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September 2020, All communities are at risk of emergencies and disasters, including those associated with natural hazards, infectious disease outbreaks, conflicts, technological and other hazards. Particularly in the context of increased urbanization and climate change, frequency, severity and impact of those events are crucial. Currently, countries face the COVID-19 pandemic with millions of cases and thousands of deaths confirmed worldwide, demonstrating the profound impact that pandemics have for public health systems and for oth...
UNITAR Contributes to Habitat III Discussions on Urban Legislation and Municipal Finance
5-6 July 2016, Quito, Ecuador - UNITAR’s Decentralized Cooperation Programme (DCP) in collaboration with the Government of Ecuador hosted the second series of webinars aimed to raise awareness of key topics related to the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III). 330 participants from Ecuador and Latin American countries joined the webinars on 5 and 6 July to learn about Urban Legislation and Municipal Finance.
In the framework…
CIFAL Philippines Raises Awareness about Road Safety amongst College Students in the Philippines
22 February 2018, Quezon City, the Philippines - The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in the Philippines (CIFAL Philippines) and the University of the Philippines (UP), in cooperation with the Honda Safety Driving Center organized a practical workshop on motorcycle road safety for students of the New Era University in Quezon City, Metro Manila.
The event was held on 22 February 2018 and is part of the Students on Safety Campus Tour,…
UNITAR, King Prajadhipoks Institute, ESCAP Host Best Practice Sharing Workshop
20 - 21 March 2018, Bangkok, Thailand - UNITAR in partnership with the King Prajadhipok’s Institute (KPI), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), the People’s Safety Foundation and in close collaboration with the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in the Philippines (CIFAL Philippines) hosted a multi-stakeholder road safety workshop in Bangkok, Thailand on 20-21 March 2018.
The workshop brought together 25 government…
Céline Arslane is a young woman entrepreneur from Lebanon who believes that education and mental health are fundamental human rights.
Lebanon’s deep economic crisis is forcing many students to work for a living and drop out of university.
Céline started a platform to offer flexible online tutoring to Lebanese university students. She hopes to incorporate more mental health components in the future.
Céline joined the UNITAR Great Ideas Space 2022: Entrepreneurship for Public Health and COVID-19 Recovery Programme.
The programme was “life-changing”, encourag...
23 February 2021, New York, USA and Guatemala City, Guatemala – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research New York Office (UNITAR NYO) hosted a course on the work of the ECOSOC, entitled “UNITAR Orientation Course of the ECOSOC for Guatemala Delegates” on 23 February 2021. As with the previous course held in January, this training took place in an online format, attracting over 20 delegates that participated from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Mission of Guatemala in New York. The UNITAR New York office delivered a three-session onl...
Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) are effective tools for the collection and dissemination of data on emissions and transfers of a determined list of chemicals. The availability of this information can help policy-makers to identify the source of chemical pollution in the country to make informed decisions on how to best remediate degraded environments and enact policies related to the sound management of chemicals. In this regard, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) of Mongolia del...
Electronic waste in 13 Latin American countries rose by 49% between 2010 and 2019, roughly the world average, but just 3% was collected and safely managed, a fraction of the 17.4% global average, according to the UN’s first assessment of Latin America’s e-waste volume, legislation, and management infrastructure.
In 2019, e-waste generated by 206 million citizens in the 13 countries reached 1,300,000 tonnes (1.3 megatonnes, of which almost 30% was plastic) – equal in weight to a 670 km line of fully-loaded 40-ton trucks. The comparable figure in 2010 was 900,000 tonne...
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UNITAR Hosts Road Safety Conference in Support of Safer Roads for Gurugram
27 - 29 August 2018, Gurugram, India - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in collaboration with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, the apex body for Road Safety in the State of Haryana – Transport Department and the Safer Roads for Gurugram Initiative hosted the “Road Safety High Level Conference” in Gurugram, India. The Conference was officially inaugurated by Mr. Dhanpat Singh, Additional Chief Secretary of the State of Haryana Transport Department and Mr.…