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Head Of UN Climate Panel To Seek New Term

Head Of UN Climate Panel To Seek New Term NORWAY: April 7, 2008 OSLO - India's Rajendra Pachauri said on Saturday he will seek a new six-year term as head of the UN climate panel that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former US Vice President Al Gore. "I have after a great deal of reflection and consultation decided to express interest in a second term," Pachauri, 67, told Reuters. "Of course, the government of India would have to send in my nomination, and I hope that will happen soon," he wrote in an e-mail.

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