The National Capacity Development Course in International Environmental Law was held in Bangkok, Kingdom of Thailand, on 21-23 September and 12-13 October 2010.

According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Typhoon Megi (locally named Juan) made landfall as a category 5 typhoon in the Cagayan Region on 18 October 2010. The cyclone packed winds reaching 225 km per hour with peaks of wind gusts up to 260 km per hour.

October 2010, Prague, Czech Republic.

13 October 2010, Jeju, Republic of Korea. CIFAL Jeju’s Inauguration ceremony was held on October 13th, 2010 at the International Peace Center in Jeju, Republic of Korea.

UNITAR is pleased to announce that registration is now open for its e-Learning course on the UN System, due to start on 29th November. Following the course’s success this summer, the Multilateral Diplomacy Programme will repeat this six-week course, which is full of useful insights, exercises, and demonstrative videos on how the whole UN system works.

 

The third edition of the Career Development Workshop for Junior Professional Officers (JPOs) and Associate Experts (AEs) in Geneva will take place on the 25th and the 26th of October 2010.

From 21 to 23 September, UNITAR in cooperation with the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie and the African Union implemented a training workshop in Addis Ababa to the benefit of diplomats accredited to the African Union as well as staff members of the African Union Commission. Some thirty participants took part in this training event that was delivered in French.

CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) featured UNOSAT map on Pakistan flood in its CERN Bulletin (number 40 – 41) and Mr.