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

Issue 8: April – May 2001


New study to urge sweeping reform
of UN, World Bank and IMF
A new United Nations University study calling for major reform of the UN, World Bank and International Monetary Fund will be discussed at a seminar to be held May 2 at the UN Secretariat in New York.

Activists needed for global
financial reform, UNU study says

 


University of future will be bigger, 
stronger, more competitive – UNU Rector

 


New fund aims to double
number of UNU fellowships

 


UNU co-hosted meetings 
discuss global water issues

 


INWEH to help monitor water
quality in Lake Victoria

 


INCORE to host conference on theme
of From Violence to Politics

 


Skilled political leadership vital for
Peace Process, says INCORE report

 


Applications invited for seminar on coping
with change in the information age

 


Calendar of events and
meetings in 2001

 

 

Update
Q&A

A new series of interviews with key people in the UNU system.

In this issue:
Prof. Zakri Hamid
,
recently appointed Director
of UNU Institute of Advanced Studies. 


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Revised: January 19, 2004