‘Only One Earth’ and ‘Crystal Drop’ Awards go to UNEP Executive Director

UNITED NATIONS ACTIVITIES UNEP GC-24 / GMEF First Meetings with New Executive Director

Executive Director for Operations

This paper responds to the April 29, 1998, Staff Requirements Memorandum (SRM) concerning SECY-98-010, "Petition for Envirocare of Utah, Inc., to Possess SNM in Excess of Current Regulatory Limits" (Attachment 1). This SRM directed the staff to review the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) report on post-disposal criticality at the Barnwell, South Carolina, disposal facility and to inform the...

Board Involvement, Director Expertise and Executive Incentives

Boards of directors have become more involved in monitoring and advising top management. We investigate how board involvement affects executive incentives in a project investment setting. To increase the probability of project success, the CEO engages in a sequence of tasks: first acquiring information to evaluate a potential project, then reporting his assessment of the project to the board, a...

Go with the Flow—but Only in One Direction

Retinotopic maps form prior to the development of vision, when retinal waves serve as a robust source of correlated neural activity. Two recent studies provide critical insights into the features of retinal waves that may be instructive for the formation of retinotopic maps.

Annual report of the executive director.

The present report is submitted pursuant to Executive Board decision 94/32 of 10 October 1994. The report provides an overview of performance in 2001 against financial targets in the UNOPS business plan, reviews UNOPS activities during the year and addresses issues involving services and new client-centred business processes. Information is also provided on the current status of the organizatio...