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In a constant effort to update information derived from high resolution satellite imagery regarding the impact of the Haiti quake, UNOSAT has released last night two new maps illustrating the situation of IDPs and the density of bridge and road obstacles in the capital city Port-au-Prince.
Since the inception of this emergency, UNOSAT has concentrated on specific high value mapping over Haiti due to the fact that general mapping has been offered by a number of other partner entities especially from Europe, some of which supported by the International Charter Space and…
UNITAR Completes the Training Phase of the MEFMI Partnership
6 May 2015, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR and the Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa (MEFMI) recently concluded the Phase 1 of their joint collaboration to strengthen MEFMI’s capacity to develop and deliver e-Learning courses.
Phase 1 - which is a training for MEFMI staff on e-Learning, quality standards, methodologies, and delivery - was conducted by UNITAR at the MEFMI Secretariat in Harare, Zimbabwe from April 13 to 17, 2015.
The training was attended by 27 MEFMI…
New Launch of e-Tutorial on Climate Policy and Public Finance
25 November, 2015 - UN CC:Learn and UNDP, with support from the Government of Sweden had launched a new free e-tutorial “Climate Policy and Public Finance”, which aims to support policy makers in understanding how to optimize countries’ public expenditures by taking into account the projected climate change impacts.
Access the e-tutorial.
The e-tutorial is divided into five sections:
What is climate change?
What is happening in Asia and Pacific?
How does climate change affect your job as government…
March 2019, Geneva, Switzerland – The UNOSAT Rapid Mapping Service has been supporting the humanitarian community with satellite imagery analysis for over 16 years. The service was established in 2003 to meet the demand of United Nations agencies, Member States and other humanitarian agencies for rapid mapping and satellite derived analysis in the wake of disasters and complex emergencies.
Last year, UNOSAT assessed 28 humanitarian crises resulting from natural disasters in 22 countries* across Asia-Pacific, Africa and Latin America upon request from sister UN agencies, go...
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…
On 3 October 2023, UNITAR, in partnership with the University of Geneva, hosted a 60th-anniversary public forum “Scaling Responsible Entrepreneurship and Solutions to Global Challenges” and featured members of the Division for Prosperity Advisory Board.
As part of UNITAR’s 60th anniversary celebrations, this public forum focused on the challenges, best practices, and ways forward to generate prosperity through responsible entrepreneurship and innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The event brought together individuals and organizations from Geneva, ho...
3 February 2022, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) announce a new partnership to jointly design and develop a range of innovative training programmes.
The UNIDIR-UNITAR cooperation will leverage each institution’s unique expertise to design and create innovative training programmes that will address a growing need for capacity-building at the intersection between emerging technologies, international security, and disarmament.
UNITAR’s experti...
UN Secretary-General Makes Reference to the Green Legacy Hiroshima Initiative
28 October 2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, made remarks at inauguration of new office facility at UN Economic Commission for Africa Compound in Addis Ababa. In his remarks, he made a reference to the Hiroshima A-Bomb survivor trees, saplings of which was planted in Addis Ababa a few days ago by the Green Legacy Hiroshima initiative.
Below is an extract from his statement:
I am told that three days ago, in your commemoration of…
On 18 October 2012 UNOSAT was called to brief NGOs and UN staff in New York during an event organised by the UN Department of Public Information (DPI/NGO) at the UN headquarters. During the event, entitled “Crisis Mapping: How Satellite Imagery Analysis Can Benefit NGO Humanitarian Efforts”, a UNOSAT illustrated the type of support it provides to the humanitarian community and how NGOs in particular can benefit from geospatial technology. During the briefing, participants were encourage to tap into the wealth of knowledge developed by UNITAR in various other areas of…
24 May 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations marked the 7th UN Road Safety Week from 15 May to 21, 2023, to raise awareness about the urgent need to continue to promote road safety and save lives. Road traffic deaths and injuries remain a global problem, with 1.3 million people dying and over 50 million people injured each year. Globally, more than 500 children are killed on the road each day (WHO).
In line with the theme of Road Safety Week, “Rethinking Mobility: Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion, UNITAR and its Global Network of CIFAL Training Centres hosted ...