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No. 45: March-May 2007 |
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Gene hunters leave trail of
bitterness in South Pacific
The Pacific region has experienced some of the world's worst examples of unethical bio-research and patenting of genes by international companies, according to a new book co-published by UNU. MORE
GLOBAL PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP
UNU
joins push to create world
standards for recycling e-scrap
Standardizing recycling processes
to recover valuable metals from electrical and electronic scrap is among
goals of a new initiative called Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP). MORE
NEW BOOKS FROM UNU PRESS
Understanding
Human Well Being
Examines advances in underlying well-being,
poverty and inequality concepts and corresponding empirical applications and case studies.
Industrial
Innovation and Environmental Regulation: Developing Workable Solutions
Illustrates the need for context-specific and non-linear perspectives on the role of regulatory measures in environmental innovation.
Humanitarian
Diplomacy:
Practitioners and their Craft
A compendium of experiences of 14 senior practitioners who led humanitarian operations in settings as diverse as the Balkans and Nepal,
from the 1970s to the present.
Urban
Crisis: Culture and
the Sustainability of Cities
Offers fresh insights into the role of culture in fostering community development, environmental awareness and balanced economic
growth.
Director named for new International
Institute for Global Health
UNU Rector Hans van Ginkel has announced the appointment of Prof. Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Yasin as director of the new UNU International Institute for Global Health. MORE
UNU-INWEH to monitor marine
impact of UAE developments
UNU-INWEH has signed a strategic agreement with Nakheel, the leading developer in the UAE, to ensure the long-term sustainability of its offshore developments. MORE
New course in strategic
environmental assessment
A new open educational resource on strategic environmental assessment is available at the Online Learning Website for use by students and universities around the world. MORE
Conference to honour
departing Ramesh Thakur
UNU-MERIT will honour outgoing UN University senior vice-rector Ramesh Thakur at a conference on Disarmament, Peace and Conflict Prevention May 1. MORE
Top UN official to inaugurate
Maastricht policy seminar series
UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, José Antonio Ocampo, will inaugurate the new UNU-MERIT/Maastricht School of Governance seminar series. MORE
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Tackling vulnerability
of the "fragile states"
In the world's most vulnerable countries – the "fragile states" – more than 350 million people live in extreme poverty and four million children die before reaching the age of five. MORE
Leaders to learn about
hazardous waste management
UNU-ILI is planning a regional/international workshop on Hazardous Waste Management Tools and Objectives for Leaders in the Industrial and Agricultural Sectors. MORE
Slow progress in improving status
of women, says Liberian leader
Progress in improving the status and rights of African woman has been slow but steady, said Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said in a speech at UNU Centre. MORE
Latin America-Caribbean development challenges on the agenda
“Social and Economic Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean: Defining a Development Agenda” was the topic of a UNU-IDB seminar at UNU Centre. MORE
Successful completion of two short
courses on land administration
ITC School for Land Administration Studies conducted courses last year contributing to the worldwide programme of capacity building in land administration in developing countries. MORE
Role of Secretary-General
discussed at New York event
The UNU Office at the UN in New York (UNU-ONY) organized a panel discussion entitled UN Leadership and Multilateralism in Times of US Primacy. MORE
UN agencies in Japan mark
International Women's Day
UNU joined with 17 other UN agencies in Japan to commemorate International Women's Day March 8 with a public forum held at UNU Centre in Tokyo. MORE
UNU-FTP team visits Sri Lanka
to assess training needs
A team from UNU Fisheries Training Programme travelled to Sri Lanka to assess the need for a project management course at Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Fisheries. MORE
A large community heading
for new diversity
Translation of an interview with UNU Rector Hans van Ginkel published in the mass circulation Tokyo newspaper Nikkei Shimbun newspaper on March 8. MORE
Opening western minds to
international crosswinds
Imagine if the U.S. had given a respectful hearing to opinion from around the world in 2002-03 on Iraq: the wasteful spilling of so much American blood might have been avoided. MORE