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1-4 March 2021, New York, USA (Virtual) - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office, in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, successfully implemented its four-day seminar series entitled “Gender Equality in the International Rights Framework: Building Back Better” from 1-4 March 2021. Over 150 participants joined the session virtually from all over the world during the duration of the series. This series was developed to coincide with the beginning of Women’s History Month and discussed various concerns rela...
8 June 2020, Geneva, Switzerland - All communities are at risk of emergencies and disasters, including those associated with natural hazards, infectious disease outbreaks, conflicts, technological and other hazards. Particularly in the context of increased urbanization and climate change, frequency, severity and impact of those events are crucial. The health, economic, political and societal consequences of these hazards can be devastating for developed and developing countries.
Currently, countries face the COVID-19 pandemic with millions of cases and thousands of de...
June 2020 - All communities are at risk of emergencies and disasters, including those associated with natural hazards, infectious disease outbreaks, conflicts, technological and other hazards. Particularly in the context of increased urbanization and climate change, frequency, severity and impact of those events are crucial. The health, economic, political and societal consequences of these hazards can be devastating for developed and developing countries.
Currently, countries face the COVID-19 pandemic with millions of cases and thousands of deaths confirmed worldwide, de...
31 March 2021, Copenhagen, Denmark - UNITAR-UNOSAT and the University of Copenhagen co-organized and delivered a 3-week Masters level course entitled “Geo-information in disaster situations” from 8 to 26 March 2021. The beneficiaries were fourteen University of Copenhagen students registered in the Master of Disaster Management programme. Instruction during the first week focused on an introduction to remote sensing, data analysis, cartographic modelling and essential software applications and was delivered by the University of Copenhagen., The second week was helmed ...
25 May 2021, Hong Kong, China / Hiroshima, Japan - The United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) and ITS Education Asia will jointly launch the UNITAR Youth Ambassador Asia Pacific Programme in Hong Kong and other cities in China. The 10-week programme empowers high school students to help our world build back better, greener, and stronger from the COVID-19 pandemic. It trains the young people on sustainable development and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
“Youth are the driving force of social development and how we act...
4 August 2021, Hiroshima, Japan – Detonating nuclear weapons will have disastrous consequences, affecting all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from health to environmental degradation. Given its devastating effects, it is high time communities of practitioners from various sectors start collaborating to minimize and eliminate the risks of nuclear war.
This was the central message from Nikhil Seth, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNITAR, at the UN High-Level Political Forum Special Event on “Nuclear Disarmament and Our Sustainab...
1 September, 2021, Hiroshima, Japan - “We cannot stop disasters from striking but with the ability to reduce their risk, we can significantly minimize both human and infrastructure loss and build better resilience for future biological hazards,” says Ethelyn Ankiambom Chia, or “Ankia,” one of the 68 female participants that successfully completed the 2020 Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction Programme.
Ankia is a trained health professional, gender advocate, and schoolteacher in Chuuk State, Micronesia. She applied for the UNITAR programme not o...
Basma Mohammed Jasimさんは、イラクの社会的に脆弱な立場にある人々のための持続可能な医療の革新に尽力しています。Jasimさんは、国連ユニタールの「イラク、ヨルダン、レバノンにおける保健安全保障と経済発展のための起業家精神とイノベーション」研修事業プログラムに参加しました。研修でJasimさんは、起業家精神やプロジェクト管理、持続可能性について学びました。Jasminさんは、自宅を離れられない人々に医療サービスや診察を提供するための遠隔医療プラットフォームを開発しています。同時に、医療を必要とする人々や限られた資源で運営される病院の負担を軽減することを目指しています。, 2024年11月26日、広島 - Basma Mohammed Jasimさんは、イラクで社会的に脆弱な立場にある人々のための持続可能な医療の革新に尽力しています。彼女は、特に家を離れることができない人々に医療サービスを提供するための遠隔医療プラットフォームの推進者です。2023年にイラク、ヨルダン、レバノンを対象に開催された国連ユニタールの研修に参加し、保健安全保障のための起業家精神とイノベーションについて学びました。, イラクの医療システムは、限られた資源、終わらぬ紛争、インフラ整備の課題によって大変な困難に直面しており、Jasimさんが活動するバスラで...
UNITAR Division for Prosperity will host an online conference "Empower the Youth: Fostering Inclusive Entrepreneurship in Iraq" on 25 March 2022.
In partnership with The Station and KAPITA, the conference will cover topics on the current entrepreneurial situation – trends, opportunities, and challenges in Iraq.
Young entrepreneurs, institutional leaders, and stakeholders are encouraged to join the virtual event to influence the growth of an inclusive and sustainable economy to create and improve their businesses.
, 18 March 2022, Hiroshima, Japan – UNITAR&nb...
Title: Head of Office, UNDRR Office for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute
Country: Republic of Korea
Partnership: e-learning courses on Disaster Management at Local Level
If we learnt one thing from history is that we cannot achieve sustainable development without taking Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) seriously. Sanjaya Bhatia, who oversees the capacity development work of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), knows it from experience. Sanjaya started his career in the civil service in India working in the districts, which a...