 The newsletter of United Nations University and its international network of research and training centres/programmes |
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| Issue 36: March - April 2005 | ||
Science is ally of international
law in solving water conflicts
A new study by UNU reveals the limits of international environmental law and how science can help resolve disputes between countries that share water resources. MORE
INTECH probes drug price
implications of TRIPS
UNU-INTECH has completed a survey of the top 100 Indian drug companies as part of a study on the impact of drug patents on the prices of new medicines in developing countries. MORE
New database will be one-stop
source for UN research
UN University has launched a new Internet portal designed to provide better access to research materials from throughout the United Nations system. MORE
Global technology and development
research centre planned
A plan to merge UNU-INTECH with Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology could create a global centre for research into innovation and development MORE
NEW
BOOKS FROM UNU PRESSInternational Commissions
and the Power of Ideas
Transformation
of Cities in
Central and Eastern
Europe:
Towards Globalization
INCORE announces courses
for 2005 Summer School
INCORE has announced its 2005 Summer School curriculum, a week of discussion, learning and networking, facilitated by leading academics and practitioners. MORE
Symposium will focus on
ecosystem impact of POPs
Experts from Thailand and other Asian countries will present recent research on POPs and their impact on ecosystems at a UNU international symposium in Bangkok. MORE
Rector calls for global
effort on disaster risk
UNU Rector Hans van Ginkel has appealed for international cooperation to to reduce risk and strengthen coping capacities in the event of natural disasters. MORE
Students practise being
model UN delegates
Ten Japanese university students travelled to UNU Centre to practise their presentations for the National Model United Nations conference to be held in New York in March. MORE
Death of Charles Cooper,
first director of UNU-INTECH
Charles Cooper, who helped found UNU Institute for New Technologies and served as its first director from 1990-2000, died on January 16 after a long illness. MORE
Countries urged to challenge
"good" development policies
Renowned economist Ha-Jooh Chang has urged developing countries to challenge conventional wisdom on the policies being promoted to help them grow. MORE
Experts debate rule of law
and transitional justice
UNU Peace and Governance Programme co- organized a panel discussion on The Rule of Law and Transitional Justice at the Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN. MORE
Seventy-five complete Jordan
youth leadership course
Seventy-five students graduated from the UNU International Leadership Institute Youth Leadership Programme for Jordan in Transition course completed in December. MORE
Has the UN found the right formula
for promoting democracy
Promoting democracy in post-conflict situations is a dangerous business but the UN is condemned to take on the most difficult cases the world has to offer. MORE
Freedom, when it suits
the United States
The well-known tendency of the United States to support dictatorships betrays not just the people yearning to overthrow local tyrants, but also America's own ideals. MORE
Reshaping the concept of shared
responsibility for global security
The recent report by a distinguished United Nations panel will help to forge a new consensus on the norms and laws governing the use of force in world affairs. MORE