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Electrical and electronic equipment have revolutionized how we live, work, and communicate, and are today integrated into our daily lives. However, as this equipment reaches the end of its life cycle, e-waste generation is inevitable. Recognizing the need to address e-waste generation and recyclability, UNITAR Sustainable Cycles (SCYCLE) Programme and Microsoft joined forces to tackle this issue. The collaboration, rooted in a shared vision for sustainability, has yielded tangible results.The partnership between UNITAR SCYCLE and Microsoft began in 2022 with a bold ambition...
Maritime governance encapsulates maritime sectors' strategic management and regulatory oversight, including port and vessel operations. It entails formulating and enforcing policies, allocating resources, and supervising maritime activities to ensure safety, security, efficiency, and environmental sustainability. Central to fostering global trade and regional economic development, effective maritime governance prioritizes the safeguarding of life, assets, and the marine ecosystem while promoting orderly and lawful maritime conduct. This holistic approach harmonizes stakehol...
In 2015, the United Nations Members States adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to guide their actions and progress towards "peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future". Safe, timely, and accessible surgical care is a central part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and is necessary to achieve Universal Health Coverage. The Lancet Commision on Global Surgery has made it clear that the status quo is not an option: almost one third of the global disease burden is surgical, yet over 5 billion people lack access to safe and...
The devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti resulted in an outpouring of relief and an unprecedented variety of crowdsourcing efforts. UNOSAT was heavily involved in damage assessment and analysis activities, ingesting data from the crowd but also synthesizing lessons learned from previous emergencies. The work was conducted in integrated and participatory involving the European Commission Joint Research Centre and the World Bank-GFDRR, the Haitian National Centre for Geo-Spatial Information, Swisstopo and the University of Zurich. This widespread effort combined im...
17 January 2023, New York, USA – UNITAR office in New York kickstarts the 2023 PGA Fellowship Programme with a meeting between H.E. Mr Csaba Kőrösi, President of the 77th United Nations General Assembly, and this year’s fellows, who recently arrived in New York to participate in this once-in-a-lifetime experience with the United Nations.
The PGA Fellowship is a flagship initiative of the 76th UNGA President, H.E. Mr Abdulla Shahid — an initiative which H.E. Mr Csaba Kőrösi made sure to carry on during his office as the 77th UNGA President. The Fellowship brings...
30 September 2024, Geneva, Switzerland – The United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) has released the 9th update of its assessment of the damage inflicted on buildings in the Gaza Strip. This analysis, based on very high-resolution satellite imagery collected on 3 and 6 September 2024, shows that two thirds of the total structures in the Gaza Strip have sustained damage. UNOSAT compared imagery captured on 3 and 6 September 2024 with previous data, providing a comprehensive view of the evolution of the destructions.Those 66% of damaged buildings in the Gaza Strip acco...
Youth without Borders Organization for Development and UNITAR sign a Memorandum of Understanding to promote youth and women’s leadership across the humanitarian-peacebuilding-development triple-nexus in Yemen.
14th July 2022, Geneva, Switzerland - Youth without Borders Organization for Development (YWBOD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Division for Peace of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) with the aim of strengthening targeted learning and capacity-building offers in the area of youth and women empowerment, leaders...
04-05 February 2019, Geneva, Switzerland - Resolutions constitute a fundamental outcome of meetings within the United Nations principal organs. The diplomat or representative in any multilateral posting must be able to manage the specialized nature and volume of work involved in such UN meetings. In this regard, the Division for Multilateral Diplomacy organized a workshop, which is a part the Executive Diploma in Diplomatic Practice, on the processes of Drafting, Negotiating and Adopting United Nations Resolutions.
The two-day workshop acquainted 19 participants with the ...
Michelle Gyles-McDonnough, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Director, UNITAROn 16 December 2024, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Michelle Gyles-McDonnough of Jamaica as the new Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). With more than 30 years’ experience in sustainable development, policy advocacy, international trade and international relations, and change management in complex bureaucracies, Ms. Gyles-McDonnough has held multiple leadership roles withi...
Viktoria Podvoiskaさんはウクライナからの避難民であり、母国への本格的な侵攻が始まった時にポーランドに移住しました。彼女は、国連ユニタールの「生計強化のためのポーランドのウクライナ人女性避難民向けデジタル・リスキリング」研修を受講し、地理情報システム（GIS）に焦点を当てたサブトラックを選択し、無事修了しました。彼女は将来キーウに戻り、ウクライナの再建に向けて自分のスキルを活かせる日を心待ちにしています。同研修は、日本政府の支援を受けて実施され、GISサブトラックは、日本のスタートアップ企業との提携のもとで行われました。, 2024年11月14日、広島 - 2022年2月24日の朝早く、Viktoria Podvoiskaさんはキーウに最初の爆弾が落ちるのを目撃しました。彼女はすぐに家族全員を集め、「戦争が始まった。私たちは去らなければならない」と伝えました。Podvoiskaさんたちはまず地方に避難しましたが、到着直後にそこでは戦闘がさらに激しくなっていることを知りました。不安のなかで2週間を過ごした後、Podvoiskaさんは下の息子と、周りの母子を車に乗せてポーランドへ出発することにしました。彼女の夫と上の息子は残ることになりました。, 紛争状況が悪化するにつれ、Podvoiskaさんの夫は彼女に戻ってこないようにと告げ...