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18 May 2023, Hiroshima, Japan – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), with the Government of Japan, is participating in the governmental public relations exhibition in Hiroshima.
Held to coincide with the G7 Hiroshima Summit, the exhibition is open to accredited international and local media from 18 May 2023 and held at the International Media Center at the Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center. UNITAR is exhibiting under the category “From Reconstruction to Peaceful Society and Sustainable Future”.
The UNITAR exhibition highlights the impact of t...
September 2022, Hiroshima, Japan – On 6 August 2022, the 77th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, Secretary-General António Guterres met with young activists from across Japan for a frank dialogue on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. The discussion made an indelible impression on other Japanese youth who were there.
“The panellists were discussing worldly topics in English confidently and passionately,” said Shizuku Yamashima, a 17-year-old observer at the venue. Shizuku is one of the UNITAR Hiroshima Youth Ambassadors who go to junior or senior...
UNITAR's Women's Leadership for Peace programme stands out as a source of empowerment in the landscape of global peace initiatives. Created in 2020, this innovative initiative was designed to address the unique challenges faced by women in the peace and security field and to increase the number of women in crucial leadership roles. Over the course of 2023, this program further evolved through four iterations, reaching women from over 30 nationalities and at different stages of their careers, making this program a truly global endeavour. By promoting peace and gend...
As UNITAR contributes to the implementation of the SDGs, a delegation participated at the COP27 to organize side events, workshops, and bi-lateral meetings to bring attention on the ‘leave no one behind’ principles in climate action and sustainable energy. The impact of climate change on displaced populations is rarely brought up in climate negotiation agenda. Therefore, UNITAR’s Global Platform for Action on Sustainable Energy in Displacement Settings (GPA) made efforts to raise awareness of humanitarian energy in the climate action discussions. This included ensuring that...
26 June 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - Halfway down the road, we still have a long way to go to reach the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. On some goals, we fell behind due to the COVID-19 pandemic which taught us one important thing: actions and policies cannot be developed in silos. While a wildlife issue can have effects on public health, measures in this area may in turn affect the economy, access to education and other health services and contribute to gender-based violence. They can also have short-term and longer-term effects on the environment – and all this...
26 June 2023, Isingiro, Uganda - In March 2023, Epa conducted fieldwork in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda, shedding light on the challenges of energy access. Due to population growth and widespread deforestation, refugees and host communities face significant hurdles in accessing fuels to cook. While innovative solutions like biogas cooking systems offer some hope, the overall situation remains dire. More work is needed to support sustainable energy access for refugees and host communities. Epa explains how crucial innovations in cooking systems are in order to imple...
What does it take to rebuild a nation shattered by war? More than just bricks and mortar, reestablishing the socio-economic foundations is a vital part of the process, one that is particularly important for restoring people’s sense of opportunity, dignity and hope. However, accomplishing such thing depends largely on the nation’s capacity to retain talents that will contribute to efforts towards enabling the state to be fully functional again. Hussein Naeem Hasan Naser is, without a doubt, one of these rare talents!, Born in Southern Iraq, Hussein moved to Baghdad to study,...
For more information, please access the main webpages with the description of the full project and its individual components in English and Spanish., Peace starts in the heart. It starts with an individual. An individual alone cannot make peace, however. This peace must grow, to a family, gathering steam to a community, blossoming to a region before a whole country can be at peace. Building peace requires the involvement of all who are affected by a lack of peace, all those who suffer the consequences of conflict. Youths are neither passive victims nor pure perpet...
24 June 2025, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR, in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations Office in Geneva, successfully concluded a high-level four-day workshop on public policy for social development.Held at the Palais des Nations under the auspices of Peru’s chairmanship of the G77, the programme brought together diplomats from over a dozen G77 member states to strengthen key competencies in policy analysis, formulation and implementation in support of the 2030 Agenda.The training, delivered from 16 to 19 June 2025, was led by Mr Alex Mejia, D...
16 July 2025, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – As part of shared commitment to road safety and education and promoting safer mobility in the Dominican Republic, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the National Institute of Transit and Land Transportation (INTRANT), the Liga Municipal Dominicana (LMD), the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) Dominican Republic and Pernod Ricard have re-introduced the Autosobriety Training Programme, an initiative focused on raising awareness about the risks of alcohol consump...