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No. 46: June-August 2007 |
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Prof. Konrad Osterwalder
appointed Rector of UNU
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Professor Konrad Osterwalder of Switzerland as the next Rector of United Nations University (UNU). MORE
WINNERS AND LOSERS IN
DEVELOPING WORLD
New
study highlights risks of
globalization for world's poor
While globalization offers new opportunities for accelerating development
and poverty reduction, it also poses new challenges for policy makers,
warns a new study from UNU-WIDER. MORE
NEW BOOKS FROM UNU PRESS
After
Mass Crime: Rebuilding
States and Communities
A trans-disciplinary analysis
of the impact of mass crime on the rebuilding of social and political
relations.
Diasporas
in Conflict: Peacemakers
or Peace Wreckers?
Investigates the diverse
roles of diasporas in different phases of conflict – escalation, hot
conflict, peacemaking and peace-building.
Industrial
Clusters and Innovation Systems
in Africa: Institutions, Markets and Policy
The first examination of the
incidence and role of clusters as a viable and increasingly important
form of industrial organization in Africa.
The
Politics of Participation in
Sustainable Development Governance
Examines how obstacles to
participation can be overcome to improve sustainable development
governance.
UNU-FTP working with Africans
to improve fish exports
Tackling the problems of the Lake Victoria fishery plays a big role in the projects African students undertake during their year at UNU Fisheries Training Programme. MORE
UNU seeks private sector partners
to address global problems
UN University is inviting companies to participate in projects that address global problems such as poverty, environmental degradation and trade imbalance. MORE
GVU offering two new
online tutoring courses
UNU Global Virtual University is offering to help teachers and others developing their online tutoring skills with two new courses beginning in September. MORE
UNU family welcomes
new member – IHDP
The International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change has become part of UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security. MORE
Long-term refugees pose
challenge to peacebuilding
As intense fighting broke out at a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, UNU publishes a new policy brief addressing the challenges of protracted refugee situations. MORE
EIGHT
ASIAN COUNTRIES COLLABORATENew project
probes water
risks of
extreme
weather
Scientists at the UNU & GIST Joint Programme on Science and Technology for Sustainability will lead a new project to investigate how extreme weather events related to climate change put surface water quality at risk. MORE
UNU-Shimadzu project is
recognised as POPs monitor
A joint UNU-Shimadzu Corporation project has been recognised as a Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) monitoring activity under the Stockholm Convention. MORE
Researchers focus on Indonesian
forest certification scheme
Forest certification is the focus of a new UNU Environment and Sustainable Development Programme sustainable forest management project being undertaken in Indonesia. MORE
Workshop to focus on hazardous
chemicals, sustainable energy
New trends in managing hazardous chemicals and sustainable energy will be the focus of the upcoming UNU & GIST Joint Programme workshop in Gwangju, Korea.. MORE
Migration and Vulnerability
Conference set for 2008
Environmental drivers of migration will be among the issues discussed at the international conference on Migration and Vulnerability October next year. MORE
UNU desertification report to
call for major policy shift
A new UNU report on desertification says governments must overhaul policy approaches to the issue or face mass migrations of people driven from degraded homelands. MORE
Ramesh Thakur honoured
at Maastricht conference
UN University Senior Vice Rector Ramesh Thakur was honoured at a farewell conference on Disarmament, Peace and Conflict Prevention in Maastricht on May 1. MORE
UNU experts provide briefing
on land degradation
Affecting 2.6 billion people in more than 100 countries and costing an estimated $US65 billion annually, land degradation is one of today's most pressing global problems. MORE
Third seminar on Africa-Asia
education dialogue held in Tokyo
Education experts from Zambia, Nigeria, Madagascar and Burkina Faso spent time at UNU Centre during a five-week mission to Asia to study basic education development. MORE
'Failure of imagination" seen
on environmental problems
Policy-makers and governments have not matched the pro-environment shift in public attitudes, says UNU-INWEH director Zafar Adeel. MORE
Role of human rights rapporteur
focus of Lund workshop
UNU and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute organized a joint workshop on “Human Rights Special Procedures: The Role of the Special Rapporteur” in Lund May 2-4. MORE
Global warming increases
risk of conflict – Bogardi
On the eve of the first Security Council debate on climate change, UNU-EHS director Janos Bogardi warned that global warming increases the potential for conflict. MORE
Asenso-Okyere appointed
director of ISNAR
Kwadwa Asenso-Okyere, member of the UNU-EHS advisory committee, has been appointed director of the International Service for National Agricultural Research. MORE
African nutrition network
honours Michael C. Latham
The African Nutrition Graduate Students Network has presented its first lifetime achievement award to Cornell professor Dr. Michael C. Latham. MORE
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Examing the shortcomings
of the 'liberal
peace' model
The UNU Peace and Governance Programme organized a workshop in Sarajevo as part of its project investigating the record and challenges of peacebuilding in post-conflict or conflict-prone societies. MORE
Signing ceremony formalises
UNU-MERIT partnership
The heads of UNU and Maastricht University have signed the document formalizing the integration of their joint research and training centre on Innovation and Technology MORE
The United Nations and the
elusive quest for peace
Text of the farewell speech by UNU Senior Vice Rector and head of the Peace and Governance Programme at a conference held in his honour. MORE
The Iraq war and
the culture of peace
It is important to look beyond the tragedy of the war and note that the number of armed conflicts has been decreasing steadily since the end of World War II. MORE