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15 December 2021, Geneva, Switzerland – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) signed two agreements today to scale up action on financial inclusion and women empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East and to strengthen public health systems in Afghanistan.
The agreements, signed by Mr. Nikhil Seth, Executive Director of UNITAR and HRH Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Talal Al Saud, President of Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) were signed at the United Nations Office at Geneva alongside ...
On 10 February 2024, UNITAR and UNITAR Association hosted the public forum “Nuclear Disarmament and Sustainable Peace” at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
The panellists discussed their perspectives on nuclear disarmament, current geopolitical disputes and sustainable peace without nuclear weapons.
The forum was joined by 18 diplomats and government officials from 13 countries, who were in Hiroshima for the UNITAR Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (NDNP) Training Programme.
, 25 April 2024, Hiroshima, Japan – On 10 February 2024, the UNITAR Hiroshima Office ...
UNITAR Executive Director Nikhil Seth visited Hiroshima and Tokyo, Japan from 25 March to 28 March 2024.
The four-day visit to Japan includes his participation in the Peace Walk Festival, the signing ceremony of the eighth Special Grant Agreement with the Hiroshima Prefectural Government, the opening ceremony of the new Hiroshima Office, and courtesy visits to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, local government offices, stakeholders from the public and private sector in Japan, and meetings with UNITAR supporting members.
, 19 April 2024, Hiroshima, Japan – The Uni...
Brochure of the 2023 SeriesFinal Report 2023 Series , General Objective: To learn from good practices on the existing normative, national policies, and other initiatives on access to justice for older persons, including guaranteeing truth, reparation, memory, and non-recurrence.Concept Note: BelowVideo recording. Here Takeaways document: Below , General Objective: To learn about challenges and opportunities in accessing labor markets, with a special emphasis on older persons while identifying the possibility of strengthening partnerships to move forward ...
Amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, professionals like Serhii are expanding their skill sets to adapt to new challenges. Serhii, a dedicated architect and a member of the UNESCO country team in Ukraine, shared his insights into his evolving role and the impact of recent training programmes on his work.
Serhii’s role involves the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to cultural heritage preservation and damage detection. Initially, he began with a foundational understanding of GIS and tools, primarily using them for basic mapping and documentation tas...
1 July 2015, New York, USA - UNITAR’s Multilateral Diplomacy Programme delivered a Women’s Leadership workshop for delegates to the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development.
In the context of UNITAR’s new Women’s Leadership Programme, launched hand-in-hand with UN Women and working across the UN System, UNITAR delivered a high-level workshop for diplomats and delegates accredited to the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development.
The HLPF on Sustainable Development facilitates dialogue between key stakeholders and their role in ...
Beneficiary: Lu’isa Uai Taunga
Title: Officer, National Emergency Management Office, Tonga
Training: UNITAR Hiroshima Disaster Risk Reduction Training
Most often we find that local business owners and locals are not often present during our workshop training,
explained Lu’isa Uai Taunga, an officer with the National Emergency Management Office in the Kingdom of Tonga and participant in the UNITAR Disaster Risk Reduction Training in 2017. Lu’isa came up with a strategy to address the fact that members of the community could not take time away from work to ...
9 March 2020, Kampala - UNITAR-UNOSAT and the UN Technology Bank, in partnership with the Ugandan Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) have conducted a one-week training course from 2 to 6 March 2020 in Kampala on the use of Geospatial Information Technologies (GIT) to reduce the impact of disaster situations. Indeed, the increasing number and intensity of disasters in the past few years in Uganda have had severe consequences in terms of human lives, structural damage and economic losses. Uganda is regularly affected by multiple natural hazards, including ...
Launched on 20 May 2020, a new consortium project Crowd4SDG will aim to examine opportunities for leveraging citizen science for monitoring climate impacts and achieving climate resilience. It is Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Action supported by the European Commission's Science with and for Society (SwafS) programme. In addition to UNITAR, the consortium coordinated by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) includes a number of other leading European research centers and University: Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Polytechnic University of Milan (POLI...
22 January 2019, Geneva, Switzerland – University students from China visited the European Headquarter of the United Nations, known as the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, to participate in a seminar on the Role of Youth in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals. During the workshop, co-organized by UNITAR and Association des Étudiant-e-s Sinophones de l'Université de Genève (AESG) and held at the Palais des Nations, the students were introduced to the SDGs and their importance. The purpose of the session was to encourage and inspire these young individ...