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The United Nations Department of Peace Operations (DPO), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), France and the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) are committed to the promotion of gender equality and the protection of everyone, particularly in the context of peace operations.
In order for UN peace operations to best integrate a gender perspective in the implementation of their mandates, DPO and UNITAR, with the support of France and OIF, launched in November 2021 the first UN online introductory training course dedicated to milit...
11 September 2019, New York – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), New York Office, in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Singapore to the United Nations, concluded the briefing for the delegates of the UN General Assembly in Conference Room 12 of the UN Headquarters building. The second day of the briefing Session began with opening remarks by Mr. Marco Suazo, Head of the UNITAR office in New York.
After welcoming all the delegates back to the final day of training, Mr. Suazo gave a brief recount of what was discussed on the first day of...
While UNOSAT has consistently met high standards in very short delivery timelines, the new Data-in-hand strategy is an attempt to routinely approach actual near-real-time analysis. Francesco Pisano, Manager of UNOSAT, says “this level of responsiveness is not new at UNOSAT. What is new is our strategy to make this a standard feature. We keep looking downstream at user requirements in the field and we equip ourselves with what it takes to do better each time in responding to these”. In commenting on the attempts being done in some quarters of the GIS and space communities to...
フィリピン・コタバト市の非政府組織（NGO）でモニタリング・評価・学習担当官を務めるJohn Isidore Laureさんは、地方自治体における若者のエンパワーメントに取り組んでいます。彼の活動は、ユース協議会の強化や、暴力的過激主義や誤情報といった課題への対応に焦点を当てています。2024年の国連ユニタール青少年大使・アジア太平洋プログラムに参加したことで、若手公務員を育成するプロジェクトをより洗練させることができました。彼は、若者が変革の推進者であることの重要性を強調し、彼らの声を世界に広めるさらなる機会の必要性を訴えています。, 2025年2月27日、広島 – フィリピン・コタバト市の若き活動家であるJohn Isidore Laureさんは、現在、地元の非政府組織（NGO）でモニタリング・評価・学習担当官を務め、青年協議会（Sangguniang Kabataan）と協力しながら、ガバナンスの向上と地域社会の発展に尽力しています。 10代の頃には、地域における暴力的過激主義や誤情報の防止を目的とした組織を共同設立しました。この経験を通じて、彼は若者のエンパワーメントと社会課題への対応に対する強い決意を培いました。, 2017年、フィリピン南部のマラウィで、政府軍と武装勢力の間で武力衝突が発生しました。暴力は5か月間続き、市...
3 March 2020, New York, USA – During the first two days of the working visit to the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Executive Director of UNITAR, Mr. Nikhil Seth, completed several meetings with United Nations high-level officials and Ambassadors. The visit is taking place from the 2nd to the 6th of March 2020. After a coordination meeting at UNITAR Office in New York, with a brainstorming on the future of training and an introduction by the new office members, Mr. Seth met with the Under Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Ms. Rosemary Di...
UNITAR launched Prosperity Alliance Singapore as a new regional hub to promote innovation and sustainable development across ASEAN.The launch event in Singapore gathered global leaders, highlighting strong support for inclusive regional growth.Prosperity Alliance Singapore will focus on clean energy, digital inclusion, youth and women leadership and community development.In partnership with governments and universities, Prosperity Alliance Singapore aims to empower local changemakers and advance the 2030 Agenda., 27 May 2025, Singapore – The United Nations Institute fo...
Michelle Gyles-McDonnough, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Director, UNITAROn 16 December 2024, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Michelle Gyles-McDonnough of Jamaica as the new Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). With more than 30 years’ experience in sustainable development, policy advocacy, international trade and international relations, and change management in complex bureaucracies, Ms. Gyles-McDonnough has held multiple leadership roles withi...
30 November 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) successfully hosted the third edition of World Negotiation Day at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Co-hosted by the ADN Group and generously sponsored by the State of Qatar, this year's event marked a significant milestone in the current global landscape, emphasizing the critical role of multilateral diplomacy and the skillful use of mediation in solving conflicts and fostering a culture of peace
We are currently living in very turbulent times with multiple and overlapp...
Title: Entrepreneur
Country: Nigeria
Training: Ogoni Women Livelihood Programme
Ogoniland is a territory in the Rivers State of the Niger Delta region, Nigeria – the third largest mangrove ecosystem in the world. It is also home to many different ethnic groups, including the Ogoni people, an agricultural and fishing society that has lived there for over 500 years. Organized in close-knit rural communities, the Ogoni are closely connected to their land and water resources. Nevertheless, Ogoniland is less known for the attributes described above and more infamous for de...
3 May 2019, Nadi, Fiji - Following its application by 16 countries, including Caribbean Small Island Developing States, StaTact has been successfully introduced to SIDS countries in the Asia-Pacific region during regional workshops that ran from 23 April to 3 May 2019 in Sydney, Australia, and Nadi, Fiji. The workshops are part of the one-year training programme aimed at strengthening the statistical capacities in the Asia-Pacific Small Island Developing States in the context of SDG monitoring requirements, and implemented in partnership with UN Statistics Division, Se...