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The Master of Arts in Digital International Relations and Diplomacy, offered in partnership with EU Business School in Geneva, is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the complex interplay between technology, diplomacy, and international affairs. The curriculum reflects the demands of rapidly changing global dynamics, incorporating insights into digital diplomacy, cyber security, data governance, and the influence of emerging technologies on international relations. The Master in Digital International Relations & Diplomacy focusse...
Executive Vice President of the Shanghai Arbitration Commission (SHAC)Dr. Fan serves as the Executive Vice President of the Shanghai Arbitration Commission (SHAC). He has extensive knowledge of the Asia-Pacific region and is an experienced arbitrator. Over 200 arbitration proceedings have been conducted with him as presiding arbitrator, sole arbitrator or co-arbitrator under the rules of UNCITRAL, CAS, SIAC, HKIAC, KCAB, CIETAC, etc. On top of commercial arbitration, Dr. Fan’s appointments and tenures witness his extensive experiences in the…
22 April 2022, New York, United States (Hybrid) - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) held another session of the weekly training workshops for the 2022 President of the General Assembly Fellowship for HOPE (Harnessing Opportunities for Promoting Empowerment of Youth) - a flagship initiative of the UNITAR Office in New York. The session is held every Friday at the United Nations Headquarters and features multiple distinguished high-level speakers from various branches of the United Nations. , On Friday, April 22nd, the assigned theme was Dis...
Senior Negotiators Seminar: “Refining Our Negotiation Skills”
17 November 2016, Bangkok, Thailand - In October this year, UNITAR supported the delivery of a second Senior Negotiators Seminar: “Refining Our Negotiation Skills” on international diplomacy, negotiating and team-building skills. The meeting took place at a crucial time before the 22nd Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC (COP22) in Marrakesh and the first meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA1). It fostered the cohesion and unity of the group of climate change negotiators from least…
31 January, 2014, Geneva, Switzerland. Registration for UNITAR’s 2014 online courses related to Trade is now open. These courses will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed as a public official or professional in charge of trade-related issues. It is widely accepted that a well-functioning global trading system is a prerequisite for trade promotion and the development of developing countries. In the scope of one of the main objective of UNITAR, namely promoting knowledge and understanding of poverty reduction, we arededicated to delivering high-level e-Learning…
Putting it All Together – How UNOSAT Makes Sure Earthquake Relief and Early Recovery in Nepal can Count on Integrated Geo-Spatial Information
7 May 2015, Geneva, Switzerland – On 25 April, Nepal was hit be a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. As of 6 May, the number of casualties is reported at 7,675 while 16,392 have been injured. Immediately after the red alert by the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS), UNICEF and OCHA requested UNOSAT rapid mapping service. Priority areas of interest were identified and UNOSAT began the acquisition of satellite imagery…
Name: Ikram Ur Rahman
Organization: UNDP Pakistan, Mountains and Markets Project
Functional Title: Regional Project Coordinator
Country: Pakistan
Course participated in: Introductory e-Course on Climate Change and REDD+ Academy e-Course
Dr. Ikram Ur Rahman has 27 years of work experience in the field of nature conservation. In 2017, he was serving as a Regional Project Coordinator in the Mountains and Markets Project in the Northern Province of Pakistan, funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). The goal of ...
Beneficiary: Lu’isa Uai Taunga
Title: Officer, National Emergency Management Office, Tonga
Training: UNITAR Hiroshima Disaster Risk Reduction Training
Most often we find that local business owners and locals are not often present during our workshop training,
explained Lu’isa Uai Taunga, an officer with the National Emergency Management Office in the Kingdom of Tonga and participant in the UNITAR Disaster Risk Reduction Training in 2017. Lu’isa came up with a strategy to address the fact that members of the community could not take time away from work to ...
31 May 2021, Hiroshima, Japan - UNITAR Division for Prosperity announces with deep sorrow the passing of the Honourable Kenzo Oshima. A Hiroshima native, Mr. Oshima joined our advisory board in 2021 and was chair of the UNITAR Association since its establishment in October 2019, through which he led important outreach activities for UNITAR. He was a regular panelist for Ideas that Matter, a public event series organized by UNITAR Hiroshima Office, and was featured in many talks including: “70 years after WWII: Thinking about the UN and Hiroshima” and “South Sudan:...
June 2020 - Over the next 6-18 months, it is estimated that countries will invest more than US$20 trillion to recover from the fallout of COVID-19, which is expected to shrink the global economy by 3% this year. The makeup of these financial decisions—and the economic sectors that governments choose to support—will now define the shape of our societies and economies for decades to come, including our ability to respond to the climate emergency.
While the impacts of COVID-19 could cause greenhouse gas emissions to fall by as much as 4-7% this year, any respite is likely to ...