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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…
UNITAR Trains African Ministry Officials on Climate Change Diplomacy and Health
5 - 7 November 2014, Nairobi, Kenya – Climate change and its direct impacts are projected to pose some of the most pertinent and extreme risks to human livelihoods in coming decades. Risks of severe ill-health, mortality and morbidity due to climatic change increase in likelihood with greater magnitudes of warming, and many of these risks constitute challenges particularly for the least developed countries and vulnerable communities, given their limited abilities to cope.
UNITAR, in…
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...
The increase in disaster occurrences and the high numbers of victims resulting from conflicts are urgent issues that require effective and rapid action. Satellite imagery analysis is a vital tool essential in this response, as it can cover large areas and provide accurate information in near real time. The Emergency Mapping Service (EMS) at the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) supported by funding from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NMFA), delivers satellite image analysis during humanitarian emergencies/crises that stem from disasters, complex emer...
30 August 2024, Hiroshima, Japan - Global youth leaders called for united actions to achieve a peaceful future without nuclear weapons at the Youth Leader Conference on Nuclear Disarmament held in Hiroshima and online on 29 August 2024. The Conference was part of the Japan study tour of the Youth Leader Fund for a World without Nuclear Weapons (YLF) programme, run by the United Nations Office for Disarmament (UNODA) and funded by the Government of Japan. The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) supported the implementation of this first YLF study...
UN CC:Learn Ambassadors Share their First Hand Experience on Climate Change Education and Training with the People of Peru
An Inspiring Evening Outside the Negotiation Halls
4 December 2014, Lima, Peru - While inside the ‘Pentagonito’ (the venue where currently the 20th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC is taking place) negotiators are discussing a new agreement for the period after 2020, the ‘Voices for Climate’ area provides an opportunity for the general public to learn about climate change and how it affects forests, mountains, oceans, cities and energy supply…
Nawidさんはアフガニスタン出身の起業家で、食料品、電子機器、アパレル業界でいくつかの事業を経営しています。Nawidさんは、日本政府の支援を受け行われた国連ユニタール「グレート・アイデア・スペース 2023：アフガニスタンの食料安全保障と雇用創出のための起業家精神とイノベーション」研修事業に参加しました。同研修への参加を通して、Nawidさんは事業経営とマーケティングの知識および財務戦略の策定について学ぶことができました。Nawidさんは、アフガニスタンの人々が協力して課題を克服し、お互いに支え合えるようになることを望んでいます。, 2024年8月28日、広島 － Nawidさんはアフガニスタンの起業家です。アグリビジネス、グリーンエレクトロニクス、ファッションの分野で3つの事業を立ち上げ、経営しています。その原動力となっているのは、自国の人々のために何かをしたいという思いです。困難な状況に適応し、可能な限り画期的なアイデアで立ち向かうNawidさんは、逆境に直面しても粘り強さと創意工夫を発揮し、ビジネスを行っています。彼の最新の事業では、2023年に参加した国連ユニタールによるアフガニスタン女性と若者を支援するための起業家研修で学んだ知識とスキルを応用しています。, 数年前に起業家としてビジネスを始めた時、Nawidさんは自分のためだけ...
On this International Women’s Day, I am pleased to announce that I joined the International Gender Champions. Today, we must all answer the call to action to achieve a future where the rights, equality, and empowerment of all women and girls are fully realized. The theme, For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment., serves as a powerful reminder that gender equality is not just a goal—it is a necessity.Gender equality is fundamental to ending violence, ensuring safe and peaceful societies, building strong economies, and achieving sustainable development. A world...