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18 April 2020, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office concluded the Spring Session 2020 Global Diplomacy Initiative (GDI) programme with the last zoom conference lecture and closing ceremony on April 17, 2020. In compliance with the ongoing COVID-19 health and safety measures, this remarkable training which would normally have taken place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York was accomplished remotely. In attendance at the event was the GDI students, UNITAR staff and the day’s special tutor, Mr. Larry Johnson...
7 July 2020, New York, USA, Zoom Workshop - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Office in New York, in collaboration with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), hosted the first workshop “Learning and Training for SDG implementation in the COVID-19 era” of the High-level Political Forum (HLPF). The SDG Learning training and practice center is a weeklong training series that offers a wide range of training workshops featuring speakers and experts from academia and other sectors. This year’s programme is the 5th...
UNITAR hosts Orientation Course on the Economic and Social Council
23 January 2018, New York City, U.S.A – The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) have jointly hosted a one-day orientation course on the Economic and Social Council for the Members of the Council. The event was hosted in the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
The orientation course consisted of six different sessions which covered a wide variet...
20 May 2019, San Jose Costa Rica - UNITAR New York Office traveled to Costa Rica on the 20th-21st of May to implement a course on developing leadership and strengthening negotiation techniques to the diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica. The course was held at the Diplomatic Academy Manuel Maria de Peralta of San Jose. During the welcoming remarks, the Director of the Academy, Ambassador Mr. Jorge Sanz, the Director of the Centro American Institute for Public Administration, Mr. Alexander Lopez and Mr. Pelayo Alvarez, Programme Coordinator and rep...
22 to 23 August 2011, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles - The implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) was identified by Seychelles as a priority issue in its Capacity Assessment.
Given the low level of knowledge on GHS in the country, UNITAR was invited to facilitate a workshop on this issue. The GHS Workshop that was held in Victoria from 22 to 23 August 2011 was attended by over 40 participants representing a range of stakeholder groups, including government, industry, and civil society.
As a result of the workshop,…
From the 8th to 12th of November 2010, UNITARs Peacekeeping Training Programme, in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), delivered a training of trainers (ToT) in Nairobi, Kenya on Natural Resource Management and Peacekeeping. This event, sponsored by the German Federal Foreign Office, was attended by environmental focal points from 17 different UN missions and by representatives from four regional training centres.
Experts presented material ranging from the relationship between…
15-19 November 2010, Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo: The Multilateral Diplomacy Programme (MDP) in partnership with the Congolese Diplomacy Academy (DRC), as well as the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation, organized a workshop from 15-19 November 2010 in Kinshasa on Results-Based Management (RBM). It was opened by the Director of the Congolese Academy, Mr. Bonaventure Mpasi Makenga. The workshop introduced the thirty-two participants, all of whom were senior staff from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the DRC, to RBM…
An interview with Mr. Strauss-Kahn, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, aired on TSR on 23 November 2010 on the occasion of his participation, alongside World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General Mr. Pascal Lamy, in an open debate to take place at Palais des Nations on 8 December 2010. On the same occasion, TSR interviewed the Executive Director of UNITAR, Mr. Carlos Lopes, who provided some insights on the choice of speakers and the topic for 6th edition of the Geneva Lecture Series jointly organized by United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and…
The content of the workshop was designed to meet particular challenges faced by a newly- elected member of the Security Council. As such, the workshop was organized in response to a specific request by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa for training in that area. “Being a Council member, official statements have to be prepared and delivered by our delegation on a daily basis. This creates an enormous demand on the experts in our mission to draft statements of a high standard with clear messages”, explained the political coordinator of…
25 May 2011 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - In cooperation with the African Union and the support of the International Organization de la Francophonie (OIF), UNITARs’ Multilateral Diplomacy Programme (MDP) has successfully implemented a workshop on Conference Diplomacy and Multilateral Negotiations for the benefit of diplomats accredited to the African Union and the staff of the African Union Commission. The training took place from 23 to 25 May 2011 in Addis Ababa and focused on the preparations for multilateral negotiations, the products and outcomes of conferences…