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UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) recognizes the importance of women’s participation in peacekeeping operations, while resolution 2242 (2015) calls for the doubling of the number of uniformed women personnel by 2020. Building upon the Secretary-General’s System-Wide Strategy on Gender Parity, the Department of Peace Operations has developed a Uniformed Personnel Gender Parity Strategy with clear targets to achieve by 2028.
As the training arm of the United Nations, UNITAR contributes to international, national and local efforts aimed at advancing gender equality a...
10 February 2020, New York, USA – This year, UNITAR Office in New York, the Permanent Mission of Switzerland, and the United Nations Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UNDESA) will present 5-module “Realizing the Future We Want – Training series in preparation for the General Assembly’s 2020 Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review (QCPR) of the operational activities for development of the United Nations system” from March to September 2020.
UNITAR Office in New York has previously organized the QCPR trainings in 2012 and 2016. The trainings were catered for the ...
15 May 2020, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR and Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) launched its first joint online course on Fundamentals of Microfinance as part of a series of online courses aimed at supporting financial inclusion initiatives across the Middle East and Africa. Thanks to the financial support of AGFUND, these training courses are made freely available to the participants.
This joint initiative with AGFUND recognizes financial inclusion as an enabler of sustainable development goals including eradicating poverty; achieving gender equality and ec...
5 June 2020, Kennesaw, USA – UNITAR’s International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Atlanta (CIFAL Atlanta) successfully concluded today a week-long “Education for Sustainability and Human Rights Virtual Seminar” held 1-5 June 2020. During the 5-day virtual seminar, funded by the Miner Anderson Family Foundation, K-12 teacher participants across the State of Georgia have been learning about the United Nations Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, exploring the attributes of global citizenship and human rights, and developing ideas for how to utilize these ...
28 February 2019, New York, United States – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office hosted a workshop with the Maryland-based organization Trees for the Future on the topics of establishing forest gardens, building tree nurseries and designing perma-gardens. This was the first workshop of a three-part series on Using Agroforestry to Meet Sustainable Development Goals.
After UNITAR’s welcoming remarks from Mr. Marco Suazo, the session began with introductions from the Trees for the Future organization and the audience. Through t...
1-3 July 2019, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – UNITAR with the support of Diageo and in collaboration with IARD conducted a three-day in-depth practical training workshop for law enforcement officers from the Dominican Republic to implement a High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) campaign. 25 Police Officers from the National Safety Agency for Transit and Transport (Dirección General de Seguridad de Tránsito y Transporte Terrestre, DIGESETT) took part in the training.
During the workshop, police officers were able to learn and practice protocols to run and operate breatha...
9 - 11 April 2019, Bangkok, Thailand – The Division for Multilateral Diplomacy (DMD) of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) successfully implemented an insightful workshop on Multilateral Conferences and Diplomacy in Bangkok, Thailand, from 9 to 11 April 2019. The three-day workshop was hosted for 20 diplomats from member states accredited to the ESCAP in Bangkok. Considering the high importance of multilateral conferences to achieve policy objectives, the workshop allowed participants to enhance their knowledge, skills and confidence t...
On 11 – 12 June 2019 Kampala, Uganda - The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) together with UNITAR and UN Statistics Division in collaboration with UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) held a national StaTact workshop in Kampala, Uganda. This workshop was initiated to review selected challenges related to the implementation of the Extension of the UBOS Strategic Plan for Statistics 2018 – 2020 in its pre-final year and train participants on the use of tactical approach and StaTact in their work., Around 50 participants from UBOS, Ministry of Gender, Labour and Socia...
10 April 2025, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Sovereign Order of Malta successfully hosted a Human Rights Council side event titled, "After 25 Years of the Palermo Protocol – The Need for Real Action".Focusing on strengthening global efforts to combat human trafficking through capacity-building and training, the event brought together a plethora of experts in the field, encouraging rich dialogue and raising awareness of the remaining pitfalls in current methods following the General Assembly Resolution...
Nearly 20 diplomats and government officials from Asian countries completed the UNITAR Hiroshima Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Training Programme, held 13-18 February 2023. The diplomats updated their understanding of the global nuclear debate and met young activists to learn about their initiatives for a nuclear-free world. The programme’s past two cycles were run virtually due to COVID-19-related restrictions. Learning about nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation in the symbolic city of Hiroshima offered participants a deep learning experience.
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