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The UNITAR Division for Multilateral Diplomacy is thrilled to present its newest master’s degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy in cooperation with the Ecole Supérieure des Affaires (ESA) in Beirut. This year-long program set to start in October 2020, intends to deepen students’ understanding of international affairs and effectively prepare them for an exciting career in diplomacy.
Classes taught by experts in fields ranging from Geopolitics to Negotiation and even Business Law will take place over 6 months in ESA’s beautiful campus in downtown Beirut. After follow...
UNITAR - University of Stirling LLM/MSc Human Rights and Diplomacy Information SessionJoin course experts to learn more about the LLM/MSc Human Rights and Diplomacy, and ask any questions you may have about the programme.Date: 30 April 2025Time: 15:00 PM CESTRegister to attend here >, This Human Rights and Diplomacy programme offers a distinctive blend of theoretical knowledge and practical experience. Students will engage with modules covering human rights law and politics, the history and philosophical foundations of UN human rights institutions, and receive hands-on t...
10 September 2022, Geneva, Switzerland – International Criminal Law has come a long way since the Nuremberg trials and the entry into force of the Rome statute almost twenty years ago. Paralleling the prosecution of high-level cases, a plethora of accountability mechanisms continue to thrive. Among them we can count truth commissions, international and hybrid tribunals, fact-finding missions and investigations. While these developments have helped to satisfy the demand for justice around the word, they have also fueled debates about the state of international law, internati...
22 July 2019, Geneva, Switzerland - The Division for Multilateral Diplomacy (DMD) of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) successfully hosted the second cohort of students from the International Leaders Professional Diploma Program in a 6-day in-depth workshop in Geneva from the 12th to 18th of June 2019.
The International Leaders Program was launched as a result of the partnership between the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) with the vision to create a network o...
3 February 2022, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) announce a new partnership to jointly design and develop a range of innovative training programmes.
The UNIDIR-UNITAR cooperation will leverage each institution’s unique expertise to design and create innovative training programmes that will address a growing need for capacity-building at the intersection between emerging technologies, international security, and disarmament.
UNITAR’s experti...
04 December 2023, Lusaka, Zambia - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) recently conducted a four-day training at the Zambia Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies (ZIDIS) in Lusaka, Zambia, with the goal of enhancing the skills of Zambian diplomats in Digital and Economic Diplomacy. UNITAR looks forward to continuing the partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Zambia and ZIDIS.
This activity was made possible through UNITAR's Leave No One Behind Fund ...
MDP recently held a 2-week long training for participants from the Islamic Development Bank. One of the key workshops dealt with Multilateral Diplomacy and, as such, confronted participants with current challenges in international affairs and diplomacy, at the forefront of which lies the issue of climate change. Participants analyzed the challenges that climate change can pose to international businesses and multilateral diplomacy. They recognized the impact that climate change will have for international businesses, such as the Islamic Development Bank, and the importance ...
Enhancing International Scientific Cooperation: Arctic Science and Technology Advice with Ministries
23 December 2021, Geneva, Switzerland – The rapidly changing Arctic is leading to economic and governance implications worldwide. Decreasing sea ice is opening new trade routes between Asia and Europe as well as increasing natural resource extraction, environmental exploration, and tourism.
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the melting glaciers, disappearing sea ice, and thawing permafrost in the Arctic have led to predominantly negative impacts, particularly on food security, water resources, water quality, infrastructure, transportation, ...
June 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - What are the most effective tools in preventing and countering corruption? What connects anti-corruption to diplomacy and international relations? And which role do education and training play in this regard? Those are the main points and questions that UNITAR’s Executive Director and United Nations Assistant Secretary-General Nikhil Seth and the Dean of the International Anti-Corruption Academy Dr. Thomas Stelzer discussed in the June edition of UN Today. The interview underlines the crucial role and immense im...
17 January 2018, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR is pleased to announce the launch of the first edition of its Online Master in International Affairs and Diplomacy in partnership with the Open University of Catalonia.
In an increasingly interconnected, globalized and complex world, where the importance of multilateral dialogue and cooperation is ever growing, the demand for training and capacity development in the field of international relations and diplomacy is constantly rising. In this regard, the establishment of this innovative Online Master in International A...