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25 April 2025, Geneva, Switzerland - A side event “New approaches to ensure needs based and sustainable statistical training” held before the opening of the 56th session of the UN Statistical Commission has been an opportunity to discuss the work of the Global Network of Institutions for Statistical Training (GIST) in supporting National Statistical Offices to adopt country-owned, innovative and sustainable approaches to capacity-building. Four countries have shared their experiences, including Kenya, Morocco, Seychelles that used the STAT tool developed by GIST in 2024, an...
ANE GOODALL, PhD, DBE
United Nations Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute
Nature's wake-up call: Why we must heed the warning
Wednesday, 26 May 2010 | 4:30 p.m.
Palais des Nations; Assembly Hall
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World-renowned environmental advocate Jane Goodall shared her reasons for hope at the 4th edition of the Geneva Lecture Series
Dr. Jane Goodall, the ke...
Fifty participants from 18 Asia-Pacific countries graduated from the UNITAR “Leaders for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific: Sea and Human Security” training programme on 21 February 2025. This marks the completion of the programme’s third and final phase – a 12-day in-person workshop in Japan from 10 to 21 February. The workshop, financially supported by the Government and People of Japan, was designed to strengthen participants’ capacities and foster a robust regional network to enhance local resilience against sea and human security challenges across the In...
On 21 February 2020, UNITAR and the UNITAR Association exchanged a Memorandum of Agreement for providing a cooperative framework. The UNITAR Association, the National Committee for UNITAR in Japan, was founded in Hiroshima in October 2019 to enhance UNITAR’s presence in Japan. Ambassador Kenzo Oshima is the inaugural UNITAR Association Chairperson.
The UNITAR Association will collect small donations from the public and companies, and work to raise awareness and support UNITAR’s activities, as it works to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustaina...
Established in 2024, the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Nigeria (CIFAL Nigeria)is hosted by River State University with its headquarters in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. It was established with the vision of becoming a reference training centre for public servants and leaders of River State University and neighbouring regions in Nigeria, as well as other countries to strengthen capacities, improve the decision-making process and encourage sustainable development. United States of America, where local, regional, and national leaders can acquire ...
Franklin University Switzerland and UNITAR organized a joint event during the Open Geneva Hackathon Festival. The online Hackathon "Food as a nexus for synchronic urban and rural development" offered a platform to generate innovative ideas to rethink and improve food as a linkage for development in rural and urban areas. The hackathon lasted three days and was delivered entirely online, allowing participants worldwide to join the event.
The event included the participation of UN-Habitat, FAO and UNITAR experts to facilitate workshops and group work activities. Four w...
UNOSAT has released on the internet the Atlas of Tsunami Damages on Saval´i & Upolu Islands, Samoa. UNOSAT Humanitarian Rapid Mapping service was activated at the request of UN humanitarian agencies involved in the response to the disaster.
This atlas map product illustrates satellite-detected areas of likely building and vegetation damages caused by the magnitude 8.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami on 29 September 2009. A total of 9 separate focus maps are included, highlighting damage sites identified from post-disaster satellite imagery collected from 30 September...
The objective of the Regional Breastfeeding Education Conference is to equip participants with training and learning tools to improve breastfeeding initiation and duration rates, as well as to enhance women's knowledge and skills related to breastfeeding.The conference brought together participants to:Foster the exchange of knowledge and best practices in breastfeeding through training and education, aiming to improve breastfeeding initiation and duration rates across the region.Communicate the importance of breastfeeding to healthcare professionals, mothers, caregivers, an...
16 November 2023
I am delighted to congratulate the United Nations Institute for Training and Research on its 60th anniversary.
UNITAR’s work across capacity building, training, and research has equipped hundreds of thousands of women and men from developing countries with knowledge and skills to advance our shared vision of a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world.
Established in the post-colonial era with a focus on diplomatic training in newly independent countries, UNITAR continues to innovate and adapt to changing times and demands.
This includes everythi...
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UNITAR jointly delivered a four-week online course on “Trade, Food Security and Nutrition” from May to June 2020. The course, held in the Russian language, targeted professionals working in trade and agriculture from eleven post-Soviet countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The course captured experiences across the post-Soviet region and globally on trade policies and achieving food security while...