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		<title>UN Workshop Discusses Preventing the Proliferation WMD to Non-State Actors</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[UN High-Level Event: “Preventing the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction to Non-State Actors: The Implementation of Resolution 1540 (2004) in the Arab World” 26 April 2013, New York —The Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations in collaboration with the United Nations University (UNU) on 24 April 2013 concluded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Water Security”: Experts Propose a UN Definition on Which Much Depends</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 01:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid changing weather and water patterns worldwide and forecasts of more severe transformations to come, calls have been growing for the UN Security Council to include water issues on its agenda. And there’s rising international support for adopting “universal water security” as one of the Sustainable Development Goals &#8212; a set of mid-term global objectives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNU-Barcelona Begins Work in Its Sant Pau Historic Site Premises</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[7 March 2013, Barcelona — The United Nations University (UNU) is pleased to announce that its academic Institute in Barcelona has, as of this month, embarked on a multidimensional research programme aimed at achieving a better understanding of cultural diversity and mobility in the context of globalization. The UNU Institute in Barcelona (UNU-Barcelona), which became [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting Wildlife Crime: Sharing Information Across Borders</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[6 March 2013, Tokyo — The illegal wildlife trade brings in US$ billions per year while impeding international efforts to conserve rare and endangered plants and animals. The true extent of this growing plight, however, remains uncertain due to the lack of a universally implemented framework to monitor wildlife crime and its transboundary syndicates. Despite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr. David Malone of Canada Begins Term as United Nations University Rector</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1 March 2013, Tokyo —  The United Nations University (UNU) is pleased to announce that Dr. David M. Malone of Canada today has assumed office for a five-year term as Rector of UNU. In this role, Dr. Malone holds the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. The selection of Dr. Malone as the sixth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scottish Association for Marine Science Becomes a UNU Associated Institution</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scottish Association for Marine Science and United Nations University Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Foster Water Science World First for Scottish Marine Research Oban, Scotland/Tokyo, Japan, 11 January 2013 — Today the United Nations University (UNU) and the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding making SAMS the first marine research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United Nations University Opens New Institute in Dresden</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UNU-FLORES will focus on the nexus between water, soil and waste management Dresden, 10 December 2012 — Today the United Nations University (UNU) officially opened its Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES) in Dresden, Germany. The mission of UNU-FLORES is to contribute — through research, teaching, advanced training, capacity development [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Australia&#8217;s Indigenous Fire Management Methods to Cut Carbon Pollution Go Global at Doha</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doha, 5 December 2012 — Mark Dreyfus, Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Australia, today hosted a special briefing at the UN Climate Change Conference in Doha on Australia’s new Savanna Fire Management Initiative. The initiative builds on the pioneering savanna fire management methodology recently approved under Australia’s Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI). The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Addressing Loss and Damage in the Context of Social Vulnerability and Resilience</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doha, 4 December 2012 ─ Loss and damage is a reality today for most vulnerable communities worldwide. Climate change will further alter the frequency and magnitude of meteorological and hydrological disasters. The concept of loss and damage associated with climate change is new for science and policy. Given the major implication for policy, Munich Re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United Nations University Announces Upcoming Departure of Rector Konrad Osterwalder</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[His legacy includes UNU postgraduate degree programmes and the &#8220;twin institutes&#8221; concept The United Nations University (UNU) announced today that its current Rector, Professor Konrad Osterwalder, a Swiss mathematical physicist, will complete his term of office as head of the institution at the end of February 2013. Prof. Osterwalder has served as UNU Rector since [...]]]></description>
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