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Dear Ambassador Singh,

The Secretary-General of the United Nations has asked me to transmit to you his message to the conference commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), to be held in Fontainebleau, Paris.

Please accept my best wishes for every success at the conference

Sincerely yours, I

Mitch Werner Principal Officer Executive Office of the Secretary-General

Ambassador Bhagwat Singh Representative of IUCN at the United Nations New York UNITED NATIONS «W NATIONS UNIES

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

MESSAGE TO THE WORLD CONSERVATION UNION ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY Fontainebleau, 3 November 1998

It gives me great pleasure to pay tribute to the World Conservation Union on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. The IUCN is a vital partner of the United Nations, an influential advocate of environmental protection and a powerful force for sustainable development. Indeed it is a measure of the lUCN's stature and success over the course of half a century that so many Governments, non-governmental organizations and eminent persons from around the world have come together for this ceremony and symposium. The Government of France merits our gratitude for hosting this truly global event.

Increasingly in today's interdependent world, all countries are affected by the same challenges. Some threats are overt, such as terrorism, disease and the proliferation of arms. Others are insidious, such as drug-trafficking and corruption. All transcend borders; they are what I call "problems without passports", which no country can resolve or ward off on its own. Environmental degradation is the quintessential example of this phenomenon. Such pressures, both locally and globally, are already severe and will increase steadily in the next 50 years. We must take international cooperation to a new level.

The United Nations has long spearheaded multilateral cooperation for safeguarding the environment and, more broadly, for economic and social progress that benefits all peoples. Landmark world conferences such as the "Earth Summit" in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and subsequent gatherings on related issues such as population, poverty, human rights, unemployment, crime, trade, food security, human settlements and natural disaster preparedness have enabled the international community to chart a new, cohesive course of development for a new era in global affairs.

These efforts were exercises in public awareness and, most important, in consensus- and alliance-building. As we look to tomorrow's world, this path of partnership -- among Governments, international organizations, the private sector and the increasingly robust forces of civil society ~ is how the global interest can best be served and the well-being of our planet assured. The role of the United Nations is clear: to be the place where all can come together: for peace, for justice, for human rights, for improved standards of living, for environmental protection and for sustainable development. In that spirit, I am pleased to salute the World Conversation Union on this happy occasion. As we pursue our common objectives in the years to come, I look forward to working with you. UNITED NATIONS Wmi NATIONS UNIES

MESSAGE DU SECRETAIRE GENERAL A L'OCCASION DU CINQUANTIE ME ANNIVERSAIRE DE L'ALLIANCE MONDIALE POUR LA NATURE Fontainebleau. le 3 novembre 1998

J'aile grand plaisir de souhaiter a 1'Alliance mondiale pour la nature un excellent cinquantieme anniversaire. Ardent defenseur de l'environnement et puissant avocat du developpement durable, 1'Alliance est un precieux partenaire pour 1'Organisation des Nations Unies. Le nombre de gouvernements et d'organisations non gouvernementales representees ici, ainsi que celui des eminentes personnalite's du monde entier qui ont tenu a participer a cette ceremonie et au symposium, temoignent du renom qu'ellea acquis en un demi-siecle d'activite. La France, qui accueille cette manifestation d'envergure veritablement mondiale, merite toute notre gratitude.

Dans un monde devenu interde pendant, les pays doivent de plus en plus relever des defis communs. Les menaces auxquelles ils doivent faire face peuvent etre tres manifestes, comme le terrorisme, les maladies et la proliferation des armes, ou plus insidieuses, comme le trafic des drogues et la corruption. Mais en aucun cas elles ne s'arretent aux frontieres. C'estpourquoi je les appelle les "problemes sans passeport": aucun pays ne peut les eviter ou les resoudre par lui-meme. La degradation de l'environnement est un excellent exemple de ce type de phenomene. Les pressions que subit l'environnement, aux niveaux tant local que mondial, sont deja lourdes; elles ne feront que s'alourdir au cours des 50 prochaines annees. Face a ce constat, nous devons absolument renforcer la cooperation internationale.

L'ONU se fait depuis longtemps le champion d'une cooperation multilaterale visant a proteger l'environnenient et, plus generalement, a favoriser un developpement economique et social benefique a 1'humanite toute entiere. Dans le cadre du "Sornmet Planete Terre", organise a Rio de Janeiro en 1992, et d'autres grandes conferences axees sur des themes connexes tels que la population, la pauvrete, les droits de rhomme, le chomage, la criminalite, le commerce, la securite alimentaire, les etablissements humains et la planification des mesures a prendre en cas de catastrophe naturelle, la communaute internationale a pu tracer, de fagon concerte'e, la voie qui doit lui permettre d'entrer dans une ere nouvelle.

Ces conferences ont ete des outils de sensibilisation, mais elles ont aussi et surtout permis de degager des consensus et de nouer des alliances. Creer des partenariats associant les Etats, les organisations Internationales, le secteur prive et ce corps de plus en plus vivace qu'est la societe civile est le meilleur moyen de defendre les interets de 1'humanite et d'assurer la survie de notre plan ete. Quant a 1'ONU, son role est clair: elle doit etre un lieu de rassemblement ou tous peuvent oeuvrer de concert en faveur de la paix, de la justice, des droits de rhomme, de la protection de I'environnement et du developpement durable. C'est dans cet esprit que je rends hommage a 1'Alliance mondiale pour la nature. Je sais qu'au cours des annees a venir, nous continuerons a poursuivre des objectifs communs. D'avance, je me felicite de cette collaboration. ARTICLE FOR "IMAGINE TOMORROW'S WORLD", SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION OF NEWSWEEK INTERNATIONAL COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORLD CONSERVATION UNION (IUCN)

THE UNITED NATIONS: PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT by Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Increasingly in today's interdependent world, all countries are affected by the same challenges. Some threats are overt: terrorism, disease, arms proliferation. Others are insidious, such as drug-trafficking and money-laundering. All of them transcend borders; they are "problems without passports", which no country can resolve or ward off on its own. The quintessential example of this phenomenon is environmental degradation, from water pollution and deforestation to climate change and hazardous wastes.

To address such challenges, more people and more organizations are becoming involved in international cooperation for the common good. The role of the United Nations is clear: to be the place where Governments, organizations such as the World Conservation Union, and others among the increasingly robust forces of civil society can come together in partnership for peace, for justice, for human rights, for improved standards of living, for environmental protection and for sustainable development — development that meets our current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Pressures on local and global environments are already severe and will increase steadily in the next 50 years. Developed countries have the resources and expertise to address some of the problems they will face, providing they have the political will to do so. Developing countries, with fewer resources and less expertise, will confront problems — including unique situations stemming from high population densities, rapid urbanization and demands for land and water — that are much greater than they were for the developed countries at comparable levels of economic and social development. These differences should not obscure the fact that we — developed and developing countries alike — face the future together, not only as a matter of shared stewardship over our one earth but also because globalization and the world economy are binding us ever closer together. In short, we must take international cooperation to a new level.

The United Nations has long spearheaded multilateral cooperation for safeguarding the environment and, more broadly, for economic and social progress that benefits all peoples. Landmark world conferences such as the "Earth Summit" in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and subsequent gatherings on related issues such as population, poverty, human rights, unemployment, crime, trade, food security, human settlements and natural disaster preparedness have enabled the international community to chart a new, cohesive course of development for a new era in global affairs. These efforts showed that Government action is crucial to ensuring sustainable development. But they were also exercises in consensus- building showing that the role of governments is becoming more complex, requiring alliances involving other Governments, regional and international organizations, the private sector, civil society and NGOs. As we look to tomorrow's world, this path — the path of partnership ~ is how the global interest can best be served and the well-being of our planet assured. UNITED NATIONS WEf NATIONS UNIES

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

MESSAGE TO THE WORLD CONSERVATION UNION ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY Fontainebleau. 3 November 1998

It gives me great pleasure to pay tribute to the World Conservation Union on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. The IUCN is a vital partner of the United Nations, an influential advocate of environmental protection and a powerful force for sustainable development. Indeed it is a measure of the lUCN's stature and success over the course of half a century that so many Governments, non-governmental organizations and eminent persons from around the world have come together for this ceremony and symposium. The Government of France merits our gratitude for hosting this truly global event.

Increasingly in today's interdependent world, all countries are affected by the same challenges. Some threats are overt, such as terrorism, disease and the proliferation of arms. Others are insidious, such as drug-trafficking and corruption. All transcend borders; they are what I call "problems without passports", which no country can resolve or ward off on its own. Environmental degradation is the quintessential example of this phenomenon. Such pressures, both locally and globally, are already severe and will increase steadily in the next 50 years. We must take international cooperation to a new level.

The United Nations has long spearheaded multilateral cooperation for safeguarding the environment and, more broadly,.for economic and social progress that benefits all peoples. Landmark world conferences such as the "Earth Summit" in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and subsequent gatherings on related issues such as population, poverty, human rights, unemployment, crime, trade, food security, human settlements and natural disaster preparedness have enabled the international community to chart a new, cohesive course of development for a new era in global affairs.

