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21 September 2020, Geneva, Switzerland - COVID-19 has highlighted severe fragilities and inequalities within and among nations. While the impact varies per country or region, LDCs is Sub- Saharan Africa face greater risks of negative impacts of the pandemic due to lack of economic resilience and diversification.
Although the pandemic is considered a public health crisis, it is not the only, and may not even be the gravest challenge the pandemic poses. Devastating socio-economic impacts of the virus has disproportionately affected fragile countries that are already battling...
31 May 2021, Hiroshima, Japan - UNITAR Division for Prosperity announces with deep sorrow the passing of the Honourable Kenzo Oshima. A Hiroshima native, Mr. Oshima joined our advisory board in 2021 and was chair of the UNITAR Association since its establishment in October 2019, through which he led important outreach activities for UNITAR. He was a regular panelist for Ideas that Matter, a public event series organized by UNITAR Hiroshima Office, and was featured in many talks including: “70 years after WWII: Thinking about the UN and Hiroshima” and “South Sudan:...
31 May 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - New technologies are profoundly changing the financial industry. The demand for digital solutions is surging, and both private and public institutions are heavily investing in R&D, especially in the field of digital currencies. Big tech companies are more and more involved in supplying financial services as they provide payments solutions, stablecoins and even banking products. Similarly, central banks are actively researching digital money, and many of them are planning to launch their own digital currency in the future.
To res...
1 June 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - Financial Technology (FinTech) is a silent revolution. Without making large waves, FinTech is transforming and facilitating practical aspects of our life. From simple bill payments and sending small money instantly to friends, to sophisticated and complex investments or trade orders, to tracing trends and ensuring follows up transactions involving recurrent finance - all can be done without moving from home or on a smartphone and at a fraction of the usual costs and commissions. Financial intermediation from banks, brokers, insurers and ot...
Rawad, a Senior Protection Assistant at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, completed UNITAR’s Executive Diploma in Diplomatic Practice in 2024. Since its inception in 1965, UNITAR’s Core Diplomatic Training has remained at the forefront of the institute, equipping current and aspiring diplomats with greater knowledge and skills on how to effectively and efficiently operate in any multilateral setting. Seeking to pursue a diplomatic career, Rawad enrolled on the eighth edition of the diploma. Receiving a plethora of comprehensive training on topics inclu...
UNITAR brought together approximately 70 participants from 8 Pacific Island countries to the ‘UNITAR Leaders for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Sea and Human Security’ training programme workshop, held in Nadi, Fiji, from 1 to 10 October. This pivotal workshop featured expert-led lectures covering a wide range of topics in relation to the sea and human security and study tours to Viseisei and Yako villages. Participants demonstrated their learnings through group presentations and received certificates of completion at the closing ceremony on 10 October. The fi...
On 6 August 2023, UNITAR held a public youth pitch event “‘Peace & XX’ Ideation – Nuclear Disarmament and Sustainable Futures” in Hiroshima.
39 youth living in Japan held discussions on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation and a sustainable future and select teams presented their ideas to expert panellists for their feedback.
Expert panelists congratulated all participants for the fruitful discussions and presentations and for taking the first step to realizing a sustainable future and stressed the importance of youth to continue to act and to dissemi...
March 2019 - UNITAR has reached over 50,000 people every year for the past three years. More and more people continue to benefit from the Institute’s programming through face-to-face trainings, e-learning courses, master’s degrees, conferences and more. 2018 was another record year, with nearly 84,901 beneficiaries reached, of which 72 per cent were learning-related beneficiaries.
While these successes are of course welcome, they present a challenge in assessing how well UNITAR is performing, especially regarding learning events. UNITAR always conducts evaluations of...
国連ユニタール「アフガニスタンの女性と若者を対象とした食料・経済安全保障促進のための起業家精神」研修事業の第3フェーズが、2025年2月22日から26日までカブールで開催されました。アフガニスタン18州から、50名の女性と30名の男性、計80名の若手起業家がワークショップに参加しました。本研修は、参加者が地域の食料安全保障と経済安定の強化に貢献することを目指し、財務および起業に関する実践的なスキルを身につけることを目的として、日本政府による支援の下で2024年8月から2025年2月にかけて実施されました。, 2025年4月14日、カブール - 2025年2月22日から26日にかけて、アフガニスタン・カブールにおいて、「アフガニスタンの女性と若者を対象とした食料・経済安全保障促進のための起業家精神」研修事業の最終第3フェーズが開催されました。民間セクター、現地の市民社会組織、国際機関、学術機関など、多様な分野から集まった80名の有望な若手起業家が参加しました。この5日間のワークショップでは、ビジネスの実践的な運営に焦点を当てたもので、これまでのオンライン第1フェーズおよび第2フェーズの参加者の中から選ばれた、女性50名、男性30名が対面式の研修に参加しました。参加者はアフガニスタン全34州のうち18州から集まり、ビジネス事業の強化と同...
UNITAR held the AI Strategy Master Class “Leading the AI Revolution – Strategy, Innovation, and Global Impact” on 24-25 October 2024 in Geneva. It gathered diplomatic representatives to explore ways to responsibly harness the transformative potential of artificial intelligence to ensure a sustainable and equitable future for all.The discussion aligned with the Pact of the Future, a landmark UN declaration adopted in September 2024, aimed to accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals. One of its five themes is harnessing digital innovations., 28 November 2024, Ge...