Prof. Ernest Aryeetey Appointed to UN University Council

The Vice Chancellor, Professor Ernest Aryeetey, has been appointed to the governing council of the United Nations University.  The appointment, made by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Irina Bokova, Director General of the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), has been released by the United Nations. According to a release from the UN News Centre - http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=53817#.VyQCgWcrKhc .

Professor Aryeetey, like the other members of the UNU Council, will serve in his individual capacity.

The appointment of the 12 members is in accordance with Article IV of the United Nations University Charter,  to replace the retiring 2010 – 2016 cohort of UN University Council members.  The United Nations said the appointees will take office on May 3, 2016, and will serve for terms of either three or six years.

The main functions of the UN University Council are to formulate the principles and policies of the university, govern its operations, and consider and approve its biennial budget and work programme.

“Members to the UN University Council are selected with the aim of achieving a geographic and gender balance, with due regard for major academic, scientific, educational and cultural trends, as well as each member’s fields of expertise,” the release said.

The new members of the UNU Council are:

1.    Ernest Aryeetey  - (Ghana), Vice-Chancellor, University of Ghana

2.    Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz  - (Brazil), Scientific Director, São Paulo Research Foundation, and Professor, Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute, State University of Campinas

3.    Simon Chesterman  - (Australia), Dean, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore

4.    Elizabeth Cousens  - (USA), Deputy Chief Executive Officer, United Nations Foundation

5.    Isabel Guerrero Pulgar - (Chile), Director, IMAGO Global Grassroots, and lecturer at Harvard and MIT

6.    Angela Kane - (Germany), Senior Fellow, Vienna Centre for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, and Professor, SciencesPo, Paris

7.    Segenet Kelemu - (Ethiopia), Director General and CEO, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

8.    Bassma Kodmani - (Syria), Executive Director, Arab Reform Initiative

9.    Radha Kumar - (India), Director General, Delhi Policy Group

10. Irena Lipowicz - (Poland), Professor, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyñski University (Warsaw)

11. Tsuneo Nishida - (Japan), Director, Institute for Peace Science, Hiroshima University, and Director, Toho Zinc Co., Ltd.

12. Lan Xue  - (China), Dean, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, and Director, China Institute for S&T Policy

 

We congratulate our Vice Chancellor for this sterling achievement.