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May 2016 - Following the report of the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations, the Secretary-General outlined his priorities on implementing the Peace Operations Review with his Special and Personal Representatives and Envoys.
Calling for a renewed focus on conflict prevention and mediation, he stressed that more priority and funding was needed for conflict prevention and for achieving political solutions to help meet this core obligation of the Organization. The crucial importance of the promotion and protection of human rights, and of strengthening…
UNITAR Hosts First Conference in the Dominican Republic Aimed at Stregthening Road Safety
4 April 2016, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - A three-day conference on ´Transport, Transit, Mobility and Road Safety´ was implemented from 30 March to 1 April in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with the support of the government and other stakeholders in that country, mainly: the Ministry of Public Works, the Federation of Engineers, the University of Santo Domingo and Diageo Latin America.
Approximately 700 attendees and more than 25 speakers participated during the three…
UN Secretary-General Makes Reference to the Green Legacy Hiroshima Initiative
28 October 2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, made remarks at inauguration of new office facility at UN Economic Commission for Africa Compound in Addis Ababa. In his remarks, he made a reference to the Hiroshima A-Bomb survivor trees, saplings of which was planted in Addis Ababa a few days ago by the Green Legacy Hiroshima initiative.
Below is an extract from his statement:
I am told that three days ago, in your commemoration of…
UNITAR Hosts Panel on Defining Frontier Diplomacy
27 July 2018, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR organized an interactive panel entitled “Defining Frontier Diplomacy”. The panel was the conclusion of a week-long International Law I course for a delegation from the Ministry of External Affairs of India.
Experts representing various sectors and professions inaugurated the highly anticipated concept of Frontier Diplomacy during the panel, including Dr. Maurizio Bona from CERN, Mr. Shaun Riordan from Clingendael Institute, Mr. Laurent Ferrali from ICANN and Mr. Martin Dion from…
CIFAL Shanghai Concludes Conference on Education to Promote Development
18 October 2018, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China – The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Shanghai (CIFAL Shanghai) jointly with Shanghai Additive Manufacturing Innovation Center and the Beijing Shangkun Education Group convened the Conference “Education to Promote Development” in Pudong Lingang Industry Park, Shanghai.
The Conference gathered more than 200 participants from the academia and the private sector with the objectives of promoting education as a tool to…
CIFAL Argentina Concludes Workshop on Social-Environmental Conflicts
30 - 31 October 2018, Buenos Aires, Argentina - The International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Argentina (CIFAL Argentina) hosted the Social-Environmental Conflicts workshop from a community transparency system perspective. The main objective of this event was to strengthen capacities and relationships between the government, private sector and community to facilitate dialogue on social and environmental issues.
This event is the first workshop ever carried out from a community…
What are good and illustrative case studies of effective capacity development supported by UN agencies that deliver results on climate change in Member States? This question was at the heart of the discussions at the One-UN COP-16 side event on Capacity Building as a Driver of Low-Emission, Climate-Resilient Development, 1 December 2010, Cancun, Mexico. The event was co-organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the co-conveners for capacity development under the One UN Climate Change Action…
26 September 2013, Accra, Ghana - During the week of 23 September 2013, a number of key milestones were reached in the “GEF/UNITAR/UNDP/EPA-Ghana Project on Capacity Building for the Elimination of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) in Ghana”. In particular, the 9th session of the Project Steering Committee (PSC) convened on 26 September 2013, followed by a high-level sensitization event and press briefing for TV, radio and print media in Ghana. The high-level sensitization and press briefing events were organized in response to the recent project reviews that called for…
Over the last century, the face of warfare has significantly changed. Interstate wars are now relatively rate and conflicts have become more complex, often involving an internal and a regional/international dimensions. In this type of conflicts, the battlefield is not clearly delimitated and civilians are often caught up in the hostilities as victims or participants – a distinction that is sometimes hard to draw. Violence against the civilian population by both government and non-state forces is now the rule rather than the exception, with civilians often being…
UNITAR Supports a Workshop on Climate Change Adaptation Integration in Development Planning in Morocco
17 - 20 April 2017, Marrakech, Morocco - Morocco knows that climate change will not leave it unscathed. To counter this evolution, the country has adopted a series of green policies and has also launched an extensive process of adaptation planning in all its development policies. In order to do so, it requested the support of NAP-GSP (National Adaptation Plan – Global Support Programme), a programme funded by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and implemented…