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New Course on Youth and Peacebuilding: Putting into Practice Resolution 2250 through Online Learning
Adopted in December 2015, UNSC Resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security recognizes the importance of the positive contributions which young people are making for the maintenance and promotion of international peace and security. Maintaining and supporting peace can seem like an overwhelming task, especially for young changemakers. Prospective changemakers may be wondering, ‘How can I put the Resolution 2250 in practice?’, ‘Where do I start?’, and ‘How can I personally promote lasting peace in the world?’ Being aware of these challenges and dedicated to effectively...
今号のニュースレターでは、2024年9月から11月までの国連ユニタール持続可能な繁栄局の様々なプログラムや取り組みをご紹介しています。 , 日本政府拠出事業・しまなみコレクティブプログラム：各研修の進捗報告 （1）太平洋地域の研修参加者 日本での早期警報システムのスタディツアーを修了 太平洋島嶼国11か国からの29名の研修参加者は、11月11日から22日の12日間で開催された災害リスクを軽減するための早期警報システムのツールや手法について学ぶ日本でのスタディツアーを終え、「早期警報システムを用いた気候危機への緊急対応：だれ一人取り残さないために」研修事業の第２フェーズを修了しました。同スタディツアーは、第1フェーズのオンライン研修に続き、実施されました。 同事業は、参加者が自然災害の早期警報システムを実施するスキルを身につけ太平洋の気候レジリエンスを強化することを目的としており、日本政府の支援のもと実施されています。 , 日本政府拠出事業・しまなみコレクティブプログラム：各研修の進捗報告 （2）アジア太平洋のリーダーが海洋と人間の安全保障に関するスキルを向上 国連ユニタールは、日本政府拠出事業「自由で開かれたインド太平洋のリーダー育成研修：海洋と人間の安全保障」の第２フェーズとして、...
PROGRAMME OVERVIEWThe Autosobriety Training Programme is the result of a partnership between UNITAR and Pernod Ricard which consists of educational tools that aim to contribute to reducing and preventing alcohol-related traffic fatalities and injuries, and ultimately advance UN Global Road Safety Performance Target 9: By 2030 halve the number of road traffic injuries and fatalities related to drivers using alcohol.PROGRAMME RATIONALEIt is estimated that 5-35% of all road deaths are reported as alcohol-related. Driving after drinking alcohol significantly increases the risk ...
"Peace is our most precious value and the essence of our work. All that we strive for as a human family depends on peace. But peace depends on us.”
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The United Nations Department of Peace Operations (DPO), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), France and the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) are committed to the promotion of gender equality and the protection of everyone, particularly in the context of peace operations.
In order for UN peace operations to best integrate a gender perspective in the implementation of their mandates, DPO and UNITAR, with the support of France and OIF, launched in November 2021 the first UN online introductory training course dedicated to milit...
24 February 2021, Hiroshima, Japan - UNITAR Hiroshima and the UNITAR Association will co-host “The Japanese perspective on gender”, the ninth in its public discussion series, Ideas That Matter. The inclusion of women’s experiences, perspectives and services is crucial for effective decision-making, policy development, and legislation that serves all people. It is a pillar of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 on Gender Equality: “ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic a...
15 June 2020, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR’s Division for Prosperity successfully completed a Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) -funded pilot programme on “Frontier Technologies for Sustainable Development: Unlocking Women’s Entrepreneurship through Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Afghanistan and Iraq” which benefitted 32 women entrepreneurs from various sectors in the two countries.
Launched on 31 January 2020, the 3-month Programme offered the participants an exceptional learning experience where they were engaged and challenged to learn, in...
21 October 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - During the 2021 World Data Forum (WDF), on the 6th of October 2021 in Bern, Switzerland, UNITAR, UN Statistics Division (UNSD) and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in collaboration with the Global Network of Institutions for Statistical Training (GIST), organized a hybrid session “Statistics and Data Smart: Innovative solutions for increasing statistical literacy of the general public”. Conversations focused on strategies and initiatives to improve statistical literacy of different stakeholders from childr...
June 2021 - Using 3D goggles, we can now enjoy the immersive thrills of movies, games, and amusement parks. Virtual reality (VR) is no longer a new technology of the distant future but is becoming a familiar tool, and UNITAR is harnessing it to bring vivid, visceral learning across time and space.
The COVID-19 crisis greatly changed UNITAR’s training programmes. Trainees and instructors may not be able to move around because of the pandemic, but training needs have in some ways dramatically increased. To meet the needs of trainees from all over the world, UNITAR intro...
20 June 2025, Geneva, Switzerland - In observance of global efforts to address rising water stress and the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, the UNITAR Global Water Academy, the Global Water and Sanitation Center, and CIFAL Bangkok at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) co-hosted a virtual event titled ‘Streams of Change: Water Scarcity Solutions - Managing Drought Risks’. The session brought together experts in climate resilience, drought mitigation, sustainable agriculture, and water infrastructure to explore practical and technological responses ...