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23 April 2021, Merida, Mexico – In an effort to reach Indigenous Communities in Mexico and in Central America, the International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders in Merida (CIFAL Merida) developed a short manual and video about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Mayan language. This responds to their commitment to further disseminate the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda’s Goals to Indigenous Peoples. Mayan is a living language that it is still spoken by at least 6 million Maya people in some countries in Mesoamerica, including Mexico, Guatemal...
We invite you to learn about a management methodology that can help improve road safety and to explore examples of its application across cities.
The Toolkit highlights local demonstration projects implemented in different countries across continents including Brazil, China, Dominican Republic, India, Mexico and South Africa. It is based on the premise that achieving road safety targets requires, among others, improving existing road infrastructure for the benefit of all road users, especially the most vulnerable., For more information on the Manag...
Electronic waste in 13 Latin American countries rose by 49% between 2010 and 2019, roughly the world average, but just 3% was collected and safely managed, a fraction of the 17.4% global average, according to the UN’s first assessment of Latin America’s e-waste volume, legislation, and management infrastructure.
In 2019, e-waste generated by 206 million citizens in the 13 countries reached 1,300,000 tonnes (1.3 megatonnes, of which almost 30% was plastic) – equal in weight to a 670 km line of fully-loaded 40-ton trucks. The comparable figure in 2010 was 900,000 tonne...
A record 62 million tonnes (Mt) of e-waste was produced in 2022, Up 82% from 2010;
On track to rise another 32%, to 82 million tonnes, in 2030;
Billions of dollars worth of strategically-valuable resources squandered, dumped;
Just 1% of rare earth element demand is met by e-waste recycling.
Contacts:
Ruediger Kuehr, SCYCLE, UNITAR, +49 228 815 0213/4, ruediger.kuehr@unitar.org
David Hirsch, ITU, +41 22 730 5092; pressinfo@itu.int
Terry Collins, +1 416 878 8712; tc@tca.tc
The full Global E-waste Monitor report is available at: www.globalewaste.org, 20 March 2024,...
UNITAR celebrates its 50th anniversary since its inception in December 1963. The Institute organized commemorative events both in Geneva and New York.
Geneva
28 November 2013, Geneva, Switzerland – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), in cooperation with the Group of 77 and China, Geneva Chapter, organized a high-level event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of UNITAR, and to sign a Framework of Cooperation between G77 and UNITAR.
All Permanent Missions based in Geneva were invited to the event and it was attended by more than 150 partic...
Webinar #2 on Micro-/NanoplasticsThe “Webinar #2 on Micro-/Nanoplastics” took place on 28 March 2025, from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. CET (9:00 - 10:30 a.m. EDT).This webinar covered the current trends of microplastic pollution in marine environment, and risk assessment of microplastics. ResourcesAgendaWebinar recording PresentationsCurrent trends of microplastic pollution in the marine environment, Prof. Dr. Tony R. Walker Download.Risk assessment of microplastics, Prof. Dr. Bart Koelmans Download.On the road to Basel Convention COP-17, Dr. Mehrnoosh Azodi Download....
17 December 2023, Ankara, Türkiye - the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), in collaboration with the Global Surgery Foundation (GSF), signed a shared Vision Statement with members of the Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC) Expert Working Group in Türkiye.
The VBHC Working Group, which has been working collaboratively with UNITAR and GSF since July 2022, includes representatives from Marmara University’s School of Medicine, Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University’s School of Medicine, the Turkish Cancer Institute, and the Turkish Ministry of Health.
The VB...
Our courseUNITAR’s widely recognised course on the GHS has been running for 10 years, with expert tutors, and the successful provision of technical information. The course is aimed at government officers and regulators, competent authorities, private sector workers, civil society organisations, academics and others with an interest in the GHS. Duration and formatThe course takes place over 11 weeks, with an online format that is flexible and adapted to professionals in full-time work. It is perfect for individuals or groups (group discounts available), and network...
17 September 2019, Geneva, Switzerland – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations International Computing Center (UNICC) and the Harvard Medical School Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC) are partnering to promote a new mobile application for the WHO’s Surgical Safety Checklist, which is destined to facilitate its use among healthcare professionals. The dissemination of the mobile feature is enhanced through a video that aims of raising awareness of the Checklist’s importanc...
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