These efforts were exercises in public awareness and, most important, in consensus- and alliance-building. As we look to tomorrow's world, this path of partnership ~ among Governments, international organizations, the private sector and the increasingly robust forces of civil society ~ is how the global interest can best be served and the well-being of our planet assured. The role of the United Nations is clear: to be the place where all can come together: for peace, for justice, for human rights, for improved standards of living, for environmental protection and for sustainable development. In that spirit, I am pleased to salute the World Conversation Union on this happy occasion. As we pursue our common objectives in the years to come, I look forward to working with you. ,10/3Q/98 FBI 17:37 FAX 212 963 1185 EXEC OFF SEC-GEN/EXT REL iiooi

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MESSAGE DU SECRETAIRE GENERAL A L'OCCASION DU CINQUANTIEME ANNIVERSAIRE DE L'ALLIANCE MONDIALE POUR LA NATURE Fontainebleau. le 3 novembre 1998

J'aile grand plaisir de souhaiter a 1'Alliance mondiale pour la nature un excellent cinquantieme anniversaire. Ardent defenseur de l'environnement et puissant avocat du developpement durable, 1'Alliance est un precieux partenaire pour 1'Organisation des Nations Unies. Le nombre de gouvernements et d'organisations non gouveraementales repr£sentees ici, ainsi que celui des eminentes personnalite's du monde entier qui ont tenu a participer a cette ceremonie et au symposium, temoignent du renom qu'elle a acquis en un demi-siecle d'activite. La France, qui accueille cette manifestation d'envergure veritablement mondiale, merite toute notre gratitude,

Dans un monde devenu interdependent, les pays doivent de plus en plus relever des defis communs, Les menaces auxquelles ils doivent faire face peuvent etre tres manifestes, comme le terrorisme, les maladies et la proliferation des armes, ou plus insidieuses, comme le trafic des drogues et la corruption. Mais en aucun cas elles ne s'arretent aux frontieres. C'estpourquoi je les appelle les "problemes sans passeport": aucun pays ne peut les eviter ou les resoudre par lui-meme. La degradation de renvironnement est un excellent exemple de ce type de phenomene. Les pressions que subit renvironnement, aux niveaux tant local que mondial, sont deja lourdes; elles ne feront que s'alourdir au cours des 50 prochaines annees. Face a ce constat, nous devons absolument renforcer la cooperation Internationale.

L'ONU se fait depuis longtemps le champion d'une cooperation multilaterale visant a proteger renvironnement et, plus generalement, a favoriser un developpement economique et social benefique a rhumauite toute entiere. Dans le cadre du "Sommet Planete Terre", organise a Rio de Janeiro en 1992, et d'autres grandes conferences axees sur des themes connexes tels que la population, la pauvrete, les droits de rhomme, le chomage, la criminalite, le commerce, la securite alimentaire, les etablissements humains et la planification des mesures a prendre en cas de catastrophe naturelle, la communaute QCT-21-1998 19=36 FRENCH MISSION TO UN P.01

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SECRETARIAT DES NATIONS UNIES A I'attention de Mme LINDENMAYER Fax: 963 35 11

Objet: SOeme anniversaire de TUICN (Fontainebleau ; 3-5 novembre 1998)

"La France celebreia prochainement le cinquantieme anniversaire de I'lMon mondiale pour la nature (UICN)- Cette c&e'monie, qui aura lieu a Fontainebleau du 3 au 5 novembre 1998, sera inauguree par le President de la RSpublique et ciSture'e par le Premier Ministre. Elle constimera le dernier grand Sommet international sur !a Protection de la nature avant 1'an 2000. Plus de six cents personnalhes et repre"sentaat9 d'organismes gouvemementaux et non gouvernementaux ont ete convi6s au symposium organist a cette occasion.

Par ailleuis, un comite" dlionneur compose de hautes personnaiites a ete constitu^. M. Kofi Annan a accepte d'en falre partie. Retenu a New York en raison de la tenue de I'Assembl^e Generale, le Secretaire General des Nations Unies aurait laisse entendre qu'il adresserait un message pour la circonstance." ^

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THE UNITED NATIONS: PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT by Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Increasingly in today's interdependent world, all countries are affected by the same challenges. Some threats are overt: terrorism, disease, arms proliferation. Others are insidious, such as drug-trafficking and money-laundering. All of them transcend borders; they are "problems without passports", which no country can resolve or ward off on its own. The quintessential example of this phenomenon is environmental degradation, from water pollution and deforestation to climate change and hazardous wastes.

To address such challenges, more people and more organizations are becoming involved in international cooperation for the common good. The role of the United Nations is clear: to be the place where Governments, non-governmental organizations such as the World Conservation Union, and others among the increasingly robust forces of civil society can come together in partnership for peace, for justice, for human rights, for improved standards of living, for environmental protection and for sustainable development — development that meets our current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Pressures on local and global environments are already severe and will increase steadily in the next 50 years. Developed countries have the resources and expertise to address some of the problems they will face, providing they have the political will to do so. Developing countries, with fewer resources and less expertise, will confront problems — including unique situations stemming from high population densities, rapid urbanization and demands for land and water — that are much greater than they were for the developed countries at comparable levels of economic and social development. These differences should not obscure the fact that we ~ developed and developing countries alike — face the future together, not only as a matter of shared stewardship over our one earth but also because globalization and the world economy are binding us ever closer together. In short, we must take international cooperation to a new level.

The United Nations has long spearheaded multilateral cooperation for safeguarding the environment and, more broadly, for economic and social progress that benefits all peoples. Landmark world conferences such as the "Earth Summit" in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and subsequent gatherings on related issues such as population, poverty, human rights, unemployment, crime, trade, food security, human settlements and natural disaster preparedness have enabled the international community to chart a new, cohesive course of development for a new era in global affairs. These efforts showed that Government action is crucial to ensuring sustainable development. But they were also exercises in consensus-building showing that the role of governments is becoming more complex, requiring alliances involving other Governments, regional and international organizations, the private sector, civil society and NGOs. As we look to tomorrow's world, this path ~ the path of partnership — is how the global interest can best be served and the well-being of our planet assured. Newsweek International 251 West 57th Street | New York | N.Y. | 10019-1894

Peter J. Luffman President

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May 14, 1998

Dear Mr. Secretary General,

Never before in the history of our planet has humankind altered the balance of natural systems and endangered its own existence as critically as today. The public depends primarily on the media for information on the environment and, in turn, the media are increasingly acquiring an educational role. On the occasion of its 50th Anniversary, JUCN - The World Conservation Union, has asked Newsweek International to help reach out to key constituencies that have not traditionally interacted with the conservation movement, particularly decision-makers in the private sector. I have the privilege and pleasure to seek your support in this endeavor.

JUCN, the world's biggest environmental organization and Newsweek, the world's leading global magazine, are working in partnership to commemorate 50 years of world conservation through a special advertising section entitled, "Imagine Tomorrow's World," lUCN's 50th Anniversary theme. This is due to appear on November 2, 1998, to .coincide with an international event.being planned jn Fontamebleu, France, Enclosed in the body of several international editions of Newsweek, the section is to feature a range of contributions by committed and influential personalities being invited by the Presidents of France and of the Union, as well as Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, lUCN's Patron, to join the Union's 50th Anniversary Honorary Committee.

So as to maximize the awareness raised through this special section, Newsweek is also considering the possibility of offering its contents for translation and publication in non- competing leading national magazines around the world, free of cost.

This special section, to be produced by Newsweek' s Special Projects Department, aims to be an exercise in futurism, seeking tojjroject a world that wili_be_fiUQjjye in 50 years from now and ejjtrjlOTr^th^jn policy decisions takerrtoday. How may we - individually and collectively - help to ensure flTaTThTpTaneTwiirsupport its people with dignity and equity in a setting that is beautiful and rich with species other than our own?

News week's Special Projects Department has elaborated an editorial outline in which your contribution might be:

C t ^ 11 The New Green Governments of the 21st Century As the human species strives to protect the planet, our governments and institutions will have to implement and embody environmental goals. But what shape will these institutions take in the 21st century and beyond? In a series of interviews, Newsweek will ask some of the word's most important leaders to imagine the green governments of the future. Participants in this Newsweek roundup will include Dr. Oscar Arias Sanchez, former President of Costa Rica, H.E. Alpha Oumar Konare, President of Mali; Jacques Chirac, President of France; H.R.H. Prince Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah, brother of the King of Nepal and President of the King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation; Dr. Song Jian, State Counselor, China; H.E. Flavio Cotti, President of the Swiss Confederation; H.R.H. Prince of Wales; H.H. Prince Saddrudin Aga Khan, Former High Commissioner for Refugees, Former Special Counselor for humanitarian affairs to the Secretary General of the United Nations, founder and President of the Foundation de Bellerive, and Alp Action; HM Queen Noor Al- Hussein of Jordan; Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the UN; Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, daughter of the King of Thailand and heir to the Throne; and Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of the United Nations Environmental Program.

A short and lively 500-word article by you on this theme would be truly inspiring and enlightening. Newsweek and IUCN will provide high-quality photographic and graphic illustrations to enrich this section. A special KJCN-Newsweek Committee will be at your disposal for information, advice and fact-checking. You are naturally welcome to propose an alternative theme for your contribution or, in case you lack time to produce an article, we would be happy to organize a personal interview.

We trust that you will accept to contribute your personal vision or individual perspective on "Imagine Tomorrow's World" for the benefit of public awareness through this special advertising section. We should be most grateful if you would inform us of your decision at your earliest convenience. Should you agree to contribute an article, we would need to receive your text or set up a personal interview by Tuesday, July 15,1998. All articles will be submitted in their final form back to their authors for approval before the layout and production of the special section.

Concern for environmental issues has been a consistently high priority for Newsweek, and we welcome this opportunity to co-operate with you in raising international awareness of the key forces that are shaping the world in which we live.

With respect, LE PRESIDENT DE LA REPUBLIQUE Paris, le 4 ma± 1998.

Madame la Presidente,

Je me rejouis que Fontainebleau puisse recevoir, en novembre prochain, le Congres international qui marquera le 50eme anniversaire de l'Union Mondiale pour la Nature, fondee dans cette ville en 1948.

L'ambition de PUICN de saisir cette occasion pour tracer les perspectives de la conservation de la nature dans le monde de demain, est judicieuse. Les effets de la mondialisation, des nouvelles technologies, de Pindustrialisation progressive du Tiers Monde doivent en effet etre mieux pris en compte, pour nous permettre, ensemble, de developper les strategies appropriees.

J'accepte volontiers la presidence du Comite d'honneur dont vous m'avez propose la constitution. Par leur rayonnement, les personnalites qui le composent contribueront a une prise de conscience necessaire dans le monde entier. Le rendez-vous de Fontainebleau donnera, j'en suis convaincu, une impulsion nouvelle aux actions en faveur de l'environnement.

Heureux de vous accueillir bientot en France, je vous prie d'agreer, Madame la Presidente, 1'expression de mes hommages.

