23 November 2011, Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo. UNITAR’s delegation composed of the Board members and staff who, just on the eve, successfully concluded the work of the 51st session of their Board held in Brazzaville has had the honour of being received today by the President of the Republic of the Congo, Mr. Denis Sassou Nguesso. H.E. Mr. Henri Lopes, current Chair of UNITAR’s Board and Ambassador of Congo in Paris, Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi, former Senior Advisor of UN Secretary-General, Dr. Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Prof.

November 2011, Lilongwe, Malawi – Malawi is experiencing a range of climate hazards such as intense rainfall, floods, droughts, dry spells, cold spells and strong winds. In order to strengthen human resource capacities to address these challenges, Malawi will commence a UN CC:Learn supported project on Strengthening Human Resources and Skills Development to Address Climate Change in early 2012. UN CC: Learn is a One UN initiative on climate change learning for which UNITAR is providing the Secretariat. 

November 2011, Lilongwe, Malawi – Malawi is among the countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change which is impacting key sectors in the country and may hamper the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

This year saw the first successful roll out of the new improved version of the well-known GIS training course offered by the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre that now includes tailored UNOSAT modules on post-disaster impact and damage analysis in emergency response mapping. The course is held once a year in Bangkok around October and lasts two weeks. The UNOSAT module is held on three consecutive days during the course.

2-4 November, 2011, Republic of Indonesia.

November 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The tenth regional training programme to enhance conflict prevention and peacemaking in Africa concluded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in early November. The group of forty-one participants, the largest ever, consisted of mid to senior level officials of African Ministries of Foreign Affairs, as well as other key government departments, such as the Office of the President or Prime Minister.

3 November 2011, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - UNDP and UNITAR co-organized the High-Level Seminar on Preventive Approaches in the African Peace and Security Architecture held on 3 November 2011 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. APSA, expecting its tenth anniversary in 2012, incorporates the latest principles of international peace and security. It provides an important framework for action for various actors striving for and contributing to sustainable peace on the African continent.

November 2011, Lomé, Togo – A National SAICM Planning and Inception Workshop was held from 9 to 10 November 2011 with the participation of UNITAR.

November 2011, Geneva, Switzerland. The workshop on “Multilateral Financial Negotiations: Key Challenges for Africa” (8 to 9 November 2011), which was directed by Dr. Yenkong Ngangjoh Hodu (Associate Professor at University of Manchester) and Dr. Carlo Cattani (Senior international consultant on Finance and Development) had 17 participants from 12 Sub-Saharan African countries. Dr. Ngangjoh Hodu and Dr.