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Greenhouse gas emissions directly contribute to global warming and climate change. The technology and fuel used for electricity generation are often responsible for high greenhouse gas emissions. Recently, UNITAR conducted a survey among energy experts in the humanitarian system to estimate the number of diesel and petrol generators that are used to produce electricity in humanitarian operations, with a view to establishing the opportunities to transition to solar solutions.
Based on feedback from six UN organisations and the ICRC, a study allowed us to estimate that there...
UNOSAT has been invited to present its work on Piracy Monitoring at a meeting of the UN Inter-agency Standing Committee (IASC) in October 2010. The use of satellite analysis to monitor the activity of pirates off the coasts of Somalia has been developed by UNOSAT as part of the activities of the Programme in the area of human security and monitoring.
Joshua Lyons of UNOSAT explained to representatives from UN agencies and various NGOs how UNOSAT has been monitoring the activity of pirates off the coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden combining open source data and…
In the framework of their collaboration aiming to jointly develop a series of learning programmes in the field of knowledge management, UNITAR and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are developing the course Innovative Collaboration for Development, an e-learning course on social media tools.
The course focuses on capacitating development professionals to adequately use the potential of social media tools to enhance the efficiency of their work, increase the outreach of their organizations, and contribute to the improvement of the effectiveness of the development…
UNITAR announces its upcoming e-Learning courses entitled “Introduction to the UN System” and “Drafting and Adopting UN Resolutions”.
Introduction to the United Nations System (7 October - 17 November 2013)
This course aims to provide a historical, political, and analytical framework for liaising more effectively with UN representatives and staff. At the end of this e-Learning course, participants should be able to define the United Nations system’s structure and functioning, explain the UN's principal organs and their development, identify current and salient…
UNOSAT released in March 2012 the latest version of its annual thematic brief, which is dedicated to “Satellite Applications for Human Security”. Each year, UNOSAT publishes a brief focusing on one of its strategic areas of work (humanitarian relief, human security, strategic territorial planning). Last year the UNOSAT Brief concentrated on Humanitarian Rapid Mapping, the service launched in 2003 that made UNOSAT known worldwide for its rapid mapping support to the international humanitarian community.
Since 2009 UNOSAT produces satellite analysis and…
UNITAR Executive Director Carlos Lopes with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Training and research are important dimensions of any modern organization. For the United Nations, facing numerous challenges on a broad canvas of issues, the ability to provide in-depth independent and balanced research findings, as well as appropriate training and capacity development for its staff and for Member States, is indispensable. Currently the scope of the training and research institutes of the UN ranges from economic and social development to disarmament and security…
The Climate Change Programme (CCP): Represents the core of UNITAR’s activities in the area of climate change and the programme approach aims at building and developing capacity both at the country and regional levels to deal with the impacts of climate change, both on adaptation and mitigation.
At the regional and international level, networks are created such as with centers of excellence and international organizations working on climate change, to produce resource materials such as training modules, climate screening tools that are tested and disseminated for wider use…
9 November 2011, Geneva, Switzerland. In the context of the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to prepare a global legally binding instrument on Mercury (INC3), held in Nairobi from 31 October to 4 November 2011, UNITAR participated in a side-event on "Financing implementation of the future mercury instrument" at lunch-time on Monday 31 October 2011. In order to give delegates a fuller picture of some of the possible elements that may be relevant in designing a financial mechanism for the mercury instrument, a moderated panel discussion was…
UNITAR's Executive Director Meets wih the President of ECOSOC
16 February 2017, New York, USA – The UN Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) met today with the President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the United Nations His Excellency Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava. During the meeting they discussed the details of this year’s high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social…
CIFAL Atlanta Hosts Seminar on Airport Air Service Development
9 - 10 April 2017, Doha, Qatar – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) in Atlanta, in partnership with Airports Council International (ACI) and Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport held a two-day seminar on airport air service development with 16 senior level airport officials from Cambodia, China, India, Maldives, Mongolia, Vietnam and Thailand. The seminar took place in Doha, Qatar providing participants with strategies on how to effectively approach and support…