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During the ongoing conflict in Syria, UNITAR’s UNOSAT programme has been supporting the humanitarian community with satellite imagery derived analysis. While conducting damage assessments to civilian infrastructure in Syria, it became evident that there was also wide-spread destruction and damage to cultural heritage locations. This report is the result of a dedicated effort to assess the current status of 18 larger cultural heritage areas, in which 290 locations were found to have been affected during the last three years, of which 24 destroyed and 104 severely damaged.
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19 November 2018, Mexico City, Mexico – UNITAR organized a training workshop on Conference Diplomacy and Multilateral Negotiations for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico. This was an interactive and practical workshop designed to train the participants’ skills in various activities, using current global issues and debates as examples for simulations.
The first day’s training activities were led by Mr. Rabih El-Haddad (Director, Division for Multilateral Diplomacy, UNITAR). The first activity was a simulation exercise on oil pricing, in which participants were ...
10 October 2018, Atlanta, United States – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Atlanta (CIFAL Atlanta) and the Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) Greater Atlanta hosted a raising awareness event at the Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia.
The primary work of the RCE is to offer broad-based, multi-stakeholder educational and training programs to support regional sustainable development efforts. The RCE aims to create a new regional model for collective impact, by harnessing higher education capacity and knowledge for regional be...
21 June 2011, Geneva, Switzerland. UNITAR and the Republic of Congo (Ministry of Sustainable development, forestry economy and environment) have signed an agreement for a 2-year project on capacity building for implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The project, funded by the SAICM Quick Start Programme Trust Fund, will enable the implementation of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Managements (SAICM) by supporting GHS activities, facilitating national commitment and implementation of the GHS…
Participants included lawyers, government officials, community development workers, human rights and peace advocates, and women and youth representatives from Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Pacific and Russia. They gathered together to exchange lessons, experiences and strategies and to deepen skills in conflict analysis and negotiation. Representatives engaged in small group conflict analysis, and negotiation simulations and reviewed policies and cases in particular on land and resource issues. Traditional approaches to reconciliation were reviewed through cases from…
The UNITAR New York Office is pleased to announce the briefing on the fourth meeting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), Mexico 2010, co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Mexico, and part of the Migration and Development Seminar Series jointly organized with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the MacArthur Foundation. The half-day briefing will be held on 14 October 2010, from 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
In preparation of the GFMD IV, this briefing will inform diplomats and other…
UNITAR’s Climate Change Programme has received a grant of CAD 175,275 (USD 145,000) from The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada to support the activities of five pilot projects in Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa in 2009.
The five pilot projects under the umbrella project “Advancing Capacities to support Climate Change Adaptation” (ACCCA) bring together stakeholders and the scientific community, to jointly implement climate change adaptation projects that address environmental changes and promote sustainable…
1st December - In observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, on 3 December in New York, the Secretary-General will open the UNITAR seminar entitled “Implementing the Digital Accessibility Agenda of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Challenges and Opportunities for Signatory States”. With 136 signatories to date, The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - the first human rights treaty of the 21st century – aims to ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all…
Born in Cameroon, Michel Doo-Kingué devoted an important part of his life to the United Nations and to the promotion of democracy and development in the countries of the South and, more specifically, in Africa. He started his career at UNESCO as the head of the Africa Department in 1963. He then became Director of the Division of Relations with International Organizations and Programmes at UNESCO. He served as chief advisor on African Affairs to the Director-General of UNESCO from November 1963 to January 1969.
In 1971, Michel Doo-Kingué was appointed as the first…
2 April, Geneva, Switzerland - Professor Anne Glover holds an important position at the European Commission: she is the first Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the Commission. Her office was established in 2011 by Mr Barroso with the mandate to provide analysis and independent expert opinions, advise on novel science, technology and innovation issues arising both in the context of the EU and internationally, and to communicate the scientific values of the European Union and its member states.
Ms Glover, who is a biologist by training and had served as top…