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20-21 June 2011, New York, USA. The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in New York and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) held the third annual Orientation Programme for Diplomats on Human Rights at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. This course sought to help diplomats understand the evolution of international human rights law and the roles and functions of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Additionally, the orientation programme discussed the ways in which human rights guarantees and…
The Financing of trade and investment has long been identified as one of the most challenging issues faced by new enterprises and SMEs in developing or transition economies. The issue of financing is particularly important, as financing is needed not only during the export process itself, but also for the production of the goods and services to be exported, which may include imports of raw material or intermediate goods.
Lack of financing at any time during the production and/or the export process will result in a failed transaction. The key question this course…
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly deliver a series of online courses on knowledge management and web 2.0 technologies for developing countries.
The UNITAR/FAO interactive tutor-facilitated online courses will be certified using internationally recognized quality standards schemes and based on a series of self-paced e-learning modules developed by FAO.
The first online course, jointly designed by UNITAR and FAO, is titled: “Innovative…
8 August 2013, Mbabane, Swaziland - Under the framework of the project “Developing an Integrated National Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals and SAICM Implementation in Swaziland”,the final national project workshop was held from 6 to 8 August 2013. This project took place as part of a national effort to implement the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM).
The workshop was attended by 37 representatives of government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), academia, industry, as well as an expert from UNITAR. The objectives of the…
23 April 2012, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) - The UNITAR Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting of UAE Foreign Aid Workshop, is taking place between 22 and 25 April. It was officially opened by H.E. Ambassador Mohammed Aljowaid, Foreign Aid Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE-MOFA).
Attended by 25 representatives of the Ministry, including two Ambassadors, the Workshop - implemented by the UNITAR Hiroshima Office - will examine real world scenarios for the effective implementation of foreign aid programmes, as…
"Physics at CERN brings Nations together"
Jonathan Richard Ellis is a British theoretical physicist. He attended Cambridge University, earning his Ph.D. in 1971. His research interests focus on particle physics, though he has also made important contributions to astrophysics, cosmology and quantum gravity. After brief post-doc positions at SLAC and Caltech, he went to CERN and has held a permanent contract there since 1978. He was awarded the Maxwell Medal and the Paul Dirac Prize by the Institute of Physics in 1982 and 2005 respectively, was elected a Fellow of the Royal…
Gender Day at COP 20/CMP 10: Announcing Womens' Leadership Programme for 2015
9 December 2014, Peru, Lima - For 2015, UNITAR, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat, with the support of UN Women, announce the launching of a Womens’ Leadership Programme, recognizing womens’ role in addressing climate change issues and seeking to build leadership skills to ensure gender equality in critical weather and climate contexts.
Marking Gender Day at the 20th session of the…
Building Capacities in Cooperatives
19 May 2015, San Jose, Costa Rica – In the first week of May, CIFAL-Atlanta, in collaboration with the Michael J. Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University (KSU), CENECOOP, Fundepos University, Cooperative of the Americas (COOP), Confederation of Cooperatives of the Caribbean, Central America and South America (CCC-CA), and the Ministry of Labor of the government of Costa Rica, held a three-day conference in San Jose, Costa Rica on cooperative competitiveness and the digital economy.
There were a total of 74 participants…
New Executive Diploma in Diplomatic Practice Launched by UNITAR
UNITAR is pleased to announce the launch of its new Executive Diploma in Diplomatic Practice. From September 2015 to August 2016, UNITAR will deliver 10 face-to-face training activities on Diplomatic Practice in Geneva, Switzerland.
These activities are executive-style trainings focusing on international cooperation and multilateral diplomacy. They are aimed at enhancing participants’ understanding of the United Nations System, its organs and procedures, as well as strengthening skills to facilitate…
Curitiba, Brazil, 13 June 2016 - In partnership with the Federation of Industries of the State of Parana (Brazil), the United Nations Global Compact and the United Nations Development Programme, the Curitiba International Training Center affiliated to UNITAR – CIFAL Curitiba – hosted a seminar on the industrial sector engagement with the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development in Brazil.
80 participants, representing companies signatories of the UN Global Compact, took part in the event, which main objective was to allow for a reflection within the private sector…