 The newsletter of United Nations University and its network of research and training centres/programmes |
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ISSUE 39: SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2005 |
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Rector
announces
plan
to retire
next year
UN University Rector Hans van Ginkel has
announced his decision to retire at the end of August next year. Prof. van
Ginkel has held the post since September 1997. MORE
INTECH, MERIT and a
merger made in Maastricht
UNU-INTECH and the Maastricht Economic Research Centre on Innovation and Technology (MERIT) are on track to complete their merger by the end of the year. MORE
The WTO and Sustainable Development
Trade plus environment equals controversy.
Reforming
from the Top:
A Leaders' 20 Summit
A new multilateral forum is proposed.
International focus shifting to
environment and human security
New opportunities for the international community to tackle environment and human security issues are foreshadowed in the third edition of the UNU-EHS publication InterSecTions. MORE
An important history lesson
for today's water managers
How can historical water management practices help today's engineers and policy makers confront pressing water issues? A new UNU book tells all. MORE
A tale of two conflicts and
how communities cope
Two very different conflicts and how communities deal with their aftermath will be the focus of an INCORE workshop on Building Community or Building Peace. MORE
WHY
INEQUALITY MATTERS
Nancy
Birdsall to deliver
WIDER Annual Lecture
The founding president of the
Centre for Global Development, Nancy Birdsall, will deliver this year's
annual lecture at UNU World Institute for Development Economics
Research. MORE
INTECH to host seminar on
intellectual property rights
UNU Institute for New Technologies will host an international seminar on Contributions to the Development Agenda on Intellectual Property Rights September 23-24 in Maastricht. MORE
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OFFICE IN NEW YORK Busy schedule of events planned for 2005-2006 The UNU Office in New York has 13 events on its schedule for the coming year with contributions from most Research and Training Centers and Programmes. MORE |
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Calendar of events & meetings 
2005
New
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Integrating water and
ecosystem management
The need to integrate management of water resources and ecosystems brought scientists from 14 countries to the Ontario headquarters of UNU-INWEH) for a three-day workshop. MORE
Putting ideas to work
at UNU Press seminar
Eight UNU Press publications were the basis for a seminar called Putting Ideas to Work: The impact of powerful ideas on international reforms, held in New York June 21. MORE
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Scientists
become
detectives
on trail of
modified seeds
Scientists from nine Latin American and Caribbean countries attended a course on biosafety in agriculture conducted by UNU-BIOLAC. MORE
Experts brainstorm ethical
dilemmas facing NGOs
Research by UNU Peace and Governance Programme and the City University of Hong Kong fuelled discussion during a workshop at UN headquarters, New York. MORE
Youth governance leadership
course attracts 47
Forty-seven young people from 24 countries took part in a capacity-building course entitled Youth Leadership for Global Governance presented by UNU International Leadership Institute. MORE
Gold mine that could
help Africa's poor
There are a host of reasons for using profits from the sale of the IMF's vast gold reserves to address the problems of the world's most impoverished countries. MORE
Absolute security neither
possible nor desirable
In fighting the evil of terrorism, we must be careful not to succumb to the even greater evil of destroying the very values for which democracies stand. MORE
A chance for Asia after Annan
If Asians are to have a credible chance of filling what should be their turn at the job of UN Secretary-General, they must ensure that they unite behind a competent and respected candidate. MORE
