1973 iucn yearbook
1973 iucn yearbook
1973 iucn yearbook
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activities. Appendix D lists the membership of the Commissions as at<br />
31 December <strong>1973</strong> and similar listings for committees, working groups<br />
and task forces are given in Appendix E.<br />
Secretariat<br />
The Secretariat is responsible for carrying out the activities approved<br />
by the General Assembly and the Executive Board with advice from the<br />
Commissions and the assistance of working groups, task forces and<br />
consultants. Composition of the Secretariat at the end of <strong>1973</strong> is set<br />
out in Appendix F.<br />
Anthony J. Mence took up duty as Executive Officer, Survival Service<br />
Commission, at the end of July, replacing Moira A. G. Warland who had<br />
resigned in February. Joseph Lucas, who had acted in the post since<br />
relinquishing his position as Science Writer, returned to England in<br />
June. Paule Gryn-Ambroes resigned from the position of Executive<br />
Officer, International Commission on National Parks, in August.<br />
Robert L. Schiffer took up duty in November as External Relations<br />
Officer.<br />
Bruce and Katherine Weber, Peace Corps Volunteers, were assigned<br />
to work with the Secretariat in October. They have acted as Assistant<br />
Executive Officers, ICNP.<br />
Harry A. Goodwin, who had been made available to the Secretariat<br />
on detail from the US Department of the Interior for two years, retired<br />
at the end of June. IUCN takes this opportunity of again expressing its<br />
deep gratitude to the Government of the United States for its generous<br />
support of international conservation through the detail of Harry<br />
Goodwin, and the continuing service of Robert I. Standish, IUCN'S<br />
Information Officer.<br />
Samuel E. Jorgensen left the Secretariat at the end of July after<br />
serving one year as a volunteer. A retired executive of the US Bureau<br />
of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, he worked on wetlands and endangered<br />
species matters while in Morges. IUCN takes this opportunity to<br />
reiterate its gratitude for this welcome and most useful volunteer service.<br />
Early in the year, Estelle F. Buckley was assigned as Special Assistant<br />
for Membership.<br />
World Wildlife Fund<br />
Reference has been made in various sections of this Yearbook to the<br />
collaboration that exists between IUCN and WWF. Many of the National<br />
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