Prior to joining the University, Dr. Lenton was Director of the Sustainable Energy and Environment Division at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in New York, from 1995 to 2000; Director-General of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) from 1987-1994; and Program Officer with the Ford Foundation in New Delhi and New York from 1977 to 1986.

A citizen of Argentina, Dr. Lenton received a Civil Engineering degree from the University of Buenos Aires and his Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Water Resources Systems from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A co-author of “Applied Water Resources Systems” and a lead author of “Health, Dignity and Development: What will it take?”, he is the author and co-author of numerous papers and book chapters on scientific, technical and policy subjects.

WSSCC is an international organisation that was mandated by a 1990 UN resolution to accelerate progress towards safe water and sanitation for all. Based in Geneva, the WSSCC launched the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for all (WASH) campaign in December 2001 to mobilize political awareness and support towards ending the suffering of the 1.1 billion people without access to safe water, and the 2.6 billion without adequate sanitation. The Global WASH programme has been further endorsed by the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) at its 13th session in April 2005 as a major programme to reach the sanitation and water related Millennium Development Goals.

For more Information please contact:

Journalists wishing to arrange interviews should contact:
Ms. Eirah Gorre-Dale, Special Representative of the WSSCC to the UN,
WHO Office at the United Nations, New York. U.S.A. 10017
Tel.    +1 (212) 963-6003
Fax.   +1 (212) 963-8565.
Email: gorre-dale@un.org

Mr. Soren Bauer,
Communications & External Relations Officer, WSSCC, Geneva,
Tel.   +(41 22) 917 8674
Fax.   +(41 22) 917 8084
Email: bauers@who.int