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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS PROFESSOR KONRAD OSTERWALDER OF SWITZERLAND
RECTOR OF UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY
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DIRECTOR OF NEW UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE
FOR GLOBAL HEALTH APPOINTED
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Veteran Sri Lankan Diplomat Jayantha Dhanapala Appointed as Chair of UNU Council
The Council of United Nations University (UNU), which met for its annual session earlier this month at UNU Centre in Tokyo, has elected Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala of Sri Lanka as UNU Council Chair.
| Press Release UNU/205 |
‘SUSTAINABLE BIOPROSPECTING’ IN BIODIVERSE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
SUBJECT OF EXPERT PANEL AT HEADQUARTERS, 19 APRIL
| Press Release SG/SM/9616 UNU/204 |
New global consensus: ‘Economic development must be harmonized with nature’,
says Secretary-General in message to Tokyo ‘Zero Emissions’ Symposium
Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Zero Emissions Tenth Anniversary Symposium, delivered by Hans van Ginkel, Rector, United Nations University, in Tokyo, 26 November:
| Press Release UNU/201 |
UN UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ‘GLOBAL FINANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY AFTER PRAGUE’
TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS 3 APRIL
NEW YORK, 12 March (UNU) -- The United Nations University (UNU) will host a seminar on "Global Finance and Civil Society after Prague: issues, challenges, implications for the United Nations” on Tuesday, 3 April from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium at Headquarters.
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UN UNIVERSITY TO HOST SEMINAR ON MANAGEMENT OF PEACE PROCESS ON 13 FEBRUARY
The United Nations University will host a seminar on "Coming out of Violence -- The Management of Peace Processes". The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday,
13 February from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will take place in Conference Room "E" in the Secretariat Building.
NEW YORK, 29 February (UNU) -- The United Nations University will host a one day seminar devoted to The Kosovo Crisis and the International Community on Tuesday, 21 March 2000, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 to 6 p.m. in Conference Room C at United Nations Headquarters.
