UNU Update: Issue 22

ISSUE 22: JANUARY 2003



UNU CENTRE UNU joins committee organizing information technology summit UN University has been appointed an official member of the high-level committee organizing the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva (2003) and Tunis (2005). MORE	NEW UNU LIST-SERV PLECserv provides information on land management, conservation UNU Project on People, Land Management and Ecosystem Conservation has established a new list-serv for scientists and professionals. MORE	FOOD AND NUTRITION PROGRAMME Nutrition capacity development initiative shifts into high gear UNU Food and Nutrition Programme has launched the implementation phase of its Global Capacity Development Initiative. MORE

FOOD AND NUTRITION PROGRAMME Advisory group helps WFP to monitor food donations UNU/FNP is helping the World Food Programme to monitor the safety and suitability of foods used in its global feeding programmes. MORE	PEACE AND GOVERNANCE PROGRAMME Chiyuki Aoi appointed academic programme officer Former university lecturer Chiyuki Aoi has been appointed academic programme officer with the Peace and Governance Programme. MORE	UNU PRESS New book takes a close look at conflict prevention In Conflict Prevention: Path to Peace or Grand Illusion, a diverse group of expert authors make recommendations on improving organizational capacity. MORE



PEACE AND GOVERNANCE Children in turmoil focus of Tokyo Global Forum The plight of the world's most vulnerable children will be highlighted at the third annual EU-UNU Tokyo Global Forum to be helf at UNU Centre January 16. MORE	ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Symposium to assess fate of arsenic in the environment UNU is co-sponsoring an international symposium on the Fate of Arsenic in the Environment in Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 5-6. MORE	Calendar of events & meetings in 2003

	INTERLINKAGES INITIATIVE Forum to review environmental governance case studies The results of case studies on environmental governance in Asia and the Pacific will be presented at a public forum to be held at UNU Centre in Tokyo January 21. MORE



INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FRESHWATER Conference calls for headwater management commission An international commission for headwater management should be established, according to a declaration co-sponsored by UN University. MORE	INSTITUTE FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES Tech firms need venture capital at start-up stage, conference agrees Venture capital will promote innovation but only if it is available at the seed and start-up stage, delegates to a recent international conference concluded. MORE	UNU CENTRE The Responsibility to Protect discussed at UNU seminar International experts attended a UNU seminar on the responsibility of states to protect civilians threatened by war, humanitarian crises and terrorism. MORE





DAVID MALONE & RAMESH THAKUR Bridging the North-South Gap