UNU Update: Issue 24

ISSUE 25: JUNE 2003

EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVLEPMENT
Ubuntu Group holds
first working session
The first working meeting of the Ubuntu Group, a strategic alliance promoting education for sustainable development, was held at UNU Centre April 16. MORE

NATURAL RESOURCES IN AFRICA
INRA director to chair
ICRISAT governing body
UNU-INRA director Uzo Mokwunye has been elected Chair of the Governing Board of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics. MORE

NETWORK ON WATER, ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH
Water expert Zafar Adeel
joins UNU-INWEH
Zafar Adeel, an expert in water management in developing countries has joined the staff of UNU International Network on Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH). MORE

NEW STUDY FROM UNU-WIDER
Small enterprises 'can't do
it all' in ecomonic transition
Small enterprises alone cannot create economic growth in countries changing to a free-market economy, says a new study sponsored by UNU-WIDER. MORE

UNU CENTRE
Shunji Yanai appointed
adviser to UNU Rector
Shunji Yanai, a professor at Chuo University and former Japanese Ambassador to the United States, has been appointed Senior Adviser to the Rector of UNU. MORE

REGIONAL INTEGRATION STUDIES
New e-working paper series
on regional integration
UNU- CRIS) has launched a series of electronic working papers on regional integration contributed by distinguished academics and policy-makers. MORE

NEW FROM UNU PRESS
The Globalization of Human Rights
Examines the imperatives of justice at the national, regional and international levels through an analysis of rights, both civil and political, and economic and social.. MORE
Regionalism, Multilateralism
and Economic Ingegration
Looks at how regional trade agreements may catalyse economic cooperation by promoting deeper integration in the regulatory structures of participating countries. MORE

INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES
UNU to host roundtable on
biotechnology and bioethics
Human cloning, stem cell research and ownership of the human genome will be on the agenda at a UNU Centre roundtable June 2. MORE

Calendar
of events
& meetings
in 2003

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS RESEARCH
Wider conference seeks
ways to share the wealth
UNU-WIDER is calling for papers for its upcoming international conference on Sharing Global Prosperity to be held in Helsinki September 6-7. MORE

ONLINE LEARNING
High-tech media studio
opens at UNU centre
UN University's new Media Studio will be one node in a global network designed to raise awareness of and disseminate research findings on pressing global issues. MORE

BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME
DNA milestone event
mixes science and art
UNU-BIOLAC commemorated the 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA with a public event celebrating science and the arts.
MORE

RAMESH THAKUR
Let's decide what kind
of world we want
Saddam Hussein is insignificant. The real issue is: Who do we wish to be ruled by, and do we want to live by rules and laws or by the force of arms? MORE

RAMESH THAKUR
World security is jeopardised
by ongoing nuclear testing
In May 1998, India and Pakistan shocked the world by conducting 11 nuclear tests. What are the enduring lessons of the explosive events of five years ago? MORE