In the Board Meeting of
Greenpeace
Spain last weekend in Madrid, three historical leaders resigned:
the president: Helena Fusté, the vicepresident Julio Mas and the
managing director, Xavier Pastor. To take the Presidency, the new Board has designated the Agricultural
Engineer, Dolores Romana, an 35 year old active member who has been in
Greenpeace for over ten years.
Xavier Pastor, until now the Managing Director of the ecological organisation,
has resigned as he considered himself to be an obstacle to resolve the
conflict that has involved a sector of the personnel of the Madrid office,
since he had intended to transfer part of this to Mallorca.
The Mallorcan, Xavier Pastor, like the retiring President, has expressed
his support for the new board and its president. The Board has announced
that as from now they will set up an open and transparent process to elect
the new Managing Director, and have asked Pastor to act as the strategic
consultant for them, commissioning him to design and set up a team of rapid
intervention by the oganisation in aggressions and national or international
environment catastrophes.
In relation to Pastor Dolores Romano has stated "The prestige, strength
and relevance of Greenpeace in the present Spanish society is due to the
great work carried out by Xavier Pastor these past years. He is a
person who I admire and thank in the name of the whole organisation for
his dedication, honesty and commitment to the defence of the environment
throughout his life. We consider Pastor to be an extremely valuable
person for the organisation and we hope we will continue to count on him
to carry out new projects that will confront the great environment challenges
of the beginning of the XXI Century."
Photo: Xavier Pastor during the "
Antinuclear
Fleet" in the Bay of Palma last December 8, 2000.