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UNITAR and the Geneva-based LALIVE law firm conducted a new e-learning course on “Introduction to Investment Arbitration” from March 14 to April 15, 2011. Twenty-one lawyers, officials and professionals mostly from developing countries and transition economies participated in this executive-level course which aimed at enabling participants to analyze key issues related to investment arbitration, and to apply the principles discussed to future situations.
The course on “Introduction to Investment Arbitration”, which was mentored by an international team of four arbitration…
22 and 29 of July, Abu Dhabi. Workshops II and III of the highly successful UNITAR Fellowship for Afghanistan Programme were recently successfully concluded in Abu Dhabi. Taking place between 22 and 29 of July, the Workshops saw the 54 Fellows and 15 Coaches and Resource Persons examine concepts of leadership and organisational change management.
Workshops II and III
Workshop II - Leadership and Organizational Development for Performance and Results, aimed at helping Fellows understand the concept of how sound leadership and planned organizational development can…
Negotiations are more important than we may perceive, as we daily engage in these sometimes without even noticing. A successful negotiation means getting what you want without offending the other party. Negotiating needs continuous practice, analysis and review to sharpen the skills needed for a productive negotiation. The e-learning course “International Negotiations: Practical Skills and Techniques” is one of three courses on financial negotiation that UNITAR’s Public Finance and Trade Programme offers.
This online course took place from 5 to 30 July 2010, and…
2 October 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - It took only minutes after the first seismic shock that hit the Pakistani province of Baluchistan in the afternoon of 24 September for experts to understand that this emergency would require the mobilization of humanitarian assistance. Despite the scarcity of population of Baluchistan, which is also the largest province in the country, the intensity of the quake was enough to affect 300,000 people and cause at least 348 deaths according to UN figures. Two days later a second powerful quake hit the most affected district, Awaran,…
25 December 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - As the security and humanitarian crisis in South Sudan deteriorates, UNOSAT is analysing satellite imagery yielding complementary information on the situation of thousands of people displaced by the mounting violence, reinforcing the admonition by the UN Secretary-General to those responsible for the violence: “They should know the world is watching.”
UNOSAT has initially turned its attention to the presence and movement of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the vicinity of UN compounds. “We look for IDPs and signs of…
Strengthening of Hurricane Preparedness and Response in the Yucatán Peninsula
3-4 April 2017, Mérida, Mexico – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) in Mérida successfully concluded the XII International Seminar on Hurricane Preparedness held on 3 - 4 April 2017.
The seminar brought together 150 airport executives and civil aviation authorities from Mexico and Latin America to learn about disaster preparedness and response, as well as on how to reactivate airports after tropical cyclones.
Dr. Lixion Ávila, expert from the National…
UNOSAT Analysis Reveals Nepal Earthquake Damage
27 April 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - The 7.8-magnitude quake that hit Nepal on 25 April has quickly taken the proportions of a major disaster with many destroyed buildings in Kathmandu and large rural areas severely affected. Official figures indicate over 4,000 deaths, a toll probably due to increase.
The damage in Kathmandu is important and clearly visible in the first satellite images released by UNOSAT on 27 April 2015. According to initial estimates from the UN in the country, eight million people in 39 districts have…
Promoting Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development
6 September 2016, Quito, Ecuador - UNITAR’s Decentralized Cooperation Programme in collaboration with the Government of Ecuador hosted the webinar on “Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) for Sustainable Development” aimed at providing a space for discussion on how PPPs can be leveraged for sustainable development and help achieve the SDGs and implement the New Urban Agenda. More than 100 participants attended the webinar, representing local governments, private sector, civil society and academia from…
24 March 2014, Geneva, Switzerland - Malakal is the capital of Upper Nile State, in South Sudan’s north-eastern corner. The town lies approximately 650 km directly north of Juba, the capital of South Sudan. It hosts one of the bases of the UN Mission in South Soudan (UNMISS). According to UNOSAT latest findings, over 20% of Malakal has been destroyed by warfare with a great part of it occurring in a short time period between end February and mid-March 2014.
In a recent map derived from imagery captured by DigitalGlobe satellite WorldView-1 on 15 March, UNOSAT identified a…