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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...
15 February 2024, Geneva, Switzerland - This year's edition of the Geneva Interfaith Dialogue was themed around Common Human Values in Multilateral Diplomacy and took place at Palais des Nations, Geneva on February 9th. The Dialogue was co-hosted with the Permanent Mission of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United Nations in Geneva under the auspices of UN General Assembly Resolution RES A/65/5, calling on the celebration and commemoration of World Interfaith Harmony Week. The occasion brought together over 80 representatives of the International Geneva community, a ...
Tabu Elder and Baria Johnson Kibo are two of nearly 100 young South Sudanese professionals who took part in the 2020–21 UNITAR Building Bridges: Entrepreneurship and Project Planning in South Sudan Programme.
The online programme is financially supported by the government and the people of Japan and conducted with the institutional support of the government of South Sudan.
Tabu is now passing on what she learned through volunteer teaching of entrepreneurs and hopes to create a community project in water, sanitation, and hygiene.
Baria ran a needs assessment in her...
Twenty-two 2021 UNITAR Hiroshima Youth Ambassadors are exploring ideas to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) in a post-COVID-19 world.
In the 3-month programme, Hiroshima high school students examine today’s pressing issues so they can become future global leaders.
The 2021 round started in July and will include five workshops and group work.
The Youth Ambassadors will make their final presentations on 24 October 2021 in a public webinar (in Japanese only).
Leading companies NEC and H&M joined to give the Youth Ambassadors a broader perspective of th...
The University for Peace (UPEACE) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) have partnered to offer a portfolio of Master’s Programmes and Certificate Programmes in the areas of diplomacy, development, and international law. All UPEACE-UNITAR Programmes combine the academic strength of UPEACE with the world-class executive-style training of UNITAR. Taught by UN staff, diplomats, practitioners, and academics, all programmes offer insight into the UN and the opportunity to experience it first-hand, and are highly focused on post-graduate career ...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited Hiroshima on 6 August 2022 to commemorate the 77th year since the atomic bombing of the city.
Young activists across Japan met the Secretary-General for an informal dialogue session to discuss the youth's challenges and innovative solutions for achieving a peaceful, more secure and sustainable world – one without nuclear weapons.
The Power of Youth from Hiroshima was co-organized by United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), United Nations Information Centre, Tokyo (UNIC Tokyo), United Nations Institute for ...
2024年度の国連ユニタール「津波防災に関する女性のリーダーシップ研修」の最終フェーズとなる5日間の集中ワークショップが、2025年3月7日にフィジーで閉幕しました。3か月間のオンライン学習で構成された研修第一フェーズを修了した約130名の中から選ばれた、アジア太平洋地域11か国からの参加者17名が、フィジーでのワークショップに集まりました。参加者は、専門家による講義、体験型学習、グループ発表に取り組み、災害リスク軽減に関する具体的な解決策を発表しました。また、参加者は、ヤブサニア村への視察を通じて、コミュニティ主体の防災管理の実例や、気候変動の影響に対するレジリエンス強化における女性の積極的な役割について学びました。, 2025年3月7日 フィジー・ナンディ - 国連訓練調査研究所（ユニタール）の2024年度津波防災に関する女性のリーダーシップ」研修事業は、2025年3月7日にフィジーで行われた5日間の集中ワークショップをもって閉幕しました。本ワークショップには、研修第一フェーズを修了した約130名の中から選ばれた、アジア太平洋地域11か国からの実務者17名が集まりました。参加者は、防災・減災分野における女性のリーダーシップの強化と地域コミュニティの災害に対するレジリエンスの強化に取り組みました。 本事業は、日本政府および日本国民の支援を受...
14 October 2022, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR scientist in cooperation with the WEEE Forum expect roughly 5.3 billion mobile / smartphones will drop out of use this year. Stacked flat atop one another at an average depth of 9 mm that many disused phones would rise roughly 50,000 km – 120 times higher than the International Space Station: one-eighth of the way to the moon.
And, despite their valuable gold, copper, silver, palladium and other recyclable components, experts expect a majority will disappear into drawers, closets, cupboards or garages, or be to...
Young environmentalist Bryan Sinatra is CEO of a Bali-based NGO dedicated to mangrove restoration and protection.He completed the 2024 UNITAR Leaders for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Sea and Human Security training programme, successfully advancing to its final phase.Bryan is applying what he learned to enhance the value of his organization’s mangrove-based products. He aims to make them more marketable while raising public awareness about the vital role of mangroves in environmental sustainability.Bryan is eager to adopt a holistic approach that integrates mangrove conser...
Over the past several years (2016-2022) UNITAR’s outreach to learners has increased significantly, including participants in learning events containing an objective assessment of learning. However, the proportion of certificates of completion (CoC) issued to these learners has declined. In 2023, the UN Board of Auditors observed this trend and recommended UNITAR to undertake an evaluation to uncover any factors driving completion rates. This evaluation assessed the effectiveness of UNITAR's learning-related programming, focusing on factors driving learner completion an...