United Nations, Apr 13 (PTI) Pakistan has nominated its candidate Tariq Banuri for the position of the head of United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that will be filled by July when the current UN Climate Chief Yvo de Boer steps down.
The final list of candidates include Christiana Figueres from Costa Rica, Maria Fernanda Espinoza from Ecuador, Vijai Sharma from India, Marthinus van Schalkwyk from South Africa and Janoz Pasztor from Hungary who is also presently heading the Secretary-General's Climate Change Support Team.
A former government official in Pakistan, Banuri is the director of the Asian Centre of the Stockholm Environment Institute and has previously worked with the UN.
The deadline for submission of nominations ended on March 31st.