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Volume XXXIX
Number 4 2002


About This Issue:
Whose World Is It Anyway?

        

In This Issue...
Whose World Is It Anyway?
Millennium Development Goals:
How Far Have We Come?
Current Trends
We Are Falling Short, Kofi Annan Warns the World

Eradicating Extreme Poverty and Hunger
How We Define Poverty
Ramon Osiris Blanco

Developing Further an Open Trading System
Working for Two Thirds of the World's Poor
Kim Hak-Su talks about UNESCAP's priorities.

Towards a Global Partnership for Development
'How Can You Produce So Much Material and Be Efficient?'
Agnes van Ardenne, Minister for Development Cooperation of the Netherlands, talks about development assistance.

Towards a Global Partnership for Development
'I'm Thrilled at the Quality of Material Being Produced'
Jeff Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, talks about global well-being and sustainability.

Developing Further an Open Financial System
Volatility in International Financial Markets
Roma Rana

A Commitment to Good Governance
'Il Buon Governo'
Antonio Maria Costa

Halt and Begin to Reverse the Spread of HIV/AIDS
Education: The Only Vaccine We Have
John Katsigeorgis

Centrespread (PDF format)
Putting People Back in the Centre

Halting the Incidence of Malaria
… and Other Major Diseases
Erika Reinhardt

In Burkina Faso
Needed: A Meningitis Vaccine

UNreported
Pauline Karakat

Ensuring Children Complete Primary Schooling
Protecting the World's Languages
Alfred Capelle

Humanitarian Action and Environmental Sustainability
Balancing Upon A Fine Line
Rustem Ertegun

Ensuring Environmental Sustainability
'Undoing the Damage We Have Caused'
Horst Rutsch

How Foreboding Is the Future?
Three global youth reporters recount their experience of the Johannesburg Summit
Scary Statistics
Lauren Kansley
Applauding More Than Politely
Charles M. Sendegeya
Mountain of Hope
Annabel Short


Reversing the Loss of Environmental Resources
The Ocean's Wealth Is Not Inexhaustible
Jose Luis Jesus

Millenium Development Goals—Tracking Progress (PDF format)

Corporate Citizenship
Environmental Opportunities, Sustainable Markets

UN Reform …
    ... and More
An Initiative From Within
'A Very Different Way of Doing Business'
Vikram Sura

The Chronicle Interview
Jan Kavan, President of the 57th General Assembly, talks about his priorities for the 2002 session
Sanjay Sethi

2002 Assembly Session
A 'Rich and Powerful' Debate
Jonas Hagen

From the Secretary-General
'What Is Missing, on Each Side,
Is Trust in the Other'

Distinguishing Help From Harm
Experts Debate Humanitarian Intervention
Vikram Sura

Chronicle Essay
Their Dignity Will Be Mine, As It Is Yours
Sergio Vieira de Mello

Changing Climates—Climactic Changes
Extreme Weather
Is There A Nexus With Global Climate Change?
Rajendra K. Pachauri

And Extremely Bad Logic!
Patrick J. Michaels

We May Know More in 2100
What Caused the Floods of 2002?

Affecting Sustainable Development
El Niño Will Persist Into Early 2003

Good and Bad
Farming Plays Key Role in Climate Change

Eightfold Rise in CO2 in Fifty Years
Global Warming Challenges African Development

Book Excerpt
We're Having a Heat Wave, a Tropical Heat Wave
Robert S. Desowitz

Making Good on Commitments Already Made
The Special Needs of Island States
Chithambaranathan Mahendran

Recent Trends in Climate Change

Departments
PeaceWatch
'Seize the Opportunity': Iraq Indicates It Will Comply

Quartet Outlines Road Map Towards Middle East Peace

Timor-Leste: Triumph of Self-determination

Tajikistan: Time to Reflect

Needed: A More Open-minded Interpretation
Roman Kirn

coUNterpoint

It Took 25 for Men to Break the Gender Barrier
Fifty Years of the UN Guided Tours
Pauline Karakat

Passing By
New York Screenings Encourage Policy Dialogue
Horst Rutsch

The Chronicle Library Shelf
United Nations Yearbook Goes Digital

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