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Issue 12: October-November 2001 |
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Call for balance in response to terrorist
attacks UN University Rector Hans van Ginkel and Vice Rector Ramesh Thakur have called for careful thought and balance as the world prepares its response to the terrorist attacks of September 11. |
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Researchers
rank relative threat from environmental problems In the new book Global Environmental Risk, researchers rank the relative threat posed by a host of environmental problems in different countries in an effort to help policy makers develop priorities for action to protect the planet. |
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New books from UNU Press | |||||||
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UNAIDS chief gives lecture on AIDS and
human security The global AIDS epidemic is one of the central security issues for the 21st Century, Dr. Peter Piot, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, said during a lecture at UNU Centre in Tokyo October 2. |
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President
Mbeki delivers U Thant lecture A capacity crowd of more than 500 packed U Thant Hall at UNU Centre, Tokyo, to hear President Thabo Mbeki of the Republic of South Africa deliver the second U Thant Distinguished Lecture. |
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UNU to host
conference on peacekeeping reform The importance of peacekeeping training and the challenges facing the United Nations in reforming its peacekeeping operations will be discussed at an international conference to be held at UNU Centre, Tokyo, October 23. |
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Frances Stewart to
give 2001 WIDER lecture Leading developing economist Frances Stewart will speak on horizontal inequality when she delivers the 2001 WIDER lecture December 14. |
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UNU/INWEH to co-organize conference on
shared waters Providing the international community with a contemporary assessment of the needs facing organizations and individuals working towards sustainable development in coastal zones is the goal of a major conference entitled “Managing Shared Waters,” to take place next June in Canada. |
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UNU to host international water systems workshop | |||||||
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Seminar to focus on next stage of climate change negotiations | |||||||
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Symposium to explore zero emissions economy | |||||||
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Calendar of events and meetings | |||||||
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