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PURPOSE, GOALS, AND FUNCTIONS
Purpose To organize and implement a programme of research, training, and dissemination of knowledge, directed to the alleviation of the problems of world hunger and malnutrition.
Goals
Functions
ASSOCIATED INSTITUTIONS
Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama
(INCAP)
Carretera Roosevelt, Zona 11, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
Tel. 43762. Cable: INCAP GUATEMALA. Co-ordinator: Dr. Guillermo
Arroyeve.
The Nutrition Center of the Philippines (NCP)
Nutrition Center of the Philippines Bldg., South Super
Highway, Nichols Interchange, Makati, Metro Manila 3116,
Philippines. Tel. 85-30-71 to 79. Cable: NUTRICEN MANILA.
Co-ordinator: Dr. Rodolfo Florentino.
Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI)
Mysore 570013, India. Tel. 22298. Cable: UNVERCENT MYSORE. Telex:
0846-241 FTRI IN. Co-ordinator: Dr. C.P. Natarajan.
Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA)
University of Chile, Casilla 15138, Santiago 11, Chile. Tel.
214105, 214030. Cable: INTACHILE SANTIAGO. Co-ordinator: Dr.
Ricardo Uauy.
Tropical Products Institute (TPI)
56-62 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X8LU, UK. Tel. 01-242-5412.
Cable: TROPRODS LONDON WC1. Coordinator: Dr. E.M. Thain.
Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research (IVIC)
Apartado 1827, Caracas 1091, Venezuela. Tel. 69 19 41. Cable:
IVICSAS CARACAS. Co-ordinator: Dr. Miguel Layrisse.
The International Food and Nutrition Policy and
Planning Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
Harvard School of Public Health (IFNP)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 20A-201, Cambridge, Mass.
02139, USA. Tel. (617) 253-7617. Cable: MITUNATUNIV CAMBRIDGE.
Telex: 92-1473 MITCAM. Co-ordinator: Dr. Barbara Underwood.
Centre for Research in Nutrition, Laval University
(CRN)
Quebec G1K 7P4, Canada. Tel. 1418) 656-2439. Cable: AGRAL-2BC-UL
CANADA. Telex: 21-5131621. Co-ordinator: Dr. J.C. Dillon.
Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University
of Ghana (DNFS)
PO Box 134, Legon, Ghana. Cable: UNIVERSITY LEGON. Coordinator:
Dr. R. Orraca-Tetteh.
Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University (INMU)
Salaya Campus, c/o Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine,
Ramathibodi Hospital, Rama VI Road, Bangkok 4, Thailand. Tel.
282-6435. Co-ordinator: Dr. Aree Valyasevi.
Universidad del Valle (UVC)
Apartado Aereo 20353, Cali, Colombia. Co-ordinator: Dr. Luis
Fajardo.
TRAINING UNIT
National Food Research Institute
2-1-2 Kanondai, Yatabe-machi, Tsukuba-gun, Ibaraki-ken 300-21,
Japan. Tel. 02975-6-8011. Coordinator: Dr. Shinji Matsuura.
CO-OPERATING INSTITUTIONS
Through IFNP
Department of Nutrition, Cornell University, USA
Department of Nutrition, University of Connecticut, USA
Through TPI
Dunn Laboratories, Cambridge, UK
Department of Food Science, University of Reading, UK
Through NCP
University of the Philippines at Los Baños, Philippines
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Dr. Guillermo Arroyeve, Interregional Co-ordinator for the
Western Hemisphere and UNU Resident Co-ordinator:
Dr. Mosés Béhar, Chief, Nutrition Unit, World Health
Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Mr. Sol H. Chafkin, Chairman, Working Group on Nutrition, Ford
Foundation, New York, USA
Dr. Freda U. Chale, Nutrition Officer (Field Programme}, Food
Policy and Nutrition Division, Food and Agriculture Organization,
Rome, Italy
Dr. Wenche Barth Eide, Institute for Nutrition Research, School
of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Dr. Yujiro Hayami, Faculty of Economics, Tokyo Metropolitan
University, Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Hou Xiang-chuan, Professor of Nutrition and Adviser,
Institute of Military Hygiene, Tienjin, People's Republic of
China
Dr. Mogens Jul, Professor of Food Preservation, Royal Veterinary
and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark
Dr. Paul Lunven, Deputy Director, Food Policy and Nutrition
Division, Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy
Dr. H.A.B. Parpia, Principal Adviser, Science and Technology,
Agriculture Department, Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome,
Italy
Dr. D. Picou, Chairman, Mount Hope Medical Complex Task Force
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, West Indies
Dr. Fred T. Sai, Interregional Co-ordinator for Africa, and
Europe
Prof. Tasho A. Tashev, Director, Institute of Nutrition, Sofia,
Bulgaria
Dr. Roger G. Whitehead, Director, Dunn Nutritional Laboratory,
University of Cambridge and Medical Research Council, Cambridge,
UK
COMPOSITION OF TASK FORCES
WHP Task Force on Food and Nutrition Policy and Programme
Planning
Dr. Fred Sai
Dr. Paul Lunven
Mr. Sol Chafkin
(Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw)
WHP Task Force on Post-harvest Conservation of Food
Dr. Mogens Jul
Dr. Ricardo Bressani
Dr. C.P. Natarajan
(Dr. María A. Tagle)
WHP Task Force on Human Nutritional Requirements and Their Fulfilment through Local Diets
Dr. Guillermo Arroyave
Dr. Barbara Underwood
Dr. Roger Whitehead
(Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw}
WORLD HUNGER PROGRAMME STAFF
Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw, Senior Adviser
Dr. María A. Tagle, Senior Programme Officer
Dr. Urban Jonsson, Programme Officer
Mrs. Rozanne Chorlton, Assistant Programme Officer
Mrs. Audrey Yuse, Administrative Assistant
Mrs. Elsie Kimi Buma, Secretary
Miss Noriko Hasegawa, Secretary Field Staff (Part-time)
Dr. Fred T. Sai, Interregional Co-ordinator for Africa and Europe
Dr. Guillermo Arroyave, Interregional Co-ordinator for the
Western Hemisphere
Dr William Rand, Research Co-ordinator
Miss Jane Dittrich, Editorial Assistant
Mrs. Virginia Willis, Administrative Assistant, Cambridge
Programme Office
Mrs. Elizabeth Torrado, Secretary, Cambridge Programme Office
FOOD AND NUTRITION BULLETIN SUPPLEMENTS
Nutritional Evaluation of Protein Foods
A report of a joint UNU-International Union of Nutrition Sciences working group presenting a revision of the methods for the comprehensive assessment of the nutritive value of food and feed protein sources. It begins with the determination of nitrogen content, the identification of the principle nitrogenous constituents of the food, and the assessment of nutritional values, including digestibility, by means of in vitro and in vivo assays. The methods and procedures as well as their significance and limitations are considered.
