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15 March 2024, New York, USA – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Office in New York successfully organized an Expert-Level Workshop on Addressing the Threats Posed by Sea Level Rise. The event occurred from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations. , On behalf of the Co-Facilitators of the process for the GA decision 78/544 of 16 January 2024, the Permanent Representatives of Costa Rica and New Zealand, UNITAR partnered with the Global Center for Climate Mobility (GCCM) and the Republic of Kore...
On 11 February 2025, UNITAR signed a memorandum of understanding with QSS AI and Robotics, a Saudi Arabian technology company, to advance artificial intelligence and robotics in support of the Sustainable Development Goals.The partnership will develop and deliver training programmes, workshops and research initiatives on AI and robotics in education, health care, environment sustainability and economic development.UNITAR and QSS AI and Robotics collaborate to drive inclusive and sustainable economic prosperity across the world through innovation and technology., 12 February...
27 April 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - The current pandemic increased the importance of well-developed negotiation, mediation, and leadership skills for successful crisis management. Critically analysing political, historical, and economic factors is key to understand complex problems and to solve disputes effectively. Therefore, UNITAR and The Ambassador Partnership decided to cooperate to empower growth-oriented professionals working in bi- and multilateral diplomacy, as well as current and future policy leaders. Following the signing of a Letter of Agreement, UNITAR a...
The field of agriculture and trade raises a host of connected issues, such as food security and food safety, environmental and other consumer concerns. It is also one where the extensive degree of domestic regulation needs to be taken into account in the negotiations. There is, as well, often a gap in policy formulation between national development objectives and the role of agricultural trade in the pursuit of these objectives. Agriculture is not only one of the most sensitive negotiating issues, it is also one of those subjects where a simple North-South presentation of…
In order to respond to training needs of law professionals from the Union of Myanmar, UNITAR, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, conducted an International Law Training for Qualified Professionals which took place in Yangon from 29 November to 10 December 2010. The training was attended by sixty participants from different ministries such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Commerce, as well as from academia.
The courses were designed to be highly interactive and participatory and included…
Coming from Iraq, Côte d’Ivoire, Darfur, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and Liberia, to the Middle East, Central Asia, East Timor and Haiti, the heads of the United Nations Peace Operations around the world gathered in Switzerland 10 to 12 February 2011 for the annual Seminar for Special and Personal Representatives and Envoys of the Secretary-General organized by UNITAR in association with the UN System Staff College. The seminar provides a unique opportunity for Heads of Mission and Headquarters officials to exchange knowledge and experience to enhance UN…
In the framework of their collaboration aiming to jointly develop a series of learning programmes in the field of knowledge management, UNITAR and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are developing the course Innovative Collaboration for Development, an e-learning course on social media tools.
The course focuses on capacitating development professionals to adequately use the potential of social media tools to enhance the efficiency of their work, increase the outreach of their organizations, and contribute to the improvement of the effectiveness of the development…
1 May 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - The three conventions* that govern chemicals and hazardous waste safety at the global level will, for the first time, convene jointly in a meeting of the parties in Geneva from 28 April to 10 May 2013. Nearly two thousand participants from more than 160 countries will attend the two-week long meeting. The objective of the "Ordinary and extraordinary meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions” is to strengthen the implementation of the three conventions at the national, regional, and…
9 April 2013, Kabul, Afghanistan - UNITAR recently launched the Call for Applications for the 10th annual cycle of its highly successful Fellowship for Afghanistan Programme. The Fellowship is a seven-month long programme which builds the capacity and enhances the leadership, management, and professional skills of a core group of senior government officials, academics, and practitioners from Afghanistan. Sharing Hiroshima's lessons in post-conflict reconstruction, the Fellowship discusses important themes such as organization development and change, project design and…
UNITAR's Executive Director Meets wih the President of ECOSOC
16 February 2017, New York, USA – The UN Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) met today with the President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the United Nations His Excellency Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava. During the meeting they discussed the details of this year’s high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social…