Kia ora all, This is what I heard from a UNEP staff member of 25 years, currently working in an outposted office. It supports what Jonathan Krueger and Ken Conca have said already:
"The term UN Environment was brought in by Erik Solheim, the Executive Director (ED) who joined in 2016 and resigned last month under a cloud. UN headquarters has never accepted the term UN Environment, nor did the UNEP governing body, the United Nations Environment Assembly. Any correspondence from the UN Secretary General's office only ever mentions United Nations Environment Programme or UNEP, never UN Environment. The day the ED resigned many of us gleefully returned to using UNEP. We hope that the incoming ED will revert to using the legally mandated and well-liked names." All good wishes, Wendy Jackson On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 2:25 AM Ken Conca <[email protected]> wrote: > The name is now UN Environment but they still use the acronym UNEP (see > for example the just-released 2018 Emissions Gap report: > https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2018 --in > which the official/recommended citation is UNEP as author). In my > experience the goal is to get people saying UN Environment, and staff will > do so in presentations, press releases, etc, but UNEP is still in wide > conversational use. Some folks on this list will recall all the gymnastics > around IUCN name changes over the years, while preserving the acronym ...kc > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Charles Chester > Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 5:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [gep-ed] "UNEP" vs. "UN Environment" in the real world > > Hi gep-eders, > > I’ve not been to an international environmental conference for a few > years, so I have a question of protocol for you all: will I be shunned, > avoided, and socially ostracized if I say the term “UNEP” in public? > > In all seriousness, I understand "UN Environment” is what the organization > wants to be called…but are people generally saying “UN Environment" these > days in international fora? And does the difference between saying “UNEP" > and "UN Environment” matter in any consequential way at all? > > I should emphasize that I really have no agenda with these questions…they > are asked out of cloistered ignorance and curiosity…and I suppose I should > be saying the right thing to my students….. > > As usual, if you want to send me your response, I’ll collate them and send > out. > > Many thanks, > > Charlie Chester > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > GEP-guide.net< > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gep-2Dguide.net_&d=DwMFaQ&c=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q&r=8vRoE5IxCf4BFRCRiBw2WFrVSCPWA1Qy5B0bHeb6K3c&m=2Tq6-1BvTK87HYbAxPN8o9CA64wOC3uFS6AoQ2NwkDc&s=16vn0HrGupB7CVn8n5FDgB6w4r5bfiI9VS8QcAPqM2c&e=> > • BCI< > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__batcon.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q&r=8vRoE5IxCf4BFRCRiBw2WFrVSCPWA1Qy5B0bHeb6K3c&m=2Tq6-1BvTK87HYbAxPN8o9CA64wOC3uFS6AoQ2NwkDc&s=fZT86PSdEP1syOp-6mTULpXo57SnLIvk3S-fbFO3Lk4&e=> > • Y2Y< > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__y2y.net_&d=DwMFaQ&c=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q&r=8vRoE5IxCf4BFRCRiBw2WFrVSCPWA1Qy5B0bHeb6K3c&m=2Tq6-1BvTK87HYbAxPN8o9CA64wOC3uFS6AoQ2NwkDc&s=Rm7ptjH-Aw9AjEZImRpns9tbKFS6X4YBwbCglNKDtlk&e=> > • Brandeis< > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.brandeis.edu_programs_environmental_&d=DwMFaQ&c=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q&r=8vRoE5IxCf4BFRCRiBw2WFrVSCPWA1Qy5B0bHeb6K3c&m=2Tq6-1BvTK87HYbAxPN8o9CA64wOC3uFS6AoQ2NwkDc&s=mRwZin9qHFn49h1cTwudZuGXtD4lcg_sf2kpt-IghBY&e=> > • Fletcher< > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sites.tufts.edu_cierp_&d=DwMFaQ&c=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q&r=8vRoE5IxCf4BFRCRiBw2WFrVSCPWA1Qy5B0bHeb6K3c&m=2Tq6-1BvTK87HYbAxPN8o9CA64wOC3uFS6AoQ2NwkDc&s=1F08hlfwDe4iyIK48liDjdZYR2e786bRAN2FOQjMuEg&e= > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout< > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_optout&d=DwMFaQ&c=U0G0XJAMhEk_X0GAGzCL7Q&r=8vRoE5IxCf4BFRCRiBw2WFrVSCPWA1Qy5B0bHeb6K3c&m=2Tq6-1BvTK87HYbAxPN8o9CA64wOC3uFS6AoQ2NwkDc&s=POeeacCQcXcIl1zECFVXHsfPEEc97kb301TKDLSaOSg&e= > >. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
