Presentation
Pia Rattenhuber's keynote speech at UNU-FLORES United Nations Day 2021 commemorative event
United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and Resources (UNU-FLORES) organizes a commemorative event in Dresden on the occasion of the UN day 2021. The topic of the event is Inequalities in crises. UNU-WIDER...
Tue, 5 October 2021
Plenary Hall, City Hall,
Dresden,
Germany
Past event
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Blog
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Blog
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