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Workshop on Planning, Designing and Building Webpages for Permanent Missions in New York
22 March 2016, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) organized together with the generous support of the Permanent Mission Italy to the United Nations a workshop on “Planning, designing and building webpages for Permanent Missions” on Tuesday 22 March 2016. It was addressed to delegates from Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Development States (SIDS).
The workshop was attended by approximately 30 people and explained practical…
UNITAR Organizes Orientation on Human Rights
28 February 2018, New York, USA – The UNITAR Office in New York organized an orientation course on Human Rights and their role and application within the United Nations. This event was made possible by close collaboration with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), who provided experts to deliver presentation to a group of over 50 diplomats.
The workshop began with an overview of the Human Rights Normative Framework, which included discussion on international human rights treaties and…
1 March 2011. Geneva, Switzerland. UNITAR Executive Director Carlos Lopes had the honour of receiving a high-level visit from the Costa Rican Foreign Minister, Mr. René Castro Salazar, at UNITAR Headquarters in Geneva. During the meeting, Minister Castro expressed his full satisfaction with the past and ongoing cooperation between the Republic of Costa Rica and UNITAR in the area of environmental protection.
Over the recent years, UNITAR has been involved in capacity building efforts in Costa Rica including strengthening the implementation of Principle 10 of…
Three months into its chairmanship of the Global Migration Group (GMG), UNITAR has already made significant progress in implementing the one-year work plan adopted by the GMG in June 2009. Working hand-in-hand with UNDP, the prospective GMG chair during the first half of 2010, UNITAR has set out to galvanize the Group around three strategic priorities:
(1) To instill a strong sense of purpose and develop a coherent voice for the GMG on current migration policy and governance challenges, most urgently the global recession and its impact on migration;
(…
UNITAR Contributes to Habitat III Discussions on Urban Planning and Disaster Risk Reduction
July 27, 2016, Quito, Ecuador - UNITAR’s Decentralized Cooperation Programme in collaboration with the Government of Ecuador hosted the third series of webinars aimed to raise awareness of key topics related to the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III). The webinar titled “Urban Planning and Disaster Risk Management” took place Wednesday, July 27 with three experts from UNISDR Office for Northeast Asia, the University of…
Cyclone Giri hit western Rakhine state in Myanmar packing winds of up to 177km/h, hitting the major town of Kayaukpyu among other locations. Although it is difficult to estimate casualties and damage, local authorities have confirmed that 101,923 people remain homeless and at least 20,380 houses have been destroyed. It is believed that a total of at least 260,000 people are directly affected by this disaster.
UNOSAT analysts have worked to generate information from satellite data provided by the International Charter Space and Major Disasters. Maps produced on this…
UNITAR Organizes Briefing on General Assembly and Main Committees
29-30 September 2016, New York, USA- The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations, organized a two-day course entitled, “A Special Briefing on the Work of the General Assembly and the Main Committees”. The event was widely attended by 125 delegates. The briefing was opened by Mr. Marco A. Suazo, Head of Office, UNITAR New York. Mr. Suazo welcomed the delegates to the briefing and provided an overview of the topics…
Youth Climate Dialogues (YCDs) Go Beyond Swiss Borders
9 November 2016, Geneva, Switzerland - Following is one of the many personal experiences one student from Lycee International de Ferney-Voltaire shared during the last Youth Climate Dialogue (YCD).
“As a kid, every autumn I used to visit my grandmother and we would collect many apples from her apple tree. For days I would eat apples for breakfast, lunch and dinner. She always used to say, ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’. It’s been 5 years since the last apple was seen on that tree.”
On the 19th…
UNITAR Hosts Strategic Negotiation Skills Training for Small States’ UN Representatives
27-28 June 2018, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research's (UNITAR) organized a two-day event, “Strategic Negotiation Skills Training for Small States’ UN Representatives” on 27 - 28 June 2018 at the Joint Office of Commonwealth Permanent Missions to the United Nationsin partnership with the Commonwealth Small States Centre of Excellence. Approximately 25 representatives attended the workshop. Mr. Marco A. Suazo, Head of UNITAR’s New York Office, welcomed…
CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) featured UNOSAT map on Pakistan flood in its CERN Bulletin (number 40 – 41) and Mr. Einar Bjorgo, Humanitarian Task Manager at UNOSAT was interviewed, explaining UNOSAT involvement in supporting the humanitarian workers from collecting raw satellite images to mapping the damage caused by the floods. According to Mr. Bjorgo, UNOSAT was not only involved from the beginning, but will stay long after the emergency phase is fading.
For more information, please visit online CERN Bulletin or download the PDF version of the…