Jacques CHIRAC

Madame Yolanda KAKABADSE Presidente de l'Union Mondiale pour la Nature Rue Mauverney 28 CH-1196 GLAND SUISSE Unofficial translation of letter from President of France, Jacques Chirac

Paris, 4 May 1998

Madam President,

I am delighted that this coming November Fontainebleau will host the International Congress that will mark the 50th anniversary of The World Conservation Union, which was founded in that very town in 1948.

The initiative taken by IUCN to use this opportunity to map out the perspectives for nature conservation in tomorrow's world is judicious. The effects of globalisation, of technological innovation and of increasing industrialisation of the Third World must indeed be better taken into account to enable us, together, to develop appropriate strategies.

I am happy to accept your invitation to preside over the Honorary Committee which you have proposed to establish. Because of their excellent reputations, the personalities who make up the Honorary Committee will be able to make an important contribution to the raising of awareness throughout the world, which is essential. The events in Fontainebleau will, I am sure, provide fresh impetus to action in favour of the environment.

I look forward to welcoming you shortly in France, Madam President.

With respect,

Jacques Chirac World Headquarters

f IUCN Rue Mauverney 28 The World Conservation Union AUG 0 3 1998 CH-1196 Gland JUL 161998 Switzerland

Tel.: ++4122-999 00 01 Mr Kofi A. Annan Fax: ++4122-999 00 02 Secretary General E-mail:[email protected] of the United Nations www: http://iucn.org United Nations Headquarters New York, NY 10017 USA

11 May 1998

..Leading protagonists of the world environment and conservation community will meet in _.Fontainebleau_near.Paris in. early November 1998 to mark the first half century of the modern international conservation movement, initiated there in 1948 with the establishment _of lUCN-The World Conservation Union.

The Union today is the world's oldest and largest nature conservation body. An alliance of over nine hundred member organisations from 138 countries, it represents a global force uniting thousands of experts and millions of volunteers striving for the conservation of nature and the sustainable management of natural resources. Yet, on the threshold of the 21st Century, we need more than ever to ensure that social, economic and political decisions are compatible with the imperatives of ecological sustainability and equity. Though the conservation community has amassed considerable science and expertise, its challenge now is to share this knowledge with decision makers in every sector of society.

I believe that the future of conservation depends greatly on the commitment and personal involvement of opinion leaders from different areas of human endeavour. President Jacques Chirac of France and I have identified prominent personalities who can substantially contribute to raising public awareness of major challenges. This Honorary Comrnittee for the World Conservation Union's 50th Anniversary is being formed under the Jlhajrmanship of President Chirac to help us pave the way for future action. Your participation in this Committee would bring both honour and prestige to our efforts and help _substantially in spreading key messages to a global audience.

-Should you .accept, to join_ the^..Hcjn^rary_Committee, you will be invited to publicly express >> _your.personal v.is.ion.Q.rin.di.vidu.aJ.perspective on lUCN's 50m Anniversary theme, "Imagine Tomorrow's World". This would take the form of a short article or interview which will feature in a special supplemenlpuMsbed in several international editions of the world-leading newsmagazine, Newsweek, to.coincide with the events in Fontainebleau. Your insight, guidance and influence on key aspects of tomorrow's world will truly inspire the pubJkTand greatly support the cause of world conservation.

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Shou!d_ypur .prqgrannme _m_o£epyer perjp[tjt^l would_be greatly honoured if you would accept to personally attend and participate in lUCN's 501h Anniversary event and -international symposium JrQm.Mp.SJWpyember in Fpntainebleau. IUCN would particularly .welcome your presence on 3rd Novemb.er_sessiQnsJ;o. .he opened by. President Chirac. A programme of these events is enclosed for your kind attention.

It would give me great pleasure if you would join me on the Honorary Committee and provide your vision and wisdom to this historical and prospective occasion.

Ypl^nda Kakabadse President PERSONALITIES INVITED TO BE MEMBERS OF lUCN's 50™ ANNIVERSARY HONORARY COMMITTEE

Ms Yolanda Kakabadse President of IIJCN-The World Conservation Union

Mr Jacques Chirac President of France

H.M. Queen Noor Al-Hussein of Jordan Patron of IUCN

H.E. Alpha Oumar Konare President of Mali

H.E. Flavio Cotti President of the Swiss Confederation

Mr Kofi Annan Secretary General of the United Nations Organisation

H.R.H. the Prince of Wales Founder of the Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum

H.R.H. Prince Gyanendra Bir Bikram President of the "King Mahendra Trust for Nature Shah Conservation"

H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Member of the royal family - Kingdom of Thailand

H.H. Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan President of the "Fondation de Bellerive" and "Alp Action'"

Dr Oscar Arias Sanchez Former President of Costa Rica (1986-1990)

Ms Juliette Binoche French actress

Mr Richard Branson Founder and CEO of the Virgin Group

Mr Peter Gabriel Founder of "Real World" Ltd

Mr Bill Gates Founder and CEO of Microsoft Corporation

Mr Alain Gille Former representative of UNESCO to IUCN

Dr Luc Hoffmann Former Vice-President of IUCN and founder of the "Fondation Tour du Valat"

Mr Gabriel Garcia Marquez Author and Nobel literature prize winner

Dr Federico Mayor Director General of UNESCO

Professor Theodore Monod French Zoologist and Honorary Professor of several French Environmental Institutes Dr Peter Raven Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Dr Song Jian Vice Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

Dr M.S. Swaminathan Former President of IUCN (1984-1990) and President of the "M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation"

Dr Klaus Toepfer Executive Director - United Nations Environment Programme 50 Anniversary Celebration 3-5 November 1998

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

Participants will receive an invitation to attend the Preview of the International Film Festival for the Environment which will take place Monday evening 2 November 1998.

Registration of participants upon arrival. Tuesday3November 1998

10.00 -12.30 hours - Opening Ceremony

• (with simultaneous interpretation in IIJCN's official languages)

• A high profile Ceremony highlighting the purpose of the Celebration, what it means for world conservation, IUCN and France. A comprehensive explanation will introduce the three snapshots; the past, the present and the future.

• Official opening Ceremony in the presence of the President of France, the President of IUCN, other Heads of States, the Mayor of Fontainebleau and other French officials.

12.30 -14.30 hours - Buffet Lunch for 600 invited participants.

14.30 - 18.00 hours - Symposium Plenary "Imagine Tomorrow's World - Diverse or Divided" (with a 30 minute coffee break at 16.00 hours)

(with simultaneous interpretation in ILJCN's official languages)

The Symposium will open with global and regional perspectives on the three snapshots of the world conservation movement:

• past - what was the status and nature of conservation in 1948 and RJCN's role within this

• present - progress and changes in conservation to the present and the role of IUCN - members, Commissions and overall programme today

• future - what are the challenges of tomorrow for world conservation and what role can the Union play - from the perspective of lUCN's members in the regions.

The plenary session will conclude with an introduction to the next day's workshops on three thematic sessions: Conservation, Communities, Consumption, and the preparation of the "Fontainebleau Challenge" which will be announced on the last day.

19.00 - 21.00 hours - Dinner for 300 invited participants.

21.30 - 23.00 hours - Concert by Peter Gabriel and his world musicians. 09.00 - 12.30 hours - Symposium Workshops: "Imagine Tomorrow's World - Diverse or Divided" (with a 30 minute coffee break at 1030 hours)

(with simultaneous interpretation in lUCN's official languages for the three topics)

Three concurrent Workshops on the themes of: • Conservation • Communities • Consumption

Four topics will be addressed under each of the above three themes. The twelve sessions will last 1 hour and 30 minutes each, with the first set of three sessions beginning at 09.00 and the fourth ending at 18.00 hours. Each of the sessions will address a topic of major global concern to IUCN and which needs urgent attention by the conservation community. The topics of the sessions will be introduced by a Chair, followed by a keynote address by an outstanding world expert and up to three short responses from different regions and perspectives. The Chair will then open the session to discussion. He/she will conclude with a summary of the solutions which emerged from the session. The objective is to agree on a statement for presentation at the Closing Symposium on the morning of 5 November.

12.30 - 14.30 hours - Lunch for 300 invited participants.

Corporate Leaders Lunch.

14.30 - 18.00 hours - Symposium Workshops continued (with a 30 minute coffee break at 16.00 hours)

Continuation of Sessions.

19.00 - 21.00 hours - Dinner for 300 invited participants.

21.00 - 22.00 hours - Evening Event offered by the Host Country

20.50 - 22.35 - "Marche du Siecle" (A well-known French television debate with direct transmission from Fontainebleau) '\^jMWda/5NpvfmBerFl"998 ^ 1, ^ "* J 7 ''"" _•""* JL ,

08.30 - 10.00 hours - Conclusion of the Symposium (with simultaneous interpretation in lUCN's official languages)

Statements from the Symposium Workshops and discussion on the future of world conservation.

10.00 - 11.30 hours - Visit to Franchard ( Fontainebleau Forest)

Unveiling of an IUCN commemorative plaque.

11.30 - 12.00 hours - Awards Presentation

Reuters Media and Environment Award to be presented by Juliette Binoche.

12.00 - 12.30 hours - Adoption of the "Fontainebleau Challenge"

In the presence of the Prime Minister of France and the President of IUCN.

12.30 - 14.30 hours - Closing Lunch

18.30 hours - Visit to "Grande Galerie" de I'Evolution of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. DRAFT SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

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The Symposium Plenary "Imagine Tomorrow's World - Diverse or Divided" will open with three, temporal perspectives:

> The past - what was the status and nature of conservation in 1948 and lUCN's role within this.

> The present - progress and changes in conservation to the present and the role of lUCN-members, Commissions and overall programme today.

> The future - what are the challenges of tomorrow for world conservation and what role can the Union play - from the perspective of lUCN's members in the regions.

