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9 June 2016, Bangkok, Thailand – 18 Afghan government officials from the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Civil Service Commission, and the Office of the President of Afghanistan, completed the final module of the Executive Master Degree programme in Development Policies and Practices (DPP) and received their degrees at a graduation ceremony at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok. Mr. Alex Mejia, senior manager of UNITAR’s Decentralized Cooperation Programme, extended UNITAR’s congratulations to the graduates and emphasized the impact of…
CIBJO, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the City of Antwerp have announced at the 2011 CIBJO Congress in Porto, Portugal, that a UNITAR-affiliated training center for Corporate Social Responsibility in the Jewellery and diamond industry will be formally declared in Antwerp on May 23, 2011.
"Centres of Excellence" aim to advance the UN's social and economic development goals. To date, most of the Centres of Excellence linked to the UN have been national or regional, but the Antwerp facility is planned to address the needs of the business…
Twenty-five junior Italian diplomats took part in a training workshop on communication skills organized by UNSSC at the UN Campus in Turin, Italy from 24 to 30 January 2010. During a full day simulation exercise developed by UNITAR, participants identified and practiced key skills for negotiation, drafting and decision-making in United Nations conferences. The workshop is part of an ongoing collaboration with the Diplomatic Institute of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Over the past two years, UNITAR has conducted customized training in…
UNITAR Delivers Workshop on the Drafting, Structure, and Adoption of United Nations Resolutions to the New York Diplomatic Community
21 June 2016, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research's (UNITAR) New York Office organized a two-day event, “Workshop on the Structure, Drafting, and Adoption of the United nations Resolutions” on 20-21 June 2016 at United Nations (UN) Headquarters in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Italy to the UN. The Workshop was attended by approximately 30 delegates from Permanent Missions to the UN. Mr. Marco A…
Workshop on Drating Resolutions
19-20 June 2018, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research's (UNITAR) New York Office organized a two-day event, “Workshop on the Structure, Drafting, and Adoption of the United Nations Resolutions” on 19-20 June 2018 in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Singapore and sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Sweden programme “levelling the playing field” to the United Nations. The workshop was attended by approximately 30 delegates from Permanent Missions to the UN. Mr. Marco A. Suazo,…
Developing Capacities on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia-Pacific
31 July - 3 August 2018, Jeju, Republic of Korea – UNITAR’s affiliated International Training Centre for Authorities in Leaders in Jeju (CIFAL Jeju) in collaboration with the UNISDR's Office for Northeast Asia and Global Education Training Institute (UNISDR ONEA-GETI), and with UNDESA / United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG) held a training workshop on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Asia-Pacific Region.
The workshop brought…
UNITAR took part in the Second Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, a large event gathering in Geneva from 16 to 19 June the global disaster community of stakeholders.
The following is the transcript of the formal statement delivered to the plenary session of the Global Platform.
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is very pleased to take part in this important event. The Institute considers Disaster Risk Reduction as a central set of principles and guidelines of great importance in all the main goals of the global…
国連ユニタール広島事務所ではアフガニスタンの経済省と商業産業省の代表20人に国連開発計画（UNDP）アフガニスタン事務所とAfghanistan Civil Service Institute（ACSI）協力のもとグリーンエコノミー導入に関する研修を実施しました。研修生は首都カブールの公務員と州の局長などを含み、各自の所属機関で実施可能な政策に焦点をあてて議論しました。
2014年5月20～26日の日程でグリーンエコノミーの理論および利点や利害関係者への啓発活動の手法などについて学びました。世界各国で経済、社会や環境面での持続可能性を考慮した新たな開発スタイルの模索が始まっている中、グリーンエコノミーの概念は近年国際社会から大きな注目を集めています。研修生はグリーンエコノミーの概念や低炭素で効率的に資源を利用し、誰も排除しないインクルーシブな社会の実現に向けた国際的、地域的、国別またはセクター別の課題やチャンスについて議論しました。
本研修受講後には研修生は下記の項目を理解し達成することを目的としています。
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国にグリーンエコノミーを導入するために必要な条件
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25 September 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - Following recent heavy monsoon rains in Baluchistan, Punjab and Sindh provinces in Pakistan, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) activated the UNOSAT rapid mapping service to obtain satellite derived maps of the affected regions. To carry out the work UNOSAT triggered the Space Charter to bring to the UN the advantage of fresh satellite data provided free of charge by the space agencies participating in this international mechanism. Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) is supporting the work of UNOSAT analysts in…
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,…