United Nations University
Rector Osterwalder was appointed to the position of United Nations Under Secretary General and United Nations University Rector by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon May 2007 and served until 28 February 2013. He succeeded Prof. Hans van Ginkel from the Netherlands to be the fifth Rector of the United Nations University. He is credited with turning United Nations University into a world leading institution, ranked #5 & #6 in two categories according to the Global Go to Think Tank Rankings. He was responsible for ensuring that UNU's charter was amended in 2009 allowing the United Nations University to grant degrees, introducing UNU's degree programmes and creating a new concept in education, research and development by introducing the twin institute programmes. A concept that is changing the way that development, aid and capacity building is approached both by developed countries and developing and least developed countries.
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Rector Osterwalder chairing UNU event on the work of the UN SC 1540 committee
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UNU Rector Osterwalder with UNHCR Commissioner Gutteres at Rio+20 Press Conference
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