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Inter-agency Capacity Development Proposal at the UNEA-2 in Nairobi
25 May 2016, Nairobi, Kenya - The second session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2) is currently taking place at the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya (23 – 27 May 2016). This year’s UNEA theme is focused on “Delivering on the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. The Assembly represents the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment, and serves as the environmental parliament that adopts resolutions for action to address the…
UNITAR/South Centre E-Learning Course on Intellectual Property Policy and Development – Register Now
15 August - 30 September 2011. Registration is now open for the UNITAR/South Centre E-Learning Course on Intellectual Property Policy and Development, which will be offered through the Internet from 15 August to 30 September 2011 (seven weeks).
This executive-level course, which has been developed jointly with South Centre, an Intergovernmental Organization of developing countries, is intended to educate and enable government delegates, public and private sector officials in charge of IP related issues, and other stakeholders to further understand the linkages between IP…
国連ユニタール親善大使は、様々な分野で活躍する著名人がその知名度や経験を活かし、国連ユニタール及び持続可能な繁栄局、広島事務所の周知や啓発活動に協力していただく制度です。大使は無報酬で1年間、持続可能な開発目標（SDGs）や平和、ジェンダーなど、様々な分野での発信と働き掛けを行います。
国連親善大使は様々な分野で活躍する著名人が、その知名度を活かして、無報酬で国連ユニタールを含む国連の活動をサポートしていきます。芸術、科学、芸能やスポーツなど幅広い分野の最前線で活躍する著名人が、その才能とエネルギーを使って、国連機関の活動や意義を広く普及し啓発活動を展開していきます。また、持続可能な開発目標（SDGs）推進に向けて社会経済や環境の持続可能性確保への協力を呼びかけていきます。国連ユニタール親善大使は、国連ユニタールと共に世界の人びとの生活向上に貢献していきます。, 400mハードル日本記録をもつ、元陸上選手の為末大さんが、2021年7月から国連ユニタール親善大使を務めています。為末さんは、スプリント種目の世界大会で日本人として初めてメダルを獲得し、シドニー・アテネ・北京と3度のオリンピックに日本代表として出場しました。2001年に男子400メートルハードルで日本記録を樹立され、2022年7月現在もその記録は破られていません。広島市出身で、被爆...
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Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Training Programme In-Person Workshop Resumes in Hiroshima
UNITAR Division for Prosperity/Hiroshima Office will hold the Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Training Programme from 13-18 February 2023 in Hiroshima, Japan.
This is the first time UNITAR Hiroshima Office will hold this programme’s in-person workshops since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.
Nearly 20 diplomats and government officials from Asian countries will learn the theoretical and practical components of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.
UNITAR also invites you to a public seminar in Hiroshima City on 18 February 2023 to raise awarenes...
April 19th, 2024, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm CEST, blended format in Varembé Conference Centre (CCV) , 9-11 rue de Varembé, CH-1202 Geneva and online.
In July 2023, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres announced the release of a new policy brief with a “New Agenda for Peace”. 30 years after the original “Agenda for Peace”, this new roadmap sets a new tone in a starkly different world: “We are now at an inflexion point. The post-cold war period is over. A transition is underway to a new global order”. Signaling a pivotal moment, the New Ag...
Exploring Geneva Through the Lens of the United Nations: First UNITAR-UOC Master Field Trip
25 – 27 July 2018, Geneva, Switzerland – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) was pleased to welcome a group of students to Geneva for a Field Trip as part of the Online Master in International Affairs and Diplomacy, held jointly with the Open University of Catalonia (UOC). This was the first ever field trip for the Master Programme, in which students were able to explore the functions of different agencies of the United Nations and deepen their…
Results-oriented and participatory planning can help achieving concrete improvements in environmental quality. In order to support local authorities in developing environmental quality management plans through multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder collaboration, the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications of Costa Rica (MINAET) released a training manual entitled “Governance and Environmental Quality Management”. The document was developed in cooperation with five cantons. According to María Guzmán Ortiz, Director of the Environmental Quality Management…
28 November 2024 Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and ADN Group, in partnership with the Doha Forum, are proud to announce the agenda and panelists for the upcoming Doha World Negotiation Day taking place at the Sheraton Grand, in Doha, Qatar on December 9th, 2024 (15:00 – 18:00). The event will begin with an opening ceremony, followed by two panels as described below and the bestowing of the ‘Doha Best Negotiator of the Year 2024’ Award. After the event we invite participants to join a reception. , In an era m...
Diplomat Aiyarat Kosakul of Thailand participated in UNITAR Hiroshima Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Training Programme in February 2024.The programme provided fundamental information about global nuclear disarmament with perspectives unique to Hiroshima.Aiyarat relishes the dynamism of diplomacy. He expects to collaborate with his fellow UNITAR alumni in the future., 8 November 2024, Hiroshima, Japan - Aiyarat Kosakul is First Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand. He works in the Peace Security and Disarmament Division on issues related...