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Theme: World Heritage Serial Nominations and the Vital Role of Comparative Analysis
Date: 22 - 26 April 2013
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Series Webpage
2012 Workshop Report
2013 Call for Applications Document
The 2013 Workshop of this successful UNITAR Series, entitled World Heritage Serial Nominations and the Vital Role of Comparative Analysis, examines in detail the expectations and requirements needed to effectively address this essential part of World Heritage nominations. The comparative analysis helps demonstrate there is scope in the World Heritage…
UNOSAT Announces 5th Edition of its Master Training in GIS
9 December 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark – UNOSAT announced in Copenhagen that it will offer in 2015 the 5th edition of its master-level training course Geo-Information in Disaster Situations. The announcement came on the occasion of the annual lecture done by UNOSAT at the University of Copenhagen. Both the lecture and the course are part of the popular Master of Disaster Management Programme of the University.
UNOSAT will host the 5th edition of this celebrated course in Geneva from 13 to 30 April, 2015. The course…
UNOSAT Announces the Sixth Edition of its Popular Master Training in GIS
7 September 2015, Geneva, Switzerland - UNOSAT is pleased to announce the sixth edition of its popular course on “Geo Information in Disaster Situations”: offered in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen’s Master of Disaster Management Programme (MDMA). The course is scheduled to take place from 29 February to 11 March 2016 in Geneva, Switzerland.
The course aims at serving a wide range of professionals working in disaster risk management and who have experience in humanitarian assistance…
Professor of Law at the University of Ghana School of Law and former Director of the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy (LECIAD)
Professor Mensa-Bonsu is a Professor of Law at the University of Ghana, School of Law, and former Director of the Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy. She is also fellow and current President of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Professor Mensa-Bonsu has researched and published extensively on Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, Family Law, and Children’s Rights. Currently, she teaches Criminal Law,…
UN CC:Learn Actively Contributes to the Review Forum of the UNESCO GAP on ESD
10 March 2017, Ottawa, Canada - Sustainable development cannot be achieved by technological solutions, political regulation or financial instruments alone. These instruments need to be accompanied by changes in the way people think and act. With this objective, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) encourages learners of all ages to acquire the knowledge, skills and values needed to promote sustainable societies. ESD is included under Sustainable Development Goal 4 of the 2030 Agenda and…
Graduation Ceremony of the Master of Advanced Studies in European and International Governance
Congratulations to All of Our MEIG's Students Receiving Their Master's Degree!
20 October 2017, Geneva, Switzerland – On 20 October 2017, the University of Geneva and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) hosted the graduation ceremony of the joint Master of Advanced Studies in European and International Governance (MEIG Programme).
The event took place at the University of Geneva and offered the participants the opportunity to ask their…
Davidson Sylvester Hector Willoughby Nicol had a multifaceted personality and made outstanding contributions in a number of fields such as diplomacy, medical practice, teaching and research, and literature.
Born in Sierra Leone, he studied medicine at Cambridge and London Universities. He later taught medicine in Great Britain and Nigeria and did medical research, most famously in the structure of insulin. He was also a Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sierra Leone.
From 1969 to 1971, he served as Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations. He was…
Akiko Yuge was a Professor in the Department of Politics of the Faculty of Law of Hosei University, Tokyo, from 2014 to March 2024. Professor Yuge has had a long, distinguished career, with 30 years in the United Nations culminating as Assistant Secretary-General/Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau of Management in the United Nations Development Programme. Professor Yuge has also served UNDP in other capacities, including Director of the UNDP Representation Office in Tokyo and Special Advisor to the UNDP Administrator. Among her many achievements, she has…
9月21日午後6時から、国際平和デーに際した公開ウェビナーを開催します。
各国で核軍縮の分野で活躍する若手リーダーたちが核兵器のない世界への突破口について議論を交わします。
英語と日本語の同時通訳で実施します。
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, 2022年9月13日・広島 – 国際平和デーの9月21日、国連訓練調査研究所（ユニタール）持続可能な繁栄局・広島事務所は、各国で核軍縮の分野で活躍する若手リーダーたちが核兵器のない世界への突破口について語り合う公開ウェビナーを開催いたします。
日時：2022年9月21日（水）18:00 – 20:00 （日本時間）
媒体：オンライン
言語：英語・日本語（同時通訳有。小集団でのセッションは主に英語で行われますが、必要に応じて日本語でのサポートがあります）
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2 July 2020 - A record 53.6 million metric tonnes (Mt) of electronic waste was generated worldwide in 2019, up 21 per cent in just five years, according to the UN’s Global E-waste Monitor 2020, released today.
The new report also predicts global e-waste - discarded products with a battery or plug - will reach 74 Mt by 2030, almost a doubling of e-waste in just 16 years. This makes e-waste the world’s fastest-growing domestic waste stream, fueled mainly by higher consumption rates of electric and electronic equipment, short life cycles, and few options for repair.
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