Bonn, 16-19 June 2006 –The AEWA Secretariat joined the rest of the CMS family (CMS, ASCOBANS and EUROBATS) and a number of other UN Organisations (UNCCD, UNFCCC, UNU, UNV, UN/ISDR-PPEW, UNESCO-UNEVOC, WHO-ECEH) in a long-awaited move to the new United Nations Premises in Bonn, Germany.

The permanent Secretariat of the AEWA was initially set up in Bonn and co-located with CMS and the other Agreements at Haus Carstanjen in 2000. Since then the number of staff working for the “CMS Family” has grown steadily and lead to a shortage of office space. In July 2004 the three Agreements moved to another building (OBS). AEWA’s new offices will now be located with those of the “CMS Family” in the central building of the new UN Campus. The building, which is known throughout Germany as the “Langer Eugen”, a familiar public landmark that previously housed the members of the German Parliament before this was moved to Berlin in 1999, has been fully renovated and is being generously provided by the Government of Germany.

“For AEWA, the move to the new building will not only mean additional and much improved office space for the Secretariat, but also more visibility as part of the new UN Premises in Germany”, explained Bert Lenten, the Executive Secretary of AEWA. “I am excited that AEWA will now have a permanent office in Langer Eugen, a building symbolically tied to the former capital and history of our host country”. The entire 19th floor of the “Langer Eugen” will be allocated to AEWA and will allow for limited growth of the Secretariat in the near future.

Commenting on the move, CMS Executive Secretary Robert Hepworth said “The move to the new UN campus will allow the CMS Secretariat and our Bonn based Agreements to be re-united in one office after more than two years apart. This will give a boost to internal communication”. CMS, also known as the Bonn Convention and its co-located Agreements are the only UN organizations on the new UN Campus that are administered by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi, Kenya.

The AEWA Secretariat would like to take this opportunity to express its sincere gratitude to the Government of Germany, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and to the City of Bonn for providing AEWA with a new landmark space for its permanent Secretariat. We look forward to contributing our part to the common goal of sustainable development which unites all United Nations organizations on the new UN Premises in Bonn.

Please note the changes to our address: (Email and telephone numbers will remain unchanged)

UNEP/AEWA Secretariat
Hermann-Ehlers-Str. 10
53113 Bonn, Germany
Tel. +49-(0)228-815 2413
Fax +49-(0)228-815 2450

AEWA Secretariat Offices in Bonn (2000-2006)

Haus Carstanjen (2000 - 2004):
OBS Building (2004-2006):
Langer Eugen / UN Campus (Present):