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Under the auspices of the GHS Programme Advisory Group, a list of international experts on the various elements of the GHS has been developed. The intention of this list is to showcase expertise in a range of regions and topics related to the GHS. If you would like to find an expert in your region or area of interest, please consult the list and contact them directly. Disclaimer: In providing this list, UNITAR does not endorse the experts. The list is merely for information for use by stakeholders, serving as possible contacts for capacity building activities, to be ar...
BAN KI-MOON, United Nations Secretary-General
Are the MDGS doomed to fail?
UN Secretary-General addressed the Geneva public at the Palais des Naitons on 29 April 2008:
"I can see many challenges ahead for myself and the United Nations to make this world a peaceful place. But this is not only me. I am only one of you. Without your support, my mission cannot be achieved".
Tuesday, 29 April 2008 | 4:00 p.m.
Palais des Nations; Assembly Hall
To watch the video archive of the lecture, please click here.
To read Ban Ki-moon's speech, please click here
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The Board of Trustees is the Institute’s governing body. The Board formulates principles and policies to govern the Institute’s activities and operations; approves the work programme; adopts the budget; reviews the structure and composition of staffing and performs other statutory functions, including considering the methods of financing the Institute with a view to ensuring the effectiveness of its future operations, their continuity and the Institute’s autonomous character within the framework of the United Nations., The Board is composed of a small, yet highly diverse gr...
The below sliders give a visual demonstration of the events described in the UNOSAT Syria Cultural Heritage Sites Report, for more details please consult the related section downloadable here., Multiple historical sites destroyed as seen in the upper left section of the image, such as the Carlton hotel, where craters are present. Other damaged locations include the Great Umayd Mosque in the lower right corner of the image. Minaret of the Great Mosque has been destroyed, in addition to severe damages to the wall and courtyard., Signs of severe looting can be seen within the ...
UNITAR celebrates its 50th anniversary since its inception in December 1963. The Institute organized commemorative events both in Geneva and New York.
Geneva
28 November 2013, Geneva, Switzerland – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), in cooperation with the Group of 77 and China, Geneva Chapter, organized a high-level event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of UNITAR, and to sign a Framework of Cooperation between G77 and UNITAR.
All Permanent Missions based in Geneva were invited to the event and it was attended by more than 150 partic...
Nanosafety Regional Workshop for the Latin American and Caribbean Region, Panama
UNITAR’s Chemicals and Waste Management Programme in partnership with OECD, and funded by the Government of Switzerland, organised a series of regional workshops in 2018. These workshops were aimed towards professionals working nationally or at the regional level in the nano field or broader chemicals management. Perspectives and experiences from governments, regional experts, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations were included. Thanks to the SAICM secretariat ...
The Leave No One Behind Fund (LNOB Fund) is a flexible, pooled funding instrument that helps UNITAR to deliver on its mandate and meet the learning and broader capacity development needs of individuals, organizations and institutions from the least developed countries, the landlocked developing countries, the small island developing States, countries in Africa and countries in and emerging from conflict (collectively referred as the countries in special situations). The LNOB Fund also targets the needs of groups made vulnerable, including women and children, persons with di...
Perspectivas de Paz (Perspectives of Peace, in English) is the third component of the project based on the goal of supporting the reconciliation process in Colombia through storytelling and historical memory building.
The building of historical memory is a key element in the symbolic reparation of victims. Increased visibility of conflict narratives, from an inclusive perspective, allows participants in this project to have a dialogue on individual and collective experiences during previous and current conflict.
We invite you to watch the video (at the bottom) of th...
Are Human Rights Universal?
SHIRIN EBADI
2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Biography
Text of Shirin Ebadi's speech
Watch video archive from TSR
WOLE SOYINKA
1986 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature
Biography
Text of Wole Soyinka's speech
Watch video archive from TSR
Wednesday, 10 December 2008 | 4:30 p.m.
Palais des Nations; Assembly Hall
To watch the video archive, please click here.
Closing remarks delivered by H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco on the occasion of the second edition of the Geneva Lecture Series ca...
First Steering Committee Meeting and Inception Workshop
Madrid, 26-28 November 2015
List of Documents
UNITAR/GEF/PRTR2/SCM1/1
Agenda
UNITAR/GEF/PRTR2/SCM1/2
Project overview
UNITAR/GEF/PRTR2/SCM1/3
Budget and Financial Matters
UNITAR/GEF/PRTR2/SCM1/4
Project Monitoring and reporting requierements
UNITAR/GEF/PRTR2/SCM1/5
Summary of results of PRTR Project Phase I...