This September 4 2010, UNITAR became the newest UN institution to become a member of UN Water during the coordinating platform’s thirteenth meeting.  Joining the platform will provide UNITAR with the opportunity to coordinate its capacity development, research and training activities on water and sanitation with other UN institutions as well as add value to the platform in a number of ways.

11 - 15 October 2010, Lomé, Togo. CIFAL Ouagadougou in partnership with the National Association of Local Authorities of Togo (UCT) will organize a Training of Trainers session for a second time.

Several provinces in central Vietnam are being affected by torrential rains with an average rainfall of 300 to 800 mm according to reports received from UNDP Country Office. On 07 October UNOSAT humanitarian rapid mapping service was activated at the request of the UN country office in Vietnam to provide accurate geographic information on the extent of the flooding and its impact.

The work done by UNOSAT at the height of the crisis in Kyrgyzstan has been used widely in human rights verifications. This confirms one of the early methodological innovations brought about by the UNOSAT team: prolonging the useful life of satellite derived information beyond the emergency phase.

UNOSAT has striven for years to bring satellite applications to the attention of policy makers and senior leaders.

On 8 September, 2010, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, UNITAR Peacekeeping Training Program (PTP) and Geneva Peacekeeping Platform (GPP) held a roundtable discussion on peacekeeping capacity and development in Africa during its 2nd annual Advisory Board Session.  Peacekeeping in Africa has grown dramatically over the last five years, with the continent hosting more peacekeepers than any other region.

UNITAR and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organized a three day training workshop on climate change for the Arab states that opened, Monday September 27th 2010, in the presence of the Jordanian Minister of Environment Hazem Malhas. The three-day workshop took place at the Royal Hotel in Jordan and was attended by around 70 representatives from different Arab and foreign countries.