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As the UN Security Council prepares to issue a firm resolution on Libya, thousands of civilians are reportedly dead in clashes with armed forces within the country. As events evolve rapidly, accurate information from the United Nations and its partners about the situation on the ground remains scant. UNOSAT has received various requests for baseline mapping and analysis in connection with the current surge of humanitarian response preparedness.
In an effort to respond to these important needs, UNOSAT published already on Friday 25 February 2011 a detailed high…
On 4 and 5 March 2011, UNITAR in cooperation with an expert trainer, Mr. David Massey, organized a tailor-made workshop on effective report writing to train South African delegates.
The content of the workshop was designed to meet the particular challenges faced by diplomats in their daily work. As such, the workshop was organized in response to a specific request by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa for training in that area. Diplomats at the Permanent Mission to the United Nations often have to write several reports…
The Federation of Industries of the State of Paraná (FIEP) and the Brazilian Agency for Cooperation (ABC), federal government agency linked to the Ministry of External Relations, signed on April 15, in Curitiba (Brazil), a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which foresees ABC’s institutional and economic support in actions oriented towards transfer of Brazilian know-how and technical cooperation among cities from other countries.
International Training Centre for Local Actors in Latin America (CIFAL), based in Curitiba. CIFAL is coordinated locally under a…
13 to 15 July 2011, Asmara, Eritrea. Following Eritrea’s June 2011 persistent organic pollutants inventory validation workshop, UNITAR supported a two-day national training workshop on strengthening skills for action plan development to implement the Stockholm Convention. This completes the two UNITAR/UNDP projects to assist 40 Least Developed Countries with Action Plan Skills Building as part of National Implementation Plan Development under the Stockholm Convention, which were funded by the Global Environment Facility, with support from the Swiss Federal Office for the…
8-29 July 2011, Libreville, Gabon - UNITAR attended the National SAICM Planning and Inception Workshop held in Libreville from 28 to 29 July 2011. The main objectives of the workshop were to launch and plan the implementation of the national project for the implementation of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM). The project aims to strengthen the national capacity to implement SAICM through, inter alia, the analysis of existing gaps and mechanisms and the strengthening of national infrastructure for the sound management of chemicals.
The…
OHCHR/UNITAR Human Rights Orientation Programme for Diplomats in Geneva - Register Now!
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) are pleased to announce that the next edition of the Human Rights Orientation Programme for Diplomats will be held on the 6th and 7th of September 2010 in Geneva.
This orientation programme is aimed at enhancing the participants' knowledge and understanding of human rights and the international human rights protection system. Participants will be introduced to…
1 May 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR’s upcoming e-Learning course on Overcoming Negotiation Deadlocks will equip participants with the conceptual knowledge and practical tools to efficiently overcome deadlocks in negotiations and successfully negotiate towards beneficial outcomes. It will allow for participants to: distinguish different approaches to negotiation, including distributive and integrative negotiations; better detect ‘psychological traps’ in complex situations; employ a comprehensive tool box for various negotiation situations and stages, including…
September 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - During the period June-August 2012, numerous wildfires burned throughout pine and cork oak forests in northern Algeria, scorching more than 30,000 hectares across Algeria, destroying both forest and bush. The flames also burned houses in several provinces, especially in the east.
The Algerian Civil Protection service mobilised 15,000 fire fighters to suppress fires. According to the Algerian press fires in such a size had not been seen since Independence.
UNOSAT was called to produce geospatial analysis of the extent and location of…
5 - 6 November 2012, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo - A training workshop on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) was held on 5 - 6 November 2012 in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. The workshop brought together 37 participants from government, industry, civil society, and academia representing the sectors related to the GHS, as well as a resource person from UNITAR. The 2-day training workshop was the opportunity for participants to get to know more about the GHS, its objectives and scope of application, as well as hazard…
January 2013, Conakry, Republic of Guinea – In the framework of the project “Developing an Integrated National Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals and SAICM Implementation in the Republic of Guinea,” the Final National SAICM Project Workshop was held from 24 to 25 January 2013 with the participation of UNITAR and some 45 participants from public and private sectors, civil society, and academia.
The objectives of the workshop were to raise awareness about the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) and its national implementation, to…