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Resolution adopted by the Economic and Social Council on 19 June 2023
Resolution adopted by the Economic and Social Council on 9 June 2021
Resolution adopted by the Economic and Social Council on 7 June 2019
Resolution adopted by the Economic and Social Council on April 21 2017
Resolution adopted by the Economic and Social Council on July 26 2013
Resolution 2011/11 of 22 August 2011
Resolution 2009/27 of 30 July 2009
Resolution 2008/35 of 25 July 2008
, Report of the Secretary-General 2025 E/2025/50Report of the Secretary-General 2023 E/2023/70Report to the EC...
Sixty-Fifth Session, 21 - 22 November 2024Sixty-Fourth Session, 16 - 17 November 2023Sixty-third Session, 3 - 4 November 2022Sixty-second Session, 18 - 19 November 2021Sixty-first Session, 5 - 6 November 2020Sixtieth Session, 28 - 29 November 2019Fifty-Ninth Session, 29 - 30 November 2018Fifty-eigth Session, 16 - 17 November 2017Fifty-seventh Session, 17-18 November 2016Fifty-sixth Session, 19-20 November 20152015 Special Session, 13 April 2015Fifty-fifth Session, 20-21 November 2014 Fifty-fourth Session, 28-2...
23 - 24 January 2019, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China – UNITAR, in collaboration with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP), and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) successfully held the Learning Conference “Implementing the 2030 Agenda in the Asia-Pacific Region” in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, on the 23rd and 24th of January 2019. The conference was attended by more than 95 participants, including government officials leading the...
30 October - 1 November 2017, Cartagena, Colombia – UNITAR teamed up with the Governments of Colombia and Spain, ECLAC, UNDP and UNDESA to hold a Latin American learning conference on the holistic implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, from 30 October to 1 November 2017. The Conference for more than 70 participants featured strategic thinking sessions with the participation of several Ministers of Planning from the region and international and regional experts from the UN family, and a session with the private sector representativ...
6 October 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - To mark its 60th anniversary, UNITAR is organizing in Geneva, starting on the 2nd of October, a photo exhibition, displayed on the Rotonde du Quai du Mont-Blanc (across from the Brunswick Monument), will illustrate 60 years of history as well as stories of UNITAR alumni who made a positive change in their community. The alumni featured in the panel exhibition come from Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kenya, Maldives, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu. The opening c...
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10 July 2023, New York, USA - UN SDG: Le...
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...