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7-10 June 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. UNITAR Executive Director, Mr. Carlos Lopes, held a series of high-level meetings during his visit to Malaysia beginning of June. During his meetings with the Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water, Dato' Sri Peter Chin Fah Kui, Minister of Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing, Datuk Raja Nong Chik, and Mayor of Kuala Lumpur, Y.Bhg.Datuk Seri Ahmad Fuad bin Ismail, a number of areas of cooperation between the Malaysian Government and UNITAR has been discussed. The consultations focused on issues of sustainable…
13 April 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS) reached another milestone today as the second generation of its Satellite Mapping Coordination System (SMCS) was officially launched.
GDACS is a cooperation framework for natural disaster alerts operating under the umbrella of the United Nations. It includes disaster managers and disaster information systems worldwide and aims at coordination information and filling gaps in the first phases after a major disaster. To so this, GDACS provides real-time access to web-based disaster…
July 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - UNOSAT continues to pioneer the use of UAV’s by testing live video streaming at the Paleo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland. The first UAV mission was deployed in Haiti last February to analyse damages to assess building reconstruction. The UAV used in the test, also known as md4-200, is a product of Microdrones. This test is a prelude to deploying the drone in situations where real time monitoring of humanitarian crisis is required. UNOSAT operates both fixed-wind and quadrucopter UAV’s. The type of event chosen for the test…
January 26, Geneva, Switzerland – UNOSAT took delivery today of its second UAV in a little over one month, this time a so-called quadrocopter. This latest model will be used to diversify UNOSAT’s mini-UAV fleet and to complement the Programme’s local mapping capacity. The quadrocopter is particularly suitable for close-up assessments and inspections and it is able to acquire aerial imagery and videos over the same location for a given period of time. The UAV, called md4-200, is produced by Microdrones GmbH of Germany.
UNOSAT is conducting internal testing on the UAV in…
Building Capacity for Fijian Disaster Resilience: Developing Women Community Leaders
29 - 30 June 2017, Nadi, Fiji – The international Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Newcastle (CIFAL Newcastle) and the University of Newcastle (UoN) in partnership with the Ministry for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation (MFWCPA), the Fiji Police Force (FPF) and the Grace Trifam Ministry (GTM) hosted the “Training of Trainers (ToT) Workshop on Women and Disaster Resilience” held 29-30 June at the Hexagon Hotel in Nadi, Fiji.
The Commonwealth of Australia through…
UNITAR Improves Participants Knowledge of Diplomatic Protocol in Geneva
30 - 31 March 2015, Geneva, Switzerland – For diplomats in Geneva, understanding the rules of diplomatic protocol can often be a daunting and complex task. Over the course of the two-day workshop, participants became acquainted with the intricacies of protocol in Geneva and beyond. Furthermore, the workshop was specifically designed to familiaize diplomats with the procedures for welcoming Presidents, Prime Ministers and other dignitaries in Geneva. As such, a visit to the protocol section of Geneva’…
January 2014, Hiroshima, Japan - UNITAR is pleased to announce that a new Head of Hiroshima Office, Ms. Mihoko Kumamoto, took office from January 2014.
Ms. Mihoko Kumamoto has over 18 years of professional experience in the development cooperation field and has been with the United Nations for 12 years. Ms. Kumamoto started her career at Kyushu Electric Power Company in Japan where she coordinated training programmes and while there, she discovered that her passion was in helping people to help themselves, specifically through human development and development cooperation…
CIFAL Atlanta Contributing to Empower Youth from Southeast Asia
31 January - 30 March 2018, Atlanta, USA – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Atlanta (CIFAL Atlanta) in partnership with Kennesaw State University (KSU), hosted 21 young leaders from nine countries in Southeast Asia including Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam who participated in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI).
The YSEALI is a U.S. State Department programme that aims to build the leadership capabilities…
On 8 June 2015, Mr. Nikhil Seth was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as UN Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research.Before assuming the post of the UNITAR Executive Director, Nikhil Seth was the Director of the Division for Sustainable Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) at the United Nations Secretariat in New York. In this role he served as head of the Rio+20 secretariat and of the secretariat for the Third International Conference on Small Island…
More than 15 analytical maps and reports have been produced by the UNOSAT team of satellite analysts in support to various UN humanitarian agencies and the UN Humanitarian Air Service since March. As the situation deteriorated due to the intensifying military activities in and around various cities on the coast, larger numbers of civilians found themselves trapped in conflict areas sometimes subject to heavy shelling, with slim chances to be reached by humanitarian relief or evacuated to safer areas.
The data available from commercial optical satellites is purchased a...