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UNITAR Launches International Relations and Global Diplomacy Spring 2018 Programme
12 March 2018, New York, USA – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) organized the Spring orientation for participants and faculty of the International Relations and Global Diplomacy Programme, a joint effort with Collegiate Congress. This programme provides the rare opportunity for individuals to develop a global political perspective through a series of lectures that will take place every Friday morning. In addition to the lectures, students will also be…
The global COVID-19 pandemic has brought a significant threat to the safety, health and wellbeing of societies and communities around the world. In light of the crisis, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres has recently called out for a global ceasefire and pleaded nations to focus on fighting the pandemic. Meanwhile, violent extremists across the ideological spectrum view the global pandemic as an opportunity for expansion. While COVID-19 and several measures taken by governments around the globe have contributed to the suppression of the activities of violent extremis...
Peace in Focus is a new publication by the Division for Peace at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). It aims to inspire people into becoming agents of peace and change in their own communities, by sharing stories of community leaders around the world that are working towards the SDGs at all levels. As a UN publication, the magazine recognizes the interconnective nature of the 2030 Agenda, thus presenting initiatives from all SDGs and connecting them to the SDG16. True to its target audience, the first edition of the magazine will ...
The latest OCHA Humanitarian Update on south Sudan clearly indicates that “In the context of the upcoming January 2011 referendums, the humanitarian community is taking a number of steps to be prepared in the event of referendum-related violence”. OCHA and all other UN agencies active in humanitarian response in the country are very active in assessing the situation as the date of the referendum approaches.
In this connection UNOSAT is making a special effort to meet the requests of various agencies and ensure that its capabilities for satellite analysis and…
4-6 May 2011, Estoril, Portugal - This year’s Estoril debate that traditionally convenes global thinkers to discuss globalization challenges took place on 4-6 May 2011.
Among the prominent scholars, public figures, activists and policy-makers featured in the four panels of the 2011 Estoril debate were Mohamed ElBaradei, Dominique de Villepin, Larry King, Francis Fukuyama, Nouriel Roubini, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, and many others.
Carlos Lopes was invited this year to join the 1st Panel that focused on the issues of the Architecture of Global Governance, and more…
Since 2006, UNITAR trained almost 700 beneficiaries in the field of multilateral diplomacy through its online learning platform. In 2010, UNITAR is developing and offering an unprecedented amount of new courses in this field, including on Bilateral and Multilateral Negotiation, the United Nations System, Diplomatic Protocol, Mediation Skills, Chairing Meetings and International Conferences, as well as Drafting UN Resolutions.
UNITAR has utilized Web 2.0 technology to expand its capacity-buillding trainings to a larger and more diverse audience. The Multilateral Diplomacy…
The Local Development Programme of UNITAR, in partnership with GTZ, the German technical cooperation, is launching a new e-learning course on Sustainable Urban Mobility in Developing Countries, to run over 18 weeks from 4 October 2010 to 18 March 2011.
The e-course aims to enhance the capacity of local decision makers and urban and transportation planners to formulate and implement appropriate policies that contribute to sustainability in urban transport in developing countries. It allows an analysis of the important issues of sustainable transport including transport…
UNOSAT and the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) launch “Joint Analysis and Geographic Information for Crisis Response and Impact Assessment
The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission providing independent scientific and technological support for EU policy-making, among other things in the area of satellite applications and remote sensing. UNOSAT and JRC have cooperated for years on various topics including research, which is JRC primary area of involvement. The new agreement is a natural and…
The work of UNOSAT is not only about emergencies, although the maps you can see on the web all refer to humanitarian assistance. This publication policy is linked to the need for humanitarian workers to access maps from various field locations by simply connecting via internet or via satellite telecommunications to download the maps prepared by UNOSAT on the premises of CERN. Yet a large number of maps and analyses are not publicly available on the UNOSAT website because they are part of project activities done in partnership with UN agencies like UNDP (development), IOM (m...
UNITAR Delivers its 6th Core Diplomatic Training Workshop on Economic Diplomacy
25 – 26 February 2016, Geneva, Switzerland - The Workshop on Economic Diplomacy is the seventh in the series of workshops offered to candidates of UNITAR’s Executive Diploma in Diplomatic Practice, and the first of its kind specifically designed for the Geneva diplomatic community.
The sessions on the first day were presented by our experts in the field of Economic Diplomacy, Ms.Masoumeh Sahami and Mr. Last Tillfors. These sessions, comprising a series of presentations and…