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Disasters affect the well-being and safety of people, communities and countries, as a whole. Globally, the most common hazardous events are road accidents, natural disasters, and industrial injuries. Approximately 190 million people are directly affected annually by emergencies due to natural and technological hazards, with over 77 000 deaths. A further 172 million are affected by conflict (UNDRR). From 2012 to 2017, there were recorded more than 1200 outbreaks in 168 countries, including those due to new or re-emergi...
26 July 2023, Madrid, Spain – UNITAR launched the Autosobriety Training Programme to Prevent Drink-Driving in Spain jointly with CIFAL Madrid, the Royal Automobile Club of Spain (RACE) and with the support of Pernod Ricard.
The Autosobriety Training Programme aims to contribute to preventing at least 50% of road traffic deaths and injuries related to drivers using alcohol by 2030 (see Global Road Safety Performance Targets #9). This programme also serves as an example of the use of a collaborative approach to address road safety issues by leveraging efforts from...
17-19 June 2019, Geneva, Switzerland – Development sustainability is ever more crucial and important for developing countries that strive to attain long-term development and stability to be able to uplift the living standards of their populations. In Kenya, Speakers of the County Assemblies provide leadership on legislative processes to the Members of County Assemblies (MCAs), and are also the Chairpersons of the respective County Assemblies Service Boards. Therefore, it is important that they obtain requisite capacities to provide informed guidance to the MC...
4 August 2021, Hiroshima, Japan – Detonating nuclear weapons will have disastrous consequences, affecting all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from health to environmental degradation. Given its devastating effects, it is high time communities of practitioners from various sectors start collaborating to minimize and eliminate the risks of nuclear war.
This was the central message from Nikhil Seth, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNITAR, at the UN High-Level Political Forum Special Event on “Nuclear Disarmament and Our Sustainab...
03 August 2021, Geneva, Switzerland – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the General Secretariat of the Andean Community (CAN) signed a cooperation agreement to formalize their joint efforts to provide training and capacity-building for the improvement of road safety in the Andean region.
The agreement was signed by the head of the General Secretariat of the CAN, Mr. Jorge Hernando Pedraza, and the Executive Director of UNITAR, Mr. Nikhil Seth.
The event was attended by the Vice Minister of Transport Services and Public Works of Ecuador,...
1 September, 2021, Hiroshima, Japan - “We cannot stop disasters from striking but with the ability to reduce their risk, we can significantly minimize both human and infrastructure loss and build better resilience for future biological hazards,” says Ethelyn Ankiambom Chia, or “Ankia,” one of the 68 female participants that successfully completed the 2020 Women’s Leadership in Tsunami-based Disaster Risk Reduction Programme.
Ankia is a trained health professional, gender advocate, and schoolteacher in Chuuk State, Micronesia. She applied for the UNITAR programme not o...
21 July 2023, Hiroshima, Japan – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) held ceremonies in Tokyo and Hiroshima to celebrate its 60th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of the UNITAR Hiroshima Office. The ceremony in Tokyo was held at the United Nations University on 29 June, while the ceremony in Hiroshima was held at Mielparque Hiroshima Hotel on 30 June.
The Tokyo ceremony was attended by approximately 100 guests including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Yoshimasa HAYASHI and guests from the House of Representatives, House of Councill...
From 6 October to 2 November 2024, UNITAR and FAO are launching the third edition of their joint online course titled "Trade and Food Security".Participants will benefit from the latest insights and data, on key topics such as trade policy formulation, agricultural development measures, and governance under the multilateral trading system.The course aims to enhance the capacity of stakeholders in Arabic-speaking countries to develop and implement evidence-based trade policies that support food security., 24 June 2024, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR and FAO are launching the t...
Online ToolkitsThe Management Practices for Safer Roads Toolkit is an interactive e-learning tool that presents a management methodology that can be applied in the field of road safety to:Collect data on the number and location of deaths by road user type,Identify hazardous and critical road locations and sections where excessive numbers or severity of crashes occur,Outline corrective measures,Implement interventions and monitor results.Available in multiple languages here. , The Road Safety Practice...
We offer diverse range of learning solutions. These videos provide an overview of some of our solutions and explain concepts and methodologies., The Chemicals and Waste Programme of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), through various projects, is supporting countries in their efforts to ratify and implement the Minamata Convention on Mercury. Among these projects is the Swiss funded UNITAR project on “Ratification and early implementation of the Minamata Convention on mercury”, being implemented in 16 countries. The objective of the projec...