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The eradication of global hunger by 2030 is a key goal in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and trade is recognized as one of the means for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The challenge is how to ensure that the expansion of agricultural trade works for, and not against, the elimination of hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition. This challenge has been at the forefront of governments’ struggle to negotiate the changes to global agreements on agricultural trade. National and regional institutions need greater technical capacity and resou...
The overall objective of the Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop was to train healthcare professionals as confident and competent trainers with the skills to plan, conduct and evaluate breastfeeding education training. The ToT event also provided training and learning solutions and tools to improve breastfeeding initiation rates and duration, as well as women's breastfeeding knowledge and skills.Through the training provided by the trained trainers, parents will be in control of their own breastfeeding journey and make well-informed choices while ensuring that healthcare wo...
Maritime governance encapsulates maritime sectors' strategic management and regulatory oversight, including port and vessel operations. It entails formulating and enforcing policies, allocating resources, and supervising maritime activities to ensure safety, security, efficiency, and environmental sustainability. Central to fostering global trade and regional economic development, effective maritime governance prioritizes the safeguarding of life, assets, and the marine ecosystem while promoting orderly and lawful maritime conduct. This holistic approach harmonizes stakehol...
14 July 2025, Geneva, Switzerland. On 11 – 13 June 2025, UNITAR supported a workshop, “Harnessing Administrative Data Sources for Official Statistics Production: Migration and Environment/Climate Change statistics cases” in Grenada, implemented by Grenada’s Central Statistical Office (CSO). The workshop supports Grenada’s overarching objective of integrating administrative data into their national statistical framework, providing a space to formalize engagement between administrative data holders and the CSO for enhanced data quality. Read more, 8 July 2025, Geneva, Sw...
The Advisory Board for the NCD, Digital Health, and Capacity Building Division brings together a distinguished group of experts committed to UNITAR’s vision, mission, and strategic objectives.The Advisory Board provides critical insights and technical guidance to ensure that the Division’s programmes and activities align with UNITAR’s mandate, UN guidelines, and the strategic framework objectives of promoting health for all. By championing UNITAR’s objective to promote health for all, particularly for the most vulnerable people and countries, the Advisory Board plays a pivo...
During the 25th Conferences of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held in Madrid, Spain on 2-13 December 2019, UN CC:Learn co-led the organization of the One UN Side Event on Climate Change Education titled “Learning for Climate Action”, which took place on Thursday, 12 December 2019. This event was designed to highlight the tangible contributions that learning, skills development and investment in climate-resilient education systems are making towards concrete and ambitious climate action as well as discuss opportunit...
Democracy has often been considered as one of the durable systems for building sustainable peaceful and inclusive societies, especially societies experiencing deep socio-political divisions. In most countries undergoing political transitions, these transitions may be triggered by various factors in a bid to change the prevailing political and constitutional order.
Lately, various political transitions have occurred following popular revolutions including the Arab Spring in Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt or military coups that happened in Haiti, Mali, and Myanmar. The end of ci...
23 August 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - Asia-Pacific stands at the forefront of the climate crisis. It’s the world’s most carbon-intensive region – accounting for over half of all global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, it is also one of the most vulnerable – home to many of the developing countries most at risk of climate change.These climate impacts are diverse – from melting glaciers in the Himalayas to flooding and extreme heatwaves in South Asia. And they are already impacting people’s lives – affecting agriculture, destroying homes, and threatening the liv...
マリ出身のJacques Dembeleさんは、国連開発計画（UNDP）ギニアビサウ事務所のモニタリング・評価担当官として働いています。2025年1月から2月にかけてオンラインと対面（広島と東京）で開催された「平和構築·開発におけるグローバル人材育成事業」プライマリー·コースに参加しました。彼にとって日本は、平和を発信してきた憧れの地であり、今回の研修への参加を決めました。広島での研修は、平和構築と開発に貢献する決意を新たにするきっかけとなりました。本事業は、広島大学が外務省の委託を受け、国連ユニタールと連携して実施しています。, 2025年6月19日、広島－Jacques Dembeleさんは国連開発計画（UNDP）ギニアビサウ事務所のモニタリング・評価担当官として、民主主義、健康、経済発展、気候変動に関する取り組みに携わっています。国際機関でのキャリアアップに必要なスキルを磨くため、「平和構築・開発におけるグローバル人材育成事業」プライマリー・コースに参加しました。, 「平和構築·開発におけるグローバル」人材育成事業プライマリー·コースは、国際機関でのキャリアを目指す若手専門家の実践的なスキル、知識、能力を強化することを目的としています。国内外から優秀な研修員23名を迎え、2025年1月から2月にかけて、オンライン研修に続き広島と東京で対...
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