Noronha will succeed fellow Indian and development economist Satya Tripathi for the post. She has also been appointed as the head of UNEP's New York Office.
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Noronha will succeed fellow Indian and development economist Satya Tripathi to whom Secretary-General Guterres is grateful for his leadership and dedicated service during his tenure, according to a statement on Thursday.
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Ligia Noronha
UN chief Antonio Guterres has appointed leading Indian economist Ligia Noronha as Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the New York Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Noronha will succeed fellow Indian and development economist Satya Tripathi to whom Secretary-General Guterres is grateful for his leadership and dedicated service during his tenure, according to a statement on Thursday.
Noronha is an economist with over 30 years of international experience in the field of sustainable development.
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In 1983, then-assistant Government professor Terry L. Karl accused fellow Government professor Jorge I. DomÃnguez of sexually harassing her.
On Thursday â nearly four decades later â University President Lawrence S. Bacow apologized to Karl in a letter accompanying the final report by an external committee tasked with determining what had allowed DomÃnguez to climb Harvardâs ranks despite multiple allegations of harassment over several decades.
âHarvard failed her,â Bacow wrote.
âI also apologize to those whose subsequent sexual harassment might have been avoided if Harvard had taken timely and appropriate actions,â he added.
Following the reportâs publication and Bacowâs letter Thursday, Karl and another woman whom DomÃnguez harassed, Charna E. Sherman â80, told The Crimson they were pleased Bacow apologized, but felt deeper systematic changes are still needed at Harvard to protect women from harassment in the future.