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The 2nd UNITAR International Research Conference (UIRC 2024) took place on 3-4 December 2024 at the United Nations Offices in Brussels, Belgium, marking a significant milestone in the exploration of higher education's role in global peace and sustainable development. This event brought together academics, researchers, policymakers, and international organizations to explore the evolving role of higher education in conflict resolution, peacebuilding, and sustainable governance. It served as a platform for knowledge exchange, fostering research-based approaches that alig...
1 July 2021, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR jointly with the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in York (CIFAL York, Canada), the International Social Marketing Association and AB InBev hosted a dialogue with 83 experts, officials, and representatives from the public and private sectors about lessons learned and challenges regarding COVID-19 vaccine deployment, as well as to present a new tool developed by UNITAR that offers practical examples of actions companies can make to contribute to help reduce the impact of this virus on the population by workin...
ケニア出身のLilian Oliviaさんは、ジェンダーとテクノロジー専門の弁護士であり、ジェンダーに基づくオンライン上の暴力を防止する非営利団体の創設者です。彼女の活動は、自身が受けたオンラインハラスメントという個人的な経験が影響しており、若い女性や少女たちを支援する道を選ぶきっかけとなりました。国連ユニタール「アフリカの女性と若者のためのエッセンシャル・デジタルスキル開発：デジタル経済における雇用機会と生活向上の促進」研修事業を通じて習得したプロジェクト管理、サイバーセキュリティ、マインドフルネスといった重要なスキルは、彼女が活動の規模を拡大させるのに役立ちました。彼女は今後、アフリカ全土のより多くの地域に活動の場を広げ、オンライン上の暴力への対応を強化するための政策変更にもはたらきかけたいと考えています。, 2025年2月25日、広島、日本 – ナイロビ出身のジェンダーとテクノロジー専門の弁護士であるLilian Oliviaさんは、女性と女児にとってより安全なデジタル空間をつくる活動に取り組んでいます。現在、イギリスで法律、イノベーション、テクノロジーの修士課程を履修中のLilianさんは、オンラインハラスメントやネットいじめ撲滅に対する意識向上と解決策を提供するための非営利団体をケニアに設立し、活動しています。Lilian...
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 calls to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts with strong emphasis on further implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). While climate change is a global phenomenon, some countries are more vulnerable to a warming planet. Given this, the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) was created in 2009 as a South-South cooperation platform for collective action to address global climate change. In 2021, UNITAR partnered wit...
23 - 24 January 2019, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China – UNITAR, in collaboration with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP), and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) successfully held the Learning Conference “Implementing the 2030 Agenda in the Asia-Pacific Region” in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, on the 23rd and 24th of January 2019. The conference was attended by more than 95 participants, including government officials leading the...
A record 62 million tonnes (Mt) of e-waste was produced in 2022, Up 82% from 2010;
On track to rise another 32%, to 82 million tonnes, in 2030;
Billions of dollars worth of strategically-valuable resources squandered, dumped;
Just 1% of rare earth element demand is met by e-waste recycling.
Contacts:
Ruediger Kuehr, SCYCLE, UNITAR, +49 228 815 0213/4, ruediger.kuehr@unitar.org
David Hirsch, ITU, +41 22 730 5092; pressinfo@itu.int
Terry Collins, +1 416 878 8712; tc@tca.tc
The full Global E-waste Monitor report is available at: www.globalewaste.org, 20 March 2024,...
2024年1月24日、広島 ― 国連ユニタール持続可能な繁栄局は、2024年2月10日(土)午前10時から午前11時30分まで、広島平和記念資料館メモリアルホールで公開フォーラム「核軍縮と平和な世界の実現」を、一般社団法人国連ユニタール協会と共催します。このフォーラムは、国際紛争の現況や核軍縮に関する理解を深め、参加者に平和な世界の実現について考えていただくことを目的としています。
パネリストとして、核兵器禁止条約交渉会議で議長を務めたコスタリカ元ジュネーブ国連大使のエレイン・ホワイト氏、元国際原子力機関（IAEA）検証安全保障政策課長のタリク・ラウフ氏、公益財団法人広島平和文化センター理事長・平和首長会議事務総長の香川剛廣氏が登壇します。参加費無料（参加には事前登録が必要）。日英同時通訳あり。
フォーラムでは、核軍縮、核不拡散、および現在進行中の武力紛争、特にウクライナ、中東に焦点を当て、専門家の視点に触れることができます。
本フォーラムは、広島県、広島市、公益財団法人広島平和文化センター、平和首長会議、中国新聞社のご支援により実施されます。, 今回の公開フォーラムは、2024年2月5日から2月10日までの5日間の日程で、広島で実施される核軍縮・不拡散(NDNP)研修の一環として開催されます。今年で9年目を迎える本研修では、核拡散防...
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is one of the most recent arrivals in Bonn and, by establishing its presence through an office, joins 24 other UN entities collectively “shaping a sustainable future” in a unique space of creativity and cooperation.
The UNITAR Bonn office will provide a full range of services spanning its work across all pillars of Agenda 2030, together with flagship programmes on multi-lateral diplomacy, climate change learning, e-waste, non-communicable disease, peace and satellite analysis & research. UNITAR provides in...
On 14 July 2020, UNICEF, UNECA and UNITAR organized an online side event “Strengthening National Capacities for the World We Want – Embedding Evaluation in Voluntary National Reviews” during the virtual 2020 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). The event aimed to explore and promote the use of evaluative thinking and evidence within Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs). Representatives from UNICEF, UNECA and UNITAR were joined by panelists from several African countries to share their experiences and the challenges and opportunities they have faced in ...
1 July 2016, Geneva, Switzerland. UNITAR will deliver 2 learning sessions at this year’s High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF2016), in New York, on 14 July from 10:00 to 12:00 and on 15 July from 15:00 to 17:00. The sessions will aim to promote an improved understanding of requirements related to harmonized policies and inclusive national review and M&E systems for the SDGs. They will feature renowned international and national experts and will be organized as part of the HLPF SDGs Learning, Training and Practice Center.
The High-Level Pol...