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17 December 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - As the situation worsens in the Central African Republic, humanitarian organizations are facing a new wave of 214,000 internally displaced persons that will bring the total IDP population to nearly 700,000 according to UN estimates dating this. In addition, over 230,000 refugees who have fled to neighbouring countries to avoid the violence.
The situation, provoked by a conflict that has peaked since the coup in March 2013, is at the centre of the attention of the UN Security Council and of several UN agencies that are mobilising…
One UN Collaboration on Access to and Awareness-Raising of Earth Observation for Sustainable Development Goals
UNOOSA and UNITAR Joint Press Release
4 September 2017, Vienna, Austria and Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) have agreed to collaborate to further their common goals, particularly the use of space-based technology for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
To achieve their shared…
28 February 2011. Geneva, Switzerland. Ambassador Patricia Espinosa, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico and the Chair of the conferences on climate change, COP16/CMP6, shared her vision of the future of the climate change response in an open dialogue with the Geneva-based diplomatic community, NGOs, and representatives of international organizations at the Palais des Nations. The event was jointly organized bythe Mexican Permanent Mission in Geneva and UNITAR, and co-chaired by Carlos Lopes, UNITAR Executive Director. While reflecting on the…
On 17 July 2009, the First Spanish-speaking Capacity Development Programme for the Promotion of International Law: “Trends in International Law” was successfully completed. This training activity took place at the Peruvian Diplomatic Academy’s headquarters in Lima from 6 to 17 July 2009. It comprised two weeks of intensive and interactive course training aimed at participants from 19 Ibero-American countries. They were selected on the basis of a rigorous procedure. As a result thereof, 29 high level candidates were chosen from a total of 220 applicants.
In order to…
UNITAR & Bangladesh Mission Delivers Participatory Approaches to Sanitation Workshop
12 July, 2018 New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and Mission of Bangladesh hosted a workshop titled, Participatory Approaches to Sanitation: Learning from Bangladesh as part of High-Level Political Forum Sustainable Development Goals Learning, Training and Practice 2018. HLPF is the central platform for review of the 2030 Agenda for SDG 6, 7, 11, 12, 15, and 17 with this year’s theme being, “Transformation towards sustainable and…
Four Hong Kong high school students won awards for their Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) projects at the first UNITAR Youth Ambassador Asia Pacific Programme event.
Alvin Wong (Innovation award) runs March to Your Beat to create music therapy solutions for autistic youth with social or learning disabilities.
Anna Wei (Presentation award) created Apogee Academy, a website where students can learn about the SDGs.
Bella Li (Impact award) established the Global Goals Council Network to connect school councils from around the world for the SDGs.
Jane Poon (Innovation aw...
17 October 2012, Lodz, Poland - From 15-16 October 2012, UNITAR participated at the conference on "Safe NANO Innovations" regarding safety of nanomaterials. Along with national participants from government, academia, NGOs, the European Commission, European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) and others, UNITAR presented its experience with regional and global awareness raising, national nano pilot projects, and the need to continue to discuss issues related to…
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported about the work of UNOSAT on volcanoes in its recent website feature “image of the day”, which referred to Volcano Nyiragongo’s activity.
The NASA article says: “Reports of low-level activity at Nyiragongo began in March 2009 and persisted through May, according to the Volcanism Blog. On May 5, 2009, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) released a report of volcanic hotspots at Nyiragongo detected by NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging…
15 February 2022, Riyadh (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), Geneva (Switzerland) - HRH Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Talal Al Saud, President of the Arab Gulf Programme for Development, AGFUND, and Mr. Nikhil Seth, Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, UNITAR, signed an agreement today to announce the establishing of the Global Partnership Hub.
The mission of the Global Partnership Hub is to harness education, research, and innovation as tools to support the achievement of all the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their related 169 targets...
10 & 17 June 2022, New York, United States — The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) held another session of the weekly training workshops for the 2022 President of the General Assembly Fellowship for HOPE (Harnessing Opportunities for Promoting Empowerment of Youth) — UNITAR NYO’s flagship initiative. Fellowship workshops are held every Friday at the United Nations Headquarters and feature multiple distinguished high-level speakers from various branches of the United Nations.
On Friday, June 10th, the PGA fellows were joined in person by ...