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UNOSAT and UNICRI decided to formalise their collaboration in a recent exchange of letters.
Like UNITAR, UNICRI (Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute)is one of the 5 global Research and Training Institutes of the United Nations which report to the UN Secretary General. UNICRI carries out applied research, training, technical cooperation and documentation / information activities in the areas of Emerging Crimes and Anti-Human Trafficking; Security Governance and Counter Terrorism; Justice Reform, and Post-Graduate Training.
As a broker of…
At the occasion of the session of the Board of Trustees of UNITAR, held on the 30th January 2009 in Paris, Carlos Lopes - Executive Director of UNITAR- and Henri Proglio- Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of VEOLIA Environnement - have renewed the partnership that unites the Local Development Programme and VEOLIA Environnement. This innovative cooperation has been initiated in 2002 after the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg and it has been successfully and continuously renewed.
The contract is centered on two principal axes:
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2-4 November, 2011, Republic of Indonesia. Building on the achievements of the Cancun climate change negotiations last December (COP16), UNITAR is committed to supporting the progress of multilateral negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Throughout 2011, the Institute’s Multilateral Diplomacy Programme has been working to strengthen the participation of Parties and key stakeholders in forthcoming consultations and decision-making processes, so as to harvest the momentum generated by the outcomes in Cancun and to enhance…
Joining Up for Climate Finance Skills – Webinar Fosters Dialogue Among Training Institutions on Upscaling Capacity Building
18 May 2017, Geneva, Switzerland – Within the framework of the regional UNDP-initiative Strengthening the Governance of Climate Change Finance to Benefit the Poor and Vulnerable in Asia and the Pacific, UNITAR held a webinar with training institutions active in climate finance training. The event brought together 10 representatives from Africa, Asia and Europe to share experience on opportunities and challenges in delivering capacity building in this…
UNITAR is now part of ITU’s movement “Equals”
July 2017, Geneva, Switzerland - With the aim to address the existing gender imbalance on permanent delegations to the United Nations multilateral conferences in Geneva and worldwide, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) launched the Women’s Leadership Programme (WLP) in May 2015. The Women’s Leadership Programme works hand in hand with UN-Women and across the UN-System to build the knowledge, skills and capacities of female government delegates. Through the organisation and delivery of tailored…
New Report - Four Years of Human Suffering – the Syria Conflict as Observed through Satellite Imagery
18 March 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR’s Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) has produced a report illustrating the immense human suffering endured by the Syrian people over the last four years as observed through satellite imagery. The report illustrates the hardship faced by the civilian population, including
• Impact on local economies through shut-down of markets;
• Destruction of power supplies;
• Destruction of schools and hospitals…
Three UNITAR Courses are Awarded with the Open ECBCheck Certification
25 September 2015, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR is proud to announce that three of its online courses have been awarded by ECBCheck certificate for 2015. The quality certificate is valid for a three-year period.
The following courses have been certified:
Fundamentals of Microfinance
Governance in Urban Sanitation
Human Security in Post-Conflict Interventions
At UNITAR, three more courses are in the pipeline for the Certification.
ECBCheck is a quality improvement scheme which…
UNITAR and UNDESA to Work Together to Assist Member States on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Implementation
7 March 2016, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) represented by its Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director, Mr. Nikhil Seth, and the United Nations Secretariat represented by the Under-Secretary- General for Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), Mr. Wu Hongbo, signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in New York.
UNITAR and UNDESA have agreed to focus their collaboration initially on the…
Executive Director of Kofi Annan Foundation and Former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mr. Alan Doss is Senior Political Advisor at the Kofi Annan Foundation. He is Former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He spent his entire professional life in the service of the United Nations working on peacekeeping, development and humanitarian assignments in Africa, Asia and Europe as well as at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
He was appointed, in 2007, by…
9 May 2023, Geneva, Switzerland – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), marking its 60th anniversary this year, and the University for Peace (UPEACE), hosted a special announcement event on the 24th of April 2023, at the University for Peace (El Rodeo de Mora, San José, Cd Colón, Costa Rica), and virtually for a selected group of high-level attendees from various sectors and regions.
The event was designed to announce the planned launch of the UNITAR-UPEACE joint initiative, “Art for Peace" - an NFT Collection designed to help empower the next ge...