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Maurice Strong Maurice Strong serves as the Under Secretary General of the United Nations and Special Advisor to the Secretary-General. He is Senior Advisor to the President of the World Bank, and President of the United Nations University for Peace in Costa Rica. A native of Canada, Strong is one of the world's foremost political and environmental figures. He served as Secretary-General of the historic 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, and currently serves as Chairman of the Earth Council, an organization formed to promote the Earth Summit agreements. From 1970-1972, he was Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Geneva. He then served as the first Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme until 1975. Strong's career also encompasses the business sector, where he has headed several major companies, including Ontario Hydro and Petro-Canada. He is currently Chairman of Strovest Holdings, Inc. and Technology Development Corporation. Strong also served on the board of the World Economic Forum Foundation, and is former Chairman of both the Stockholm Environment Institute and the World Resources Institute, and former board member of the United Nations Foundation. Strong has received many honors and awards throughout his lifetime, including 51 honorary doctorates. |
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