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UNITAR and OHCHR Set the Stage for More Satellite Analysis and Applications to Protect Human Rights
20 August 2015, Geneva, Switzerland – The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and UNITAR signed a milestone MoU that will allow greater use of UNOSAT imagery analysis and technical assistance in support to the Office’s human rights work. Through the agreement OHCHR will benefit from the latest geographic information technologies and the entire suite of geo-spatial solutions provided by UNITAR’s Operational Satellite Applications Programme…
6 June 2018, Geneva, Switzerland - New digital technologies have had, and will continue to have, a profound impact on both the practice and content matter of diplomacy. The digital ecosystem in which diplomats operate offers new opportunities, especially for smaller states, but also challenges traditional activities and organisational structures. At the same time, cyberspace itself is throwing up a series of issues, range ranging from Internet governance to cyber security, which require diplomacy. This on line course focuses on both digital diplomacy (the use of digital too...
18 January 2012, Geneva, Switzerland – The relationship between Swiss universities and UNOSAT continues to grow with success. As of January this year, UNOSAT shares its know-how with students of the University of Geneva in a new area, that of Geomatics. This discipline, also known as geospatial technology or geomatics engineering, is about gathering, storing, processing, and delivering geographic information, or spatially referenced information.
UNOSAT is developing new solutions in this area to support its next-generation web-based mapping services which will extend to…
Spanish has become a priority language as regards the e-learning courses that UNITAR is offering to officials and professionals from developing countries and economies in transition. This year, the Public Finance and Trade programme will again offer a series of online courses in partnership with leading universities and training institutes in Latin America and Spain. These courses are designed to enhance the professional skills of public and private sector participants, and to promote the sharing of knowledge and experiences through UNITAR’s Virtual Learning Environment.…
UNITAR Organizes Workshop on "Behavioural Insights towards the Implementation of SDG 13"
27 of June 2017, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research organized a course titled “Behavioural Insights towards the Implementation of Sustainable Develoment Goals (SDGs) 13 (Climate Action)”. The course focused on three main points; first - raising awareness of behavioural insights and it’s applications toward the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development SDG 13. Secondly, another section of the course focused on building the…
UNITAR’s headquarters are located in Geneva (Switzerland). Three out-posted offices have been established in New York (USA), Hiroshima (Japan) and Bonn (Germany) to strengthen skills of beneficiaries through programme development and delivery of regional activities. Read more.
UNITAR Workshop on Structure, Drafting and Adoption of UN Resolutions
26 - 27 February 2015, New York, USA – The UNITAR New York Office organized a workshop on Structure, Drafting and Adoption of UN Resolutions. The workshop took place for a day and a half and aimed at introducing the participants to the structure and form of United Nations resolutions and decisions. The workshop was part of the series of events organized by UNITAR bi-annually in order to help the new staff members of the permanent missions to the United Nations to improve their skills in the…
Building and Promoting Trust for Peaceful and Inclusive Societies
A side-event organized before the launching of the Agenda 2030 in New York
22 September 2015, New York, USA – The UNITAR New York Office (NYO) in collaboration with Yale University, Yale Divinity School - Initiative for social cohesion and inclusive societies organized a side event on Building and Promoting Trust for Peaceful and Inclusive Societies. This innovative side event took place close to the launching of the 2030 Agenda, which calls inter alia for Peaceful and Inclusive Societies, Goal 16, and the…
Born in Austria thirty-five years ago, Sabine Samarawickrema has devoted a huge part of her life to questions tied to sustainable consumption. During her Ph.D., which was completed in Vienna in 2011, she travelled to a lot of different places, working among others for the United Nations in New York. Having met her future husband in New York, she moved to Sri Lanka in 2011 and started working with various NGO's and the UN, active in the field of sustainable development, child protection or education.
But this enthusiastic young woman had to have her own way: one year later…
Lecture on Climate Change for Sustainable and Green Development
19 April 2016, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research's (UNITAR) New York Office partnered with the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations for a seminar on “Climate Change for Sustainable and Green Development” on 19 April 2016. The workshop was attended by approximately 20 delegates from the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and the Small Island Development States (SIDS). Following the opening remarks by Mr. Marco A. Suazo, Senior Advisor and…