UNU Update: The Current Issue

Kofi Annan opens UNU building
as "UN House" in Japan

". . . a house of all nations, held together
by a common bond and structure."

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan opened the United Nations University Building as the "UN House" in Japan during a ceremony in Tokyo, part of a continuing effort to make the building more accessible to the Japanese public.

The UNU
System

Partners in humanitarian crises
New conference series seeks a
comprehensive approach to conflict
prevention, management and resolution

All factions must sign on
for lasting peace – study
A two-year research study on five global flashpoints has concluded that lasting peace agreements are unlikely unless they involve every faction capable of scuttling a deal.

UNU/CRIS: New RTP to
study regional integration
United Nations University will establish a new Research and Training Programme (RTP) on comparative regional integration studies in Bruges, Belgium.

Tax trade to share benefits of
globalization – WIDER director
Taxing foreign trade could be one solution for distributing the fruits of globalization more equitably among nations, according to Tony Shorrocks, new director of UNU World Institute for Developoment Economic Research.

UNU selects 2001 Akino
Memorial research fellows
Four young Japanese scholars will undertake up to a year of field study in Central Asia as recipients of this year's United Nations University Akino Memorial Research Fellowships.

INCORE offering three courses
at 2001 summer school

WIDER conference on growth
and poverty, Helsinki, May 25-26

Forum tackles challenge
of global sustainability

WTO, Kosovo crisis examined in
new books from UNU Press

Calendar of events and meetings in 2001

Copyright © 2001 United Nations University. All rights reserved. Revised: May 21, 2001

Copyright © 2001 United Nations University. All rights reserved.
Revised: May 21, 2001