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No. 49: May-July 2008

 
 
SAVING THE AYUQUILA RIVER
UNU documentary is finalist for major award
Saving the Ayuquila River, a video documentary and e-case study developed by UNU Media Studio, has been selected as a finalist in the Stockholm Challenge Award 2008. Winners will be announced during a ceremony at Stockholm City Hall on May 22. MORE

U THANT DISTINGUISHED LECTURE
Negotiating peace: Martti 
Ahtisaari to speak at UNU
Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari will reflect upon his contributions to international peace and security when he delivers the 14th U Thant Distinguished Lecture on UNU Centre. MORE



SCHOLARS' NETWORK MOBILISED
Major review of nutrition
training planned
UNU Food and Nutrition Programme may join the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition in a comprehensive review of graduate training in international nutrition. MORE
  REGIONAL CENTRES OF EXPERTISE
More members sough for global
sustainability education network
United Nations University is calling for applications for new Regional Centres of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development. MORE
UNU-CORNELL COLLABORATION
Next Africa series conference
to focus on millennium goals
The UNU-Cornell Africa conference series continues May 21 when experts from around the world gather for an event called The Governance Dimensions of MDGs in Africa. MORE

 

WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECT
UNU & GIST sustainability
programme reaches out to Africa
UNU & GIST Joint Programme on Science and Technology for Sustainability has initiated a solid waste and waste water management programme for sub-Saharan Africa. MORE
UN FLAG RAISED
UNU-INWEH moves to new
home at McMaster Univeristy
The UN flag was raised at McMaster's Innovation Park April 23 as UNU International Network on Water, Environment and Health officially moved to its new home.
MORE
UNU & GIST JOINT PROGRAMME
Sixth workshop on hazardous
chemicals, sustainble energy

UNU & GIST Joint Programme on Science and Technology for Sustainability is planning its sixth workshop on Sound Management of Hazardous Chemicals and Sustainable Energy. MORE

 

CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY 
UNU-IAS has full slate of
side events at COP 9
UNU Institute of Advanced Studies is organising 16 side events at two big  Convention on Biological Diversity meetings in Bonn this month. MORE
    FIRST TIME IN EUROPE
UNU-MERIT to host international
conference on innovation
UNU-MERIT will host the first European staging of  the annual International Conference on Innovation and Management in Maastricht, the Netherlands, December 10-11.  MORE
   
 
 


Interlinkages and the Effectiveness of
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
How MEAs can be more effective by working with non-environment treaties in other areas of sustainability. 

Institutional Interplay:
Biosafety and Trade
Overlapping issues, jurisdiction and membership in the ever-increasing number of international agreements.
Climate Change in Asia: Perspectives
on the Future Climate Regime
What are the countries of Asia doing to prepare for the new international climate change regime that will emerge after the Kyoto Protocol's first containment period. 

International Water Security:
Domestic Threats and Opportunities
Case studies that demonstrate the dynamic and complex interplay between domestic and international water security.

EXPERT GROUP MEETING IN DARWIN
Indigenous peoples give their
perspective on climate change

UNU-IAS was one of the organizers of the International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change held April 2-4 in Darwin, Australia.
MORE
WORLD REPORT ON REGIONAL INTEGRATION
UNU-CRIS unveils first
volume of integration report
UNU-CRIS presented the World Report on Regional Integration series and the conclusions of the first volume at events in New York and Washington DC. MORE

 
GLOBAL ISSUES
Seminars focus on water
security, climate change
The UNU Interactive Seminar on Global Issues devoted its March and April sessions to the  environmental issues of international water security and climate change in Asia. MORE
SAC ANNUAL MEETING
UNU-BIOLAC advisory group
welcomes new member
The UNU-BIOLAC scientific advisory committee welcomed new member Dr. Javier Verastegui, executive director of CamBioTec at its annual meeting in Caracas.
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MIDDAY DISCUSSIONS AT UN HEADQUARTERS 
New York forums explore
pathways to peace
UNU Office at the UN, New York organized three more in its successful series of midday forums at UN headquarters in January and February.  MORE

  

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