Issue 13: December 2001

A major expansion of United Nations University activities throughout the world will be on the agenda at the 48th annual meeting of the UNU Council being held in Tokyo December 3 to 7.

Council members will discuss progress reports on 10 initiatives, including proposals to establish new Regional Training Centres and Programmes (RTC/Ps) in Qatar, Germany, Brazil and Venezuela.

Projects to be discussed will include:

• A proposed RTC on Environment and Human Security in Bonn, Germany;
• The Programme on Science and Technology for Sustainability in Kwangju, Republic of Korea;
• The Research and Training Initiative on Development and Urban Sustainability in Switzerland;
• A possible RTC/P in Qatar;
• A RTC/P on Fragile Ecosystems in the Wetland in the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil;
• A RTC on International Centre for Biotechnology in Caracas, Venezuela;
• A possible UNU Network on Conflict Prevention in Latin America and Southeast Asia;
• A human security initiative in Japan; and
• A new cooperative initiative with the African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)

Council will also hear a progress report on the new RTP on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU/CRIS) in Belgium.

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