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Under UN leadership, the last 30 years have seen remarkable development in the fight against impunity. Many different accountability mechanisms – truth commissions, international and hybrid tribunals, as well as commissions of inquiry, fact-finding missions and investigations – have been established and successfully implemented. As a consequence, an increasing number of people around the world are demanding justice. Policy makers and diplomats at all levels and in all regions can expect discussions and debates on these topics and ought to be prepared for them.The course is ...
12 May 2022, New York, Geneva, Vienna (USA, Switzerland, Austria).- The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) announce a partnership signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly work on training, research, and capacity development activities to empower the promotion and protection of human rights among other important topics.
The virtual joint signature event was attended by the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNITAR Mr. Nikhil Seth, the President of the Int...
10 March 2019, Jeju, Republic of Korea – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Jeju (CIFAL Jeju) in partnership with Jeju National University conducted the course “International Cooperation”, which forms part of Jeju National University’s ‘Global Public Diplomacy Training.
The course was held on 23-24 January 2019 with the objective to build capacity through intensive lectures and the development of proposals on international cooperation by participants. This 2-day course gathered 18 university students and three experts in the area of inte...
After a successful run of an initial online course on “Agriculture in International Trade Agreements” in 2019, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNITAR held a rerun of the course in November 2020. Similar to the initial course, the second online course also targeted professionals from the post-Soviet region, selecting participants from 12 countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The course sought to build the capacities of ...
In the modern world the role of culture, education, sport, social and humanitarian aspects are highly increasing. Domestic regions are active in the international arena as well. The Master on issues of social and humanitarian cooperation in the international arena and external relations of regions is the first of its kind in Russia and is ensured in cooperation between the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).
The programme aims at developing theoretical and practical skills to work in...
UNITAR Facilitates an International Conference on Business and the SDGs
8 September 2016, New York, USA – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) partnered with the Sustainable Development Goals Fund (SDG Fund) to host an international conference entitled, “Attaining the SDGs by 2030: Business and the UN, New Partnership Models.” The goal of the conference was to explore new ways to involve the private sector and the business community in attaining the 2030 agenda.
The International Conference began with opening addresses by Mr. Marco A. Suazo,…
28 February 2024, Geneva, Switzerland - An innovative training course on using satellite imagery as evidence in international judicial proceedings has been launched by UNITAR-UNOSAT, the Asser Institute, the Geneva Science-Policy Interface (GSPI), and IUSTICOM. Legal professionals working with international justice organizations are the first beneficiaries of the course concerning technical and legal requirements of using satellite images as evidence in court.
Satellite images are often the only way to prove that human rights abuses and...
UNITAR Begins Partnership with Corporate Communication International
28 September 2017 – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is pleased to announce the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between UNITAR and Corporate Communication International (CCI), signaling an official partnership between the two parties for future training and capacity building activities. The MoU was signed by UNITAR Executive Director Mr. Nikhil Seth, with UNITAR NYO Head of Office Ambassador Marco Suazo representing Mr. Seth and UNITAR at the signing of CCI…
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22 May 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - Offered in Geneva by Duke University’s Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy and hosted at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the Programme on Global Policy and Governance is designed to expose future international policy leaders to the field of global governance and policy from an academic and experiential perspective. In addition to the ten week Geneva Policy Internships, a major element of the Programme is the course International Humanitarian Assistance: Policy, Law and Practice, which…