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Hayder Maala, alumnus of the UNITAR Iraq Fellowship Programme, believes entrepreneurship training for young people will help Iraq’s development.
After attending a UNITAR training of trainers programme, Hayder started a youth development NGO and a startup incubator, and became a coach for UNITAR programmes.
He is now managing the digital/frontier technologies programme for UNITAR’s Division for Prosperity.
Applications are being accepted for the Leading Inclusive 4IR: Empowering Women in Iraq for the Future of Work through Digital Reskilling programme.
, 22 October 2021...
Former President Gorbachev and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon call for more political will and enhanced multilateral disarmament cooperation under the UN leadership.
Speaking at the 3rd edition of the Geneva Lecture Series, at the Palais des Nations, on 5 October, Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev called for resetting the nuclear disarmament agenda and moving toward a nuclear weapon free world. Mr. Gorbachev explained that it took him and President Reagan to “look beyond the horizon” to make a breakthrough in the nuclear disarmament process at the time of…
Winners of YLCCC 2017 at the Tribal Climate Camp Gain Global Perspective on Climate Change
7 August 2017, Eatonville, United States - Mr. Aditya Pradana, Ms. Saraswati Siahaan and Ms. Sukma Impian Riverningtyas embarked on their journey to the Tribal Climate Camp, between 30 July – 4 August, at the University of Washington Pack Forest Conference Center in Eatonville, Washington, in the United States. The Indonesian students, who showed an outstanding commitment in their actions to communicate climate change effects and solutions, were selected from a group of 150 youth at…
Abyei, Sudan - The Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP) is documenting this week’s military attacks in Sudan's disputed border region of Abyei following international reports confirmed by the United Nations of bombardment and military movement.
Like previous releases, the latest reports use satellite imagery to corroborate and illustrate findings including the razing of structures north of Abyei town and the destruction of some locations in the vicinity of the town. UNOSAT has been coordinating the satellite imagery component of the Satellite Sentinel project since its…
UNOSAT is gradually integrating collaborative mapping and crowd sourcing into its work. In the case of the floods in Colombia, UNOSAT is reaching out to disaster managers and field staff in the country to assist with validation of the flood extent analysis and by sending in geographic position tagged photos. The application being used for this operation has been developed within the EU funded GEO-PICTURES project in which UNOSAT works with AnusR Technologies of Norway and numerous other partners....
“The seminar opened our eyes and minds to the world of the UN and multilateral diplomacy."
At the request of and in cooperation with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), UNITAR’s Multilateral Diplomacy Programme (MDP) implemented two training activities in Jerusalem from 6-10 June 2010. The activities focused on strengthening the participants’ skills in the field of multilateral negotiations and conference diplomacy through a practice-oriented and interactive training methodology. One of the workshops was a component of the Ministry’s training curriculum on…
As the situation in Pakistan continues to be a main concern due to new rainfall, UNOSAT analysts have completed on Thursday this week a series of maps derived from satellite imagery and aimed at identifying flood extent and impact on the affected populations in the Republic of Moldova.
UNOSAT had been working on Moldova since mid July when heavy rains and storms at the end of July caused floods in northern Moldova. Thousands of people have been evacuated while houses, bridges and roads have been damaged. In addition, people have been left without safe drinking water…
On the 6th and 7th of September OHCHR and UNITAR held the second edition of Human Rights Orientation Programme for Diplomats in Geneva. This Orientation Programme was held in the Palais Wilson, the former seat of the League of Nations, now the seat of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
This event was an opportunity for the fifty-six diplomats, from forty-one Member States, to enhance their understanding of Human Rights before the starting of the Human Rights Council which opened its fifteenth session in Geneva on 13th September.
This programme was organized by…
Visiting Professor, Development and Global Health Policy
Former Director of the United Nations Development Programme Representation Office in Tokyo
Tetsuo Kondo is the former Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Representation Office in Tokyo.
He served as Country Director of UNDP Chad, Deputy Resident Representative of UNDP Kosovo, Senior Humanitarian Coordination Advisor of the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor Leste, Senior Advisor of UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok, Special Advisor to the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-…
Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration
Faculty Chair, Leadership Initiative
Harvard Business School
Linda A. Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and chair of the Leadership Initiative. Linda is regarded as one of the world’s top experts on leadership. Linda was named by Thinkers50 as one of the top ten management thinkers in the world in 2013 and received the Thinkers50 Innovation Award in 2015. Linda is the author or co-author of several award-winning articles and books including…