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15 July 2019, New York, USA – In the framework of the High-Level Political Forum 2019: Empowering People and Ensuring Inclusiveness and Equality, UNITAR launched an interactive e-learning Road Safety Toolkit that presents a practical management methodology to:
Collect data on the number and location of deaths by road user type
Identify hazardous and critical road locations and sections where excessive numbers or severity of crashes occur
Outline corrective measures
Implement interventions and monitor results
The Toolkit is based on the premise that achieving road sa...
July Edition: Field Visit: 07 July – 11 July 2025 / E-Learning Course: 09 June - 04 July 2025 / Premium Package: 09 June - 11 July 2025, This year, UNITAR is delighted to deliver its next edition of the UN Immersion Programme to the Hague, Netherlands. It will offer participants the chance to fully immerse themselves into the city of peace and justice and thereby gain first-hand experience of the United Nations there. UNITAR will host most of the activit...
12 to 14 July 2011, Benin City, Nigeria. The Government of Edo State Nigeria and UNITAR organized a knowledge sharing workshop on climate change in the Niger Delta Region to enhance capacity and knowledge about the effects of climate change and promote actions to mitigate these effects. It is acknowledged that a lack of awareness among policy makers and other stakeholders on the issue of climate change oftentimes hinders the formation of important partnerships and synergies for action on climate change.
Forty representatives from the different state departments as…
29 October 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - Heavy rainfall since September 2013 has provoked important flooding in Cambodia, affecting especially north-west and south-east provinces. In 20 provinces damage has been extensive. The country has 24 provinces in total. According to national sources 168 people have been killed and almost 145,000 have been evacuated as of this week. The UN Resident Coordinator for Cambodia said : “Information from initial assessments that we undertook with national authorities indicate that in some provinces, the floods are more extensive than in 2011…
5 April 2012, Jeju, South Korea – UNITAR’s Centre for Training Local Authorites (CIFAL Jeju) in South Korea completed on Friday March 30, its second workshop in the field of human trafficking, titled “Enhancing Human Security: Developing Capacities to Protect and Assist Victims of Human Trafficking”.
With experts from Ewha Womans University, IOM and UNITAR, the workshop focused on protection and prevention of human trafficking and the role of local authorities in strengthening awareness and counter-trafficking measures in their municipalities, cities and regional…
UNITAR organized a session on “Decentralized cooperation – Capacity Building” through its Local Development Programme, in cooperation with CIFAL Findhorn, and the Climate Change Programme. Key capacity building issues with regard to climate change were discussed, including the City-Share methodology and participatory approaches of the National Adaptation Programme of Action.
As the need for joining efforts in the fight against climate change intensifies, the role of local actors will be crucial. Meaningful participation at the local level will however necessitate…
16 April 2014, Geneva, Switzerland - Solomon Islands have been dramatically impacted by floods that began in early April and continued for over one week causing 21 deaths and an estimated 52,000 affected across Honiara City and greater Guadalcanal. OCHA reports that over 10 UN agencies are in Honiara to distribute relief supplies and to provide expertise across coordination, protection, health, logistics and water, sanitation and hygiene in a situation made complex by the destruction of infrastructure, the contamination of water and the scarcity of medical supplies.…
No Family Left Behind at the 2017 World Family Summit
14 December 2017, Geneva, Switzerland - The World Family Organization, in partnership with UNITAR, organized the 2017 World Family Summit. The theme of the conference was “No Family Left Behind: Families and Local Authorities working together to transform cities and human settlements into inclusive, safe, resilient, sustainable with strong communities”
Women, men, children, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities, people living with HIV, indigenous people, refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants -…
UNITAR Conducts High Visibility Enforcement Training for Metro Police Officers in Durban, South Africa
26-28 March 2018, Durban, South Africa – UNITAR in partnership with the eThekwini Municipality, and the Municipal Learning Institute (MILE) provide training for Durban Metro Police Officers on High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) to contribute to road safety in the city ahead of the upcoming Easter and School holidays.
Law enforcement is regarded as one of the most important tools in Road Safety. The HVE workshop provided on-the-ground training for law enforcers to…
UNITAR offers courses that run throughout the year or several times a year that are free-of-charge and open to the public. For more information about courses offered, please see below. , This self-paced course, jointly delivered by UNITAR and IUCN, promotes a dynamic learning approach through interactive lessons and multimedia contents. Participants will understand the nexus between biodiversity, climate change and land-use plans; discover the rights and roles of different stakeholders in the planning and decision-making process; and consider ways to col...