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Ambassador Arindam Bagchi assumed charge as Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva on 20 January 2024.Ambassador Bagchi has been a career diplomat for almost three decades. Prior to his current assignment, he served for nearly three years as the Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs of India, and the head of the External Publicity and Public Diplomacy Division of the Ministry, in New Delhi. In this capacity, he was the interface of the Ministry with the media, and also coordinated…
The related postgraduate qualifications in Conflict, Peace and Security, offered jointly by UNITAR, Division for Peace and Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), focus on specific parts of the curriculum of the Master’s Degree in Lifelong Learning in Conflict, Peace and Security, providing leaners with academic flexibility depending on their interests and professional needs. All programmes are offered online and provide a corresponding number of academic credits. Successful participants receive official certificates of completion at the end of each programme.
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14 October 2011, New York, United States of America – On 14 October 2011, the UNITAR New York Office, jointly with the Permanent Mission of Switzerland, organized a half-day workshop on “United Nations Reform: Institutional Adaptation of UN Governing Bodies.” The workshop opened UNITAR’s four-part series on UN reform in New York that covers topics such as management reform, system-wide coherence and new approaches to mediation and preventive diplomacy.
Yvonne Lodico of UNITAR NYO introduced the four part series and briefly explained its objectives. H.E. Paul Seger,…
DIHAD is the largest event in the Arab region focusing on humanitarian efforts. The conference eight edition held in Dubai at the end of March 2011 focused on new technology for humanitarian aid and development. Its Scientific Board called on UNOSAT to chair the session on satellite technology, which featured speakers from Google, the European Commission Joint Research Centre and European Space Imaging a leading company based in Germany providing satellite imagery.
The event gathered all principal UN agencies and NGOs active in humanitarian relief as well as a number of…
20 October 2023, Geneva, Switzerland – To mark its 60th anniversary, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) launched the 'SDG4Kids' initiative, a series of interactive educational experiences linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), aimed at engaging Geneva’s young minds to create positive change for a better future., As part of the 60th-anniversary celebrations, UNITAR is organizing a public photo exhibition in Geneva from 2 to 27 October, displayed on the Rotonde du Quai du Mont-Blanc, illustrating 60 years of history as well as s...
“Wherever there is conflict, women must be part of the solution.” Michelle Bachelet, Former Head of UN-Women
What is peace without equal rights and opportunities for everyone? What is peace if peace processes themselves further endanger the lives of those at the margins? What is peace without a global community that cooperates to achieve a greater goal?
Peace is truly peace when the most vulnerable groups are protected when marginalised communities have greater representation and participation, and when economic and social development are sustained locally. Throug...
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...
December 2021 – We need the power of Generations Z and Alpha to tackle climate change. But while we recognize the importance of empowering youth, have we been helping them to act on their creativity and to reflect that back into their communities?
UNITAR Division for Prosperity hopes to do just that with its Youth Ambassador programmes, one in Hiroshima and another in Asia and the Pacific, where high school students develop projects to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)., One Hiroshima Youth Ambassador, Wakaba Takai (16), challenges the prevailing view i...
Confronting Extremism at a Civil Society Level - A Special Forum held by Permanent Mission of Iraq, UNITAR and Organization for Islamic Cooperation
8 November, New York, USA – The UNITAR New York Office co-sponsored with permanent Mission of Iraq to the UN and the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) a special forum on the topic Confronting Extremism: Faith-Based Community Initiatives towards Positive Diversity, Protecting Minorities and Enhancing Accountability and Good Governance. Held at the Al-Khoei Foundation in New York, the event brought together scholars,…
UNITAR and UN-DESA Deliver Final Module of QCPR Training Course
28 September 2016, New York, USA – In partnership with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), UNITAR briefed more than 75 representatives from the UN, private and NGO sectors on the upcoming Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review (QCPR) Resolution. The fifth module of the briefing series provided an overview and wrap-up of the issues discussed through Modules 1 to 4. Three panellists along with Mr. Navid Hanif, the Director of the Office for ECOSOC Support and…