2 July 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR announces a new upcoming e-Learning courses entitled  “Climate Change Diplomacy: Negotiating effectively under the UNFCCC.”
Climate Change Diplomacy: Negotiating Effectively under the UNFCCC

UNITAR announces its upcoming e-Learning courses entitled  “Introduction to the UN System” and “Drafting and Adopting UN Resolutions”.
Introduction to the United Nations System (7 October - 17 November 2013)
This course aims to provide a historical, political, and analytical framework for

21 June 2013, Nairobi, Kenya - The second technical training on ‘Introduction to Remote Sensing (RS) and Field Data Collection Techniques for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)’ was successfully delivered within the IGAD-UNOSAT initiative Disaster Risk Reduction Capacity Development in East Africa Using Geo-spatial Technologies. The training was officially opened on 10 June 2013 by a representative of the Royal Norwegian government, which supports the UNOSAT capcity development programme in Eastern Africa.

18 June 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR announces two upcoming e-Learning courses on the topics of cosmopolitan communication and mediation skills.
Cosmopolitan Communication: Connecting across Diplomats, Business Leaders and Civil Society Actors

12 June 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - Each year an increasing number of practitioners, international staff, and national experts take to studying International Humanitarian Law to have a better understanding of the rules and international conventions applying to armed conflict and internal violence.

5 June, Geneva, Switzerland - UNOSAT has been investing in the development of live web-based maps capable of providing rapid and essential information for disaster prevention and emergency response and able to integrate crowd sourced data, photos and videos.  UNOSAT experts believe that this type of integrated, near-real time products will constitute the backbone of future geospatial decision support sy

28 May 2013, Malé, Republic of Maldives — The National Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) Planning and Inception Workshop was held in Malé on 15-16 May 2013 to launch the project “Strengthening Capacities for National SAICM Implementation in Maldives,” which is funded by the SAICM Quick Start Programme Trust Fund. UNITAR is serving as the international executing agency.

27 May 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR affiliated International Training Center for Local Authorities in Scotland - CIFAL Scotland – will receive nearly £250,000 from the Scottish Government’s International Development Fund to improve sustainable food production and cope with the impact of climate change in vulnerable communities in the Kulna and Bagerhat districts of Bangladesh.

23 May 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - The 2013 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), attended by a record 3,500 people and representatives from 172 governments, ended in Geneva after three days of meetings and side events with a call for "the immediate start of work to develop targets and indicators to monitor the reduction of risk." The other salient news from the large meeting was the confirmation that in 2015 there will be another global conference on disaster reduction.