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On 24-25 October 2024, UNITAR welcomed 20 government officials from 18 countries to a two-day AI Strategy Masterclass “Leading the AI Revolution – Strategy, Innovation, and Global Impact” at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.Day 1 covered AI’s disruptive impact and the need for workforce upskilling. Day 2 focused on strategic frameworks and collaborative solutions for AI adoption, addressing the digital divide and AI’s role in sustainable development.The masterclass concluded with participant presentations on AI strategies for Sustainable Development Goals. Participants...
Deltina Solomon manages two disaster management projects in the Solomon Islands.
Seeking formal training in disaster risk management, she joined the 2022 UNITAR Hiroshima Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction Training Programme for World Tsunami Awareness Day.
The UNITAR programme trains women on gendered leadership and inclusive disaster risk management at the community level.
Deltina was especially inspired by the women leaders at the in-person training in Samoa, which focused on the Pacific experience.
, 26 May 2023, Hiroshima, Japan - Deltina...
「被爆80年核兵器をなくす国際市民フォーラム」の一環として、国連ユニタールは日本核兵器廃絶キャンペーン（JANA）との共催で、2025年2月9日に聖心女子大学（東京・広尾）で公開セッションを開催します。このセッションでは、タリク・ラウフ氏（元国際原子力機関検証・安全保障政策課長）をはじめ、国際機関で活躍してきた専門家を招き、核軍縮に向けた課題を参加者とともに考える機会を提供します。世界が直面する安全保障や外交問題に触れつつ、国連が取り組む核兵器管理の動向や、2026年核兵器不拡散条約（NPT）運用検討会議の展望等を議論します。また、公開セッション後、株式会社フジタおよび株式会社たびまちゲート広島との協力により、被爆の実相をより正確に伝え、核兵器廃絶の重要性を皆様に再認識していただくために、バーチャル・リアリティー（VR）技術を用いた体験を提供しています。会場参加には事前登録およびチケットの購入が必要です。なお、第一部の公開セッションのライブストリーム配信はフォーラムのサイトから無料でご覧いただけます。, 2025年1月22日、広島 –「被爆80年核兵器をなくす国際市民フォーラム」の一環として、国連ユニタールは日本核兵器廃絶キャンペーン（JANA）との共催で、2025年2月9日に聖心女子大学（東京・広尾）で公開セッションを開催します。...
20 October 2023, Geneva, Switzerland – To mark its 60th anniversary, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) launched the 'SDG4Kids' initiative, a series of interactive educational experiences linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), aimed at engaging Geneva’s young minds to create positive change for a better future., As part of the 60th-anniversary celebrations, UNITAR is organizing a public photo exhibition in Geneva from 2 to 27 October, displayed on the Rotonde du Quai du Mont-Blanc, illustrating 60 years of history as well as s...
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV
Former President of the Soviet Union and Founding President of Green Cross International
Resetting the Nuclear Disarmament Agenda
To read Mr. Gorbachev's speech, please click here
Introductory statement by
BAN KI-MOON
United Nations Secretary-General
Remarks by the Secretary General
Monday, 5 October 2009 | 4:30 p.m.
Palais des Nations; Assembly Hall
To watch the video archive of the Conference, click here
To watch the photo gallery of the Conference, click here
The 3d Edition of the ...
It’s been 20 years since the Taliban government fell in Afghanistan. Many young women are now growing up knowing they have the right to opportunities and hoping to shape their own lives. But conservative attitudes persist. Madina Walizada, a UNITAR alumna from Afghanistan, says:
I thought ‘I’m a girl, I don’t have equal rights that my brothers have.’
“People don’t believe women can take over tough work”, says Mariam Ghaznavi, another UNITAR Afghan alumna.
Some [colleagues] believe that my good manners and soft behaviour make me incapable of dealing with the harsh re...
When Mr. Isaac Nkusi participated in the “impact for peace” Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop, he had just started Success Through Perspective, a personal money management company, after working for an internationally funded development project. He recalled, “I was not sure that the training would be useful for the challenge of managing my own company.”
Mr. Nkusi was one of 10 Rwandan young adults who participated in the TOT workshop, which aimed to teach experienced young adults, between the ages of 25 and 38 from Rwanda, how to train their younger counte...
Sustainability is a key element that needs to be implemented in every aspect of the environment we leave in.
For this purpose, UNITAR partnered with MLA College to launch the Master in Global Sustainable Development. The collaboration between the MLA College and UNITAR takes place within the framework of CIFAL City of London, the 25th CIFAL Center established, to promote the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and integrate them into higher education programmes.
The Programme starts with a period of gaining a shared vocabulary and set of ideas around sustainability...
6 Novembre 2024, Genève, Suisse - La Cité de la Solidarité Internationale (CSI) organise, en collaboration avec UNITAR, la Food Sovereignty Platform (FGC) et le Geneva Health Forum, la 7ème édition de son Atelier Doctoral. Cet événement, qui se tiendra le jeudi 7 novembre 2024, de 15h30 à 18h30, réaffirme l'engagement de la CSI à favoriser le dialogue entre la recherche et l'action. Lancé en 2018, cet atelier unique offre aux doctorants une plateforme pour présenter leurs travaux en cours devant un public composé d'experts et de professionnels de terrain, tout en expl...
UNITAR, together with Hiroshima Prefecture and Nagasaki Prefecture, will support the organizing of a side event to the Second Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).The side event, “Advancing the Global Agenda of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World”, is led by the Government of Austria and will be a panel discussion.The event will take place in Conference Room XXII at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on 24 July 2024 (1:15 pm CEST). The event seeks to bring together diplomats and expert...