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09 November 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - In South Asia, the monsoon season started early and forcefully this year. Nepal was particularly hit by heavy rainfall in June 2021: flooding and landslides were reported in many parts of the country and affected thousands of families*.
In August, rainfall intensified again for several consecutive days, with rivers overflowing, landslides triggered across the hills, and widespread inundation in the southern plains. In the affected areas, many houses, informal settlements, and other buildings were destroyed, forcing people to seek ref...
2023年8月6日、ユニタールは広島県公立大学法人叡啓大学において「アイデアコンペ 平和×〇〇-核軍縮と持続可能な未来」を開催しました。
広島、長崎、東京から集まった若者39名が、核軍縮・不拡散と持続可能な未来についてプレゼンテーションを行い、上位に選ばれたグループがそれぞれのアイデアを専門家のパネリストを前に発表し、意見を仰ぎました。
パネリストらは、参加者全員が実りある議論と発表を行い、核なき社会と 持続可能な未来の実現に向けた第一歩を踏み出したことに称賛を送り、持続可能な理想の未来を実現するために、若者が行動し、メッセージを発信し続けることの重要性を強調しました。
, 2023年8月10日・広島 - 国連訓練調査研究所(ユニタール)は8月6日、広島県、へいわ創造機構ひろしま(HOPe)、国連軍縮部(UNODA)との共催で、広島県公立大学法人叡啓大学において、若者を対象としたのピッチイベント「アイデアコンペ 平和×〇〇-核軍縮と持続可能な未来」を開催しました。広島、長崎、東京の若者たちが、持続可能な開発目標(SDGs)に基づいた持続可能な未来のための核軍縮・不拡散について、グループに分かれてアイデアを提示、その後選ばれたグループが専門家のパネリストの前で発表し、意見を仰ぎました。
パネリストは、中満泉 国連事務次長・軍...
2021年6月10日・広島 ― 新型コロナウイルスの危機は、これまで世界が進めてきた持続可能な開発目標(SDGs)への歩みを妨げ、後戻りさせている。いまだ、パンデミックによる影響の全容は把握しきれていない。一方で、私たちが望む世界を2030年までに実現させるために、どのような行動を起こしていくのか、自身に問いかける機会も与えてくれていると言える。
上智大学のオンラインシンポジウム「コロナ禍のSDGsへのインパクトと今後の展望」での基調講演で、国連事務次長補兼国連ユニタール総代表ニキル・セスはこのように語りました。
上智大学大学院の植木安弘教授がモデレーターを務めたパネルディスカッションでは、国連開発計画(UNDP)インド常駐代表の野田章子氏やUNDP駐日代表の近藤哲生氏を交えて議論。学生など247人がオンラインで聴講しました。
セス総代表は、SDGsの17項目すべてについて、新型コロナウイルスによる現時点での影響を解説。貧困、気候変動、国際協力など多岐にわたる目標のすべてがパンデミックの打撃を受けており、世界中で格差が拡大している現状を伝えました。コロナ禍で約1憶3,200万人もの人々が慢性的な食糧不足に苦しみ、2014年以降徐々に増え始めた飢餓人口の増加に拍車をかけています。
「2015年に開催された国連サミットで、170を超える加...
In May 2019, UNITAR and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) delivered a facilitated online course entitled Agriculture in International Trade Agreements. The course was part of an ongoing collaboration, with an earlier, self-paced version of the course having been launched in 2018. The 2019 course targeted policy-makers in eleven European and Central Asian countries, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. The course was designed to cover not only global trade issues but con...
Welcome to UNITAR’s Division for Peace repository of research and publications in peacebuilding, sustainable development, and innovative education. Below, you will find a curated list of our key research publications, and collaborative initiatives. , Date: 2022–Present.Summary: UNITAR, EUt+ ELaRA Working Paper Series brings together global academic and practical expertise to advance the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.Keywords: Circular Pedagogy, Sustainable Development Goals, Higher Education Innovation, Inclusive Education, Learning Technologi...
11 October 2023, Dublin, Ireland - Delegates from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and TU Dublin met in Dublin this week to establish a strategic partnership that will undertake a varied programme of activity in learning, teaching, and research related to Sustainable Development, making TU Dublin the Irish University to partner with the UN Institute for Training and Research on a Sustainability Education programme. The programme, Global Sustainability Leadership, harnesses Ireland’s leadership in peacebuilding and entrepreneurial thinking...
Sayf Al Ashqar, UNITAR Entrepreneurship Training Programme alum, is the Secretary General of the Libraries (Director of the Central Library) at the University of Mosul.
In 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attacked and took control of Mosul which led to the destruction of Central Library.
In 2017, Sayf and his colleagues began the reconstruction and rebuilding of the Central Library.
The UNITAR entrepreneurship training programme helped him hone his communication and leadership skills.
, July 2022, Hiroshima, Japan ...
2 July 2020, New York, United States – On 2 July 2020, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) office in New York, in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), hosted the third module of the ‘Realizing the Future we Want’, a training series in preparation for the General Assembly’s 2020 Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review (QCPR) of operational activities for development of the United Nations system. The focus of the third module wa...
UNITAR’s Programme on Health and Development (PHD) aims to be a comprehensive capacity-building initiative supporting health-stakeholders to systematically identify knowledge gaps and develop capacity to enhance the impact of existing health initiatives and programmes.
Structural limitations of the health sector and barriers to accessing adequate structures and services for health, compromise people’s productive capacity and, consequently, their ability to contribute to social and economic development.
Capacity Building is an important instrument in tackling social h...
9 June 2021, Bonn, Germany - In the first three quarters of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a 30% fall in electronic and electrical equipment sales in low- and middle-income countries but only a 5% decline in high-income countries, highlighting and intensifying the digital divide between north and south, according to a new UN report.
Worldwide, sales of heavy electric appliances like refrigerators, washing machines and ovens fell the hardest -- 6-8% -- while small IT and telecommunications equipment decreased by only 1.4%. Within the latter category, sales of...