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ISSUE 27: September-October 2003 |
UNU ARCHIVE |
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NORTH-SOUTH
GENDER DIALOGUE Report urges new measures on gender and poverty Policy recommendations to improve the gender-responsiveness of poverty alleviation measures are contained in a new UNU report. MORE ![]() ![]() |
JIMMY CARTER SPEAKS AT UNU
CENTRE
Hunger
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Agrodiversity: Learning from Farmers Across the World How smallholder farmers conserve biodiversity on their land, a theme that is developed in Agricultural Biodiversity in Smallholder Farms of East Africa. Asia and Africa in Perspectives on Growth and
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APPOINTMENTS Ramesh Thakur named Senior Vice-Rector
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MEDIA
STUDIO IN ACTION
UNU
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TICAD III |
IAS SYMPOSIUM Experts to examine commercial prospects of genetic resources Latest trends in access to and benefit sharing of genetic resources will be showcased at a September 30 symposium at UNU Centre. MORE ![]() |
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WORLD FORESTS, SOCIETY &
ENVIRONMENT UNU to co-host forum at Forestry Congress UNU Rector Hans van Ginkel will be one of the featured speakers at a special event September 22 during the XII World Forestry Congress in Quebec City. MORE ![]() |
MILLENNIUM ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT INWEH's Adeel to co-chair desertification committee UNU-INWEH assistant director Zafar Adeel will co-chair the committee preparing a desertification report for the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. MORE ![]() |
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UNU-UNESCO CONFERENCE Remake globalization to benefit everyone – Ramos Globalization must be refashioned so that it better serves humanity as a whole, former Philippines president Fidel Ramos told a UNU Centre conference. MORE ![]() |
ENVIRONMENT
& SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Inter-linkages focusing on implementation, partnerships The Inter-linkages Initiative is moving ahead with a series of targeted activities reflecting a stronger focus on implementation and partnerships. MORE ![]() |
FOOD & NUTRITION PROGRAMME Nutrition-infection link target of capacity-building project UNU Food and Nutrition Programme is part of an initiative to improve developing countries' research institutions into nutrition and infection. MORE ![]() |
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WORLD
WATER WEEK UNU stages 'virtual water' workshop at Stockholm event A workshop on the virtual water trade was UN University 's contribution to World Water Week in Stockholm August 10-16. MORE ![]() |
NATURAL
RESOURCES IN AFRICA Mohamed H.A. Hassan joins board of UNU-INRA One of Africa’s most distinguished scientists, Prof. Mohamed H.A. Hassan, has been appointed chair of the UNU-INRA advisory board. MORE ![]() |
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JOSÉ LUIS RAMÍREZ &
DAVID HOLMES |
RAMESH
THAKUR Time to redefine a 'just war' Even if we agree that military intervention may sometimes be unavoidable, key questions remain about the international authority that can override national sovereignty. MORE ![]() |
RAMESH
THAKUR Choosing human security Why human security offers an alternative to the one-dimensional policy of greater military strength and resort to warfare. MORE ![]() |
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