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10 September 2019, New York, USA – The United Nations Institute for Teaching and Research, in partnership with the Permanent Mission to Singapore to the United Nations, began the Briefing for Delegates on the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in Conference Room 12 of the UN Headquarters Secretariat. , The first session of briefings commenced with opening remarks by Mr. Marco Suazo, Head of Office for UNITAR New York and H.E. Mr. Burhan Gafoor, the Permanent Representative of Singapore to the UN. In his speech, H.E. Mr. Gafoor thanked UNITAR for facilitatin...
UNITAR SERIES ON SEA AND HUMAN SECURITY
2011 SESSION - TSUNAMI AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT: LESSONS LEARNED FOR EFFECTIVE PLANNING
18 - 21 October 2011 | Tokyo, Japan
In collaboration with the University of Tokyo Ocean Alliance
With the devastating effects of the March 11 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami in Eastern Japan seared into memory, and with the humanitarian crisis being gradually eased, attention turns, necessarily, to the devastation as evidenced on the coastal areas of Eastern Japan. The natural environment however requires a concerted examination so as to…
Tropical storm Ketsana (also known as Ondoy) swept across the Philippines on 26 September. The Government of the Republic of the Philippines has declared a state of calamity in several regions and requested international humanitarian assistance to deal with the effects from Ketsana. The National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) has recorded 240 deaths and over 1.5 million people affected by the storm. UNITAR’s Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) was requested by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) to activate the…
December 2011, Rome, Italy – UNOSAT and the Emergency Preparedness and Response Branch of the World Food Programme have decided to increase their cooperation in the area of geospatial information for crisis preparedness and response. WFP, the largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger and bringing relief to millions of people during crisis and emergencies, makes use of geographic information systems and solutions to optimise its work and efficiency. The work of UNOSAT in satellite derived analysis and advanced applied research in GIS solutions is a natural match for…
How Spatial Planning Connects with Biodiversity and Climate Change?
03 April 2018, Geneva, Swtzerland - Land-use planning frameworks have traditionally focused on developing settlements and related infrastructures with limited consideration of biodiversity conservation and climate adaptation and mitigation requirements. Spatial planning is underused in maximizing win-win solutions for human well-being and sustainability.
UNITAR and IUCN are pleased to announce a joint online course on " Integrated planning for climate change and biodiversity". The course’s…
UNITAR Cooperates with UNICAJA Banco S.A. to Advance Financial Inclusion
28 September 2018, Malaga, Spain – UNITAR signs a cooperation agreement with UNICAJA Banco S.A. with the aim of building capacity of policymakers, public administrations, and financial institutions on financial inclusion and on designing economic development-oriented policies that reduce poverty and foster shared prosperity.
There is a growing evidence that increased levels of financial inclusion – through the extension of savings, credit, insurance, and payment services – contributes significantly…
2022年も残りわずかになりました。本年も国連ユニタール持続可能な繁栄局は、「新たな日常」のなかで、実務的なスキルや考え方を得られる学びの機会を必要とする多くの方にお届けしようとまい進して参りました。
来年2023年は、ユニタールにとって特別な年となります。ユニタールが創設されてから60周年、ユニタール広島事務所が設立してから20周年を迎えます。研修の提供や組織強化に一層力を入れ、SDGs達成に貢献して参ります。
※リンク先が英文となっている場合があります。ご了承ください。, 2022年11月22日、東アフリカ地域政府間開発機構事務局は国際連合開発計画（UNDP）・ユニタールと共同で、女性を対象とした起業・金融リテラシーオンライン研修を東アフリカで開始しました。25名の女性起業家がパイロット事業に参加し、5週間のオンライン研修と1週間の地域別対面ワークショップに取り組んでいます。研修を通して、参加者の起業及び金融に関する能力を強化し、参加者が自身でビジネスの機会を見出し、地域課題の解決に貢献することを目指しています。
なお同研修は、2021年にユニタールが実施した、アフリカにおけるジェンダー平等と女性の地位向上プロジェクトにおける、研修ニーズ調査の結果に基づいて作成されました。
もっと読む, 2022年9月、ユ...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) launched its joint e-Learning course on “Trade, Food Security and Nutrition” in July 2017. The course was attended by 65 representatives from government and related authorities directly involved in the formulation and implementation of agricultural policies and programmes in Eastern and Southern Africa. The Planning, Performance Monitoring, and Evaluation Unit of UNITAR wrote this story, 15 months after the completion of the course, to determ...
UNITAR supports COP21 Education Day events on Friday, 4 December 2015
Climate change education is a powerful tool to help people understand the causes and consequences of climate change, prepare learners to live with its impacts, and empower them to take action on its cause.
On 4 December 2015, a thematic day on climate change education (CCE) will take place at COP 21/ CMP11 of the UNFCCC. Education is crucial to promote changes in lifestyles, attitudes and behavior needed to foster sustainable development and to address climate change. The objective of the day is to…
6 February 2023, Geneva, Switzerland – On Monday 6 February 2023, two major earthquakes struck Türkiye and the northwestern parts of Syria in the early hours of the day.
The first, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, struck west of Gaziantep at 1:17 a.m. UTC. Just a few hours later, another strong earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck the region at 10:24 a.m. UTC, with its epicentre 100km north of the first one.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) activated the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT)'s Emergency Mapping service ov...