United Nations University

United Nations University (Located in Tokyo) is headed by Jean-Marc Coicaud.

"The United Nations University (UNU) — the academic arm of the United Nations system — implements research and educational programmes in the area of sustainable development, with the particular aim of assisting developing countries. Established by the UN General Assembly in 1973 as “an international community of scholars, engaged in research, postgraduate training and dissemination of knowledge in furtherance of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations”, UNU operates through a worldwide nexus of institutes and programmes that are coordinated by UNU Centre in Tokyo."

Council
Accessed May 2012:


 * Juan Ramón de la Fuente
 * Nobuyasu Abe
 * J. Michael Adams
 * Paolo Blasi
 * Jean-Pierre Bourguignon
 * Rahma Bourqia
 * Cristovam Buarque
 * Dame Fiona Caldicott
 * Angela Cropper
 * Gajaraj Dhanarajan
 * Louise Fresco
 * Mohamed H. A. Hassan
 * Zellynne Doloris Jennings-Craig
 * Jin Xiaoming
 * Konstantin Khudoley
 * Fadia Kiwan
 * Lily Kong
 * Goolam Mohamedbhai
 * Francisco Komlavi Seddoh
 * Gita Sen
 * Lydia Shouleva
 * Mala Singh
 * Ivan Wilhelm
 * Margret Wintermantel

Contact
Web: http://unu.edu

Related Sourcewatch

 * Khalid Durán
 * Ramesh Thakur
 * Albrecht Schnabel
 * Jean-Marc Coicaud
 * David Runnalls
 * Bonny A. Ibhawoh
 * Erik Thorbecke
 * Sheikha Abdulla Al-Misnad
 * Jose V. Abueva - former secretary

Related Sourcewatch

 * World Institute for Development Economics Research