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The National Capacity Development Course in International Environmental Law was held in Bangkok, Kingdom of Thailand, on 21-23 September and 12-13 October 2010. The course was organized with the support of German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and was conducted in cooperation with the Thai-German Climate Protection Programme, the German Technical Cooperation Office in Bangkok (GTZ) and the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP) of the Kingdom of Thailand.
The training activity was delivered in a blended format whereby an e-Learning course was…
Barcelona, Spain, 8-12 November 2010. The Police Platform for Urban Development hosted its second training from 8-12 November 2010 in Barcelona, Spain at the police training facilities of the Catalan Institute for Public Security (ISPC). The platform was launched in November 2009, and has now hosted its second training for African cities and national security officials for the development of more democratic and human rights based policing of public spaces and demonstrations in the region and the integration of community policing concepts into urban security policy.…
27 May 2011 – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - With the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UNITAR’s Multilateral Diplomacy Programme (MDP) has successfully implemented a five day training course for African diplomats and officials on Climate Change Diplomacy. The training took place from 25 – 27 May, in Addis Ababa and focused on the road map of climate change negotiations. “This workshop will help me make meaningful contributions to the complex negotiations on climate change”, said one of the participants at the end of the course and another stated…
22-23 June 2011, Reims, France. Through a partnership with the Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UNITAR is supporting the creation of a Focal Point on Sustainability Studies which is to be established following The First “Rencontres internationales de Reims” conference on Sustainability Studies. Linking economy, society and environment around a paradigm that favours all these aspects equally and sustainably will be the centre point of discussions bringing eminent professors, thinkers and practitioners from different continents and from the North and South.
To combine…
Results-oriented and participatory planning can help achieving concrete improvements in environmental quality. In order to support local authorities in developing environmental quality management plans through multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder collaboration, the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications of Costa Rica (MINAET) released a training manual entitled “Governance and Environmental Quality Management”. The document was developed in cooperation with five cantons. According to María Guzmán Ortiz, Director of the Environmental Quality Management…
The 2011 UNITAR-IPI Fellowship Programme in Peacemaking and Preventive Diplomacy was held in Holmenkollen, Norway and addressed by a range of distinguished resource persons from around the world, including for the first time, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek. Ambassador Vollebaek discussed the conflict prevention work carried out by his office in OSCE Participating States, including his mandate, the methodology he uses and case examples of successful conflict prevention situations.
The two-week Fellowship Programme is the only programme of…
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7 September 2009 – For the third year, the UN Secretary-General and top UN officials gathered for their annual retreat to take stock of the Organization’s achievements and propose policy recommendations on the key issues of accountability, communication, cost-effectiveness and efficiency.
The Retreat gathered close to 80 highest ranking UN officials and was simultaneously held in two locations, using a video link between New York and Geneva. It was a cost-efficient and climate friendly undertaking, cognizant of the challenges posed…
The United Nations system is a complex constellation of interrelated organizations assisted by an impressive number of principal and subsidiary organs. The system has considerably evolved over the years in order to adjust to changing situations. The relationship between some of its elements may at times be puzzling. With the purpose of analyzing in depth the respective roles and functions of the principal organs of the UN and their subsidiary bodies, UNITAR offers to the diplomatic communities in UN locations a number of courses focusing in particular on…
The second World Humanitarian Day takes place this year on 19 August to honour and celebrate the work of humanitarian workers. The 19 of August has been chosen by the United Nations to commemorate the work of humanitarian workers as it marks the day when 22 employees of the UN, including the UN Special Representative Sergio Vieira de Mello, were killed in a bomb attack in 2003 in Baghdad.
This year focus will be on the actual work and achievements of humanitarian workers in the field. This year’s theme is “We are humanitarian workers”. It will be as well the occasion to…
19 August 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - Each year on 19 August the international community celebrates the World Humanitarian Day in commemoration of the day in 2003 when 22 aid workers were killed in a bombing at the UN headquarters in Baghdad. This is also a day to commemorate all those who have lost their lives in humanitarian service and to underline and spread the example of people helping people.
UNITAR joins the celebrations with a message of renewed commitment to supporting humanitarian assistance through the work of its Operational Satellite Applications Programme…