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The MA in Global Sustainability Leadership is a collaboration between Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) and UNITAR, designed to develop leaders capable of addressing the complex challenges of sustainability, peacebuilding, and conflict resolution. This transformative programme provides academic excellence, practical skills, and global networking opportunities, preparing graduates to drive meaningful change worldwide. The programme offers two flexible study options: a full-time, one-year blended programme, which combines face-to-face modules at TU Dublin with ...
Attorney General of Qatar and UN Special Advocate on the Prevention of Corruption
H.E. Dr. Ali Bin Fetais Al-Marri is the Attorney General of the State of Qatar (since 2002) and the UN Special Advocate on the Prevention of Corruption.
H.E. Dr. Ali bin Fetais has been a member of the United Nations International Law Commission since 2002. In September 2012, Dr. Ali bin Fetais was appointed Special Regional Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for the recovery of stolen assets. His responsibilities included supporting the activities…
学生のSeungjae Leeさんは、香港で難民を支援するために、個別指導プログラムに取り組んでいます。Seungjaeさんは、2024年の国連ユニタール青少年大使・アジア太平洋プログラムに参加しました。国連ユニタール青少年大使プログラムを通じて、Seungjaeさんはコミュニティプロジェクトの構築と、高次のレベルでの展開に向け、国際規模で展開する方法を学びました。彼のプロジェクトでは、持続可能な開発目標（SDG）4「質の高い教育」に沿って、香港で難民が言語の壁を越えて学べる堅実なプログラムを確立することを目指しています。, 2025年2月27日、広島 – Seungjae Leeさんは、香港のインターナショナルスクールに通う韓国出身の学生で、社会問題に情熱を持ち、リーダーシップや奉仕活動に積極的に関わっています。1年前、彼は香港で言語の壁に直面している難民を支援するプロジェクトを立ち上げました。Seungjaeさんは、2024年にITS Education Asiaと共同で実施された国連ユニタール青少年大使・アジア太平洋プログラムを修了した26人の若いチェンジメーカーの1人です。, Seungjaeさんは、香港在住の難民は多くないものの、彼らが直面している大きな問題は言語の壁だと語ります。香港では英語が少し通じるものの、主に広東語や標準中国...
Geneva 14 March 2011. The aftermath of the catastrophic quake and tsunami in Japan has mobilised unprecedented participation from social networks and crowd sourcing communities around the world. Satellite imagery released for free by major commercial satellite companies earlier this week revealed to the world the extent of the impact of the tsunami waves that hit the east coast of Japan on Friday 11 March. Japan is using various satellite sensors and is coping with the technical work necessary to turn this large amount of data into useful information for rescue and…
Fahimaさんは、アフガニスタンの起業家であり、国連ユニタール「グレート・アイデア・スペース 2023：アフガニスタンの食料安全保障と雇用創出のための起業家精神とイノベーション」の研修修了生です。本研修事業は、270人のアフガニスタン起業家を迎え、ビジネス の基本知識とスキルを提供しました。Fahimaさんはマーケティングとブランディングについて学び、収入創出に関するアドバイスのもと、ビジネスリスクを最小限に抑えるために取引業者層を多様化することを決意しました。Fahimaさんは、研修で得た知識を自身のビジネスと地元での女性と若者のエンパワーメントに応用しています。, 2025年2月25日、日本、広島－Fahimaさんは、女性の意気を高めることを目指し、アフガニスタンにアパレル会社を設立しました。国連ユニタールの研修事業「グレート・アイデア・スペース 2023：アフガニスタンの食料安全保障と雇用創出のための起業家精神とイノベーション」は、彼女のビジネスモデルとマーケティング戦略を徹底的に見直すきっかけとなりました。, Fahimaさんは、女性でありながらアフガニスタンでビジネスを経営することの難しさをよく知っています。彼女は、女性の雇用の機会を創出したいという願いから、2016 年にアパレル会社を設立しました。しかし、2...
The University of Copenhagen’s Master Course on Disaster Management has the aim to provide national and international aid workers, government officials and other professionals interested in any or all parts of Disaster Management with a solid and holistic interdisciplinary background so that they can respect and understand the complex context of acting and working before, during and after a disaster. This course enjoys considerable success only two years after its creatiion by the Universities of Copenhagen and Lund (Sweden).
The Master of Disaster Management and UNOSAT…
Simeon Olaosebikan Adebo (1914-1994) was appointed United Nations Deputy Secretary General and Director General of UNITAR in 1969, and stayed with the Institute until 1972. Born in Western Nigeria, he became an Okanlomo (Chief) of the Yoruba people. After obtaining a degree in law from London University and being admitted to the bar, he continued his career at the Nigerian Ministry of Finance and the Treasury and in 1961 became head of the Civil Service and Chief Secretary to the Government of Western Nigeria.
In 1962, Chief Adebo moved to New York to represent his…
6 and 10 June 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. UNITAR Executive Director, Carlos Lopes, visiting Singapore and Malaysia next week for a series of high-level meetings, was invited to deliver public lectures on challenges to multilateralism by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (Singapore) on 6 June and Malaysian Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations on 10 June.
The lectures will discuss a qualitative change in international order over the past two decades and a new discourse that has gained prominence in the international relations theory and that emphasizes…
In the wake of the past eLearning Africa 2009 Conference (Dakar on May 27-29, 2009), UNITAR takes stock of past achievements in reaching out African participants through technologically intensive learning techniques such as e-Learning.
The percentage of African participants is quite significant. Despite logistical and technical difficulties, numbers show that e-learning is on an ascending trend as an educational means in Africa. UNITAR has been able to take measures of this growth.
According to 2008 internal statistics, the percentage of African participants among…
UNITAR and DevInfo partnered to train national actors on the new DiMonitoring tool for improving the creation and implementation of national to local development plans. Co-hosted by UNITAR and UNICEF (host agency for DevInfo) the workshop took place at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from September 19-22 with over twenty-one participants ranging from Barbados to Bhutan.
The training provided participants with an applied understanding of the core DevInfo database technology, for both users and administrators, and how this can be used to develop territorial planning and its…