Join: Jun 4, 2008

Name: UNUChannel

Location: Tokyo, JP

Videos Watched: 604

Subscribers: 21

Channel Views: 1463

UNU is dedicated to the generation and transfer of knowledge, and the strengthening of individual and institutional capacities in furtherance of the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.The mission of UNU is to contribute, through research and capacity building, to efforts to resolve the pressing global problems that are a concern of the United Nations, its Peoples and Member States.

Videos (13)

UNU Africa Day - Food security

  • Length: 4:21
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  • View Count: 3
  • Author: UNUChannel

Tags: 2008  africa  african  day  delegates  food  interviews  nations  security  ticad  united  university  unu 

A UNU podcast that screend at UNU's Africa day 2008. The video highlights food security issues, concerns and how these can be creatively overcome. Filmed during the 2008 TICAD IV summit in Yokohama, the podcast features interviews with key UNU academics and several high-level delegates including...

Messages to G8 Leaders from Climate Science & Policy Experts

  • Length: 5:0
  • Rating Average: 5.00 from 2 people
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  • Author: UNUChannel

Tags: change  Climate  Evans  experts  g8  Hansen  leaders  NASA  nations  Nishioka  Nordhaus  policy  Prins  science  Stevens  united  university  unu 

4/7/08 - UNU Symposium on innovation and climate change held in Tokyo, the UNU Media Studio filmed interviews with some of the world's leading climate science and policy experts including James E. Hansen, Gwyn Prins, David Steven, Alex Evans, Shuzo Nishioka, and Ted Nordhaus.We asked them what...

PRIORITY AFRICA - Africa and Japan

  • Length: 2:13
  • Rating Average: 5.00 from 2 people
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  • Author: UNUChannel

Tags: africa  economic  japan  nakayama  nations  ticad  united  university  unu  yasuhide  yokohama 

A short UNU interview with Yasuhide Nakayama (Japanese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs) and his views on the strong relationship between Africa and Japan. The interview was filmed during the 2008 TICAD IV summit in Yokohama.www.unu.edu/africaCreative commons Music by Flux and Vega,...

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United Nations TV - When Mother Died, the Family Fell Apart

  • Length: 0:34
  • Rating Average: 5.00 from 3 people
  • View Count: 821' favoriteCount='3
  • Author: unitednations

Tags: fund  human  maternal  mortality  motherhood  nations  population  rights  UN  united 

A thought-provoking video that brings attention to the tragic deaths of women who die needlessly in pregnancy or childbirth every minute of every day.

Sacred Forest

  • Length: 2:41
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  • View Count: 136' favoriteCount='1
  • Author: alonzozarzycki

Tags: biodiversity  Chaco  comunitaria  difusión  documental  forest  Guarani  sacred 

Guarani perspective on the sacredness of Gran Chaco forest and Kaa Iya national park in Bolivia.

United Nations TV - UN Peacekeepers

  • Length: 1:0
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  • Author: unitednations

Tags: armed  blue  conflict  helmets  Nations  peacekeepers  United 

Actor George Clooney speaks of UN Peacekeepers.