ISSUE 28: November-December 2003

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TICAD POLICY BRIEF
UNU to help
launch African
exchange
centre in Tokyo
UN University and the African Diplomatic Corps in Tokyo have decided to launch an Africa-Japan-Asia Centre for Economic, Trade and Cultural Exchanges in Tokyo.The centre will further African awareness within Japan and Asia, particularly within the business community. MORE 		NATURAL RESOURCES IN AFRICA
New product could help ease
Zambia's agricultural shortfall
The Mineral Resources Unit of UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa has begun a project to improve soil fertility in Zambia by turning phosphate-rich rock into fertilizer. MORE 		UNITED NATIONS DAY MESSAGE
Promoting human security
still key goal, says Rector
The United Nations is our best and only hope for international unity of purpose and action in a world of great diversity, says UNU Rector Hans Van Ginkel. MORE
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
INTECH investigating
biotechnology partnerships
UNU-INTECH is studying North-South partnerships in agricultural biotechnology in an effort to understand how they contribute to sustainable development. MORE 		REGIONAL INTEGRATION STUDIES
UNU-CRIS releases
participation toolkit
UNU Comparative Regional Integration Studies has announced the completion of a manual with information on how to engage multiple stakeholders. MORE
PARTNERSHIP WITH ANU
UNU launches new courses
on strategy and defence
UNU and Australian National University have launched a new programme of award courses called  Graduate Studies in Strategy and Defence. MORE 		DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
WIDER launches studies on
post-conflict reconstruction
With post-conflict reconstruction currently at the top of the international agenda, UNU-WIDER chose a propitious moment to launch a new series of publications. MORE 		NEW FROM UNU PRESS
East Asian Experience in
Environmental Governance
Analysis and case studies that will assist in  understanding what works and what doesn't in this rapidly developing region's environmental governance structure.  MORE
2003 WIDER ANNUAL LECTURE
Balancing labour standards
and freedom of choice
Renowned economist Kaushik Basu (right) will discuss the pros and cons of global labour standards when he delivers the WIDER Annual Lecture November 10. MORE 		  REGIONAL INTEGRATION STUDIES
Conference on regional
integration and public goods
Can regional governance succeed where globalization has failed? That's the question to be confronted by delegates to a conference being organised by UNU-CRIS. MORE 		  Calendar
of events
& meetings
2003
 2004
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM IN BELGRADE
New forest strategies for
countries in transition
The challenges faced by countries with economies in transition in developing forest policy will be discussed at an international symposium in Belgrade. MORE 		SIDE EVENT AT UN SECRETARIAT
Focus on Inter-linkages
research at NY briefing
UNU will launch key reports on environmental governance during a briefing and panel discussion at UN headquarters in New York November 14. MORE 		MACROECONOMICS AND HEALTH REPORT
UNU to host forum on
health and development
The links between macroeconomic policy and public health will be highlighted at a public forum on Health and Development – Economic Aspects of Public Health. MORE

ELECTRICITY FROM BIOMASS
Use logging waste to cut
greenhouse gases – report
The EU could cut its CO2 emissions 4-6 percent by converting just one-third of its logging waste to electricity, says a new report published by UNU. MORE 		GLOBAL VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY HIGHLIGHTED 
UNU projects cited in
Secretary-General's report
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has highlighted the work of UN University in his latest annual report.
MORE 		UNU-INRA ANNUAL LECTURE

The Green Revolution 'has not bypassed Africa'
Africa has been left behind but not bypassed by the Green Revolution, according to Robert Evenson (pictured), director of the Economic Growth Centre at Yale University. Prof. Evenson was delivering the annual lecture series presented by UNU-INRA and UN ECA.  MORE

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND GOVERNANCE
Role of IT in water management
key topic at UNU symposium
Information technology's role in improving public participation in water management was one of the principal issues covered at an international symposium co-hosted by UNU.  MORE
 
RAMESH THAKUR
Anti-nuke regime crumbling
Three decades of success in containing nuclear weapons rested on three pillars – norms, treaties and coercion – each of which has been crumbling in the last few years. MORE 		RAMESH THAKUR
World needs a successful S. Africa
All of us have an abiding interest in seeing that the South African experiment in multiracial democracy takes firm root and flourishes for generations to come. MORE

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