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8-15 November 2021, New York, USA - The UNITAR New York office organized a six day private online workshop, "Practical Preparation for Membership of the United Nations Security Council," for the Brazilian delegation of 25 diplomats to the Permanent Mission in New York and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. With vast experience of working with the Council, Brazil secured 181 out of 190 votes cast during the election of the five non-permanent members to the Security Council (SC), and will serve a two-year term from January 2022 to December 2023. Brazil is a founding member of t...
The evaluation analysed the first of three phases of this project (2012-2015). It has found that the starting assumption (the improvement of knowledge and competency will allow for a more sustainable and targeted utilisation of the water resource) is still pertinent. Indeed, knowledge and competency for a more effective use of water resource are still lacking in Chad. The evaluation has also found that all the activities are relatively pertinent for the implementation of the project. However, it will only have an impact with sufficient institutional stability and clear ma...
日本出身の長谷川晶子さんは、ジュニア・プロフェッショナル・オフィサー（JPO）として国連開発計画（UNDP）に着任し、様々なキャリアを経験しました。UNDP本部CFO（Chief Financial Officer）オフィスのプログラム・アナリストや、アフガニスタン事務所の財務部門長等を経て、直近ではUNDPバンコク地域事務所でオペレーション専門官としてアジア太平洋地域の各国事務所を支援するなど、幅広い経験を積みました。財務・オペレーション分野の豊富な経験を活かし、2025年1月に広島で開催された「平和構築・開発におけるグローバル人材育成事業」ミッドキャリア・コースに参加しました。本事業は日本の外務省が実施するもので、広島大学が受託し、国連訓練調査研究所（ユニタール）の協力のもとで実施されています。より戦略的な役割への転換とキャリアのさらなる発展を見据え、自身にとってのリーダー像を明確にするために、晶子さんはこのミッドキャリア・コースに応募しました。本コースの修了後、晶子さんは世界銀行の予算管理担当官として、新たな仕事に挑戦しています。, 2025年8月、広島 —「平和構築・開発におけるグローバル人材育成事業のミッドキャリア・コースで経験した1週間は、とてもハードでしたが、充実していました。私のこれまでの経歴を見つめなおす貴重な機会となりまし...
2019年9月21日、日本福岡県上毛町―国際平和デーである9月21日に、「広島・長崎爆心地中間点上毛町―未来へつなぐ平和の架け橋事業」平和祈念式典が、地理的に広島と長崎の爆心地の中間点である上毛町にて実施されました。事業を主導した錦織亮雄氏は、自身が被爆者であるとともに広島の復興に貢献してきた建築家であり、グリーン・レガシー・ヒロシマ・イニシアチブ（GLH）で長年コミッティー・メンバーを務めています。当事業では、長崎と広島から送られた被爆樹木を上毛町大池公園の池の両サイドにそれぞれ植樹する取り組みであり、昨年度から始まりました。橋のモニュメントが広島サイドと長崎サイドの真ん中に建てられています。, GLHコミッティー・メンバーの7名とユニタール・スタッフの事務局チームが、植樹式及び平和式典に、九州地方で唯一のGLHパートナーである立命館アジア太平洋大学のファエゼ・マヒチ先生と共に参加しました。植樹式は広島東南ロータリー・クラブが主宰している上毛町の広島・長崎爆心地中間点事業の一部でした。午後からの平和式典では、錦織氏は自身の被爆体験や平和な世界へのビジョンをお話しされました。, この植樹式は錦織氏の平和への取組や視野に感銘を受けたすべての方々―東南ロータリーの皆様、上毛町役場の皆様、GLHの樹木医である堀口力先生といった皆様の献身によって実現...
6 December 2022, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – The National Institute of Transit and Land Transportation of the Dominican Republic (INTRANT), hosted the Road Safety National Week taking place from 19 to 26 November 2022. To amplify the outreach of the Autosobriety Training Programme to prevent drink-driving in the country, training and public awareness activities were rolled out throughout the week with a total of 340 beneficiaries.
Between 19 and 20 of November, various activities to present the programme took place in two of Santo Domingo’s main shopping centres (G...
On 18 September 2020, the UN CC:Learn community celebrated the issuance of 100,000 certificates of course completion on our e-learning platform - a milestone for climate literacy worldwide. On this occasion, an event was held with high-level representatives from the United Nations, including the Deputy Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, Mr. Ovais Sarmad, the Deputy Secretary-General of WMO, Ms. Elena Manaenkova, the Executive Director of UNITAR, Mr. Nikhil Seth, as well as Ms. Janine Kuriger, Head of Division at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperati...
For the first time, UNITAR is pleased to announce the launching of its Executive Diploma in Diplomatic Practice in Beirut, Lebanon at the United Nations Economic and Social Council for Western Asia (ESCWA). The series of workshops will be rebranded as United Nations Executive Diploma and will cover different topics than the ones in Geneva, such as Introduction to the United Nations System and Cosmopolitan communication: connecting across diplomats, business leaders and civil society actors. The series of workshops will start as of April 2020 and will last until January 2021...
UNITAR Organizes Workshop on Public Diplomacy for Delegates from the KSA Ministry of Foreign Affairs
16 – 20 July 2018, Madrid, Spain – As a continuation of our long-standing collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), UNITAR delivered a five-day training workshop in Madrid on Public Diplomacy. The workshop was attended by 17 Saudi Arabian Diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The event took place as part of the numerous training workshops UNITAR will be delivering across 2018 for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The first two and a half days of the workshop focused on the theme of public diplomacy. The expert, Ms. Jasna ...
18 January 2022, Geneva, Switzerland - On Saturday 15th January, the ongoing volcanic eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai triggered a tsunami across the Pacific.
The UNOCHA Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific swiftly contacted the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) to request the activation of its Emergency Mapping service over Tonga. UNOSAT analysts started right away collecting relevant data and triggered the International Charter: Space and Major Disasters to collect satellite images over the area.
The first analyses published show initial assessment of ...
18-22 July 2011, New York, USA. The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) conducted a seminar on International Trade Law and Policy. Held over five days from 18 to 22 July 2011 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the seminar aimed at enhancing the knowledge on trade related-issues of delegates of Permanent Missions to the United Nations in New York. According to the evaluation questionnaires from 35 participants, the seminar was a…