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Tshilidzi Marwala (born 28 July 1971) is a South African artificial intelligence engineer, a computer scientist, a mechanical engineer and a university administrator.He is currently Rector of the United Nations University and UN Under-Secretary-General. [1]
The new building at Boschstraat. In the foreground the statue of Petrus Regout [], the 19th-century founder of the Maastricht potteries. The United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) is a joint research and training institute of the United Nations University and Maastricht University, with both parent institutions ...
The Palace of Nations.The United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland) is the second most important UN centre, after the United Nations Headquarters.. While the Secretariat of the United Nations is headquartered in New York City, its many bodies, specialized agencies, and related organizations are headquartered in other parts of the world, particularly in Europe.
As an institute of the United Nations University, UNU-ISP was bound by the UNU Charter, [3] and the guidelines set out by the UNU Council. [4] UNU-ISP worked in collaboration with other UNU institutes and programs, as well as through collaborative relationships with the global academic and policy-making communities.
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) is part of the United Nations University (UNU). UNU-WIDER, the first research and training centre to be established by the UNU, is an international academic organization set up with the aim of promoting peace and progress by bringing together leading scholars from around the world to tackle pressing ...
The United Nations University (国際連合大学, Kokusai Rengō Daigaku) (UNU) is the think tank and academic arm of the United Nations. [3] Headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo , Japan , with diplomatic status as a UN institution, its mission is to help resolve global issues related to human development and welfare through collaborative research ...
In 2010 a resolution by the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly urged the United Nations Environment Programme to convene a plenary meeting to establish an Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). [4] [5] In 2013 an initial conceptual framework was adopted for the prospective IPBES plenary. [5]
The United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) is a UN organization that serves the personnel of the United Nations and its affiliates via inter-agency learning and training. The organization aims to contribute to a more effective, results-oriented and agile United Nations through learning, training and knowledge dissemination.