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UNU and World
ACCT, AfDB, AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, CE, CERN, CGPM, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, EFTA, ESA, FAO, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD ( World Bank ), ICAO, ICC, ICC, ICDO, ICFTU, ICMM, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFCS, IFRCS, IGC, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, IWC, LAIA ( observer ), NAM ( guest ), NEA, NSG, OAS ( observer ), OECD, OIE, OPCW, OSCE, OTIF, PCA, PFP, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNMOP, UNOMIG, UNTSO, UNU, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, ZC.
The UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research ( Helsinki, Finland ) undertakes multidisciplinary research and policy analysis on structural changes affecting the living conditions of the world ’ s poorest people ; provides a forum for professional interaction and the advocacy of policies leading to robust, equitable and environmentally sustainable growth ; and promotes capacity strengthening and training in the field of economic and social policy-making.

UNU and Institute
* UNU Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies ( UNU-CRIS ) in Bruges, Belgium
The UNU Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies ( Bruges, Belgium ) specializes in the processes and consequences of regional integration and cooperation.
* UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security ( UNU-EHS ) in Bonn, Germany
The UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security ( Bonn, Germany ) explores problems and promotes solutions related to the environmental dimension of human security and aims at academic excellence in two broad thematic areas: ( i ) vulnerability assessment, resilience analysis, risk management and adaptation strategies within linked human-environment systems and ( ii ) internal displacement and transboundary migration due to environmental push-factors.
* UNU Institute of Advanced Studies ( UNU-IAS ) in Yokohama, Japan
The UNU Institute of Advanced Studies ( Yokohama, Japan ) seeks to advance knowledge and promote learning for policy making to meet the challenges of environmentally sustainable development.
* UNU International Institute for Global Health ( UNU-IIGH ) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The UNU International Institute for Global Health ( Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ) undertakes research, capacity development and dissemination of knowledge related to key issues of human health.
* UNU International Institute for Software Technology ( UNU-IIST ) in Macao, China
The UNU International Institute for Software Technology ( Macao, China ) aims to help developing countries improve their capacities in the area of software technology and innovative applications of information technology, and hence their ability to participate in and benefit from the rapid development of information and communication technologies.
* UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa ( UNU-INRA ) in Accra, Ghana
The UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa ( Accra, Ghana ) supports the building of African capacity by strengthening national institutions to promote sustainable use of the continent ’ s natural resources for development.
* UNU Institute for Water, Environment and Health ( UNU-INWEH ) in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
The UNU Institute for Water, Environment and Health ( Hamilton, Ontario, Canada ) works directly on the global water crisis., The three core functions of UNU-INWEH are: ( i ) helping developing countries meet the Millennium Development Goals through capacity development: ( ii ) facilitating global knowledge enhancement and networking to address the global water crisis ; and ( iii ) fostering better approaches to water management and governance through applied research designed to fill critical policy gaps
* UNU Institute for Sustainability and Peace ( UNU-ISP ) in Tokyo, Japan
The UNU Institute for Sustainability and Peace ( Tokyo, Japan ) seeks to achieve and promote a better understanding of three of the most pressing issues on the UN agenda: global change, peace and security, and development.
* UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Institute on Innovation and Technology ( UNU-MERIT ) in Maastricht, Netherlands
The UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Institute on Innovation and Technology ( Maastricht, Netherlands ) provides insights into the social, political and economic factors that drive technological change and innovation.
be able to feed just 25 % of its population by 2025, according to United Nations University ( UNU )' s Ghana-based Institute for Natural Resources in Africa.

