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On 9 December 2015, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2250 - its first-ever resolution on Youth, Peace and Security - thereby recognising the importance of the positive contributions that young people are making for the maintenance and promotion of international peace and security. Furthermore, it affirmed the important role that youth need to assume in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and called for the engagement of youth as partners and leaders at all levels of decision-making and peacebuilding processes. Since then, progress stud...
(Article updated on 4 October 2024- Deadline of application extended to 11 October 2024)UNITAR and ITS Education Asia invite Asia Pacific youth to apply for the “2024 Youth Ambassador Asia Pacific Programme”.The programme theme will be centred around creating local solutions for global challenges, empowering youth across the Asia Pacific region by developing their ability to address international issues and enhancing their knowledge of the SDGs. The training sessions will take place online over 8 Saturdays and culminate in a virtual graduation event.The dead...
Title: Auxiliary Police Officer
Country: Canada
Course: Management Practices for Safer Roads: Toolkit
In 2002, the town of Drachten, in the Netherlands, removed nearly all traffic lights and road marks in the name of road safety. The aim was to reduce accidents and improve the town’s quality. The paradoxical experiment worked, and despite increases in traffic volumes, accident numbers fell from 8.3 per year between 1994 and 2002 to an average of just one per year in 2005.
If traffic signs are supposed to make traffic flow safer, how did the experiment work? The answer lie...
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Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen. - Barack Obama, The Former 44th President of the United States of America
, Interactive Virtual Panel Event
30th June 2021, 9:00 am -11:00 am Colombia time (CET+7), online via zoom
The Colombian society has been undergoing more than 50 years of armed conflict. Generations of Colombians carry the memories of their personal experiences of violence, exclusion, and...
UNITAR Division for Prosperity will hold the final workshop of the 2023 Cycle “Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction Training Programme for World Tsunami Awareness Day” from 5 to 11 March 2024 in Nuku’alofa, Tonga.
The programme empowers women leaders in the Pacific and other small islands developing states and Asian countries with practical expertise and insights to spearhead disaster risk reduction management initiatives that are both gender-inclusive and oriented to the whole of the community.
The top 20 learners selected from more than 200...
As nations continue to grapple with the effects of climate change, inequality and injustice and other global issues, young people have stepped up as change-makers within their local and regional communities. However, despite the positive actions of many, their creative solutions do not reach a wide enough audience. To give these children the voice they deserve, The United Nations Institute for Training and Research is partnering with Barbara Harrison Media to launch "Through the Lens of the Youth Documentaries by Youth Worldwide".
This 13-episode creative series invi...
22 April 2025, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research is joining forces with the International Canoe Federation (ICF) to support the growing demand for global emergency response capabilities and promote sustainable development.As part of this collaboration, the ICF and UNITAR will develop training programmes on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) within the realm of sport, incorporating programmes such as a dedicated ‘Paddlers for Disaster Response’ initiative.The partnership aims to incorporate paddle sports in...
Guyana is extremely susceptible to hydro-meteorological hazards, such as flooding and droughts that often have a devastating impact on the country’s primary industry – agriculture. The multiplier effect of climate change poses numerous cross-cutting challenges to agricultural communities with regard to poverty reduction, food and nutrition security, and livelihood opportunities, especially for vulnerable small farmers, livestock holders, and agro-processors.
In order to reduce vulnerabilities and bolster disaster management capacity in Guyana, the United Nations ...
11 May 2022, Geneva, Switzerland - The Humanitarian Energy Conference (HEC) will take place this year on Monday, 16 May 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda on the day preceding the SEforALL Forum. The HEC is co-hosted by the Steering Group of the Global Platform for Action on Sustainable Energy in Displacement Settings (GPA), Practical Action, and NORCAP with the generous support from the German Federal Foreign Office, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad).
The conference will bring together a diverse range of...