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28 February 2011. Geneva, Switzerland. Ambassador Patricia Espinosa, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico and the Chair of the conferences on climate change, COP16/CMP6, shared her vision of the future of the climate change response in an open dialogue with the Geneva-based diplomatic community, NGOs, and representatives of international organizations at the Palais des Nations. The event was jointly organized bythe Mexican Permanent Mission in Geneva and UNITAR, and co-chaired by Carlos Lopes, UNITAR Executive Director. While reflecting on the…
A Guide for Youth Climate Dialogues: Tips to Get You All Set
UN CC:Learn has just launched a new guide to support anybody who would be interested in organizing a Youth Climate Dialogue (YCD), available in French and English.
26 July, 2016, Geneva, Switzerland - A Youth Climate Dialogue (YCD) is an event organized between schools in different parts of the world about how youth perceive climate change, how it affects their lives, and what actions they consider most important. It usually features a debate and a video-conference dialogue.
As part of this project, a…
Updated UNITAR Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTR) Platform
3 April 2017, Geneva, Switzerland - In the last 20 years, UNITAR has been supporting capacity building activities to develop Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) in several countries. PRTRs are public registers containing information from industrial facilities on the releases (emissions) and transfers of harmful, or potentially harmful, substances into the environment.
The PRTR:learn platform, which was launched in 2011 as a tool for training and knowledge-sharing on PRTRs, has…
UNITAR Hiroshima Winter Update 2016
Contents
Greetings
Japan in the UN
Training Programmes
Community Outreach
Looking Ahead
Greetings from UNITAR Hiroshima Office Head Mihoko Kumamoto
It is a great pleasure to release the winter update about the UNITAR Hiroshima Office. The second half of 2016 has been eventful for both Hiroshima and the UNITAR Hiroshima Office. For Hiroshima, one of the most memorable events was the Central League Championship of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, Hiroshima’s local baseball team, which happened for the first time in 25 years. The…
15 October to 14 December 2012, Social Media tools, e-learning course
In the framework of their collaboration aiming to jointly develop a series of learning programmes in the field of knowledge management, UNITAR and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have developed the course Innovative Collaboration for Development (ICfD), an e-learning course on social media tools.
The overall goal of the course is to empower development professionals to recognize the potential of social media and to make innovative use of these tools…
Peace Football Match Held between Afghanistan and Hiroshima Women’s Teams
24 September 2015, Hiroshima, Japan – As part of the UNITAR Leadership and Communication Training Programme, the Afghanistan National Women’s Football team played a friendly peace match with Hiroshima’s women’s team, Ange Violet, on 20 September 2015.
The week-long training programme in Hiroshima has focused on gender empowerment and developing skills and knowledge around leadership, team development, communication and sports psychology. By engaging with the Ange Violet team, the Afghan team was…
UNITAR Participates in Six Activities at UNOG Open Day 2017
10 October 2017, Geneva, Switzerland – With over 15,000 visitors at the European Headquarters of the United Nations, Palais des Nations in Geneva on Open Day 2017, UNITAR’s programmes proudly showcased their work including:
UNOSAT displaying the virtual reality equipment at the innovation cube (SDG 9)
Peacekeeping Training Programme educating about Mission: Zhobia at the peace cube (SDG 16)
Multilateral Diplomacy Programme promoting the Women Leadership Programme in the gender equality cube (SDG 5)…
Government of Switzerland Supports INDC Development Process in Tajikistan
17-18 June 2015, Dushanbe, Tajikistan – UNITAR, ZOI Environment Network and the Government of Tajikistan, with support from the Government of Switzerland, organized a two day Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) Kick-off Meeting on 17-18 June 2015, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. INDCs are contributions that countries make towards the stabilization of greenhouse gas (GHG) concentration in the atmosphere as part of the preparation for COP21 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (…
UNITAR Conducts Training for Qatari Diplomats
15 September, 2018, New York, United States - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) held a five-day training course on “Strengthening Knowledge and Skills in Multilateral Diplomacy” for the new delegation from Qatar.
The training started on 10 September 2018 with the opening address by Mr. Marco Suazo, Head of UNITAR New York Office. First day was a daylong training on multilateral negotiation technique by Professor Alexandra Carter, Clinical Professor of Law and the Director of the Mediation…
UNITAR considers climate change to be a major challenge for humanity. Therefore, participating to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen was a priority for the Institute and a great opportunity to show its presence as well as raising awareness on activities for a positive impact on the environment.
During the two weeks of COP15, all eyes were focused on the environment and on the negotiations taking place at the conference. Governments, NGOs and civil society were among the present stakeholders at COP15. UNITAR did not play a small part in when reflecting…