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Interview with Ross Mountain, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)

11/23/2007

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Ross Mountain, a national of New Zealand, was appointed Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in November 2004. In this capacity, he also serves as Resident Co-ordinator and Humanitarian Co-ordinator in charge of the reconstruction of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the preparations leading up to the election that has just taken place. For more than twenty-five years, Mr Mountain has gained experience in the fields of economic and social development and humanitarian affairs around the…

The World Meteorological Organization and International Council for Science launch the International Polar Year – 2007-2008 Interview with “WMO Polarman” Eduard Sarukhanian

11/23/2007

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Eduard Sarukhanian, a Russian national, has dedicated most of his life to Arctic and Antarctic research — either here in Geneva, in Russia or in the Polar regions themselves. His passion is the polar areas and, despite the cold and harsh climate, he talks about it with so much enthusiasm that even a “snow hater” would become a devoted “Polar fan” after spending an hour in his company. Eduard Sarukhanian was “bitten by the Polar bug a long time…