New UNU Rector - Professor Konrad Osterwalder has been appointed
the next rector of UNU. Professor Osterwalder assumed the Rectorate of
UNU at a ceremony held at UNU on Friday, August 31.
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UNU-UN MIDDAY FORUM
With the UNU-UN Midday Forum, UNU,
being a think-tank of and for the UN, aims to provide an intimate setting for
the exchange of ideas and experiences, relating to topics currently researched
within the UNU and the UN, thus giving academics and policy makers an
opportunity to participate in the intellectual work of the organization in a
constructive, informal setting. The physical setting will either be at the
United Nations or, if appropriate, at academic or similar institutions in the
New York area.
Topics will include:
17 December
2007 Urbanization - unleashing the potential of urban growth José Miguel Guzmān,Chief, Population and
Development Branch, United Nations Population Fund, and Rogelio Fernāndez-Castilla,Director, Technical Support
Division, United Nations Population Fund.
30 January 2008
Prospects of interfaith and intercultural dialogue
and cooperation for the promotion of peace, development and human dignity/ the
role of education in the inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue. Leslie B. Gatan, Ambassador Deputy Permanent Representative,
Philippine Mission; Rochelle Roca-Hachem, Programme Specialist for
Culture, UNESCO Office in New York.
6 February 2008
Justice as an essential component of peace Karen Odaba Mosoti, Head of the International Criminal Court
Liaison Office in New York.
20 February 2008 (to be
confirmed)
Evaluating the added value of the UN work on the ground Juha Uitto, Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator, United
Nations Development Programme; Jean Quesnel, Director, Office of
Evaluation, UNICEF; and Saras Menon, Regional Bureau for Asia and
the Pacific (RBAP), UNDP.
6 March 2008 Religion
in Multilateralism: Dodging the Pitfalls of Extremism
Speakers to be confirmed
3 April 2008 Limited resources for peacekeeping: Deciding where to go Elizabeth Kissam, Africa Division, UN Division for Peace Keeping
Operations.
15
May 2008 From keeping the peace to building national structures for sustainable peace:
Are we progressing? Carolyn MacAskie, Peace building Support Office / EOSG.
11 June 2008
International environmental governance: the
multilateral approach
H.E. Mr. Claude Heller, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the
United Nations.
2
July 2008
Climate change and family agriculture: Impacts and responses FAO Speakers to be confirmed.
TBA Intellectual property and traditional knowledge Rama Rao, Deputy Director, WIPO Coordination Office; Cyntia
Sanchez, discussant.