Wednesday 4 November 1998 •

Three concurrent Workshops on the themes of :

• Conservation • Communities • Consumption

Four topics will be addressed under each of the above three themes. The twelve sessions will last 1 hour and 30 minutes each, with the first set of three sessions beginning at 09.00 and the fourth ending at 18.00 hours. Each of the sessions will address a topic of major global concern to IUCN and which needs urgent attention by the conservation community. The topics of the sessions will be introduced by a Chair, followed by a keynote address by an outstanding world expert and up to three short responses from different regions and perspectives. The Chair will then open the sessions to discussion. He/she will conclude with a summary of the solutions which emerged from the session. The objective is to agree on a statement for presentation at the Closing Symposium on the morning of 5 November.

1. CONSERVATION

La. Dealing With Extinction

Extinction is the permanent disappearance of a species. While it is the ultimate fate of every species, the rate of extinction has greatly accelerated hi recent years, driven by human activities. lUCN's Red Data Books have generated broad public concern for the issue, but the political response has been inadequate. What is the current rate of extinction, what are the driving forces, and what can be done to deal with the problem? J^lM'v'

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l.b. The Biological Century

While the 20th century might be characterized as the century of physics, the 21st century will be characterized by much greater attention being given to the biological systems that support all life. This will go far beyond the current micro-biological scale to address whole organisms and ecological systems (including the concept of "ecological engineering"). Modern approaches to biotechnology will underline the importance of biological systems, and seek new ways of ensuring that modern society is sustainable; this will involve much greater efforts hi conserving evolving biological systems and giving appropriate attention to the potential problems inherent in the new technology.

I.e. Expanding the Scale

A simple focus on protected areas is no longer an adequate response to conservation. The scale of attention needs to be greatly increased, involving linking protected areas with surrounding lands, building corridors, and so forth, under approaches variously called "Ecosystem management" or "Bioregional planning". We need new ways of involving a broader set of stakeholders. What are the key social, ecological, and economic measures required to expand the scale of conservation?

l.d. Sustaining Use of Species and Ecosystems

Sustainable use is one of the three objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity and is one of the most important imperatives for the conservation community. What do managers need to know to carry out sustainable use? What is the experience in various parts of the world? How does it relate to issues of land tenure? What are the ecological, social, economic and political obstacles, and how may they be overcome?

2. COMMUNITIES

2.a.. Cultural Diversity vs. Globalization

A significant part of the great cultural diversity seen in the world today is the result of different adaptations to the different resources available locally, both wild and domestic. But over the past several hundred years, a limited variety of agricultural species have been promoted hi all parts of the world, often hi genetically very homogeneous forms; forests have been nationalized; and populations have increased. The historically great diversity of species and varieties is being replaced by many fewer varieties that often require high inputs of pesticides and fertilizers. This is more than an agricultural problem, as it may lead to the loss of cultural diversity, accelerated by other trends in globalization; it is also leading to a decline hi landscape and ecosystem diversity. Is the process of globalization leading to a homogenous global culture? If so, what are the implications for conservation? How can highly diverse and endemic ecosystems be restored at the local level, leading to the maintenance of cultural diversity? 2.b. Greening Urban Society

By the time of the 50th anniversary, roughly half of the world population will be living in cities. People who live in cities are well insulated from nature, tending to enjoy it vicariously or as tourists. At the same time, urban people have significant political influence and many support conservation, though often based on a rather abstract — almost mythological — understanding of the relationship between people and biological systems. What are the implications of this for conservation? What new approaches are required to work more effectively with urban communities? What is lUCN's role in cities?

2.c. Fair Shares

At the same time that economic globalization is reaching even the most remote parts of the world, most governments are promoting greater decentralization. This process is sometimes forced on local communities before they are properly prepared, and sometimes responsibility is decentralized without sufficient authority or funds. Decentralization provides both opportunities and dangers for conservation, depending on how it is managed. What experience is available from various parts of the world to guide governments and conservation organizations on the appropriate balance between the different levels of government? What are the implications of decentralization for conservation, and for IUCN?

2.d. Environmental Insecurity

Resource scarcity, environmental degradation, ecological catastrophes, and human conflict are linked in highly complex ways, with profound implications for conservation hi the future. As both human population and resource consumption increase in the coming years, more conflict can be expected, with profound implications for both human welfare and conservation. How can this set of problems be addressed by the global community, and by IUCN?

3. CONSUMPTION

3.a. Living Within Our Limits

The 1987 Brandtland Report implied that a 16-fold increase in resource consumption is required to secure equitable development, but is such a level sustainable? Population is expected to continue growing at a rate of 80-90 million per year in the coming decades, requiring greater consumption of energy (and attendant threats to climate), forests, fisheries and other resource systems. As the human consumption of resources continues to grow, what is left for other species? What will happen to ecosystems? What practical measures are available to limit consumption, and how should IUCN promote these? 3.b. Producing More With Less

This session addresses innovative ways of enhancing productivity, involving technical efficiencies, the role of incentives and disincentives, and the impact of subsidies. Building on work IUCN is doing with OECD, UNEP and other partners, conclusions will be sought on how efficiency criteria can be built into more of IUCN's activities.

3.c. How Do We Know When We are Sustainable?

Many institutions are working to find ways of bringing about a more sustainable future for the people and ecosystems of the world. Yet how do we determine what sustainability is and how do we measure our progress towards it? Based on a global effort by field teams in various parts of the world designed to define sustainability in terms of the users, sustainability, this session will address the methods and tools being developed to assess our progress towards this elusive goal.

3.d. Appropriate Institutions for the 21st Century

Numerous global environmental conventions have been agreed since the founding of IUCN (and indeed many of them were drafted by lUCN's Environmental Law Centre), but the institutional response — at global, national, and local levels — to the responsibilities of these conventions has lagged well behind the requirements. How can the various international conventions work more effectively together? How can governments meet the demands in a time of shrinking budgets and growing demands? What are the appropriate institutional responses hi a time of increasing globalization and simultaneous decentralization?

Thursday 5 November 1998

For each of the three main themes — Conservation, Communities, and Consumption - the Closing Plenary will present a synthesis of the four sessions, highlighting issues of greatest public importance and specifying actions that IUCN will be taking, and promoting others to take. This will be followed by a discussion on the future of world conservation. A,' \ SEP 021998^

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The world conservation community is returning to Fontainebleau after half a century to debate how the conservation movement may address the challenge of the well- being of humanity and nature in the new millennium. I have the honor to be a Patron of JUCN - The World Conservation Union, which was created in 1938 at this lovely venue just outside Paris. At a time when the environment is under far greater threat that it was 50 years ago, there is a critical need for this global Union of governments, non- governmental organizations and foremost authorities in fields like species survival, protected areas, environmental law, education and communication, economic and social policy and ecosystem management to evolve and flourish.

You will find herewith an invitation from IUCN President Yolanda Kakabadse to become a member of the Honorary Committee set up to give guidance and help move the conservation movement into the future. Representing France at the highest level, President Chirac has agreed to chair the Honorary Committee and open the 50th Anniversary events, which will take place in Fontainebleau, near Paris, from 3 to 5 November 1998.

May I say as Patron that your presence on the Honorary Committee will help inspire societies to address the future in a clear and compelling way. Your outlook on the threshold of the 21s1 Century will contribute to heightening public awareness and thereby lead to action in favor of conservation and the sustainable use of our planet's resources. The roles, which each member of the Honorary Committee is asked to play, are:

To express publicly your personal vision or individual perspective on the Fontainebleau Event's theme - "Imagine Tomorrow's World". This would take the form of a short article or interview, which will feature in a special supplement in international editions of a leading global news magazine as well as national press world-wide to mark the 50th Anniversary celebrations at Fontainebleau.

To be available to make a statement on an international television network to help promote the cause of conservation and sustainable development across the world.

To have your statements placed in public announcements relating to the Fontainebleau Event in your country, region or particular constituency.

I trust that you will be agreeable to carrying out the above roles where and when this is possible and express my gratitude to you in anticipation.

Queen Noor Patron of IUCN 'ARTICLE FOR "IMAGINE TOMORROW'S WORLD", SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION OF NEWSWEEK INTERNATIONAL COMMEMORATING THE BOTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORLD CONSERVATION UNION (IUCN)

THE UNITED NATIONS: PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT by Kofi A. Annan

The world is undergoing a process of globalization of trade, finance and culture that is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. The result, over the next 50 years, when combined with ongoing population growth and economic development, will be a world of increasing complexity, with more people and organizations involved in international relations, addressing more complex problems. The major challenge to the United Nations will be to promote development that is sustainable and that brings stability and improvements in standards of living while ensuring social equity and environmental protection in all countries.

World population is projected to grow from almost 6 billion today to between 9 and 10 billion half a century from now. Average per capita incomes are expected to at least triple over that same period. The highest rates of growth, for both population and per capita incomes, are expected in developing countries, while consumption, both per capita and aggregate, will remain substantially higher in the developed countries.

Pressures on local and global environments will increase steadily, resulting in substantial environmental degradation if strong action is not taken now. Crucial problems that will need to be addressed include provision of energy and transportation, reducing pollution, protecting against harmful climate change, ensuring access to good food and clean water, and managing the world's forests and marine resources. The developed countries have the resources and expertise to address such problems, providing they have the political will to do so. The developing countries, however, will face greater problems with fewer resources and less expertise. In many cases, developing countries will be able to import and adapt sustainable technologies from developed countries, either through purely market transactions or through government-supported technology transfer programmes. But developing countries will also be facing new and unique problems stemming from high population densities, rapid urbanization, and pressures on land and water supplies that are much greater than they were for the developed countries at comparable levels of economic and social development. Addressing the problems of sustainable development over the next 50 years will require taking international cooperation to a new level. While the developing countries have the greatest need for such cooperation, for both economic development and environmental protection, the developed countries also have much to gain. The economies of the developed countries and protection of the global environment will be increasingly dependent on stable and sustainable development in the developing countries with their more rapidly growing populations, production, consumption, trade and investment.

Government action and public policies will remain crucial, but the role of governments will become more complex, requiring more sophisticated management of participatory political processes, legal frameworks, market incentives, environmental and social regulation, and public infrastructure and social services to ensure productive . interactions between public authorities, market enterprises, and organizations of civil society, as well as cooperation with other governments and international and regional organizations.

