EDITORIAL: The 40th anniversary of the United Nations: Will governments listen to people? (Marc Nerfin)..... LOCAL SPACE: Kenya: The Green Belt Movement (Wangari Maathai)... Street foods as income and food for the poor (Irène Tinker)... US: Civil disobedience is a way of life for peace activists (Jeffrey Saied Ghannam)..... NATIONAL SPACE: Chile: Los grandes tetnas y areas de la reconstruccion (R. Lagos)...The role of health and nutrition in development (Claudio Schuftan)..... THIRD WORLD SPACE: Social intelligence for self-reliant development (Stevan Dedijer)... Sociétés négro-africaines entre un développement propre et un développement généralisé (Tsudi Wa Kibuti Mambu~Lo)... Et demain l?Afrique - un livre d?Edem Kodjo (Ahmed Ben Salah)..... GLOBAL SPACE: The UN are a first-rate international institution (Stephen Lewis)... Most people believe in the UN... IFDA contributions to the 40th anniversary of the UN... Jumelages et micro-projets (Huguette Bouchardeau)..... NEWS FROM THE THIRD SYSTEM: The World Food Assembly?s Manifesto... Action now to end Third World crisis (The Penang Conference)... On peace and global transformation (UNU)... Afrique occidentale: L?AFOTEC (Rokiatou Tall)... Asia: Women?s Research and Action Network..... LETTERS.....FOOTNOTES.....MATERIALS RECEIVED FOR PUBLICATION