23-24 October 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - The 3rd Steering Group Meeting of UN CC:Learn Partners took place on 23-24 October 2012, in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting brought together representatives from 16 UN organizations (CEB Secretariat, FAO, IFAD, ILO, UNDP, UNEP, UNESCAP, UNESCO, UNFCCC Secretariat, UN-HABITAT, UNICEF, UNITAR, UNSSC, UNU, WHO, WMO) and five countries which are currently implementing a national UN CC:Learn Pilot Project to Strengthen Human Resources and Skills to Address Climate Change (Benin, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Malawi and Uganda).

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) invites you to participate in the newest edition of its two new e-Learning courses on Public Diplomacy in a Multipolar World and Mediation Skills that will take place from 12 November – 14 December 2012. The fee for each course is: 600 USD.

17 October 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - Global CEO Conference 2012, organized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Global CEO Union, will be held in Shanghai, China from 29 to 31 October 2012.
The opening ceremony will be held on the morning of 30 October, with opening address by representatives from UNIDO, Ministry of Commerce of China, Shanghai Municipal Government and foreign enterprises, as well as Mr. LIU Chuanzhi, honorary Chairman from Lenovo Group.

18 October 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - With the theme on “Building the Smart City and Industrial Development for Sustainable Urbanization”, Global City Informatization Forum 2012 will be held on Monday, 29 October 2012 in Shanghai, China.

17 October 2012, Lodz, Poland - From 15-16 October 2012, UNITAR participated at the conference on "Safe NANO Innovations" regarding safety of nanomaterials.

17 October 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR, in partnership with GIZ, the German Technical Cooperation, is launching a new session of the e-Learning course Sustainable Urban Mobility in Developing Countries, from 26 November 2012 to 15 March 2013.

8 October 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in partnership with SKL International, with the support of the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will deliver an e-Learning course, “The SymbioCity Approach: Achieving Urban Sustainability in Asian Cities”, from 12 November 2012 to 15 February 2013.

25 September 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - Following recent heavy monsoon rains in Baluchistan, Punjab and Sindh provinces in Pakistan, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) activated the UNOSAT rapid mapping service to obtain satellite derived maps of the affected regions.

29 August 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - The Final Meeting of the Steering Committee of the GEF/UNEP/UNITAR Project “POPs Reporting, Monitoring and Information dissemination using Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs)” was held on 29-30 August 2012, in Geneva, Switzerland.  The meeting was held back-to-back with an awareness-raising meeting on PRTRs for NGOs and working sessions with the partner countries of the project.