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Established by the United Nations General Assembly on 6 December 1973 [Resolution 3081 (XXVIII)]

Key Roles:

• An international community of scholars
• A bridge between the United Nations and the international academic community
• A think-tank for the United Nations system
• A builder of capacities, particularly in developing countries

Academic Management:

• Prof. Dr. Hans van Ginkel, Rector
• Prof. Dr. Motoyuki Suzuki, Vice-Rector; Environment and Sustainable Development
• Prof. Dr. Ramesh Thakur, Vice-Rector; Peace and Governance
• Prof. Yozo Yokota, Special Adviser to the Rector

Strategic Plan, 2000 [PDF file]
 

Main Activities:

• Research
• Policy Studies
• Capacity Building
• Dissemination and Communication
• Knowledge Networks

• Peace
• Governance
• Development
• Science, Technology and Society
• Environment

• Governing Council: 24 international experts acting in their personal capacities
• Headquarters:  Tokyo, Japan
• Institutes: 13 Research and Training Centres and Programmes around the world
• Partners: Over 30 UN organizations and more than 100 research institutions globally
• Programme Areas: Peace and Governance, and Environment and Sustainable Development

Thematic Orientation:

• Peace
• International Relations
• UN System
• Human Security
• Armed Conflicts
• Governance
• Human Rights/Ethics
• Democracy/Civil Society
• Leadership
• Governance
• Development
• Globalization & Development
• Growth & Employment
• Poverty & Basic Needs
• Urbanization
• Science, Technology & Society
• Innovation
• Info & Bio Technologies
• Software Technology
• Food and Nutrition
• Environment
• Resource Management
• Sustainable Industry & Cities
• Water
• Global Climate& Governance


Cross-Cutting Issues
Globalization; Global Public Goods; Human Rights; Gender; Food Security; Water; Focus Africa; China.

UNU Centre, Tokyo, Japan - coordinates the University's global networks and carries out work within the:
Rector, Prof. Hans van Ginkel
Peace and Governance Programme, Prof. Ramesh Thakur, Vice-Rector (Vice-RectorP&G@hq.unu.edu)
Environment & Sustainable Development Programme, Prof. Motoyuki Suzuki, Vice-Rector (suzuki@hq.unu.edu)
Capacity Development Programme, Dr. Birgit Poniatowski (poniatowski@hq.unu.edu)

UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER), Helsinki, Finland - development economics, Professor Tony Shorrocks, Director, (shorrocks@wider.unu.edu)

UNU Institute for New Technologies (UNU/INTECH), Maastricht, The Netherlands - socio-economic impacts of new technologies, Prof. Lynn Krieger Mytelka, Director (postmaster@intech.unu.edu)

UNU Institute for Software Technology (UNU/IIST), Macau, China - software technologies for development, Dr. Zhou Chaochen, Director (iist@iist.unu.edu)

UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU/INRA), Accra, Ghana, with a Mineral Resources Unit in Lusaka, Zambia - natural resources management, Prof. Uzo Mokwunye, Director (mokwunye@inra.unu.edu.gh);

UNU Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU/IAS), Tokyo, Japan - eco-restructuring for sustainable development, Professor Professor Zakri Hamid (unuias@ias.unu.edu)

UNU Programme for Biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNU/BIOLAC), Caracas, Venezuela - biotechnology and society, Dr. Jose Luis Ramirez, Director (jramirez@reacciun.ve)

UNU International Network on Water, Environment and Health (UNU/INWEH), Hamilton, Canada - water, environment and human health, Dr. Ralph Daley, Director (daleyr@inweh.unu.edu)

UNU Leadership Academy (UNU/LA), Amman, Jordan - leadership development, Ms. Eve Thompson, Director, a.i. (thompson@la.unu.edu)

UNU Programme on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU/CRIS), Bruges, Belgium - regional integrated studies, Professor Luk Van Langenhove, Director (director@cris.unu.edu)

UNU Food and Nutrition Programme for Human and Social Development, coordinated from Cornell University, - food and nutrition capacity building, Dr. Cutberto Garza, Coordinator (Cg30@cornell.edu)

UNU Geothermal Training Programme (UNU/GTP), Iceland - geothermal research, exploration and development, Dr. Ingvar Birgir Fridleifsson, Director (ibf@os.is)

UNU Fisheries Training Programme (UNU/FTP), Iceland - postgraduate fisheries research and development, Dr. Tumi Tomason, Director (tumi@hafro.is)

Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity (INCORE), Ulster, Northern Ireland, a joint undertaking of UNU and the University of Ulster - ethnic, political and religious conflicts, Prof. Mari Fitzduff, Director (M.Fitzduff@ulst.ac.uk)

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