on globalization and regional
governance in the Asia-Pacific. Her recent publications include: Environmental
Cooperation at APEC: The First Five Years, and Stuck in the Mud?: Nation-States,
Globalization and the Environment.
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