UNU and for
In addition, UNU functions as a think tank for the United Nations system and for UN Member States by providing knowledge-based policy advice as well as acting as a bridge between the United Nations and the international academic community.
In December 2009, the UN General Assembly amended the UNU Charter to make it a requirement for UNU to “ grant and confer master ’ s degrees and doctorates, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions under conditions laid down for that purpose in the statutes by the Council .”
* UNU Programme for Biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean ( UNU-BIOLAC ) in Caracas, Venezuela
The UNU Programme for Biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean ( Caracas, Venezuela ) focuses on capacity development, emphasizing hands-on training and continuous education, making sure that biotechnology applications do not negatively impact the environment, as ensuring respect for human and animal rights

UNU and Development
* UNU Food and Nutrition Programme for Human and Social Development ( UNU-FNP ) in Ithaca, New York
The UNU Food and Nutrition Programme for Human and Social Development ( Ithaca, New York, USA ) is dedicated to improving lives by generating new knowledge, providing access to current food and nutrition information within institutions, and helping individual nutrition professionals and practitioners to apply that knowledge at a grassroots level.
The Project was formed by the Futures Group International, the Smithsonian Institution, the United Nations University, and the American Council for the UNU via a three year feasibility study in 1992 funded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, United Nations Development Programme, and UNESCO.

UNU and Research
UNU / IAS Research into Biosecurity & Biosafety emphasizes " long-term consequences of the development and use of biotechnology " and need for " an honest broker to create avenues and forums to unlock the impasses.

World and Institute
* The Strange World of Albrecht Dürer at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.
Made to accompany The Strange World of Albrecht Dürer at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.
According to the U. S. News & World Report's Best Graduate Schools 2011 ranking, " California Institute of Technology headlines the new rankings, with top billing in three categories: chemistry, earth sciences and physics.
This thesis is not confirmed by the extensive study on the causes of the dissolution of the Soviet Union by two prominent economists from the World Bank — William Easterly and Stanley Fisher from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
After World War II, the family moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where the young Hopper attended Saturday art classes at the Kansas City Art Institute.
Food safety and food security are monitored by agencies like the International Association for Food Protection, World Resources Institute, World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, and International Food Information Council.
Part of the information on Electoral Systems offered by the World Policy Institute ( WPI )' s Project for Global Democracy & Human Rights
In 1997, the World Resources Institute recorded that only 20 % of the world's original forests remained in large intact tracts of undisturbed forest.
The Second World War effectively ended the International Agricultural Institute, though it was only officially dissolved by resolution of its Permanent Committee on February 27, 1948.
He had spoken at the Frankfurt Römerberggespräche, and was on his way to the Max Planck Institute for the Study of the Scientific-Technical World in Starnberg, on invitation from second-generation Frankfurt School theorist Jürgen Habermas.
A retrospective of the director's films was hosted at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during February 1994, and another, " The Sad and Beautiful World of Jim Jarmusch ", by the American Film Institute in August 2005.
During the Second World War, Kenyon served as Divisional Commander of the Red Cross in Hammersmith, London, and later as Acting Director and Secretary of the Institute of Archaeology of the University of London.
* WorldLII – World Legal Information Institute
LORAN systems were built during World War II after development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) Radiation Laboratory and were used extensively by the US Navy and Royal Navy.
Map showing Yugoslavia in 1919 in the aftermath of World War I before the treaties of Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine | Neuilly, Treaty of Trianon | Trianon and Treaty of Rapallo | Rapallo ( note that this map does not reflect any internationally established borders or armistice lines-it only reflect opinion of the researchers from London Geographical Institute about issue how final borders will look after Paris Peace Conference )
The overall benefits of NAFTA have been quantified by several economists, whose findings have been reported in several publications like the World Bank's Lessons from NAFTA for LA and the Caribbean, NAFTA's Impact on North America, and NAFTA revisited by the Institute for International Economics.
Robinson has been Honorary President of Oxfam International since 2002 and of the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation EIUC since 2005, she is Chair of the International Institute for Environment and Development ( IIED ) and is also a founding member and Chair of the Council of Women World Leaders.
* Special Advisor, China Institute for Reform and Development ’ s World Trade Organisation Reference Centre.
He taught at Johns Hopkins, Loyola College in Baltimore and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, before working on the Manhattan Project in World War II.
During World War II, Rice Institute was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commission.
* Social Protection Program of the World Bank Institute
The State of the World is a series of books published annually since 1984 by the Worldwatch Institute.
* State of the World at the Worldwatch Institute

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