Particular attention will need to be paid to the needs of the least developed countries, most of whom have very limited access to international trade and capital markets. For those countries, increased financial and technical assistance for improving infrastructure, education and other social services, and institutional capacities is absolutely essential to reducing the growing international disparities between the richest and poorest countries.

To respond to the new challenges of the half century ahead, the United Nations is working to promote economic development, social equity and environmental protection in an integrated manner through national and international action. The United Nations is also working to increase dialogue at the international level between governments and organizations of the market sector and civil society, and to coordinate the work of the increasing number and variety of international and regional organizations. In a world in which environmental problems above all others transcend borders and knit us together in common purpose, we must rely on each other.

The United Nations spearheads the global search for solutions to world-wide problems of environment and development. Landmark UN conferences such as the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro and the City Summit in Istanbul have charted a new course: a transition to more sustainable ways of living.

We are all convinced that more must be done to safeguard the environment and life on Earth.

Increasingly, all countries are affected by the same problems. Some threats are overt: terrorism, pandemics, arms proliferation. Others are insidious: climate change, drug-trafficking, money- laundering. All of them transcend borders; they are "problems without passports". No country can ward them off alone. Every country, therefore, needs the United Nations.

Building peace -- and combatting threats to peace -- in an interdependent world requires the full participation of every citizen and every n

On the eve of the millennium, the needs and aspirations of the great majority of human beings can still be expressed simply and starkly: safe water; shelter from violence - that of nature and of one's fellow men; enough food for the family; a job; schooling for the children; and a state which does not oppress its citizens but rules with their consent. ARTICLE FOR "IMAGINE TOMORROW'S WORLD", SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION OF NEWSWEEK INTERNATIONAL COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORLD CONSERVATION UNION (IUCN)

THE UNITED NATIONS: PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT by Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Increasingly in today's interdependent world, all countries are affected by the same challenges. Some threats are overt: terrorism, disease, arms proliferation. Others are insidious, such as drug-trafficking and money-laundering. All of them transcend borders; they are "problems without passports", which no country can resolve or ward off on its own. The quintessential example of this phenomenon is environmental degradation, from water pollution and deforestation to climate change and hazardous wastes.

To address such challenges, more people and more organizations are becoming involved in international cooperation for the common good. The role of the United Nations is clear: to be the place where Governments, non-governmental organizations such as the World Conservation Union, and others among the increasingly robust forces of civil society can come together in partnership for peace, for justice, for human rights, for improved standards of living, for environmental protection and for sustainable development -- development that meets our current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Pressures on local and global environments are already severe and will increase steadily in the next 50 years. Developed countries have the resources and expertise to address some of the problems they will face, providing they have the political will to do so. Developing countries, with fewer resources and less expertise, will confront problems -- including unique situations stemming from high population densities, rapid urbanization and demands for land and water ~ that are much greater than they were for the developed countries at comparable levels of economic and social development. These differences should not obscure the fact that we ~ developed and developing countries alike -- face the future together, not only as a matter of shared stewardship over our one earth but also because globalization and the world economy are binding us ever closer together. In short, we must take international cooperation to a new level.

The United Nations has long spearheaded multilateral cooperation for safeguarding the environment and, more broadly, for economic and social progress that benefits all peoples. Landmark world conferences such as the "Earth Summit" in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and subsequent gatherings on related issues such as population, poverty, human rights, unemployment, crime, trade, food security, human settlements and natural disaster preparedness have enabled the international community to chart a new, cohesive course of development for a new era in global affairs. These efforts showed that Government action is crucial to ensuring sustainable development. But they were also exercises in consensus- building showing that the role of governments is becoming more complex, requiring alliances involving other Governments, regional and international organizations, the private sector, civil society and NGOs. As we look to tomorrow's world, this path — the path of partnership — is how the global interest can best be served and the well-being of our planet assured. s -S ustt . " «= >. T3 CO „ I- O1 o u .Sj Si. 11 199 0 dur - 0) T3 T3 a s th e sev - playe d hi s r Hashimo - ernationa l h e me t wit

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I am aware of the extent to which our modern life. Then come, each within { sphere Pressures on local and global environments ways of life neglect the environment. Increas- and all linked t Regions, na- are already severe and will increase steadily in ing pressures on natural resources are deplet- tional go and re- the next 50 years. Developed countries have ing and even exhausting them. Intense human gional c ly the Unit- the resources and expertise to address some of activity is disrupting ecological cycles, includ- ed Nations, \ ibilities for the problems they will face, providing they ing climate, and leading to the extinction of increasingly gloB lental issues. At all have the'pplitkal wjll to do so. Developing many species and the deterioration of our nat- levels the rule should be for citizens to be in- countries; with fewerresources and less exper- ural heritage. Technology has the potential to volved in the decision making which concerns tise, will confront probkjtns—including cause worldwide disaster. Have we reached the them. We will learn to resolve the apparent unique situations stemniing from high popu- 1 poirit of no re turn? Surely, we are in fact reach- conflict between each state's sovereign right to lation de|isinesi,rapJHtiiDanizaiaon and ' ing anew stage of civilization. Man has ac- control its natural resources and their shared marids for land arid^y quired powerful tools but has yet.tb learnhow responsibility for the preservation of ecological greater thin they were, for ite c IB master them and how to'transjform himself cycles. We must innovate in areas suck as the tries at comparable leye'lijofecr into aserisihk$tev^4 of &£?#&> our com- protection, or even reconstitution of forestry, cial deye|6prnent.;Tli:ese;•( mon heritage.:Industrial-age massproduction international water-course management and not obscure the iatt;iat and consumption are-giving wayto controlled pollutant emission control. This will be ah his- development which vrill have to meet the toric change. It will demonstrate our ability- to needs of the poorer and emergirigepuntries. build the mulripolar, harmonious world which is so important to France—an interna- alization and the world economy are binding ture.generations and improve bur 6wn quality tional community based on solidarity, in us ever closer together; In short, we must take of life. It also means neW ways of creating ' which everyone benefits from globalization. I international cooperation to a new level. wealth and is an oppor am confident: we can do it. 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The role of the United Nations is clear; how the global interest can best be served and flexiblecomplecitybf living organisms. Itwill to be the place where governments and organi- theweU-&ingafour'pla^etassiirid: have to be interactive, decentralized, and mul- zations such as the World Conservation 'B : ticultural, and encourage initiative while en- Union,andothersamongtheincreisinglyro- ' suring compliance with universal rules. Prima- bust forces of civil society can come together in '•••; ry responsibility must be local and higher partnership for peace, for justice; for human';' iPkviofeotti levels of government must become involved rights, for improved standards of Irving, for en- President of the Swiss Confederation: only when issues transcend the lower ones. vironmental protection and for sustainable de- Protecting the environment must thus be, velopment—development that meets our cur- Switzerland was closely involved in the long above all, the responsibility of local authorities rent needs without compromising the ability of process that began before World War I and in charge of most of the institutions of daily future generations to meet their own needs. culminated in the creation of lUCN-The

NEWSWEEK/NOVEMBER 9,1998 ARTICLE FOR "IMAGINE TOMORROW'S WORLD", SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION OF NEWSWEEK INTERNATIONAL COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORLD CONSERVATION UNION (IUCN)

THE UNITED NATIONS: PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT by Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Increasingly in today's interdependent world, all countries are affected by the same challenges. Some threats are overt: terrorism, disease, arms proliferation. Others are insidious, such as drug-trafficking and money-laundering. All of them transcend borders; they are "problems without passports", which no country can resolve or ward off on its own. The quintessential example of this phenomenon is environmental degradation, from water pollution and deforestation to climate change and hazardous wastes.

To address such challenges, more people and more organizations are becoming involved in international cooperation for the common good. The role of the United Nations is clear: to be the place where Governments, non-governmental organizations such as the World Conservation Union, and others among the increasingly robust forces of civil society can come together in partnership for peace, for justice, for human rights, for improved standards of living, for environmental protection and for sustainable development ~ development that meets our current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Pressures on local and global environments are already severe and will increase steadily in the next 50 years. Developed countries have the resources and expertise to address some of the problems they will face, providing they have the political will to do so. Developing countries, with fewer resources and less expertise, will confront problems -- including unique situations stemming from high population densities, rapid urbanization and demands for land and water ~ that are much greater than they were for the developed countries at comparable levels of economic and social development. These differences should not obscure the fact that

-1- we ~ developed and developing countries alike -- face the future together, not only as a matter of shared stewardship over our one earth but also because globalization and the world economy are binding us ever closer together. In short, we must take international cooperation to a new level.

The United Nations has long spearheaded multilateral cooperation for safeguarding the environment and, more broadly, for economic and social progress that benefits all peoples. Landmark world conferences such as the "Earth Summit" in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and subsequent gatherings on related issues such as population, poverty, human rights, unemployment, crime, trade, food security, human settlements and natural disaster preparedness have enabled the international community to chart a new, cohesive course of development for a new era in global affairs. These efforts showed that Government action is crucial to ensuring sustainable development. But they were also exercises in consensus-building showing that the role of governments is becoming more complex, requiring alliances involving other Governments, regional and international organizations, the private sector, civil society and NGOs. As we look to tomorrow's world, this path -- the path of partnership -- is how the global interest can best be served and the well-being of our planet assured.

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Dear Mitch,

1 trust that you had a good vacation. I just wanted to follow up briefly with you on our previous conversation concerning the possibility of the Secretary General preparing a taped video address for the IUCN 501'1 Anniversary Event in Fontainebleau, November 3-5, 1998. The Secretary General's address would be shown on Tuesday, November 3 during the opening ceremonies over which President Chirac will preside and which will be opened by Queen Noor.

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Thank you for all of your continuing help.

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THE UNITED NATIONS: PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT

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The world is undergoing a process of globalization of trade, finance and culture which is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. The result over the next 50 years, when combined with continued population growth and economic development, will be a world of increasing complexity, with more people and organizations involved in international relations, addressing more complex problems. The major challenge to the United Nations will be to promote stable and sustainable development, integrating improvements in standards of living, social equity and environmental protection in all countries.

