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16 July 2021, Hiroshima, Japan – Dai Tamesue, two-time World Championships bronze medallist in the 400m hurdles, was appointed UNITAR Goodwill Ambassador in July 2021. “I am committed to training Asian athletes and fostering friendship among them, so I resonate with UNITAR’s activities. I look forward to promoting its missions,” said Mr. Tamesue at the online press conference held on 14 July 2021.
Mr. Tamesue is the first Japanese athlete to win a medal at the World Athletics Championship. He represented Japan at the Sydney (2000), Athens (2004), and Beijing (200...
28 May 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - The new course, entitled Harnessing Digital Financial Technologies for Sustainable Development, places two of the world’s megatrends into focus that all of us experience on a daily basis: digital revolution and sustainable development. The financial services sector is estimated at about one-fifth of the total global economy: a significant and rapidly growing sector that has been experiencing the most disruption by the new digital technologies but also taking the lead and becoming the most innovative among all sectors. In the midst of the g...
31 May 2021, Hiroshima, Japan - UNITAR Division for Prosperity announces with deep sorrow the passing of the Honourable Kenzo Oshima. A Hiroshima native, Mr. Oshima joined our advisory board in 2021 and was chair of the UNITAR Association since its establishment in October 2019, through which he led important outreach activities for UNITAR. He was a regular panelist for Ideas that Matter, a public event series organized by UNITAR Hiroshima Office, and was featured in many talks including: “70 years after WWII: Thinking about the UN and Hiroshima” and “South Sudan:...
24 March 2025, New York, USA – On March 24, 2025, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, in collaboration with the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS) of the UN Office of Legal Affairs, hosted a briefing for delegates on Oceans and the Law of the Sea. The session provided an overview of the legal frameworks governing ocean governance, with a focus on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and its related agreements. A total of 85 participants attended the event in person, underscoring the continued interest and i...
26 May 2025, Madrid, Spain – The graduation ceremony for students of the Master’s in Sustainable Air Transport Management (MATSM) took place on 9 May 2025 at the iconic Palacio de Linares, Casa América in Madrid.The programme is offered by ITAérea, UNITAR, and its regional partner, CIFAL Merida—the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders based in Mérida, Mexico. As part of the CIFAL Global Network coordinated by UNITAR, the centre plays a key role in developing professionals dedicated to sustainable development, with particular emphasis on the aviation sec...
UNITAR's Multilateral Diplomacy Programme relaunches its successful e-learning course on Chairing International Conferences. The value of this course that is going to start on the 4th of April is not only to provide information, skills and guidance to delegates who may be appointed or elected to chair meetings, it is also important for all delegates to understand what the chairman is doing, and why he or she is doing it. Indeed, unless delegates want the conference to fail, they should support the chairman’s efforts. In short, successful conferences…
22 March 2011 - The ‘Las Pinas-Zapote River System Rehabilitation Programme’, Philippines, and the project ‘A Participatory and Learning Based Approach to Raising Awareness on Water and Sanitation’, Durban, eThekwini Municipality, South Africa, have been awarded with the ‘Water for Life’ Best Practices Award during a ceremony that has taken place in Zaragoza, Spain, on World Water Day.
Earlier this year, via UN Water, UNITAR sent the call for the award to its network of training centres for local governments, The CIFAL Network (http://www.unitar.org/ldp/cifal-network…
The Public Finance and Trade Programme is pleased to announce its new calendar of e-learning courses for Fall/Winter of 2011-12 for a global audience of finance-sector and trade officials. Over 50 executive-level e-Learning courses in English, French and Spanish are now open for registration. All courses are internet-based, moderated by senior international experts, asynchronous and place emphasis on online discussions and self-paced learning.
The content for each course has been developed based on UNITAR’s training experience in public debt and financial management…
January 2013 - Cyclone Evan is a powerful category 4 storm that tore through the Pacific in December 2012 and was initially compared to the dramatic storm that hit the same region in 1993. On 15 December, as the cyclone unleashed its power provoking death and destruction, UNOSAT was activated by OCHA with a request to deliver rapid mapping over Samoa, and then again on 18 December 2012 for Fiji. While Samoa had little forewarning of Evan’s arrival, Fiji benefitted from an early alert and could prepare for the storm landfall, which caused extensive destruction but no…
Climate Change Tutorial on Climate Information and Services, Launched in French!
The UN CC:e-Learn platform features the 30-minute tutorial on climate information and services in French!
14 August 2017, Geneva, Switzerland - The e-tutorial on "Climate Information and Services” for decision-makers in Africa, and beyond is now available in French. This version of the introductory e-tutorial was developed in collaboration with UNECA’s African Climate Policy Center (ACPC) and the Pan-Africa component of the Weather Information Services for Africa (WISER) program,…