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Download full textStanley Foundation, Muscatine, IA. – 1982
This is a report of a conference held to discuss maintaining peace in outer space. Nineteen space specialists participated in the conference. Topics discussed were recent technological developments, international cooperation for peaceful uses of outer space, prevention of weapons in space, and the future role of the United Nations. The report's…
Descriptors: Disarmament, Futures (of Society), Global Approach, International Relations
Peer reviewedWillard, Timothy; And Others – Futurist, 1984
An overview of topics discussed at the World View '84 conference, sponsored by the World Future Society, is provided. Topics include technology, the economy, the Third World, the environment, world order, and outer space. (RM)
Descriptors: Conferences, Developing Nations, Economic Climate, Environment
Clubb, Deborah, Ed.; Ligon, Polly C., Ed. – 1989
Colloquium participants were asked to make informed guesses about whether developing countries can grow and equitably distribute the food they need over the next decade, what the international development community should do to help in both production and distribution, and what role the United States should play in the development process. The 17…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Development
Stanley Foundation, Muscatine, IA. – 1988
Science and technology are helping solve problems around the world as well as creating new problems. The concentration of scientific and technological capabilities in a few countries exacerbates these new problems. The United Nations tried to address this disparity through a program on science and technology for development adopted in Vienna in…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Development, Industrialization
Jaura, Ramesh, Ed.; And Others – 1984
The discussion presented in this booklet was organized to foster international understanding by encouraging a genuine dialogue between the industrialized nations of the northern hemisphere and the developing nations in the southern hemisphere. The first section of the booklet presents introductory statements by the chairperson of the North-South…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
DeKock, Anita, Ed. – 1987
The number and depth of global problems is increasing and the capacity of the United Nations (UN) to deal with them is diminishing. The international effort to deal with environmental problems is fragmented and underfunded. The UN has no mechanism for the routine identification and analysis of problems and the proposal of solutions to them. In the…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Change
Stanley Foundation, Muscatine, IA. – 1988
The conference reported on in this document focused on the profound changes taking place in the world, changes characterized by their international nature and requiring multinational cooperation. The security of national borders continues to be a concern, but internal threats to governments are the more common phenomenon. The combination of…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Conservation (Environment), Developed Nations, Developing Nations
