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Dr Nassrine Azimi is a founding director of the UNITAR Hiroshima Office
While Dr. Azimi was Chief of the UNITAR New York, she was approached by a Japanese academic with an idea to establish an office in Hiroshima. With the support of Hiroshima Prefecture, it was realized and she became the first director there.
Since then, UNITAR has been bringing learners from developing countries to the heart of the city, next to the Atomic Bomb Dome and the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima.
Looking to the next 20 years, Dr. Azimi hopes that UNITAR will help rebuild that missing link...
Field Visit: 29 Sep - 03 Oct 2025 / E-Learning Course: 08 - 26 Sep 2025 / Premium Package: 08 Sep - 03 Oct 2025, This year, UNITAR is delighted to offer its second edition of the United Nations Immersion Programme to the city of Vienna, Austria. This programme will offer participants the chance to immerse themselves in the city of international affairs and build knowledge of the UN’s work in non-proliferation, disarmament, and international relations, within Vienna-based agencies. Vienna ...
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Guiane Paul Penaさんは、フィリピン・サンボアンガ市の理系の学校に通う17歳の高校生です。学長、スポーツ、そして音楽が得意です。Penaさんは、サンボアンガ市の青年市議員として活躍しています。若者の代表として、コミュニティが直面している問題への解決策を提案しています。Penaさんは、高校生のエンパワーメントを目的に開催された2023国連ユニタール青少年大使・アジア太平洋プログラムに参加しました。本プログラムでは、若者の積極的な参加を取り入れたGuiane Paul Penaさんの災害対応への提案が優秀賞を獲得しました。, 2024年5月22日、広島－地元サンボアンガ市が災害によって破壊された様子を目にしたGuiane Paul Penaさんは、二度と同じ惨状が繰り返されぬよう、若者の参加を通したより効果的な災害対策を提案し、地域社会に貢献することを決意しました。近年の気候変動により、フィリピンは洪水、台風、干ばつ、地震、津波、土砂災害などの様々な災害に直面しています。こうした状況の中で、Penaさんが提案するような緊急対応や備えは今まさに必要とされています。Penaさんは、フィリピン・サンボアンガ市の若者の声を代表する青年市議員として活躍しています。彼は2023年に国連ユニタール青少年大使・アジア太平洋プログラムに参加しました。...
The G7 Summit was held in Hiroshima, Japan, from 19 May to 21 May 2023.
Keiko Ogura, a hibakusha (survivor of the atomic bomb), spoke to the G7 leaders during the Summit.
She believes coming to Hiroshima gives people the opportunity to reflect and explore what they can do to bring about peace.
Ms. Ogura values UNITAR’s role in promoting peace through education.
UNITAR Hiroshima Office organized a pre-G7 Summit youth event and participated in activities coinciding with the G7 Summit.
The three events highlighted young people’s and women’s innovative actions for peace...
14 September 2015, Hiroshima, Japan - Hiroki Kuroda, an internationally recognised professional baseball pitcher, currently playing for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, was appointed as a UNITAR Correspondent - Goodwill Ambassador, at a ceremony held at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima today.
Hiroki Kuroda began his professional career in Japan with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp Baseball Team (1997 – 2007), while also winning a bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics with the Japanese national baseball team. Mr. Kuroda began playing in Major League Baseball in the United Sta...
5 June 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - Hosting 35 international organizations and more than 250 NGOs, Geneva offers itself a whole series of potentially formative experiences. The particularity of the city makes it one of the first poles of world governance where international commitments in favour of humanity are taken daily. Hence, getting immersed in this multilateral working environment represents a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of international cooperation.
The UNITAR-FuturED UN Immersion Experience is aimed at giving participants a full immersion into Geneva’...
16 October 2018, Taguig City, Philippines – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Philippines (CIFAL Philippines) jointly with the University of the Philippines (UP) Korea Research Center and UP Asian Center convened the Conference “South Korean Migration to Philippines” at Bonifacio Global City in Taguig, Philippines.
Migration’s integral role for sustainable development was recognized for the first time in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which unveils the contributions of migrants to foster development among countries of origin and des...
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is one of the most recent arrivals in Bonn and, by establishing its presence through an office, joins 24 other UN entities collectively “shaping a sustainable future” in a unique space of creativity and cooperation.
The UNITAR Bonn office will provide a full range of services spanning its work across all pillars of Agenda 2030, together with flagship programmes on multi-lateral diplomacy, climate change learning, e-waste, non-communicable disease, peace and satellite analysis & research. UNITAR provides in...
On 3 February 2025, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) kicked off the 10th Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation training programme in the City of Hiroshima.15 diplomats from 14 Asia-Pacific countries are participating in this year’s 6-day programme to deepen understanding and enhance negotiation skills for nuclear disarmament.Along with lectures conducted by experts, there will be a youth session on 6 February at the UNITAR Hiroshima Office, inviting local youth to interact with the participants.On their final day of the session, the partic...