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UNITAR is pleased to announce that registration is now open for its e-Learning course on the UN System, due to start on 29th November. Following the course’s success this summer, the Multilateral Diplomacy Programme will repeat this six-week course, which is full of useful insights, exercises, and demonstrative videos on how the whole UN system works.
Government representatives and other high level officials, such as international and non-governmental organizations, who often work with the UN, must be able to understand UN agencies in order to achieve their objectives and…
4 and 8 July, Hiroshima, Japan. The 2011 Session of the UNITAR Series on the Management and Conservation of World Heritage Sites was held in Hiroshima, Japan between July 4 and 8. The Session saw some 30 heritage experts representing 19 countries visit Hiroshima to engage in capacity building in regards to UNESCO's recently released Preparing World Heritage Nominations Manual. Resource Persons included those from UNESCO, ICOMOS, the IUCN and UNITAR.
The 2011 Session:
PREPARING WORLD HERITAGE NOMINATIONS: UNESCO’s NEW MANUAL
With the release by UNESCO of the new Preparing…
The United Nations system is a complex constellation of interrelated organizations assisted by an impressive number of principal and subsidiary organs. The system has considerably evolved over the years in order to adjust to changing situations. The relationship between some of its elements may at times be puzzling. With the purpose of analyzing in depth the respective roles and functions of the principal organs of the UN and their subsidiary bodies, UNITAR offers to the diplomatic communities in UN locations a number of courses focusing in particular on…
January 2013, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR’s International Law Programme has recently published the list of e-courses scheduled during the first semester of 2013. The course calendar (PDF) for the upcoming semester is currently accessible from our website. It comprises seven e-learning courses in English, one course in Spanish, and one in French. The first semester course calendar also includes the new UNITAR/University of Geneva Course on International Water Law.
During the second semester of 2012, UNITAR trained more than 150 participants on several current topics of…
UNITAR Organizes Workshop on Women’s Leadership and Negotiation Skills
24 March 2017, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) organized a workshop on women’s leadership and negotiation skills, which was facilitated by Columbia Law School. The workshop opened with Mr. Marco Suazo, Acting Head of UNITAR New York Office, who talked about the importance of having women in leadership roles. He mentioned that women had the innate quality to be leaders and this workshop was to help enhance that trait. He thanked the participants for coming…
UNITAR Organizers Workshop on Empowering Women in the Peace Processes
16 of May 2017, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) organized the workshop “Empowering Women in the Peace Processes”, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The day began with a few opening remarks by Mr. Pelayo Alvarez, on the importance of gender equality and the promotion of Sustainable Development Goal 5, introducing Columbia Law School professors Alexandra Carter and Shawn Watts. The event closed the 2017 series on “Conflict Resolution, Mediation…
UNITAR NYO Concludes Course for New Delegates on the Fifth Committee
8 September 2017 New York, USA – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office concluded the capacity building course in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations (UN) titled “Orientation Course for new delegates on the 5th Committee”. The course was comprised of several sessions across four days and introduced delegates to the players, topics, and rules and procedures of the UN General Assembly (GA) 5th Committee.
The fourth and…
Training Course for Kuwaiti Diplomats Concluded
18 September, 2017, New York, USA - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) concluded its training course on “Strengthening Skills and Knowledge in Multilateral Diplomacy: Practical Preparation for Security Council membership” for Kuwaiti diplomats with two more sessions on meeting formats, decisions and documents and insights into the Security Council Presidency on 7 and 8 September 2017.
The entire training dedicated to Security Council Membership was delivered to the diplomats by 17 highly…
Building and Promoting Trust to Prevent and Counter Extremism
How do you counter violent extremism?
21 August 2015, New York, USA - Extreme violence cannot be prevented or defeated without addressing the root of the problem. Although there is not a single approach to prevent and counter this phenomenon, building a society on trust and the attributes that form trust, may provide a critical strategy for preventing and countering extremism.
In contrast, fault lines of distrust can erupt when individuals and communities are faced with increasing uncertainties of safety,…
Enhancing African Capacities in Peacemaking and Conflict Prevention
“I will endeavour to put myself in the shoes of others in order to understand their points of view to enable me to make informed decisions. I learnt that the views of others matter in the resolution of conflict in every situation.”
- Comment from official participating in the UNITAR Regional Training Programme
30 April 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The thirteenth UNITAR Regional Training Programme to Enhance Conflict Prevention and Peacemaking in Africa concluded on 30 April 2015 in Addis Ababa. For…