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WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE
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INSTITUTE FOR
ADVANCED STUDIES Research project leads to new book on cities and globalization Following research undertaken within the UNU/IAS Global Cities and Telematics project, University of Chicago sociologist Saskia Sassen and a group of distinguished contributors have expanded on her seminal work, The Global City, in the new book Global Networks, Linked Cities. MORE ![]() |
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U THANT
DISTINGUISHED LECTURE Famed wheat researcher to speak on agriculture and peace The scientist who saved millions of lives by developing high-yielding wheat varieties will deliver the fourth U Thant Distinguished Lecture at UNU Centre on October 1. MORE ![]() |
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YEAR OF FRESHWATER 2003 Symposium to promote sustainable management of headwaters An international symposium to promote land management strategies that advance sustainable management of headwaters will be the first of a series of UN University contributions to International Year of Freshwater 2003. MORE ![]() |
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NEW TECHNOLOGIES Innovation in Asia topic for INTECH annual lecture Nathan Rosenberg, one of the world's foremost experts on the causes and consequences of technological change, will deliver this year's UNU Institute for New Technologies Amilcar Herrera Lecture. MORE ![]() |
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Calendar of events and meetings for 2002 | |||
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RAMESH THAKUR Diplomacy's odd couple, the U.S. and UN Many Americans see the United Nations as a pretentious, ponderous and pompous non-power in world affairs. Yet many non-American critics of the UN also despair at the periodic U.S. tendency to behave like a rogue superpower, responsible to no one but the U.S. Congress and the American voter. MORE ![]() |
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