UNU Update
The newsletter of United Nations University and its international network of affiliated institutes

Issue 6: January 2001

 

 
  • WIDER convenes conference on growth and poverty
    Building on themes covered in the latest World Development Report, UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) is organizing the Development Conference on Growth and Poverty, in Helsinki May 25 and 26.

  • Experts discuss linkages between ozone, climate change treaties
    Opportunities for harmonizing implementation of the ozone and climate change conventions took centre stage when experts gathered at the MIT campus in Cambridge, Mass, November 2 and 3 at a meeting organized by UNU,  UNEP, MIT's Global Accords Program and the Alliance for  Global Sustainability.

     

    Janine Wedel

  • WIDER project collaborator wins
    Grawemeyer Award

    Professor Janine R. Wedel, a participant in the UNU/WIDER project "Why Some Countries Avoid Conflicts While Others Fail", has won the 2001 Grawemeyer World Order Award for Ideas Improving World Order.

  • UNU/INRA upgrades plant tissue culture laboratory
    UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU/INRA) has completed a major upgrade of the University of Ghana's plant tissue culture laboratory, an important facility for research, training, germplasm conservation and dissemination of information on indigenous African food crops.

  • Entries invited for Eisaku Sato essay contest
    The Eisaku Sato Memorial Foundation for Cooperation with the United Nations University is accepting entries for its annual international essay contest. This year’s theme: "The Role of the United Nations in the International Community of the 21st Century."

  • International peace agreements available on INCORE website
    The Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity (INCORE), a joint project of UN University and the University of Ulster, this month launched a redesigned and expanded Peace Agreements section on its website.

 

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