WHTR-3/UNUP-129 ISBN 92-808-0129-5
16.5 x 23.5 cm, paper-bound US$9.00
Food Price Policies and Nutrition in Latin America
A workshop report analysing the effects of governmental food price policies on the nutritional status of the populations of Latin America and the Caribbean. It points out areas that need further research and suggests methods for conducting it that can be adopted by Third World governments. It also seeks to increase the awareness of industrialized countries of the impact of their international trade policies on the citizens of developing countries.
WHTR 2/UNUP-128 ISBN 92-808-0128-7 170 pages, 16.5 x 23.5 cm, paper-bound US$9.00
Bioconversion of Organic Residues for Rural-Communities
A compilation of papers from a workshop on the development of techniques for the production of biomass from organic residues- focusing on the potential of bacteria, yeasts, fungi, and algae to upgrade organic wastes into valuable feed products through simple fermentation processes. Especially for developing countries with predominantly rural populations it is imperative that such low-cost bioconversion techniques be fully encouraged for improvement of the socio-economic, nutritional, and health conditions of rural areas.
IPWN-1/UNUP-43 ISBN 92-808-0043-4 176 pages, 21.4 x 28 cm, paper-bound US$10.00
Protein-Energy Requirements under Conditions Prevailing in Developing Countries: Current Knowledge and Research Needs
A report on the current state of knowledge regarding protein and energy requirements and appropriate dietary allowances for people living under the conditions prevailing in developing countries and consuming local diets. It brings together much hitherto unevaluated original data- including data generated by the World Hunger Programme's own research projects- and points up the fact that present international recommendations fail to take sufficiently into account the protein-energy needs for recovery and catch-up growth following frequent acute and chronic infections and differences in the digestibility and protein quality of local diets. A principal function of the report is to provide suggestions for further needed research.
WHTR-1 /UNUP-18 ISBN 92-808-0018-3
73 pages, 16.5 x 23.5 cm, paper bound US$3.00
HOW TO ORDER PUBLICATIONS
Orders should specify the identification numbers and the full title of the publication, and be addressed to: Publications Section, Academic Services The United Nations University Toho Seimei Building 15-1, Shibuya 2chome, Shibuya-ku Tokyo 150, Japan
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FROM THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY
ARTICLE I
Purposes and structure
1. The United Nations University shall be an international community of scholars, engaged in research, post-graduate training and dissemination of knowledge in furtherance of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. In achieving its stated objectives, it shall function under the joint sponsorship of the United Nations and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (hereinafter referred to as UNESCO), through a central programming and co-ordinating body and a network of research and post-graduate training centres and programmes located in the developed and developing countries.
2. The University shall devote its work to research into the pressing global problems of human survival, development and welfare that are the concern of the United Nations and its agencies, with due attention to the social sciences and the humanities as well as natural sciences, pure and applied.
3. The research programmes of the institutions of the University shall include, among other subjects, coexistence between peoples having different cultures, languages and social systems; peaceful relations between States and the maintenance of peace and security; human rights; economic and social change and development; the environment and the proper use of resources; basic scientific research and the application of the results of science and technology in the interests of development; and universal human values related to the improvement of the quality of life.
4. The University shall disseminate the knowledge gained in its activities to the United Nations and its agencies, to scholars and to the public, in order to increase dynamic interaction in the world-wide community of learning and research.
5. The University and all those who work in it shall act in accordance with the spirit of the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and the Constitution of UNESCO and with the fundamental principles of contemporary international law.
6. The University shall have as a central objective of its research and training centres and programmes the continuing growth of vigorous academic and scientific communities everywhere and particularly in the developing countries, devoted to their vital needs in the fields of learning and research within the framework of the aims assigned to those centres and programmes in the present Charter. It shall endeavour to alleviate the intellectual isolation of persons in such communities in the developing countries which might otherwise become a reason for their moving to developed countries.
7. in its post-graduate training the University shall assist scholars, especially young scholars, to participate in research in order to increase their capability to contribute to the extension, application and diffusion of knowledge. The University may also undertake the training of persons who will serve in international or national technical assistance programmes, particularly in regard to an interdisciplinary approach to the problems with which they will be called upon to deal.
ARTICLE II
Academic freedom and autonomy
1. The University shall enjoy autonomy within the framework of the United Nations. It shall also enjoy the academic freedom required for the achievement of its objectives, with particular reference to the choice of subjects and methods of research and training, the selection of persons and institutions to share in its tasks, and freedom of expression. The University shall decide freely on the use of the financial resources allocated for the execution of its functions....