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Following the request by the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region at its meeting held in Kingston, Jamaica, in March 2010 to meet in early 2011 to prepare for the first meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG), UNITAR in conjunction with the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)Secretariat held a regional meeting on SAICM and a UNITAR workshop on nanotechnologies and manufactured nanomaterials in Panama City, Panama, from 30 May to 3 June 2011. The region recommended that the outcomes of the meeting be included in the report on…
Extended drought is causing a severe food crisis in the Horn of Africa with parts of Somalia so severely affected that no less than 100,000 people are moving within Somalia and towards neighbouring Kenya and Ethiopia in search of emergency assistance. According to OCHA reports over 11 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in the Horn of Africa. The famine is expected to spread across all regions in southern Somalia soon unless urgent measures are put in place.
UNOSAT has already published a rapid assessment of the Ethiopian border town of Dolo at the…
Francesco Pisano says: “We are continuing to equip the Programme with what it takes to do this job effectively and professionally. But this is done also to bring a distinct advantage to the entire UN family. After the partnership with Google to share crowd generated data with UNOSAT and the rest of the UN, this is a second main achievement by UNOSAT which will change the way we do things and the overall technology level of the UN. I hope this can be of help to the entire UN”. UNOSAT in fact has added to the purchase order the funds necessary to endow 3 other UN bodies with ...
1 to 6 August 2011, Addis Ababa. More than seventy Ambassadors and senior Government Officials of Ethiopia convened in Addis Ababa during the first week of August at a workshop co-organised by UNITAR’s Multilateral Diplomacy Programme (MDP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ethiopia, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, to share information and benefit from tailor-made briefings on the latest developments in business, trade and economic diplomacy. The topics discussed ranged from economic and commercial diplomacy to international perspectives on…
After years of successful research and applications in the area of geospatial information for humanitarian aid and emergency response, UNOSAT has acquired considerable technological and inter-agency knowledge in this complex and often misunderstood activity field.
With a service active 24/7 and available to the entire humanitarian community since 2003, UNOSAT has supported humanitarian agencies and programmes in some 200 disaster response and complex emergency operations worldwide, deploying to the field each time it was requested and working in close cooperation with…
Training future negotiators and mediators
The 17th UNITAR-IPI Fellowship Programme in Peacemaking and Preventive Diplomacy concludes in Norway
Conflict prevention, as one of the major obligations under the Charter of the United Nations, requires Member States and the UN Secretariat to develop and nurture the necessary talent and knowledge in their diplomats and staff to keep up with international best practices and to equip them with the latest conflict resolution skills.
During the two-week UNITAR-IPI Fellowship Programme in…
In late June, on the occasion of the UNITAR Board of Trustees meeting in Beijing, UNITAR Executive Director Carlos Lopes and UNITAR staff undertook a series of key meetings with a wide variety of senior officials in the Chinese government and academia. The meetings were aimed at strengthening the already close cooperation between UNITAR and China.
Mr. Lopes met with the Vice-Minister Li Ganjie of the Ministry of Environmental Protection on 25 June 2010. The Vice-Minister and Mr. Lopes recounted the long history of close cooperation between MEP and UNITAR in the area of…
"Smarter partnerships in a complex world: the potential of MDG 8"
20 September, 10 am – 2:30 pm, Conference Room 5, North Lawn Building, UN Headquarters“
Partnerships lie at the heart of success stories of progress towards the MDGs. In the current context of decreasing ODA, smarter partnerships involving new actors, innovative features and accountability have proven their effectiveness in leveraging the maximum from development resources. They should be replicated to further accelerate progress towards the MDGs by 2015.
This event will showcase outstanding partnership…
18 June 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR announces two upcoming e-Learning courses on the topics of cosmopolitan communication and mediation skills.
Cosmopolitan Communication: Connecting across Diplomats, Business Leaders and Civil Society Actors
As a result of the globalisation process, individuals and organizations constantly need to be engaged in developing their intercultural competences in order to operate effectively in a multilateral setting and avoid barriers and prejudices in negotiation and mediation processes. Moreover, the understanding of cultural…
17 January 2014, Geneva, Switzerland - UNOSAT released fresh analysis illustrating how people are fleeing violence in urban areas in South Sudan to seek refuge at UN bases nearby. In one of the analyses, UNOSAT experts have documented the growth of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Rubkona base of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). The analysis shows the progressive increase of informal shelters erected by IDPs to settle in the UN base, most probably to seek safety. Imagery analysis reveals that a portion of the UNMISS compound is in use by IDPs, occupying…