"We are looking forward to working with the Chinese government
and?the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic
Games (BOCOG),
in ensuring that the 2008 Olympics are remembered as the greenest
Olympics so far," United Nations Environment Program Deputy
Executive Director Shafqat Kakakhel told Xinhua News Agency Tuesday
in Nairobi.
Kakakhel met visiting International Olympic Committee President
Jacques Rogge on Tuesday morning. He told Rogge that he believed
the Chinese authorities are committed to ensuring the Games are
organized in an environmentally friendly manner and that he hoped
the IOC, UNEP and China can work together.
Kakakhel was appointed deputy executive director of UNEP in
1998.
(Xinhua News Agency January 12, 2005)