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ISSUE 28: November-December 2003 |
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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 ![]() |
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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 ![]() |
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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 ![]() |
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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 ![]() |
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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 ![]() |
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![]() 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
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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 ![]() |
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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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