Over the next 50 years, the world population is projected to grow from almost 6 billion now to between 9 and 10 billion, and average per capita incomes should at least triple. The highest rates of growth, for both population and per capita incomes, are expected in developing countries, while consumption, both per capita and aggregate, will remain substantially higher in the developed countries.

Pressures on local and global environments will increase steadily resulting in substantial environmental degradation if strong action is not taken now to ensure that development is sustainable. Crucial problems that will need to be addressed include provision of energy and transportation while reducing pollution and protecting against harmful climate change, ensuring access to good food and clean water, and managing the world's forests and marine resources.

The developed countries have the resources and expertise to address such problems, providing they have the political will to do so. The developing countries will face greater problems with fewer resources and expertise. In many cases, developing countries will be able to import and adapt sustainable technologies from developed countries, either through purely market transactions or through government supported technology transfer programmes. However, the developing countries will also be facing new and unique problems due to high population densities, rapid urbanization, and pressures on land and water supplies that are much greater than they were for the developed countries at comparable levels of economic and social development.

Addressing the problems of sustainable development for all countries over the next 50 years will require international cooperation to a greater extent than previously. While the developing countries have the greatest need for such cooperation for both economic development and environmental protection, the developed countries can also gain substantially. The economies of the developed countries and protection of the global environment will be increasingly dependent on stable and sustainable development in the developing countries with their more rapidly growing populations, production, consumption, trade and investment. Government action and public policies will remain crucial to ensuring sustainable development, but the role of governments will become more complex, requiring more sophisticated management of participatory political processes, legal frameworks, market incentives, environmental and social regulation, and public infrastructure and social services to ensure productive interactions between public authorities, market enterprises, and organizations of civil society, as well as cooperation with other governments and international and regional organizations.

Particular attention will need to be paid to the needs of the least developed countries, most of whom have very limited access to international trade and capital markets. For those countries, increased financial and technical assistance for improving infrastructure, education and other social services, and institutional capacities is absolutely essential to reducing the growing international disparities between the richest and poorest countries.

To respond to the new challenges of its second 50 years, the United Nations is working to promote economic development, social equity and environmental protection in an integrated manner through national and international action. The United Nations is also working to increase dialogue at the international level between governments and organizations of the market sector and civil society, and to coordinate the work of the increasing number and variety of international and regional organizations.

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Dear Mitch,

1 trust that you had a good vacation. I just wanted to follow up briefly with you on our previous conversation concerning the possibility of the Secretary General preparing a taped video address for the IUCN 50"' Anniversary Event in Fontainebleau, Noy^berjkS, 1998. The Secretary General's address would be shown on Tuesday, Novembef3~during the opening ceremonies over which President Chirac will preside and which will be opened by Queen Noor.

The address would be approximately 10 minutes and can be based on the article we discussed for Newsweek concerning the Secretary General's views on tomorrow's world. Overall an important theme of the 50* Anniversary Event will be environment and security.

The 50* is shaping up to be a very interesting event. „.._„„_ would certainly enrich the openingof'the celebration. We would be honored if the Secretary General can do a taped rne|sage. Please let me know if you need any furtheT'Ielailsrtiur communication'learn at Headquarters stands prepared to assist with any logistical issues.

Thank you for all of your continuing help.

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Scott A. Hajost Executive Director and Representative to the United States

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IUCN-NEWSWEEK INTERNATIONAL: IMAGINE TOMORROW'S WORLD

THE UNITED NATIONS: PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT

Draft article by the Secretary-General

The world is undergoing a process of globalization of trade, finance and culture which is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. The result over the next 50 years, when combined with continued population growth and economic development, will be a world of increasing complexity, with more people and organizations involved in international relations, addressing more complex problems. The major challenge to the United Nations will be to promote stable and sustainable development, integrating improvements in standards of living, social equity and environmental protection in all countries.

Over the next 50 years, the world population is projected to grow from almost 6 billion now to between 9 and 10 billion, and average per capita incomes should at least triple. The highest rates of growth, for both population and per capita incomes, are expected in developing countries, while consumption, both per capita and aggregate, will remain substantially higher in the developed countries.

Pressures on local and global environments will increase steadily resulting in substantial environmental degradation if strong action is not taken now to ensure that development is sustainable. Crucial problems that will need to be addressed include provision of energy and transportation while reducing pollution and protecting against harmful climate change, ensuring access to good food and clean water, and managing the world's forests and marine resources.

The developed countries have the resources and expertise to address such problems, providing they have the political will to do so. The developing countries will face greater problems with fewer resources and expertise. In many cases, developing countries will be able to import and adapt sustainable technologies from developed countries, either through purely market transactions or through government supported technology transfer programmes. However, the developing countries will also be facing new and unique problems due to high population densities, rapid urbanization, and pressures on land and water supplies that are much greater than they were for the developed countries at comparable levels of economic and social development.

Addressing the problems of sustainable development for all countries over the next 50 years will require international cooperation to a greater extent than previously. While the developing countries have the greatest need for such cooperation for both economic development and environmental protection, the developed countries can also gain substantially. The economies of the developed countries and protection of the global environment will be increasingly dependent on stable and sustainable development in the developing countries with their more rapidly growing populations, production, consumption, trade and investment. Government action and public policies will remain crucial to ensuring sustainable development, but the role of governments will become more complex, requiring more sophisticated management of participatory political processes, legal frameworks, market incentives, environmental and social regulation, and public infrastructure and social services to ensure productive interactions between public authorities, market enterprises, and organizations of civil society, as well as cooperation with other governments and international and regional organizations.

Particular attention will need to be paid to the needs of the least developed countries, most of whom have very limited access to international trade and capital markets. For those countries, increased financial and technical assistance for improving infrastructure, education and other social services, and institutional capacities is absolutely essential to reducing the growing international disparities between the richest and poorest countries.

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_Leading protagonists of the world environment and conservation community will meet in Fontainebleau near Paris in early November.1.998 to mark the first half century of the modern irrtejjiationa^^ initiated there in 1948 with the establishment joLUlCN=TJtl@. World.Cpnse_ivatiqn UnjonT

The Union today is the world's oldest and largest nature conservation body. An alliance of over nine hundred member organisations from 138 countries, it represents a global force uniting thousands of experts and millions of volunteers striving for the conservation of nature and the sustainable management of natural resources. Yet, on the threshold of the 21st Century, we need more than ever to ensure that social, economic and political decisions are compatible with the imperatives of ecological sustainability and equity. Though the conservation community has amassed considerable science and expertise, its challenge now is to share this knowledge with decision makers in every sector of society.

I believe that the future of conservation depends greatly on the commitment and personal involvement of opinion leaders from different areas of human endeavour. President Jacques Chirac of France and I have identified prominent personalities who can substantially contribute to raising public awareness of major challenges. ThisJHpnprary Committee for the _ Wqrjd Conservation Union's 50>hAnniversaryJs being[formed under the .CJijdrrnanshi^ pi^President" Chirac to help us'pave the way for future action. Your -participation jnjhis.Cpmmfttee.wgulci bring both honour and prestige to our efforts and help -Substantialjy in spreading key messages to a global audience.

Should you accept to join the Honorary Committee, you will be jnvited_tq publicly express yjsicjij^Jndiv ". This would take the form of a short article or interview which will feature, in a special supplement published in several international editions of the world-leading newsmagazine, Newsweek,Joj;ojncjde_ with the events in Fontajnebleau. Your insight, guidance and influence on key aspects of tomorrow's world will truly inspire the pubjitfand greatly support the cause of world conservation. 11 "May 1998 Page 2

Shoyliypur. programme .moreover p_erm[tjt,_l__would_be greatly honoured if you would accept to personally attend and participate in JUCN's 50lh Anniversary event and -international symposium,.frQm.31to'5"November in_Fpntainebleau. IUCN would particularly ..welcome your presence on 3rd Novemb.eLsesslQDklo.]2ejDpenecLby.President Chirac. A programme of these events is enclosed for your kind attention.

It would give me great pleasure if you would join me on the Honorary Committee and provide your vision and wisdom to this historical and prospective occasion.

Ida Kakabadse President JUL i 6 998

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The world conservation community is returning to Fontainebleau after half a century to debate how the conservation movement may address the challenge of the well- being of humanity and nature in the new millennium. I have the honor to be a Patron of IUCN - The World Conservation Union, which was created in 1938 at this lovely venue just outside Paris. At a time when the environment is under far greater threat that it was 50 years ago, there is a critical need for this global Union of governments, non- governmental organizations and foremost authorities in fields like species survival, protected areas, environmental law, education and communication, economic and social policy and ecosystem management to evolve and flourish.

You will find herewith an invitation from IUCN President Yolanda Kakabadse to become ajnember of the Honorary Committee set up to give guidance and help move the conservation movement into the future. Representing France at the highest level, President Chirac has agreed to chair the Honorary Committee and open the 50th Anniversary events, which will take place in Fontainebleau, near Paris, from 3 to 5 November 1998.

May I say as Patron that your presence on the Honorary Committee will help inspire societies to address the future in a clear and compelling way. Your outlook on the threshold of the 21st Century will contribute to heightening public awareness and thereby lead to action in favor of conservation and the sustainable use of our planet's resources.

wt:rtrf^^ .-=•>-.--> ••_• ; The roles, which each member of the Honorary Committee is asked to play, are:

To express publicly your personal vision or individual perspective on the Fontainebleau Event's theme - "Imagine Tomorrow's World". This would take the form of a short article or interview, which will feature in a special supplement in international editions of a leading global news magazine as well as national press world-wide to mark the 50th Anniversary celebrations at Fontainebleau.

• To be available to make a statement on an international television network to help promote the cause of conservation and sustainable development across the world.

To have your statements placed in public announcements relating to the Fontainebleau Event in your country, region or particular constituency.

