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No. 48: February-April 2007
The newsletter of United Nations University and its network of research and training centres/programmes |
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Peacebuilders symposium at UNU Centre Strengthening Asian and global peacebuilding networks will be the focus of two events at UNU Centre (left) this month – the first Tokyo Peacebuilders Symposium and an associated public outreach event called Peacebuilders Festival@UNU Open Campus. MORE 
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INTERNATIONAL
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SCHOLARS' NETWORK MOBILISED Think Pieces present fresh ideas on key G8 Summit issues UNU is mobilising its international community of scholars to offer fresh ideas on key agendas issues at the G8 Japan summit to be held in Hokkaido Toyako in July. MORE
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UNU-INWEH
WORKSHOP IN DUBAI Environmental assessment training focuses on Gulf coast developments Major offshore real estate developments in the Persian Gulf were the focus of a workshop on Environmental Impact Assessment organised in Dubai by UNU-INWEH. MORE
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EVENTS IN HELSINKI AND
MAASTRICHT Call for submissions to two entrepreneurship workshops UNU -WIDER) is calling for contributions to two workshops on entrepreneurship and development to be held in Helsinki and Maastricht later this year. MORE
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UNU-MERIT/WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION
PROJECT Survey to find out who reads, who writes Wikipedia UNU-MERIT is working with the Wikimedia Foundation to conduct the first-ever survey of Wikipedia, the ninth most visited website in the world. MORE
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ONLINE EDUCATION UNU offers free courses through OpenCourseWare Portal UNU is making course materials used by its research and training network avaialable free of charge on the Internet through the newly launched OpenCourseWare Portal. MORE
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TASE 2008 SATELLITE EVENT Nanjing venue for second software tools workshop UNU-IIST is seeking submissions for its second International Workshop on Harnessing Theories for Tool Support in Software (TTSS'08) in Nanjing, China, June 15-16. MORE
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UNU
MEDIA STUDIO PROJECT Documentary shows struggle to protect biological corridor The struggle by local communities to protect a biological corridor linking two protected areas near Mexico City is depicted in a new video documentary from UNU Media Studio. MORE
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EDIA STUDIO PROJECT Global issues seminar series launched at UNU Centre Prof. Chiyuki Aoi of Aoyama Gakuin University called for more accountability in UN peacekeeping missions during the inaugural UNU Interactive Seminar on Global Issues MORE
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WORLD
WATER DAY ANALYSIS Huge economic benefits from better sanitation – UN report A UN analysis says that spending $10 billion to improve sanitation in developing countries would produce huge spin-offs such as less poverty and better health. MORE
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CONFERENCE IN MAASTRICHT Cash prizes good way to simulate drug R&D, experts agree Prize competitions can help to break existing profit-driven patterns that mostly produce drugs for the rich, according to experts attending a landmark meeting devoted to the topic. MORE
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UNDERGRADS PRESENT PROPOSALS UNU supports environmental research by Cambodian students Cambodian university students presented funding proposals for environmental field studies in an initiative supported by UNU-ESD. MORE
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PROJECT UNCTAD chief attends World Report book launch UNCTAD Secretary General Supachai Panitchpakdi was featured speaker at the launch of the first book in the UNU-CRIS World Report on Regional Integration series. MORE
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ANNUAL
EVENT AT TOKYO HQ Students at UNU Centre to practice model UN presentations Students from universities across Japan came to UNU Centre to practice their presentations as delegates at the National Model United Nations Conference. MORE |
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FOCUS ON VULNERABILITY OF
CITIES Municipal officers attend UNU-EHS Urban Training Programme Nineteen municipal officers from seven Latin American capitals attended the Urban Training Programme in San José Costa Rica organised by UNU-EHS. MORE
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 LUK VAN LANGHENHOVE Power to the regions, but not yet farewell the nation state European integration has been accompanied by the emergence of sub-national regional governance. Will regional governments start to replace those of nation states? MORE
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PETER F. SALE Climate change and the coming coastal catastrophe The combined impacts of climate change and human use will trigger a catastrophic decline in the capacity of coastal marine ecosystems to provide their goods and services. MORE
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