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Andaru Dhaniswara, Indonesian diplomat, is an alum of 2022 UNITAR Hiroshima Training Programme on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.
Indonesia is a member state of the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and a signatory state of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Participants of the UNITAR programme learn from world-renowned experts and practice strategies in diplomatic negotiations.
Andaru believes that discussions on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation should be prioritized for international development.
, October 2022, Hir...
Tariq Rauf is an expert trainer for the UNITAR’s Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Training Programme.
He is the former Head of Nuclear Verification and Security Policy Coordination at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) with years of experience in nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation, and arms control.
The UNITAR nuclear disarmament training brings diplomats to Hiroshima, where they can stand at ground zero and see the bare memorial dome.
Tariq believes the UNITAR programme fills a critical gap for developing countries in Asia, building their capa...
12 December 2023, New York, USA – An evening of musical grandeur unfolded in the New York City landmark, Carnegie Hall, on December 11, 2023, as the United Nations Institute for Training and Research - New York Office (UNITAR-NYO), the President's Office of the 78th United Nations General Assembly, and Carnegie Hall partnered for an extraordinary concert. Titled "In Celebration of the Work of the 78th United Nations General Assembly and PGA H.E. Mr. Dennis Francis: A Concert For Peace, Prosperity, Progress, and Sustainability - An Annual UN Family Reunion". Under the suppor...
UN CC:Learn Supports Education Day at COP23
27 November 2017, Bonn, Germany - Education is an essential component and a catalyst for responding to global climate change. This is outlined in Article 6 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Article 12 of the Paris Agreement.
To highlight the importance of promoting knowledge and skills development, the 23rd Conferences of the Parties (COP23) to the UNFCCC, held in Bonn from 6-17 November, dedicated a full day to climate change education in their programme. UN CC:Learn and the UN System have…
UNITAR Hosts Briefing Session for the Forum of Small States (FOSS) Members On 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly
12 September 2018, New York, USA – The United Nations for Training and Research (UNITAR), in partnership with the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Singapore to the United Nations, hosted a briefing session for members of the Forum of Small States (FOSS) on the upcoming 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly. This briefing was to help delegates understand the priorities of the agenda at the session, what the various committees will be…
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Innovative Applications for the Humanitarian Community
29 September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland – Over the course of the past several weeks and months, UNOSAT has been working with partners to develop innovative applications for the humanitarian community by integrating geographic data into new systems. The idea behind these initiatives is to empower end-users by providing them with actionable information and/or in user friendly formats to improve impact from their job.
Examples of such innovations at UNOSAT are Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR & AR). Led by the video…
Born in 1961, Ziad Obeidat has lived most of his life in Jordan, where he now holds the position of Director of Development Plans & Programs at the Ministry of Planning & International Cooperation. He first began working for the government of Jordan in 1993, less than four years after the country’s first free elections. Since that time, his political career has continued to rise, while his country has gone through many changes.
In the first ten years of the new millennium Jordan's economy grew steadily, but the country was later faced with a number of challenges…
In the aftermath of the Cancun climate change negotiations last December, UNITAR is preparing to relaunch its e-learning course on Climate Change Diplomacy, for which applications are already being received and places are being filled-up fast! The course is due to start on the February 21st and will run for a duration of eight weeks, providing professional training for diplomats, negotiators and other high-level officials prior to the climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, later this year.
Climate Change is one of the greatest challenges of our time.…
The strengthening of compliance and enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) has been mentioned as one of the key issues on environmental management (Agenda 21). For many developing countries and countries with economies in transition, insufficient capacity in various levels impedes the adequate implementation of MEAs. To better respond to the increasing and numerous requests for innovative training in environmental law, UNITAR’s International Law Programme (ILP) opens a new series of its e-Courses on International Environmental Law (IEL) which are…