I trust that you will be agreeable to carrying out the above roles where and when this is possible and express my gratitude to you in anticipation. ? Queen Noor \ H(, 3^1 Patron of IUCN y) U^

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Dear Mr. Secretary General,

Never before in the history of our planet has humankind altered the balance of natural systems and endangered its own existence as critically as today. The public depends primarily on the media for information on the environment and, in turn, the media are increasingly acquiring an educational role. On the occasion of its 50th Anniversary, lUCN - The World Conservation Umqn, has asked Newsweek International to help reach .out to key constituencies that have not traditionally interacted with the conservation movement, particularly decision-makers in the private sector. I.haye the piivilege and J?i§§s]lrcJP^eek. your support in this endeavor.

_iyCN,jhe world's biggest environmental organization and Newsweek, the world's leading global magazine, a_re_v/prking in partnership to commemorate 50 years of world _cpnservation through a special advertising section entitled, "Imagine Tomorrow's World," lUCN's 50th Anniversary theme. This is due to appear on November 2, 1_998, to .coincide .with an mtenrationaLeyj^ in the body of several international editions of Newsweek, the section is to feature a range of contributions by committed and influential personalities being invited by the Presidents of France and of the Union, as well as Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, lUCN's Patron, to join the Union's 50th Anniversary Honorary Committee.

So as to maxnnize the awareness raised through this special section, Newsweek is also considering the possibility of offering its contents for translation and publication in non- competing leading national magazines around the world, free of cost.

This special section, to be produced by News week's Special Projects Department, aims to be an exercise in futurism, seeking to project a world that will be fit to live in 50 years from now and exploring the means by which such a world can be shaped through sound policy decisions taken today. How may we - individually and collectively - help to ensure that the planet will support its people with dignity and equity in a setting that is beautiful and rich with species other than our own?

Newsweek's Special Projects Department has elaborated an editorial outline in which your contribution might be: The New Green Governments of the 21st Century As the human species strives to protect the planet, our governments and institutions will have to implement and embody environmental goals. But what shape will these institutions take in the 21st century and beyond? In a series of interviews, Newsweek will ask some of the word's most important leaders to imagine the green governments of the future. Participants in this Newsweek roundup will include Dr. Oscar Arias Sanchez, former President of Costa Rica, H.E. Alpha Oumar Konare, President of Mali; Jacques Chirac, President of France; H.R.H. Prince Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah, brother of the King of Nepal and President of the King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation; Dr. Song Jian, State Counselor, China; H.E. Flavio Cotti, President of the Swiss Confederation; H.R.H. Prince of Wales; H.H. Prince Saddrudin Aga Khan, Former High Commissioner for Refugees, Former Special Counselor for humanitarian affairs to the Secretary General of the United Nations, founder and President of the Foundation de Bellerive, and Alp Action; HM Queen Noor Al- Hussein of Jordan; Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the UN- Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, daughter of the King of Thailand and heir to the Throne; and Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of the United Nations Environmental Program.

A short and lively 500-word article by you on this theme would be truly inspiring and enlightening. Newsweek and IUCN will provide high-quality photographic and graphic illustrations to enrich this section. A special lUCN-Newsweek Committee will be at your disposal for information, advice and fact-checking. You are naturally welcome to propose an alternative theme for your contribution or, in case you lack time to.produce an article, we would be.happy to organize a.personal interview.

We trust that you will accept to contribute your personal vision or individual perspective on "Imagine Tomorrow's World" for the benefit of public awareness through this special advertising section. We should be most grateful if you would inform us of your decision at your earliest convenience. Should you agree to contribute an article, we would need to receive your text or set up a personal interview by Tuesday, July 15,1998. All articles will be submitted in their final form back to their authors for approval before the layout and production of the special section.

Concern for environmental issues has been a consistently high priority for Newsweek, and we welcome this opportunity to co-operate with you in raising international awareness of the key forces that are shaping the world in which we live.

With respect, LE PRESIDENT DE LA REPUBLIOUE Paris, le 4 mai 1998.

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Madame la Presidente,

Je me rejouis que Fontainebleau puisse recevoir, en novembre prochain, le Congres international qui marquera le 50eme anniversaire de 1'Union Mondiale pour la Nature, fondee dans cette ville en 1948.

L'ambition de 1'UICN de saisir cette occasion pour tracer les perspectives de la conservation de la nature dans le monde de demain, est judicieuse. Les effets de la mondialisation, des nouvelles technologies, de 1'industrialisation progressive du Tiers Monde doivent en effet etre mieux pris en compte, pour nous permettre, ensemble, de developper les strategies appropriees.

J'accepte volontiers la presidence du Comite d'honneur dont vous m'avez propose la constitution. Par leur rayonnement, les personnalites qui le composent contribueront a une prise de conscience necessaire dans le monde entier. Le rendez-vous de Fontainebleau donnera, j'en suis convaincu, une impulsion novvelle aux actions en faveur de renvironnement.

Heureux de vous accueillir bientot en France, je vous prie d'agreer, Madame la Presidente, 1'expression de mes hommages.

Jacques CHIRAC

Madame Yolanda KAKABADSE Presidente de 1'Union Mondiale pour la Nature Rue Mauverney 28 CH-1196 GLAND SUISSE , Unofficial translation of letter from President of France, Jacques Chirac

Paris, 4 May 1998

Madam President,

I am delighted that this coming November Fontainebleau will host the International Congress that will mark the 50th anniversary of The World Conservation Union, which was founded in that very town in 1948.

The initiative taken by IUCN to use this opportunity to map out the perspectives for nature conservation in tomorrow's world is judicious. The effects of globalisation, of technological innovation and of increasing industrialisation of the Third World must indeed be better taken into account to enable us, together, to develop appropriate strategies.

I am happy to accept your invitation to preside over the Honorary Committee which you have proposed to establish. Because of their excellent reputations, the personalities who make up the Honorary Committee will be able to make an important contribution to the raising of awareness throughout the world, which is essential. The events in Fontainebleau will, I am sure, provide fresh impetus to action in favour of the environment.

1 look forward to welcoming you shortly in France, Madam President.

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FAX Memorandum

Date: May 18, 1998

To: Bhagwat Singh

From: Scott A. Majost

Subject: Invitation to UN SG

Washington Office

IUCN 140016th Street, N.W. The World Conservation Union Washington, D.C. 20036 •*, U.S.A. ^ i/m Telephone: (202) 797-5454 Telefax: (202) 797-5461 Washington Office

140016th Street, N.W., Suite 502 lUCN Washington, D.C. 20036-2217 The World Conservation Union U.S.A. Telephone:++1(202) 797-5454 Telefax ++1(202)797-5461 E-Mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.iucn.org July 2, 1998

Mr. Mitch Warner Director for External Relations United Nations - Room 3840 New York, NY 10017

Dear Mitch,

It was good to speak with you - it has been a long time. I am glad all is going well. It certainly has been exciting being with IUCN and as I noted, the Union has had a long and productive relationship with the UN system.

I wanted to follow up on our conversation concerning the Secretary General's participation in lUCN's 50th Anniversary event in Fontainebleau, November 3-5. The opening ceremony, presided over by President Chirac and a number of dignitaries will be on Tuesday, November 3, 1998 from 10 AM -12:30 PM French time. We are still very hopeful that the Secretary General might be able to participate in the opening event.

As contained in the letters previously conveyed to the Secretary General, we would also be honored if he could contribute to the special Newsweek IUCN section to be published on November 2 in several international additions. This contribution would be based on the Secretary * General's personal vision of tomorrow's world. Newsweek journalists are available to do an interview if that would be most convenient for the Secretary General. IUCN stands by to assist in any way if needed.

The deadline for contributions has been extended to August 31,1998. We are seeking to have confirmed contributions by July 15.

Once again, thank you for your assistance. We are hopeful that the Secretary General might both be able to participate in the opening event in Fontainebleau and contribute to the special section of Newsweek. They promise to be exciting productions.

Sometime when I am in New York again, now that I know where you are, I would welcome a chance to catch up.

Sincerely yours,

Scott A. Hajost Executive Director and Representative to the United States

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources World Headquarters IUCN, Gland, Switzerland • Please reply to above address B 8 I? "' I JUL ! i EXCUTIVE Gi-TICE 1 OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL 20 May 1998 9 \r.

The world conservation community is returning to Fontainebleau after half a century to debate how the conservation movement may address the challenge of the well- being of humanity and nature in the new millennium. I have the hpnQr_to_be_ajPaU;pn_of_ lUCN-The WorldjCons^^^ was created in 1938 at this lovely venue just outside Paris. At a time when the environment is under far greater threat that it was 50 years ago, there is a critical need for this global Union of governments, non- governmental organizations and foremost authorities in fields like species survival, protected areas, environmental law, education and communication, economic and social policy and ecosystem management to evolve and flourish.

You will find herewith an invitation from IUCN President Yolanda Kakabadse to become a jnember;.of the .Honorary Committee set up to give guidance and help move the conservation movement into the future. Representing France at the highest level, President Chirac has agreed to chair the Honorary Committee and open the 50th Anniversary events, which will take place in Fontainebleau, near Paris, from 3 to 5 November 1998.

May I say as Patron that your presence on the Honorary Committee will help inspire societies to address the future in a clear and compelling way. Your outlook on the threshold of the 21st Century will contribute to heightening public awareness and thereby lead to action in favor of conservation and the sustainable use of our planet's resources. The roles, which each member of the Honorary Committee is asked to play, are:

To express publicly your personal vision or individual perspective on the Fontainebleau Event's theme - "Imagine Tomorrow's World". This would take the form of a short article or interview, which will feature in a special supplement in international editions of a leading global news magazine as well as national press world-wide to mark the 50th Anniversary celebrations at Fontainebleau.

To be available to make a statement on an international television network to help promote the cause of conservation and sustainable development across the world.

To have your statements placed in public announcements relating to the Fontainebleau Event in your country, region or particular constituency.

I trust that you will be agreeable to carrying out the above roles where and when this is possible and express my gratitude to you in anticipation.

