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UN CC:Learn Supports Education Day at COP22
1 December 2016, Marrakesh, Morocco - Education, along with training and public awareness, plays a key role in the global response to climate change, as recognized by Article 6 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Article 12 of the Paris Agreement. To knowledge the importance of this topic, a thematic day has been specifically dedicated to education during the 22nd Conferences of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP22), held from 7 to 18 November 2016 in Marrakesh, Morocco. UN CC:Learn has supported two key…
The year 2010 marks the 10th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on “Women, Peace and Security,” which acknowledged for the first time the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and in peace building, and the importance of their equal participation and full involvement in efforts for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security.
On this occasion, the EU Joint Team in Geneva and the Mission of Belgium organized on 15 and 16 September 2010 an High-level Consultation on “Women, Peace and Security: From…
March 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - UNOSAT is constantly partnering with public and private ventures to research new applications of geospatial technology that have the potential to make the work of the UN more effective or less expensive. Some of this effort over the past three years went into a successful project named iRESCUE.
iRESCUE means “images for Rapid mapping, Enhanced Security and Communication for Universal Emergency services,” and it was fully implemented under Eurostars funding by UNOSAT, AnsuR Technologies (project coordinator) and Locus…
24 September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - During an information session for government delegates to the United Nations organised by OCHA at the Palais des Nations, UNOSAT was unanimously commended for its work in providing the humanitarian community at large with satellite imagery analysis and near-real time rapid mapping.
The meeting was called by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs specifically to inform UN member states about the UNOSAT Humanitarian Rapid Mapping Service, which has turned 10 years old this year. In opening the meeting, Rashid…
According to the 2012 World Disasters Report, recently released by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), over 72 million people are forcibly displaced due to a range of complex drivers including conflict and violence, disasters, political upheaval and even by large-scale development projects. An estimated 20 million among these migrants are living in a state of prolonged displacement.
The World Disasters Report is in its 20th issue and over the past two decades has covered topics such as ethics in aid, neglected crises, public health…
Senior Negotiators Seminar: “Refining Our Negotiation Skills”
17 November 2016, Bangkok, Thailand - In October this year, UNITAR supported the delivery of a second Senior Negotiators Seminar: “Refining Our Negotiation Skills” on international diplomacy, negotiating and team-building skills. The meeting took place at a crucial time before the 22nd Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC (COP22) in Marrakesh and the first meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA1). It fostered the cohesion and unity of the group of climate change negotiators from least…
UNITAR Organizes Leadership Building Workshop with Columbia Law School Professors
9 March 2017, New York, USA- United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) organized a workshop titled “Building Capacity for Effective Leadership” taught by two Columbia Law School Professors. The workshop began with a few opening remarks by Mr. Marco Suazo who thanked Professor Alex Carter and Shawn Watts for all their hard work in preparation for the workshop. He gave participants a brief summary of what to expect from the workshop and informed them about UNITAR’s new mobile…
Women Negotiating Peace: Empowering Women, 20 Years After Beijing
18 - 19 March 2015, New York, USA – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office carried out the fourth Women Negotiating Peace: Empowering Women, 20 years after Beijing. A two-day workshop was organized in a framework of the UNITAR Negotiations Workshops’ series and aimed to promote participation of women in the sphere of negotiation, peace, and development and to recap the developments since the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action. The workshop aimed to…
UNITAR and OHCHR Set the Stage for More Satellite Analysis and Applications to Protect Human Rights
20 August 2015, Geneva, Switzerland – The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and UNITAR signed a milestone MoU that will allow greater use of UNOSAT imagery analysis and technical assistance in support to the Office’s human rights work. Through the agreement OHCHR will benefit from the latest geographic information technologies and the entire suite of geo-spatial solutions provided by UNITAR’s Operational Satellite Applications Programme…
IGAD & UNOSAT Host a National Level Flood and Drought Management Workshop in Kigali
24 February 2016, Kigali, Rwanda – Within the framework of the 42nd Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum, UNOSAT and IGAD’s Climate Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC) successfully hosted a one-day national level technical workshop on flood and drought management.
The workshop was delivered as part of the project “Capacity Development in Geospatial Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Horn of Africa”, which aims…