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3 September 2021, Hiroshima, Japan – From algorithms that are designed and used to shape the way our social media news feed is shown, to those profiling users and curating the information they receive, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is impacting human rights worldwide. There is an urgent need to inform and educate people on how their rights are affected by AI and empower them with tools to guard their rights.
UNESCO and UNITAR jointly launched a new microlearning course on AI and Human Rights for youths aged 16 to 24. The course breaks down complex concepts about AI th...
タリク・ラウフ（Tariq Rauf）氏は、国連ユニタールの核軍縮・不拡散広島研修の専門家講師です。元国際原子力機関（IAEA）検証・安全保障政策調整課長で、核軍縮、不拡散、軍備管理に関する豊富な経験を持つ専門家です。国連ユニタールの核軍縮・不拡散広島研修は、外交官を広島に招き、彼ら・彼女らが爆心地に立ち、原爆ドームを実際に目にする機会を提供します。ラウフ氏は、アジア太平洋諸国の外交官を対象としたこの広島での国連ユニタール研修は、安全な世界の構築の促進にとって重要な能力を育成するものであると信じています。, 2023年8月16日、広島 - 元IAEA核検証・安全保障政策調整課長のタリク・ラウフ氏は、アジア諸国の外交官たちを対象に、核軍縮と不拡散に関する国際的な動向と政策決定に必要となる効果的な交渉術を指導しています。2015年以降、彼は国連ユニタール広島事務所の実施する核軍縮・不拡散広島研修の重要な研修顧問・講師として活躍しています。ラウフ氏は、核軍縮、不拡散、軍備管理に深く関わってきた経験を持つ専門家です。IAEAでは、国際的な核使用をめぐる安全保障と検証協定の遵守を確保するためのメカニズムの構築に携わり、各国の核関連事業に対する検査、検証活動、報告を担当してきました。, ラウフ氏は、核兵器に関する議論が、核戦争の人道的影響を無視していると...
3 December 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - In an increasingly interconnected, globalized, and complex world, where the importance of multilateral dialogue and cooperation is ever-growing, the demand for training and capacity development in the field of international relations and diplomacy is constantly rising. In this regard, the establishment of this innovative Online Master's in International Affairs and Diplomacy between UNITAR and the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) holds great significance.
This Degree will allow diplomats, government off...
Established in 2022, the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Rwanda (CIFAL Kigali) was created in collaboration with the Rwanda Cooperation Initiative. CIFAL Kigali was created with a mission to become a global gateway for the development of knowledge exchange by serving as a hub for learning that promotes innovative development initiatives through national and international cooperation. CIFAL Kigali's objective is to provide a range of learning opportunities and facilitate knowledge sharing between public servants and leaders of Rwanda and sur...
17 December 2024, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - On the 9th December 2024, the launch of the “Expert in Human Rights Programme” took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This special event was attended by several local and international officials, most of whom are engaged in human rights issues.The Saudi Human Rights Commission, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Majmaah University, and CIFAL Saudi Arabia combined their expertise to create this unique learning initiative aimed at strengthening human rights knowledge and skills in the Kingdom. It is designed ...
26 June 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires innovative approaches that go beyond traditional approaches. The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is particularly proactive in innovating to be one of the most important institutions to develop methods in keeping with global developments and surrounding circumstances, especially via its significant work towards the achievement of SDG 16 for peace, justice and strong institutions endorsed by its Division for Peace and its inventive work to prevent extrem...
08 February 2022, Geneva, Switzerland – Between 15 November 2021 and 21 January 2022, the UN Satellite Centre UNOSAT- UNITAR delivered a two-month regional e-learning course for Volta basin countries entitled “Geospatial Information Technology applications for Flood and Drought Risk Management in the Volta Basin”., The Volta River basin, with a population of over 24 million shared between six countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Togo and Ghana), is highly vulnerable to meteorological and hydrological hazards. Over the past two decades, almost two million peopl...
Over the past decade or two, increasing efforts have been directed to promote gender equality and empowerment of women in all sectors of society, including women’s participation in leadership and decision-making positions. To contribute to this common objective, the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and UNITAR organised a series of three e-workshops on gender, women’s leadership and mentoring in November and December 2020. The series aimed to strengthen female leaders’ confidence, resilience and leadership capacities, and targeted women and men in leadership pos...
8 November 2023, Geneva, Switzerland – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Global Surgery Foundation launched version 2.0 of the Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC) Hub.
The VBHC Hub, which was officially launched in November 2021, acts as a reference point for the VBHC programme and provides resources on the value-based healthcare model more broadly. Version 2.0 of the Hub includes an updated visual design and resources on value-based healthcare. It also contains new information on ongoing projects in Rwanda and Türk...
31 March 2023, Merida, Mexico - The Executive Director of CIFAL Merida in Mexico, Héctor Navarrete Muñoz, and the Director of the ITAérea Business School, Mr José Ignacio Escudero, sealed the extension for another 4 years of the partnership that has united these institutions since 2017.
In November 2017, the ITAérea Aeronautical Business School, CIFAL Merida (International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders) and UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research) met for the first time at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, for the signing of the trilateral ...