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Mary Robinson named UN special climate change envoy
July 15, 2014
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today named former Irish president Mary Robinson as his special envoy for climate change, ahead of a summit set for September.
Robinson will seek to "mobilize political will and action" ahead of the special summit of heads of state and government, called by Ban, to be held in New York on September 23, the UN said.