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April 2026 - Small Island Developing States (SIDS) such as Saint Lucia face a persistent challenge: producing timely, accurate, and granular data to inform decision-making. Rapidly changing informal settlements, combined with limited statistical resources, make it difficult to maintain up-to-date population estimates and vulnerability assessments.
For Saint Lucia’s Central Statistics Office (CSO), the challenge became particularly visible when the 2022 population and household census was estimated to have a 23.3 per cent undercount rate. Based on listings and field experience, the CSO suspected that much of this undercount was concentrated in informal settlement areas, where housing patterns can change quickly between census cycles. These gaps are not only technical. They affect how services are planned, how risks are assessed, and how resources are allocated.
For Saint Lucia’s Central Statistics Office (CSO), the challenge became particularly visible when the 2022 population and household census was estimated to have a 23.3 per cent undercount rate. Based on listings and field experience, the CSO suspected that much of this undercount was concentrated in informal settlement areas, where housing patterns can change quickly between census cycles. These gaps are not only technical. They affect how services are planned, how risks are assessed, and how resources are allocated.
28 April 2026, New York, USA – On 27 April 2026, UNITAR, with the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Prefectural Governments, co-hosted a side event to the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The side event, titled “Nuclear Disarmament Obligation: Humanitarian, Development, and Peace” and led by the Government of Kazakhstan, featured a panel discussion of government representatives, experts and young people and aimed to identify actions that raise awareness of the humanitarian and environmental impacts of nuclear weapons, support implementation of the NPT Action Plan and strengthen advocacy for nuclear disarmament.
23 April 2026, Hiroshima, Japan – Twelve youth from Hiroshima Prefecture gathered at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Hiroshima Project Office on 18 April to mark the launch of the 2026 “UNITAR Hiroshima Youth Ambassador Programme: Leaders for a New Era”.
10 April 2026, Hiroshima, Japan –The UNITAR Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction for World Tsunami Awareness Day 2025 training programme concluded on 12 March 2026, having brought together emerging leaders, especially women from Asia and the Pacific, to strengthen their skills in disaster risk reduction and community resilience.
13 March 2025, Geneva, Switzerland – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is pleased to announce a call for applications for the “Pathway to Prosperity: Upskilling Selangor’s Professionals for a Digital Future” course. This free training programme is designed to equip participants with job-ready skills in data centre management and artificial intelligence (AI), supporting employability and career advancement in a rapidly growing digital economy, particularly in Selangor.
12 March 2026, Hiroshima, Japan - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) invites gender practitioners and professionals working in civil society organizations across the Middle East and North Africa region to apply to join the sixth cycle of the Gender Empowerment Now! programme. Through training of trainers and implementation of community-level workshops, programme participants with gain practical skills to design and facilitate participatory trainings, promote gender mainstreaming and cascade knowledge within their organizations and communities.
11 March 2026, Apia, Samoa – On 9 March, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) welcomed 12 emerging leaders from six countries across the Pacific Islands to a regional workshop in Apia for the “Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction for World Tsunami Awareness Day 2025” training programme. Running from 9 to 12 March, this four-day workshop is the final phase of the training programme.
4 March 2026, Hiroshima, Japan - From 23 to 27 February 2026, UNITAR and the UNITAR Association co-organized the 11th Hiroshima Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Training Programme. The programme, funded by Hiroshima Prefectural Government and the City of Hiroshima, brought together 15 diplomats from 14 Asia-Pacific countries, including Kazakhstan and the Marshall Islands – two countries that experienced the impacts of nuclear testing.
17 February 2026, Hiroshima, Japan - On 11 February 2026, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) marked the successful completion of an intensive in-person entrepreneurship training workshop in Japan under the 2025 programme “RISE LAB: Igniting Youth Potential through Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Resilience.” The workshop concluded with final business presentations and a certificate ceremony celebrating the achievements of 35 participants from Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon.
10 February 2026, Hiroshima, Japan - Andre Magpantay is a university instructor of art studies from the Philippines, whose work focuses on art and ecology and on how art engages with memory. In 2025, he joined the UNITAR programme SDGs and Digital Futures: Changemaking Through AI and Digital Storytelling, where he explored how digital tools could be used to capture memories and tell stories that help people recover, prevent future disasters and foster peace.