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The newsletter of United
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Issue 29: January-February 2004 | |||
Strong UNU presence at UN University sent a delegation and organized two side events at the recent World Summit on the Information Society, held in Geneva December 10-12. In a statement submitted to the summit, UNU outlined its plans to use online education, e-learning and virtual universities to enhance capacity development activities throughout the UN system. The first UNU side event on December 10 was entitled Sustainability in the Information Society. Eric Williams was the main speaker from the UNU and the co-organizers included the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research. The second side event, on 11 December,
dealt with the Future of Online Learning. The event included
presentations from UNU, Global
The head of the UNU delegation, visiting professory Kimio Uno, represented the UNU in a High Level Roundtable on Diversity in Cyberspace. Other UNU
delegates were from UNU Centre, UNU-IIST, UNU-ILA, UNU-INTECH and
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