ISSUE 27: September-October 2003

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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 in Africa must be top priority for developed countries
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter urged industrialised nations to help African countries improve their agricultural output by sharing technology and cutting subsidies. Carter was delivering the annual U Thant Distinguished Lecture at UNU Centre in Tokyo. 
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NEW FROM UNU PRESS
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 
the Global Economy
Why the two continents have had such different experiences with globalization.

Perspectives on Growth and Poverty
Economic growth may not be the answer for society's most vulnerable members.

   
   
 
APPOINTMENTS
Ramesh Thakur named
Senior Vice-Rector
UN University Rector Hans van Ginkel has announced the appointment of Prof. Ramesh Thakur (left) as Senior Vice-Rector at the Assistant Secretary-General level.
The Rector also announced that Dr. Jean-Marc Coicaud (right) will be acting head of the UNU Office at the United Nations in New York for the next six months. Coicaud has been senior academic officer in the Peace and Governance Programme at UNU in Tokyo since 1996. MORE
MEDIA STUDIO IN ACTION

UNU Press
releases 
promotional video
UN University Press has released the first of a series of brief promotional videos to highlight new books and the issues they address. MORE

 

TICAD III
UNU to showcase African
initiatives at Tokyo event
UN University will present an exhibition of its Africa-related projects and programmes at the Third Tokyo International Conference on African Development. MORE

  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 		  Calendar
of events
& meetings
in 2003
 
 
  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
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
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
 

JOSÉ LUIS RAMÍREZ & DAVID HOLMES
A genomics network for Latin America
Latin America needs to develop a more regional approach to the challenges presented by genomics and proteomics. 
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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.
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