Dr Adil Najam, the vice chancellor of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) on Wednesday was nominated by the United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon for re-appointment to the prestigious UN Committee on Development Policy (CDP).
At its annual substantive session for 2012, held in July, the members of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) voted to accept the genera; secretary’s nominations for the CDP’s 2013-15 term, including the appointment of Dr Najam to the CDP.
Commenting on the announcement, Dr Najam said that he was honoured at the confidence that the United Nations Secretary General and the CDP has shown in him.
Dr Najam has been a leading global public intellectual on sustainable development and global governance. He was one of the lead authors of the third and fourth assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), work for which the IPCC was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. As vice chancellor of LUMS he has continued to be active on these issues within Pakistan and globally. The CDP is global group of experts – invited to join in their individual capacity – and convened by the ECOSOC and the UN Secretary General to advise on global development challenges and the economic agenda of the United Nations. The Committee is a subsidiary body of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
LUMS vice chancellor nominated to UN CDP
