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Over 100 of the Institute’s staff gathered in Geneva, Switzerland on 7-8 July for the biannual retreat to take stock of the achievements of the past two years and devise an outward-looking strategy for the years to come. The event, which was introduced by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, H.E.
South Africa’s Diplomatic Academy and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) recently held a six‐day regional training course on Conference Diplomacy and Multilateral Negotiation for diplomats from Southern African Development Community countries (SADC). The course, attended by 29 representatives, took place in Pretoria, South Africa, from 15‐20 June 2009 and was run by a team of international and regional experts specializing in multilateral conference diplomacy training.
UNITAR took part in the Second Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, a large event gathering in Geneva from 16 to 19 June the global disaster community of stakeholders.