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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges and caused an exceptional economic downturn. It is foreseen that the global economy will shrink by 3-6% in 2020, resulting in losses of manufacturing production, an increase in unemployment, and rising poverty. An estimated 71 million people are expected to be pushed back into extreme poverty according to the Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020, with decades of precious development progress potentially being reversed.
UNITAR is a founding member of the Partnership for Action on Green Economy’s (PAGE) an...
Women shouldn't feel honoured to be at the decision-making table - it is their right, it is where they deserve to be, and it is where they should be.
Panellist in a UNITAR webinar on Women's Leadership in Pandemic/Humanitarian Crisis Preparedness and Response, 2020, On the 11th March 2021, during the week of In...
3 March 2020, New York, USA – During the first two days of the working visit to the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Executive Director of UNITAR, Mr. Nikhil Seth, completed several meetings with United Nations high-level officials and Ambassadors. The visit is taking place from the 2nd to the 6th of March 2020. After a coordination meeting at UNITAR Office in New York, with a brainstorming on the future of training and an introduction by the new office members, Mr. Seth met with the Under Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Ms. Rosemary Di...
The traditional view of a peacekeeping mission is that missions’ mandates are carried out by the military, so we expected to learn how we as civilians could contribute to it and what our organisation could do in collaboration with the UN in the domain of peacekeeping and peacebuilding.
says Ingy Hamdy, Head of Social Media at the League of Arab States (LAS), about her expectations of UNITAR’s intensive two-year training programme. Ingy is one of twenty five LAS Task Force members that took part in UNITAR’s tailor-made online and face-to-face trainings, which unfold...
26 November 2021, Geneva, Switzerland – On Thursday 25th November, the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT), hosted an online event to celebrate 20 years of operations. The great discussions and testimonies from partners only scratched the surface of the tremendous work achieved so far, and what is to come.
“I am pleased to congratulate UNOSAT – the United Nations Satellite Centre – on 20 years of outstanding support to the United Nations System and its Member States. […] Satellite imagery and analysis is an essential resource for the United Nations and the broad...
The UNOSAT Emergency Mapping Service (UNOSAT-EMS) is a 24/7 service that provides satellite imagery analysis support following rapid on-set disasters, complex emergencies, and crises. The Service is free of charge for the emergency phase of the response. The UNOSAT-EMS was established in 2003 funded in the last three project cycles by Norway through Norad (Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation) and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The current phase of the project receives funding from the latter.
The interface of UNOSAT with the UN emergency response syst...
2021年3月10日・広島 ー 今年度の国連ユニタール広島事務所/国連ユニタール持続可能な繁栄局による核軍縮・不拡散に関する研修が3月2日に始まりました。核兵器禁止条約の発効や新戦略兵器削減条約（新START）の延長など新たな兆しも芽生える一方、新型コロナにより世界的な交渉の場自体が狭まり、核軍縮に関する議論が停滞するなど課題も深刻です。交渉技術を学ぶニーズは引き続き高く、今回新たにオンラインのコースを開発いたしました。ウェビナーや「EdApp」を活用したモバイルでの講習、交渉を実践的に学ぶ小グループでの学びなどを予定しており、包括的核実験禁止条約機関（CTBTO）コンサルティングアドバイザーのタリク・ラウフ氏をはじめとする専門家や同事務所が拠点を置く広島の方々の協力を得て練り上げられたものです。
なかでも、昨年100周年を迎えた世界的な自動車メーカー・マツダ株式会社（本社：広島県安芸郡府中町）には、被爆から復興、躍進へと歩む道のりについて貴重な写真やエピソードをご提供いただき、地域の人々やひとつひとつの企業の尽力が広島の再建を成したことを、研修生が肌で感じ取れる内容になっています。
2019年に行われたマツダの小飼雅道代表取締役会長とユニタール総代表のニキル・セスとの会談についても、あわせてご覧ください。, ユニタール総代表の...
John Ladu Simon Jacobさんは、南スーダンのまだ未開拓である農業の可能性を活かし、食料不安に立ち向かうために尽力しています。大学の学位は持っていないものの、Johnさんは実務経験とリーダーシップの素質を買われ、農業企業のマネージングディレクターに採用されました。会社では、Johnさんがトラクターのレンタルサービスを管理しており、地元の農家が低価格でより多くの土地を耕作できるように支援し、南スーダンの輸入依存を減らすことを目指しています。Johnさんは、2023年の国連ユニタール「グレート・アイデア・スペース 2023 ：南スーダンの食料安全保障のための起業家精神とイノベーション」研修を修了しました。この研修を通じて、Johnさんは自身のビジョンを明確にし、実践的な解決策を練り上げ、効果のあるプロジェクトを牽引するためのツールと自信を習得しました。彼の長期的なビジョンは、南スーダンを世界でも主要な農業国にし、農民と国全体を支える持続可能な経済を創出することです。, 2025年2月28日、広島 – John Ladu Simon Jacobさんは、南スーダンの農業を変革するために使命を持っています。農業企業のマネージングディレクターとして、彼は自国の最大の課題の一つである食料不安に取り組んでいます。彼のビジョンは、南ス...
Responding to an unexpected crisis has always been a challenge for policymakers. Health-related crises, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, are no exception. With the aim of increasing public officials' response capacity to develop and implement effective policies and actions in health emergency contexts, UNITAR and the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations have organized the e-learning programme, "Responding to crisis: strengthening finance and trade resilience to global pandemics and health emergencies in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)". The programme was fi...
The Enhanced Training for Uniformed Medical Personnel Deploying to UN Peace Operations project ran from 24 December 2021 to 30 January 2024 and was extended to 30 June 2024. It was funded by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) through the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD). It aimed at improving the performance of UN peace operations in increasingly complex and high-risk environments by enhancing the physical and mental well-being of female and male military and police personnel deployed to UN peacekeeping missions through strengthening the capabiliti...