The Institute for New Technologies (INTECH) of the United Nations University (UNU) has just published issue 2 of Technology Policy Briefs, which focus on topical technology policy issues for developing countries. This 12-page issue (in English, but with abstracts in French and Spanish) focuses on agricultural biotechnology and contains six short articles. See http://www.intech.unu.edu/publications/technology_policy/tpb_v1_02_2002.pdf or contact [email protected]. The UNU was established in 1973 by the UN General Assembly and is engaged in research into the pressing global problems of human survival, development and welfare that are the concern of the United Nations and its agencies, with due attention to the social sciences and the humanities as well as natural sciences, pure and applied.

13/04/2002