UNEP Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations presented a speech at University of Tehran

Dr. Achim Steiner , UNEP Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations presented a speech at University of Tehran in the presence of a great number of professors and students on 24 ^th April, 2016.

In his speech, he spoke about the responsibility of students as the future leaders to help with the promotion of awareness about environmental problems and the mechanisms to move out from the problems. He further added that it is the commitment of every citizen to cooperate on environmental issues. The problems of environment are not limited to a specific country and it needs a collective efforts. Explaining about the reality of the environmental problems and their direct impact on daily life of the present generation and the generation of the future, he asked the academic community to help with overcoming these challenges.

It is worth noting that in this event , Prof. Nili Ahmadabadi, the President of UT also explained about the activities of UT as a green university and its developmental move towards UN environment policies. Also Prof. Ardestani, the Dean of Faculty of Environment spoke about the activities of his faculty on environment issues and future programs. In the last part of the event, the Logo of UT was awarded to Dr. Achim Steiner, NEP Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations