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* UNU Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies ( UNU-CRIS ) in Bruges, Belgium
* 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.
* UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research ( UNU-WIDER ) in Helsinki, Finland
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.
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.

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The UNU undertakes research, education, policy advice and capacity building working on the pressing global problems of human survival, development and welfare that are the concern of the United Nations and its member states.
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 Lecture Series ‘ Emerging Thinking on Global Issues ( II )’: Human Rights: The Second 60 Years, and interview, December 11, 2008, at http :// www. ony. unu. edu / events-forums / new / ET / 2008 / unu-lecture-series-emerging-th. php.
* UNU Open Educational Resource on EIA: A Course Module, Wiki and Instructional Guide

UNU and consequences
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.

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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 United Nations University ( UNU ) is the academic and research arm of the United Nations.
The UNU is headed by a Rector, Prof. Dr. Konrad Osterwalder, who is the chief academic and administrative officer, and who holds the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.
The UNU comprises 14 institutes and programmes institutes and programmes located in 12 countries.
The Council of the UNU is the governing board of the University and is composed of 24 members who are appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations with the concurrence of the Director-General of UNESCO.
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.
The UNU is dedicated to implementing research and educational programs in the area of sustainable development with the aim of assisting developing countries.
The UNU creation was set in motion by Secretary-General U Thant in 1969.
Over the years, several Institutes of UNU were created to help with the research initiatives of the United Nations.
Most notably, in 2007, a vice-rectorate was established in Bonn ( UNU-ViE ), Germany, as a way of strengthening UNU ’ s presence in Europe.
To date, there have been five Rectors at the UNU, Prof. Dr. Konrad Osterwalder being the current Rector since 1 September 2007.

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The education function of the Institute is carried on by the staff in the departments of pathology and its consultants.
Also, the Defense Atomic Support Agency sponsored a long-range study at this Institute on the response of massive suspension cultures of mammalian cells to acute radiation.
The American Registry Of Pathology operates as a cooperative enterprise in medical research and education between the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and the civilian medical profession on a national and international basis, under such conditions as may be agreed upon between the National Research Council and The Surgeons General of the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
In May 1960, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology began a series of articles on the `` Medical Museum '', and in June, the Institute started contributing a regular monthly `` Case For Diagnosis ''.
The Institute also planned to furnish a regular series of articles, beginning in the fall of 1960, on its more significant Scientific Exhibits.
Mr. Devey is a member of the Institute of Radio Engineers, and is chairman of the Electronic Industries Association Committee on Printed and Modular Components.
Not satisfied with various unofficial checks on the liveliness of baseballs currently in use, the major leagues have ordered their own tests, which are in progress at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Max Gluckman, together with many of his colleagues at the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute and students at Manchester University, collectively known as the Manchester School, took BSA in new directions through their introduction of explicitly Marxist-informed theory, their emphasis on conflicts and conflict resolution, and their attention to the ways in which individuals negotiate and make use of the social structural possibilities.
The American Film Institute ( AFI ) is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act.
Originally used in Baker House to signify the Ivy League university tradition, on his return to Finland Aalto used it in a number of key buildings, in particular, in several of the buildings in the new Helsinki University of Technology campus ( starting in 1950 ), Säynatsalo Town Hall ( 1952 ), Helsinki Pensions Institute ( 1954 ), Helsinki House of Culture ( 1958 ), as well as in his own summer house, the so-called Experimental House in Muuratsalo ( 1957 ).
* Acropolis of Athens, Full Reconstruction, animation by the Technological Research Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela, on YouTube
Legal scholar Jim Drennan, an expert on the court system at the Institute of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, told the Winston-Salem Journal in a 2007 interview that the ability to use this form of guilty plea as an option in courts had a far-reaching effect throughout the United States.
The conservation profession response to this report was on the whole less than favourable, the Institute of Conservation ( ICON ) published their response under the title " A Failure of Vision ".
This is acknowledged by the American Institute for Conservation who advise " Specific admission requirements differ and potential candidates are encouraged to contact the programs directly for details on prerequisites, application procedures, and program curriculum ".
Susan George of the Transnational Institute has also been a long-term influence on the movement, as the writer of books since 1986 on hunger, debt, international financial institutions and capitalism.
Starting in 1991, the US Congress asked the Institute of Medicine to review the scientific literature on Agent Orange and the other herbicides used in Vietnam, including their active ingredients and the dioxin contaminant.
* The Aspen Institute Advocacy and Exchange Program on Agent Orange / Dioxin
Princeton University continued to publish the annals on its own until 1933, when the Institute for Advanced Study took joint editorial control.
He spent ten months lecturing on Jewish philosophy and Torah at Warsaw's Institute for Jewish Studies.
She is the head of a research group, which is located in the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine and working on a wide range of biological disciplines encompassing molecular biology, biochemistry, cellular immunology and intracellular neurophysiology.
In 1965, he founded the Israel Institute for Talmudic Publications and began his monumental work on the Talmud, including translation into Hebrew, English, Russian, and various other languages.
:* New York City has numerous Bastille Day celebrations each July, including Bastille Day on 60th Street hosted by the French Institute Alliance Française between Fifth and Lexington Avenues on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, Bastille Day on Smith Street in Brooklyn, and Bastille Day in Tribeca.

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