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From the 8th to 12th of November 2010, UNITARs Peacekeeping Training Programme, in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), delivered a training of trainers (ToT) in Nairobi, Kenya on Natural Resource Management and Peacekeeping. This event, sponsored by the German Federal Foreign Office, was attended by environmental focal points from 17 different UN missions and by representatives from four regional training centres.
Experts presented material ranging from the relationship between…
15-19 November 2010, Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo: The Multilateral Diplomacy Programme (MDP) in partnership with the Congolese Diplomacy Academy (DRC), as well as the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation, organized a workshop from 15-19 November 2010 in Kinshasa on Results-Based Management (RBM). It was opened by the Director of the Congolese Academy, Mr. Bonaventure Mpasi Makenga. The workshop introduced the thirty-two participants, all of whom were senior staff from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the DRC, to RBM…
An interview with Mr. Strauss-Kahn, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, aired on TSR on 23 November 2010 on the occasion of his participation, alongside World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General Mr. Pascal Lamy, in an open debate to take place at Palais des Nations on 8 December 2010. On the same occasion, TSR interviewed the Executive Director of UNITAR, Mr. Carlos Lopes, who provided some insights on the choice of speakers and the topic for 6th edition of the Geneva Lecture Series jointly organized by United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and…
25 May 2011 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - In cooperation with the African Union and the support of the International Organization de la Francophonie (OIF), UNITARs’ Multilateral Diplomacy Programme (MDP) has successfully implemented a workshop on Conference Diplomacy and Multilateral Negotiations for the benefit of diplomats accredited to the African Union and the staff of the African Union Commission. The training took place from 23 to 25 May 2011 in Addis Ababa and focused on the preparations for multilateral negotiations, the products and outcomes of conferences…
6 July 2011, Geneva, Switzerland. UNITAR Executive Director took part in the meeting of Principals of ‘ECESA Plus’ that gathered in Geneva on 6 July. One of the main objectives of the meeting was to advance preparations by the UN system for the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20. More specifically, the focus of the meeting was on concrete suggestions and contributions of UN organizations for the outcome document and initiatives to be launched in Rio next year. More information on the meeting is provided on the webpage of the Executive Committee on…
The UNITAR Hiroshima Fellowship for Afghanistan programme, a seven-month-long capacity building initiative undertaken in partnership with the Hiroshima Prefectural Government, the Singapore International Foundation and other international partners including Microsoft Corporation, was recently concluded with the graduation of 32 Fellows and Coaches.
This capacity-building initiative aims at developing expertise within a core group of Afghan public officials to further facilitate the reconstruction process of Afghanistan. This, the sixth annual Cycle began last April and…
The United Nations for Training and Research (UNITAR) is pleased to announce the High Level Panel on Human Rights and Trade which UNITAR has organized together with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). The panelists will be the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Pillay and the Director General of the WTO, Mr. Lamy. The panel will also include Ambassadors and senior civil servants.
The panel will discuss the bridge-building process between human rights and trade. It will offer new perspectives on…
The recent visit of the Secretary-General to the UNOSAT team set the tone of the new management phase at UNOSAT, which is now a recognised centre of excellence within the United Nations system in the areas of satellite analysis and geospatial information. While the visit of the Secretary-General confirms this recognition and is a reward to the staff, it also shows the gradual gain of importance of satellite derived information for the work of the UN. UNOSAT has spearheaded innovation in satellite analysis since its creation in 2000.
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Antwerp, Belgium, 5 June 2012 - A group of 30 participants from the diamond sector participated in the first of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Meet-up in Antwerp.
This session was organized by UNITAR, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, through the Antwerp International Training Center for Corporate Opportunities (Antwerp ITCCO) in collaboration with the Antwerp Management School and the Global Compact network Belgium and was hosted by the Antwerp World Diamond Centre.
It took place ahead of a "Meet & Greet” session (see photo) held during a…
9-10 July, Antwerp, Belgium – With a third of the world’s population migrating from villages to cities in the 21st Century, local leaders must be at the forefront of incorporating diversity into all aspects of city planning. As part of its work in the area of human mobility, UNITAR is hosting its first Expert Meeting in the City of Antwerp to define the parameters of its novel “Learning Platform on Human Mobility: Capacity Development for Local Leaders”.
A global, face2face training platform for local leaders, UNITAR’s Learning Platform on Human Mobility will broach…