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The MA in Global Sustainability Leadership is a collaboration between Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) and UNITAR, designed to develop leaders capable of addressing the complex challenges of sustainability, peacebuilding, and conflict resolution. This transformative programme provides academic excellence, practical skills, and global networking opportunities, preparing graduates to drive meaningful change worldwide. The programme offers two flexible study options: a full-time, one-year blended programme, which combines face-to-face modules at TU Dublin with ...
Putting into practice Resolution 2250 through learning and capacity building
Launch event for UNITAR’s free e-learning course on Youth and Peacebuilding and AC4’s YPS Leadership Certificate
Venue: United Nations Headquarters in New York, Room E
Date and time: Thursday, 26 April 2018, 15.00 – 16.30
Registration: https://www.unitar.org/event/full-catalog/putting-practice-resolution-2250-through-learning-and-capacity-building
Moderator:
Ms. Margaret Williams, Senior Peace and Security Officer at the World Federation of UN Associations (WFUNA).
Participants…
The latest OCHA Humanitarian Update on south Sudan clearly indicates that “In the context of the upcoming January 2011 referendums, the humanitarian community is taking a number of steps to be prepared in the event of referendum-related violence”. OCHA and all other UN agencies active in humanitarian response in the country are very active in assessing the situation as the date of the referendum approaches.
In this connection UNOSAT is making a special effort to meet the requests of various agencies and ensure that its capabilities for satellite analysis and…
28 November 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR organizes a high-level event to start the celebration of the Institute's 50th anniversary. A framework of cooperation between the Group of 77 and China, Geneva Chapter, and UNITAR will be signed in this important event. The Prime Minister of Algeria will make a keynote speech.
Programme (download PDF)
17:00 Opening remarks by H.E. Mr. Miguel Carbo, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the WTO, Chairman of the G77 and China, Geneva Chapter;
Welcome remarks by Mr. Michael Møller, Acting…
19 November 2012, Tokyo, Japan - The UNITAR Diplomatic Training Series in Tokyo, run by the UNITAR Hiroshima Office, recently concluded its fourth session. Entitled Rio+20 and the Green Economy, the 4-day session saw representatives from 17 Embassies in Tokyo in attendance. With faculty members from UNITAR, and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the session examined international developments leading up to, and in the aftermath of, the Rio+20 Summit earlier in 2012, as well as the concepts behind the Green Economy.
The specific objectives of the Workshop…
The work of UNOSAT is not only about emergencies, although the maps you can see on the web all refer to humanitarian assistance. This publication policy is linked to the need for humanitarian workers to access maps from various field locations by simply connecting via internet or via satellite telecommunications to download the maps prepared by UNOSAT on the premises of CERN. Yet a large number of maps and analyses are not publicly available on the UNOSAT website because they are part of project activities done in partnership with UN agencies like UNDP (development), IOM (m...
UNITAR Workshop on Structure, Drafting and Adoption of UN Resolutions
26 - 27 February 2015, New York, USA – The UNITAR New York Office organized a workshop on Structure, Drafting and Adoption of UN Resolutions. The workshop took place for a day and a half and aimed at introducing the participants to the structure and form of United Nations resolutions and decisions. The workshop was part of the series of events organized by UNITAR bi-annually in order to help the new staff members of the permanent missions to the United Nations to improve their skills in the…
Join UNOSAT and ESRI in Addressing Global Challenges at the 2015 GIS for the United Nations and the International Community Conference
18-20 May 2015, Geneva, Switzerland, at Campus Biotech – UNOSAT and ESRI invites you to join the geospatial professionals from international organizations and nonprofits from around the world at the 2015 GIS for the United Nations and the International Community Conference. The conference will present an opportunity to show how geospatial technology enables organizations worldwide to combat global challenges through spatial analysis and…
CIFAL Shanghai Concludes Seminar on E-Port and Trade Facilitation
28 September 2018, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Shanghai (CIFAL Shanghai) jointly with the Ministry of Commerce of China convened the “Seminar on E-Port and trade facilitation” held on the 21 September 2018 in Shanghai.
According to the Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation, for four consecutive years Shanghai has reached the No. 1 ranking in the world in terms of container throughput sea transportation. This is the result of important…
2 October 2020, Geneva, Switzerland – Last week, UNOSAT delivered the Advanced Training on Earth Observation (EO) and Geospatial Information Technology (GIT) for Climate Resilience in Fiji and Vanuatu. This week-long training was delivered as part of the capacity development activities of the CommonSensing project* that aims to improve climate resilience in the Pacific small island states. Adjusting to the COVID-19 preventive measurements in partner countries, UNOSAT adopted a blended-type of delivery method., The Advanced Training on EO and GIT for Climate Resil...