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「被爆80年核兵器をなくす国際市民フォーラム」の一環として、国連ユニタールは日本核兵器廃絶キャンペーン（JANA）との共催で、2025年2月9日に聖心女子大学（東京・広尾）で公開セッションを開催します。このセッションでは、タリク・ラウフ氏（元国際原子力機関検証・安全保障政策課長）をはじめ、国際機関で活躍してきた専門家を招き、核軍縮に向けた課題を参加者とともに考える機会を提供します。世界が直面する安全保障や外交問題に触れつつ、国連が取り組む核兵器管理の動向や、2026年核兵器不拡散条約（NPT）運用検討会議の展望等を議論します。また、公開セッション後、株式会社フジタおよび株式会社たびまちゲート広島との協力により、被爆の実相をより正確に伝え、核兵器廃絶の重要性を皆様に再認識していただくために、バーチャル・リアリティー（VR）技術を用いた体験を提供しています。会場参加には事前登録およびチケットの購入が必要です。なお、第一部の公開セッションのライブストリーム配信はフォーラムのサイトから無料でご覧いただけます。, 2025年1月22日、広島 –「被爆80年核兵器をなくす国際市民フォーラム」の一環として、国連ユニタールは日本核兵器廃絶キャンペーン（JANA）との共催で、2025年2月9日に聖心女子大学（東京・広尾）で公開セッションを開催します。...
Kossiwa J. Tossoukpe is the founder of KESecurix - Diversity in Security, and a former police officer in Zurich, Switzerland. At age 21, she was the youngest in her police academy class, and the first Black woman to join the force. Kossiwa studied at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York and the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland, where she obtained a Master's degree in International Relations and Global Security. She was also a Trainee at UNITAR's Division for Peace, supporting the pre-deployment training team. Kossiwa's consultancy firm focuses on enhanc...
Over the past decade or two, increasing efforts have been directed to promote gender equality and empowerment of women in all sectors of society, including women’s participation in leadership and decision-making positions. To contribute to this common objective, the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and UNITAR organised a series of three e-workshops on gender, women’s leadership and mentoring in November and December 2020. The series aimed to strengthen female leaders’ confidence, resilience and leadership capacities, and targeted women and men in leadership pos...
On 13 November 2024, UNITAR signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Wolverhampton aimed to foster innovative education models, cutting-edge research, and meaningful international cooperation to advance SDG progress across sectors.UNITAR and the University of Wolverhampton will develop programmes, doctoral and post-doctoral fellowships, research centre, and conferences to enhance the international dissemination of knowledge and SDG solutions. The University of Wolverhampton will leverage its expertise to design specialised courses, degree programmes,...
Twenty-two 2021 UNITAR Hiroshima Youth Ambassadors are exploring ideas to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) in a post-COVID-19 world.
In the 3-month programme, Hiroshima high school students examine today’s pressing issues so they can become future global leaders.
The 2021 round started in July and will include five workshops and group work.
The Youth Ambassadors will make their final presentations on 24 October 2021 in a public webinar (in Japanese only).
Leading companies NEC and H&M joined to give the Youth Ambassadors a broader perspective of th...
UNITAR hosts Orientation Course on the Economic and Social Council
23 January 2018, New York City, U.S.A – The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) have jointly hosted a one-day orientation course on the Economic and Social Council for the Members of the Council. The event was hosted in the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
The orientation course consisted of six different sessions which covered a wide variet...
11 March 2025, Newcastle, Australia - The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Progress Report 2024 of the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Newcastle (CIFAL Newcastle) is a collective effort by the University of Newcastle community and broader stakeholder engagement. The report details linkages between SDGs, the university and the community as a whole, illuminating opportunities for stakeholders to foster partnerships and work towards common goals. Within the community and surrounding region, CIFAL Newcastle has made a profound impact. As th...
People’s well-being is rooted in economic, social, and environmental security. Sustained and inclusive economic growth through entrepreneurship and private-sector development can drive progress, create decent jobs, and improve living standards. The Resilient Ideas for Sustainable Entrepreneurship (RISE) Lab’s mission is to foster innovation through comprehensive courses in entrepreneurship, financial literacy, digital skills, leadership, and sustainability. We empower entrepreneurs and professionals to refine ideas, grow sustainable businesses, and develop intrap...
Women and youth in Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe are invited to apply for the UNITAR programme Developing Green Livelihoods for Women and Youth in Africa: Strengthening Food Security, Supporting Climate-Resilient Economies.
The training programme aims to build the participants’ entrepreneurial and digital skills so they can develop climate-resilient businesses and create inclusive, environmentally responsible and viable employment and livelihood opportunities that contribute to climate mitigation.
The programme will run from September 2023 to February 2024 and have onli...
In 2020, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) implemented the Vanuatu Electoral Environment Project (VEEP). This initiative aimed to assist the Republic of Vanuatu in the supervision of registration of electors and the planning and implementation of democratic elections for parliament, province, and municipal councils.
UNDP VEEP needed support from the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) to identify housing buildings throughout the 83 islands in order to plan their electoral and civil registration campaign. Satellite imagery analysis has been useful globall...