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As the final fellowships are being awarded for the 2025 intake of the UPEACE–UNITAR Master’s and Certificate Programmes, the Art for Peace initiative offers an opportunity to reflect on how creative and digital solutions can be mobilized in support of education and equity. Launched through a collaboration between the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the University for Peace (UPEACE), the initiative explores the role of culture, technology, and cross-sector partnerships in expanding access to high-quality postgraduate education for individuals ...
アントニオ・グテーレス国連事務総長は2022年8月6日、被爆77年を偲び広島（日本）を訪れました。
日本各地の若手活動家が事務総長と非公式な対話を行いました。
平和でより安全かつ持続可能な世界、すなわち核兵器のない世界を実現するために若者がなしうることやその課題について話し合いました。
「Power of Youth from Hiroshima」は、国連軍縮部（UNODA）、国連広報センター（UNIC東京）、国連ユニタール（UNITAR）、広島県／へいわ創造機構ひろしま（HOPe）の共催で開かれました。
, 2022年8月12日 広島（日本） - 広島に原爆が投下されて77年となった8月6日、国連ユニタールは核軍縮・不拡散に改めて声をあげました。平和記念式典などに出席するため広島を訪れたアントニオ・グテーレス国連事務総長と日本各地の若手活動家が非公式に語り合う「Power of Youth from Hiroshima」を開催（国連軍縮部（UNODA）・国連広報センター（UNIC東京）・国連ユニタール（UNITAR）・広島県／へいわ創造機構ひろしま（HOPe）共催）。核軍縮・不拡散の課題や核兵器のない世界を実現するための革新的な解決策についての意見交換を世界に配信しました。
事務総長との対話にはユースパネリストの他、広島県（日本...
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...
11 March, 2021, Hiroshima, Japan - The early months of 2021 have witnessed significant developments in nuclear disarmament efforts, including the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and an extension of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) through 2026. At the same time, the COVID-19 pandemic is impeding face-to face meetings between delegates, thus stagnating dialogues on nuclear disarmament. Training in negotiation techniques specific for nuclear disarmament remains an urgent need, however, if we are to main...
28 February 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - The Local Development Programme of UNITAR, in partnership with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), is launching an e-Learning course in Spanish on Sustainable Urban Mobility in Developing Countries. The course will be running from 3 April to 10 July 2013.
The course addresses below questions as well as provides solutions and alternative approaches that target a more sustainable transport system in developing cities.
Do we dare to create a transport model different from that of the so-called advanced world…
The year 2025 marks 80 years since the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings – the first and only use of nuclear weapons in the world – and the 50th anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). In 2021, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entered into force, cementing a categorial ban on nuclear weapons.Based in the symbolic city of Hiroshima, UNITAR Division for Prosperity has an inherent interest in nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. Since 2015, we have been training government officials from Asian countries who are on...
The National Adaptation Plans (NAP), coordinated by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), aim to reduce vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, by building adaptive capacity and resilience. It further facilitates the integration of climate change adaptation, in a coherent manner, into relevant new and existing policies, programmes and activities (1). UNITAR is involved in several of the programmes of the NAP process such as the Integrating Agriculture in NAPs (NAP-Ag) and it is a partner in the NAP Global Support Programme (NA...
Hayder Alla’ Abdulzahra is a young Iraqi entrepreneur who aims to improve access to medical services.
Hayder is developing an app to provide online medical consultations, advice, tutorials, prescriptions and other services to Iraqis.
To build his entrepreneurial skills, Hayder joined the UNITAR Great Ideas Space 2022: Entrepreneurship for Public Health and COVID-19 Recovery programme.
, 25 May 2023, Hiroshima, Japan - Baghdad is home to a growing community of entrepreneurs looking to make a mark. However, without the proper experience and tools, many of these aspiring b...
Presentation of CIFAL Malaga and its Executive Board
27 July 2018, Malaga, Spain - Mr. Alex Mejia, Director of the Division for People and Social Inclusion of UNITAR alongside Mr. Francisco de la Torre, Mayor of Malaga, oversaw the creation of the Board of CIFAL (Centro Internacional de Formación para Autoridades y Líderes) Malaga. During this public event hosted in Malaga, the City Council signed three Memorandum of Understandings (MOU) with Unicaja Bank, the University of Malaga, and the Confederation of Andalusia Businessmen, each represented by their…
OUAGADOUGOU -- On 31 March 2010, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Municipality of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso inaugurated the new headquarters of the International Training Center for Local Actors (CIFAL Ouagadougou). Funded by the Municipality of Ouagadougou, the new headquarters is comprised of a training room with a capacity of one hundred training places and many offices for running the training center’s daily operations.
The CIFAL Ouagadougou is part of the international network of training centers set up by UNITAR which aims at…