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The United Nations University (UNU) is the academic arm of the United Nations. It bridges the academic world and the United Nations system. Its goal is to develop sustainable solutions for current and future problems of humankind in all aspects of life. Through a problem-oriented and interdisciplinary approach it aims at teaching, applied research and education on a global scale. UNU was founded in 1973 as an autonomous organ of the United Nations General Assembly. The University comprises headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, and more than a dozen Institutes and Programmes worldwide.

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UNU fosters growing partnership with University of the Free State in South Africa

From 20 to 21 October 2011, a delegation from the United Nations University Vice Rectorate in Europe (UNU-ViE) visited the University of the Free State (UFS) in South Africa. The delegation, including Professor Jakob Rhyner, UNU Vice Rector in Europe/Director of UNU-EHS, discussed future collaborations between the two institutions and met with the national disaster management head and team of South Africa. In addition, a guest lecture on the topic of “Human Security in Africa” was delivered. |Read more
Prof. Rhyner, UNU Vice Rector in Europe, and Prof. Bouba, Rector, University of Yaoundé I.

UNU and University of Yaoundé I sign Memorandum of Understanding

Bonn. On 12 January 2012, Prof. Dr. Jakob Rhyner, UNU Vice Rector in Europe, and Prof. Oumarou Bouba, Rector of the University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance the institutional collaboration between the two universities. The signing parties herewith formally agreed on the already established cooperation with regard to information exchange, research activities and publication initiatives, especially in the field of e-learning. |Read more
UNU again ranked among top global think tanks

New York, 18 January 2011. The United Nations University (UNU) currently ranks 6th among the world’s “Best Government-Affiliated Think Tanks” and UNU-WIDER ranks 6th among the global “Top-Thirty International Development Think Tanks” in the 2011 Global Go-To Think Tanks Report. The report was launched today in events at United Nations Headquarters in New York and at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. |Read more
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Invitation: European Union and global challenges

The Regional Representation of the European Commission in Bonn and the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) in cooperation with Deutsche Welle and the United Nations University Bonn take pleasure in inviting you to the open lecture "Europe – an ever closer Union in view of growing global challenges?". The seminar takes place on 8 February, 3 p.m. at Deutsche Welle. |Read more