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Monitoring Myanmar Flooding
18 September 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - Following a heavy monsoon season in Myanmar this year, UNOSAT worked in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Myanmar – amongst other partners – to analyze the seriousness of the situation and give accurate and timely data to support humanitarian deployment efforts locally. UNOSAT analysts and local teams are still working hand in hand to help people affected by flooding waters.
The Situation
Starting early July, torrential monsoon rains incessantly poured over Myanmar,…
UNITAR Delivers Strengthening National Reviews and Monitoring & Evaluation Systems for the SDGs Seminar to the New York Diplomatic Community
18 July 2016, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research's (UNITAR) New York Office hosted the seminar “Strengthening National Reviews and Monitoring & Evaluation Systems for the SDGs” on 15 July 2016 at United Nations (UN) Headquarters in during the High-Level Political Forum. The seminar was attended by approximately 50 delegates from Permanent Missions to the UN. Mr. Nikhil Seth, Executive…
Burkina Faso Trains Teaching Supervisors in Charge of Curriculum Development on Climate Change
11 October 2016, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - Thirty people in charge of the revision of the curricula in Burkina Faso had the opportunity, from 15 to 17 September 2016, to undertake a training on climate change called "Basics and implications of climate change for Burkina Faso ". The training aimed at facilitating the integration of climate change into school curricula, curriculum review being currently underway. This action was part of the implementation of the National…
Burkina Faso Is Building the Capacity on Climate Change of its Delegation to COP22
31 October 2016, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - As part of the implementation of Burkina Faso’s National Climate Change Learning Strategy, a training workshop for representatives of the government of Burkina Faso to the 22th Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held from 12 to 14 October 2016 in Ouagadougou.
The meeting, organized by the Ministry of Environment, Green Economy and Climate Change through the Permanent…
2024年8月26日、広島、日本― 国連軍縮部（UNODA）が主導する「ユース非核リーダー基金（YLF: Youth Leader Fund for a World without Nuclear Weapons ）」事業に参加する海外の若者を対象としたスタディツアーが開始しました。スタディツアー参加者は一週間の日程で、被爆地である広島・長崎を訪れ、若者主導のユース国際会議を開催します。 YLF事業は、日本政府の支援の下、国連軍縮部（UNODA）により実施されており、非核兵器国と核兵器保有国の双方から多様な分野にかかわる若者―未来のリーダーが交流し、能力を養い、彼ら・彼女らの声を核軍縮プロセスに反映させることを目指しています。 この日本スタディツアーは、国連訓練調査研究所（ユニタール）広島事務所の支援を受けて、実施されています。世界の若者をヒロシマ・ナガサキの地に招き、核兵器使用の脅威と実相を学ぶ場を提供すると同時に、ヒロシマ・ナガサキの教訓を世界に発信することを目的としています。開会式では、岸田首相がビデオメッセージにより、スタディツアー参加者を歓迎しました。 YLF事業の第一期の研修は、2023年12月に開始され、100人の若者が核軍縮に関する知識とリーダーシップ技能の習得を目的としたオンライン研修に参加しま...
On 13 September 2011, the UNITAR New York Office, jointly with the Permanent Missions of Egypt and Indonesia, organized a special briefing on the work of the First Committee of the General Assembly. The briefing aimed to familiarize new delegates about the work of the First Committee and some of the critical issues before the committee during the 66th session of the General Assembly.
H.E. Mr. Jarmo Viinanen, Permanent Representative of Finland and Chairperson of the First Committee opened the session, stressing the significance of disarmament affairs during…
In order to respond to training needs of law professionals from the Union of Myanmar, UNITAR, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, conducted an International Law Training for qualified professionals which took place in Yangon from 30 November to 11 December 2009. The training was attended by thirty participants from different ministries as well as from the University of Yangon.
The training opened on Monday 30 November in the presence of H.E. U Maung Myint, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs; Mr. Bishow Parajuli, UNDP Resident…
5 April 2012, Jeju, South Korea – UNITAR’s Centre for Training Local Authorites (CIFAL Jeju) in South Korea completed on Friday March 30, its second workshop in the field of human trafficking, titled “Enhancing Human Security: Developing Capacities to Protect and Assist Victims of Human Trafficking”.
With experts from Ewha Womans University, IOM and UNITAR, the workshop focused on protection and prevention of human trafficking and the role of local authorities in strengthening awareness and counter-trafficking measures in their municipalities, cities and regional…
22 May 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - Offered in Geneva by Duke University’s Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy and hosted at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the Programme on Global Policy and Governance is designed to expose future international policy leaders to the field of global governance and policy from an academic and experiential perspective. In addition to the ten week Geneva Policy Internships, a major element of the Programme is the course International Humanitarian Assistance: Policy, Law and Practice, which…
More than 60 Learning Institutions Worldwide Agree on How Best to Provide Education and Training for a Sustainable Future
16-18 December, Paris, France – At OECD headquarters this week, more than 100 individuals from over 60 institutions gathered at the 1st Global Forum on Green Economy Learning. Participants discussed global and national approaches to green economy learning and explored opportunities to collaborate with the goal of up-scaling it.
Participants of the Forum included policy-makers, development partners as well as representatives from education and training…