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With the aim of addressing the growing challenge of money laundering and financing of terrorism, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) will conduct from October 3 to November 25, 2011 a new online course on Combating Money Laundering in partnership with Agence pour la Coopération et le Développement -Banques Populaires (ABPCD).
This course, which is entitled « Combating Money Laundering », was developped specifically to respond to the training needs of senior and middle level finance-sector professionals, with a special emphasis on private and…
10 November 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - International experts agree that Cyclone Haiyan that hit the Philippines on 9 November was "probably the most intense and strongest storm of this type to make landfall". While cyclones of this intensity have occurred before, they usually lose part of their strength by the time they reach shore. Not Haiyan, which swept through six central Philippine islands packing winds of up to 270 Km/h and causing immense damage and probably unprecedented loss of life.
Official estimates by the Philippines government speak of over 600,000 people…
St. Gallen Students Visited UNITAR to Learn about the New Agenda for Sustainable Development
Following to the 1st Youth Climate Dialogues with the Lilongwe Girls Secondary School (Malawi) held in November 2015, the students from St. Gallen (Switzerland) visited UNITAR to learn more about climate change and sustainable development.
8 February, Geneva, Switzerland - The school visit of the St.Gallen Kantonsschule am Burggraben (Switzerland) to the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) featured a presentation of UNITAR’s history and role…
Youth Climate Dialogues (YCDs) Go Beyond Swiss Borders
9 November 2016, Geneva, Switzerland - Following is one of the many personal experiences one student from Lycee International de Ferney-Voltaire shared during the last Youth Climate Dialogue (YCD).
“As a kid, every autumn I used to visit my grandmother and we would collect many apples from her apple tree. For days I would eat apples for breakfast, lunch and dinner. She always used to say, ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’. It’s been 5 years since the last apple was seen on that tree.”
On the 19th…
Pacific Island nationals are invited to apply for the “Leave No One Behind: Rapid Response to Climate Crises through Early Warning Systems” training programme.The programme will teach individuals how to effectively disseminate, monitor, analyse and respond to early warning systems for climate-related hazards and extreme weather events.The programme will be in English and will run in two phases from July to November 2024. The first phase will be online, and the top performers will be invited to join the second phase in Japan.UNITAR certificates of completion will be issued t...
NAP-GSP Launches a New Publication on “Skills Assessment for National Adaptation Planning”
4 April 2015, Bonn, Germany - UNITAR together with joint UNDP-UNEP National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Support Programme held a parallel session at the NAP Expo 2015 entitled Building National Capacities for the NAP Process.
The side event was conducted in French and English and focused on the launch of a NAP-GSP knowledge product entitled “Skills Assessment for National Adaptation Planning – How Countries Can Identify the Gap” developed by UNITAR in collaboration with the…
22-23 June 2011, Reims, France. Through a partnership with the Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UNITAR is supporting the creation of a Focal Point on Sustainability Studies which is to be established following The First “Rencontres internationales de Reims” conference on Sustainability Studies. Linking economy, society and environment around a paradigm that favours all these aspects equally and sustainably will be the centre point of discussions bringing eminent professors, thinkers and practitioners from different continents and from the North and South.
To combine…
UNITAR and Anheuser-Busch InBev Sign Partnership Agreement to Collaborate on Road Safety
14 February 2018, Geneva, Switzerland - Today, Mr. Carlos Brito, Chief Executive Officer of Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) and Mr. Nikhil Seth, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), signed a partnership agreement to collaborate to improve road safety. This public-private partnership aims to significantly tackle road safety and, ultimately, save lives.
Road traffic…
18 July 2022, New York, USA – Today, UNITAR unveiled a road safety mural offered to New York City. The artwork, curated by Street Art for Mankind (SAM) and created by street artist Dragon76, supports the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety (2021-2030), conveys road safety messages and envisions a future in which roads are safer places for drivers and pedestrians. The mural was made possible thanks to the support of AB InBev Foundation and AB InBev. The wall was donated by the Chhabra family and the production was facilitated by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TB...
25 April 2025, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR and UNESCO, in collaboration with a group of universities, have launched a new initiative “Leaders in Higher Education Alliance and Programme – For Accelerating Sustainability Transformations” (LEAP-FAST) aimed at creating a movement of committed sustainability leaders in higher education to advance deep transformations and enable HEIs to fulfil their potential with regards to contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Higher education is not just a place of learning, but is a powerful driver of sustainability and re...