Queen Noor Patron of IUCN Newsweek International 251 West 57th Street | New York | N.Y. | 10019-1894

Peter J. Luffman President

(212) 445-4232 Fax: (212) 445-4993

May 14, 1998

Dear Mr. Secretary General,

Never before in the history of our planet has humankind altered the balance of natural systems and endangered its own existence as critically as today. The public depends primarily on the media for information on the environment and, in turn, the media are increasingly acquiring an educational role. Onjhe_occasion pHts .50th Anniversary,, JUCN - The World Conservation Union, has asked Newsweek mternational to help reach ^yl^to key constituencies that have not traditionally interacted with the conservation movement, particularly decision-makers in the private sector. I _hay e the privilege pleasure to seek your suppprt in this endeavor.

ie world's .biggest environmental organization and Newsweek, the world's leading global magazine, are working in partners^^ toj:gtnnigmorate 50 jeajrs^of world ^conservation through a special advertising jjection entitled, "Imagine Tomorrow's .World," lUCN^s 50th Anniversary theme. This is _duejo jppear_pn November .2,. .1998, to .cjDJjacide.Mth an iatej3iaidojQaLe^e^.b.eing^pJaDr^^ in the body of several international editions of Newsweek, the section is to feature a range of contributions by committed and influential personalities being invited by the Presidents of France and of the Union, as well as Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, lUCN's Patron, to join the Union's 50th Anniversary Honorary Committee.

So as to maximize the awareness raised through this special section, Newsweek is also considering the possibility of offering its contents for translation and publication in non- competing leading national magazines around the world, free of cost.

This special section, to be produced by Newsweek' s Special Projects Department, aims to be an exercise in futurism, seeking to project a world that will be fit to live in 50 years from now and exploring the means by which such a world can be shaped through sound policy decisions taken today. How may we - individually and collectively - help to ensure that the planet will support its people with dignity and equity in a setting that is beautiful and rich with species other than our own?

Newsweek' s Special Projects Department has elaborated an editorial outline in which your contribution might be: The New Green Governments of the 21st Century As the human species strives to protect the planet, our governments and institutions will have to implement and embody environmental goals. But what shape will these institutions take in the 21st century and beyond? In a series of interviews, Newsweek will ask some of the word's most important leaders to imagine the green governments of the future. Participants in this Newsweek roundup will include Dr. Oscar Arias Sanchez, former President of Costa Rica, H.E. Alpha Oumar Konare, President of Mali; Jacques Chirac, President of France; H.R.H. Prince Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah, brother of the King of Nepal and President of the King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation; Dr. Song Jian, State Counselor, China; H.E. Flavio Cotti, President of the Swiss Confederation; H.R.H. Prince of Wales; H.H. Prince Saddrudin Aga Khan, Former High Commissioner for Refugees, Former Special Counselor for humanitarian affairs to the Secretary General of the United Nations, founder and President of the Foundation de Bellerive, and Alp Action; HM Queen Noor Al- Hussein of Jordan; Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the UN; Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, daughter of the King of Thailand and heir to the Throne; and Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of the United Nations Environmental Program.

A short and lively 500-word article by you on this theme would be truly inspiring and enlightening. Newsweek and IUCN will provide high-quality photographic and graphic illustrations to enrich this section. A special lUCN-Newsweek Committee will be at your disposal for information, advice and fact-checking. You are naturally welcome.tg_propose_ an alternative theme for your contribution or, in case you lack time to.pjrpdu.Qe..an article, we would be_happy to organize a.personal. interview.

We trust that you will accept to contribute your personal vision or individual perspective on "Imagine Tomorrow's World" for the benefit of public awareness through this special advertising section. We should be most grateful if you would inform us of your decision at your earliest convenience. Should you agree to contribute an article, we would need to receive your text or set up a personal interview by Tuesday, July 15,1998. All articles will be submitted in their final form back to their authors for approval before the layout and production of the special section.

Concern for environmental issues has been a consistently high priority for Newsweek, and we welcome this opportunity to co-operate with you in raising international awareness of the key forces that are shaping the world in which we live.

With respect, LE PRESIDENT DE LA REPUBLIQUE Paris>

Madame la Presidente,

Je me rejouis que Fontainebleau puisse recevoir, en novembre prochain, le Congres international qui marquera le SOeme anniversaire de PUnion Mondiale pour la Nature, fondee dans cette ville en 1948.

L'ambition de 1'UICN de saisir cette occasion pour tracer les perspectives de la conservation de la nature dans le monde de demain, est judicieuse. Les effets de la mondialisation, des nouvelles technologies, de P industrialisation progressive du Tiers Monde doivent en effet etre mieux pris en compte, pour nous permettre, ensemble, de developper les strategies appropriees.

J'accepte volontiers la presidence du Comite d'honneur dont vous m'avez propose la constitution. Par leur rayonnement, les personnalites qui le composent contribueront a une prise de conscience necessaire dans le monde entier. Le rendez-vous de Fontainebleau donnera, j'en suis convaincu, une impulsion nouvelle aux actions en faveur de Penvironnement.

Heureux de vous accueillir bientot en France, je vous prie d'agreer, Madame la Presidente, Pexpression de mes hommages. U Jacques CHIRAC

Madame Yolanda KAKABADSE Presidente de PUnion Mondiale pour la Nature Rue Mauverney 28 CH-1196 GLAND SUISSE Unofficial translation of letter from President of France, Jacques Chirac

Paris, 4 May 1998

Madam President,

I am delighted that this coming November Fontainebleau will host the International Congress that will mark the 50th anniversary of The World Conservation Union, which was founded in that very town in 1948.

The initiative taken by IUCN to use this opportunity to map out the perspectives for nature conservation in tomorrow's world is judicious. The effects of globalisation, of technological innovation and of increasing industrialisation of the Third World must indeed be better taken into account to enable us, together, to develop appropriate strategies.

I am happy to accept your invitation to preside over the Honorary Committee which you have proposed to establish. Because of their excellent reputations, the personalities who make up the Honorary Committee will be able to make an important contribution to the raising of awareness throughout the world, which is essential. The events in Fontainebleau will, I am sure, provide fresh impetus to action in favour of the environment.

I look forward to welcoming you shortly in France, Madam President.

With respect,

Jacques Chirac World Headquarters IUCN Rue Mauverney 28 H g IS 0 The World Conservation Union CH-1196 Gland JUL 161998 Switzerland EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL Tel.: ++4122-999 0001 Mr Kofi A. Annan "" Fax: ++4122-999 00 02 Secretary General E-mail: [email protected] of the United Nations www: http://iucn.org United Nations Headquarters New York, NY 10017 USA

11 May 1998

Leading protagonists of the world environment and conservation community will meet in Foqtajnebleau.near Paris in early NovemberJ 998 to mark thellrst JTJJLcgntury of the modern ijitematjpnal [con^ervaj[on movement, in[tlatedjhere sin 1948 with the establishment

The Union today is the world's oldest and largest nature conservation body. An alliance of over nine hundred member organisations from 138 countries, it represents a global force uniting thousands of experts and millions of volunteers striving for the conservation of nature and the sustainable management of natural resources. Yet, on the threshold of the 21st Century, we need more than ever to ensure that social, economic and political decisions are compatible with the imperatives of ecological sustainability and equity. Though the conservation community has amassed considerable science and expertise, its challenge now is to share this knowledge with decision makers in every sector of society.

I believe that the future of conservation depends greatly on the commitment and personal involvement of opinion leaders from different areas of human endeavour. President Jacques Chirac of France and I have identified prominent personalities who can substantially contribute to raising public awareness of major challenges. Thjsjipnprary Committee for the World Conservation Union's 50th Anniversaryjs being formed under the Jl^rinan^hjpjo^ way for future action. Your_ ^articjpaiipnJlLth.is ji^m^ and_pjrestige to__pu r efforts and help

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Tomprrpv/s VVorld". This would take the form of a shor£aj^le^rjnfej^iej

Shpjjld_yoiuiLprpgraiTime moreover permit it, I would[be greatly honoured if you woukJ accept to personally attend and participate in JUCN's 50th Anniversary event and " 4nterrmtionaL^ympjasJto,Jrom. SJo^^November in Fpntainebleau. IUCN would particularly .j/yelcQjmymJ^pre_seiic.em^^^ programme of these events is enclosed for your kind attention.

It would give me great pleasure if you would join me on the Honorary Committee and provide your vision and wisdom to this historical and prospective occasion.

Ida Kakabadse President PERSONALITIES INVITED TO BE MEMBERS OF lUCN's 50™ ANNIVERSARY HONORARY COMMITTEE

Ms Yolanda Kakabadse President of lUCN-The World Conservation Union

Mr Jacques Chirac President of France

H.M. Queen Noor Al-Hussein of Jordan Patron of IUCN

H.E. Alpha Oumar Konare President of Mali

H.E. Flavio Cetti President of the Swiss Confederation

Mr Kofi Annan Secretary General of the United Nations Organisation

H.R.H. the Prince of Wales Founder of the Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum

H.R.H. Prince Gyanendra Bir Bikram President of the "King Mahendra Trust for Nature Shah Conservation"

H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Member of the royal family - Kingdom of Thailand

H.H. Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan President of the "Fondation de Bellerive" and "Alp Action"

Dr Oscar Arias Sanchez Former President of Costa Rica (1986-1990)

Ms Juliette Binoche French actress

Mr Richard Branson Founder and CEO of the Virgin Group

Mr Peter Gabriel Founder of "Real World" Ltd

Mr Bill Gates Founder and CEO of Microsoft Corporation

Mr Alain Gille Former representative of UNESCO to IUCN

Dr Luc Hoffmann Former Vice-President of IUCN and founder of the "Fondation Tour du Valat"

Mr Gabriel Garcia Marquez Author and Nobel literature prize winner

Dr Federico Mayor Director General of UNESCO

Professor Theodore Monod French Zoologist and Honorary Professor of several French Environmental Institutes Dr Peter Raven Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Dr Song Jian Vice Chairman, National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

Dr M.S. Swaminathan Former President of IUCN (1984-1990) and President of the "M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation"

Dr Klaus Toepfer Executive Director - United Nations Environment Programme