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UNOSAT Announces the Sixth Edition of its Popular Master Training in GIS
7 September 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - UNOSAT is pleased to announce the sixth edition of its popular course on “Geo Information in Disaster Situations”: offered in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen’s Master of Disaster Management Programme (MDMA). The course is scheduled to take place from 29 February to 11 March 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland.
The course aims at serving a wide range of professionals working in disaster risk management and who have experience in humanitarian assistance…
Professor of Law at the University of Ghana School of Law and former Director of the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy (LECIAD)
Professor Mensa-Bonsu is a Professor of Law at the University of Ghana, School of Law, and former Director of the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy. She is also fellow and current President of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Professor Mensa-Bonsu has researched and published extensively on Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, Family Law, and Children’s Rights. Currently, she teaches Criminal Law,…
UN CC:Learn Actively Contributes to the Review Forum of the UNESCO GAP on ESD
10 March 2017, Ottawa, Canada - Sustainable development cannot be achieved by technological solutions, political regulation or financial instruments alone. These instruments need to be accompanied by changes in the way people think and act. With this objective, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) encourages learners of all ages to acquire the knowledge, skills and values needed to promote sustainable societies. ESD is included under Sustainable Development Goal 4 of the 2030 Agenda and…
Professor, University of Newcastle, Australia
Distinguished Laureate Professor Sanson-Fisher leads the Health Behaviour Research Collaborative at the University of Newcastle, Australia. His past roles include the Director of CIFAL Newcastle (United Nations Institute for Training and Research). He has an outstanding global reputation as a leader in health behaviour research recognised by his award of Officer of the Order of Australia and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. His work is known for successfully combining behavioural and public…
Graduation Ceremony of the Master of Advanced Studies in European and International Governance
Congratulations to All of Our MEIG's Students Receiving Their Master's Degree!
20 October 2017, Geneva, Switzerland – On 20 October 2017, the University of Geneva and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) hosted the graduation ceremony of the joint Master of Advanced Studies in European and International Governance (MEIG Programme).
The event took place at the University of Geneva and offered the participants the opportunity to ask their…
Davidson Sylvester Hector Willoughby Nicol had a multifaceted personality and made outstanding contributions in a number of fields such as diplomacy, medical practice, teaching and research, and literature.
Born in Sierra Leone, he studied medicine at Cambridge and London Universities. He later taught medicine in Great Britain and Nigeria and did medical research, most famously in the structure of insulin. He was also a Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sierra Leone.
From 1969 to 1971, he served as Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations. He was…
UNITAR Organizes Workshop on "Behavioural Insights towards the Implementation of SDG 13"
27 of June 2017, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research organized a course titled “Behavioural Insights towards the Implementation of Sustainable Develoment Goals (SDGs) 13 (Climate Action)”. The course focused on three main points; first - raising awareness of behavioural insights and it’s applications toward the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development SDG 13. Secondly, another section of the course focused on building the…
25 May 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - The President of the 74th World Health Assembly and Minister of Health, Royal Government of Bhutan, Ms Dechen Wangmo visited the Defeat-NCD Partnership’s office at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in Geneva today to set the tone at a high-level panel discussion aimed at tackling the twin challenges of COVID-19 and non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
“I understand that time has passed for mere statements and rhetoric in addressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of universal access to healt...
4 March 2016, Colombo & Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka - Two small grant projects aiming to improve the resource efficiency and waste management in Sri Lankan universities, as well as to introduce the topic of sustainable consumption and production (SCP) in university curriculum, are well underway. The projects are funded by the EU-programme SWITCH-Asia and implemented by Upendra Arjeewani and Uthpala Sankalpani, both alumni of the e-learning course UNITAR/UNEP "Introduction to SCP in Asia". During the course, which took part in autumn 2015, the two ladies…
Akiko Yuge was Professor in the Department of Politics of the Faculty of Law of Hosei University, Tokyo, from 2014 to March 2024. Professor Yuge has had a long, distinguished career, with 30 years in the United Nations culminating as Assistant Secretary-General/Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau of Management in the United Nations Development Programme. Professor Yuge has also served UNDP in other capacities, including Director of the UNDP Representation Office in Tokyo and Special Advisor to the UNDP Administrator. Among her many achievements, she has…