The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) was established in 1963 as an autonomous body within the United Nations with the purpose of enhancing the effectiveness of the work of the UN and its member states.
War remains a matter of great concern to humanity. Recent conflicts have demonstrated that the ravages of war continue to have a devastating impact especially on the civilian population.
Conducting risk analysis during strategic planning exercises a) expands humanitarian focus from acute and urgent needs to chronic vulnerabilities and exposure to future risks, stress, and shocks, and b) helps integrate reduction of extreme vulnerability into planning to facilitate recovery, and therefore aims at preventing new and reducing existing risk, all of which contributes decrease future
Over the past 20 years, disasters have affected billions of people, caused USD$ trillions of damage, and killed millions of people. Disasters have affected people living in developing countries and, in particular, the most vulnerable communities within these countries.
En los últimos 20 años los desastres han afectado a 4.400 millones de personas, han causado 2 billones de dólares de daños y han matado a 1,3 millones de personas. Los desastres han afectado a las personas que viven en los países en desarrollo y, en particular, a las comunidades más vulnerables de esos países.
Our globalizing world faces significant challenges, and law and governance can play a crucial role to either foster or frustrate more sustainable development.
Public diplomacy, and its sister concept, soft power, dominate much of the current academic debate about 21st century diplomacy. A major challenge for governments is how to develop effective public diplomacy, and optimize the use of their soft power, in a rapidly changing global environment.
Ce cours s’adresse principalement aux décideurs politiques, y compris les principaux membres du personnel ministériel, les régulateurs, les banquiers centraux, les autorités des marchés de capitaux et leurs conseillers, qui souhaitent apprendre à mettre en place et à développer des taxonomies financières durables.
El curso está dirigido principalmente a los responsables políticos, incluido el personal ministerial clave, los reguladores, los banqueros centrales, las autoridades del mercado de capitales y sus asesores, que estén interesados en aprender a establecer y desarrollar taxonomías de finanzas sostenibles.