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12 May 2021, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is delighted to announce its innovative partnership with CEU San Pablo (CEU) University of Madrid. Kickstarting the partnership is the International Professionals Programme (IPP), which aims to bring students closer to a first professional experience with the United Nations.
This unique initiative is designed as a UNITAR in-career curriculum, offered to CEU San Pablo’s Bachelor students. The exclusive programme aims to provide students with an in-career curriculum, offer...
27 May 2021, Geneva, Switzerland and Beijing, China - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the Geneva School of Economics and Management of the University of Geneva and the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set global standards for SDG Education and Open Innovation.
The three documents were virtually signed by United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNITAR, Mr. Nikhil Seth, the Dean of the Geneva School of Economics and Management of the Univ...
In line with its commitments to the Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UNITAR is strengthening its partnership with the University for Peace (UPEACE) to launch two new Master of Arts : the M.A. in International Law and Diplomacy, and the M.A. in Development Studies and Diplomacy. , The Master of Arts in International Law and Diplomacy (online and hybrid formats) is a two-year graduate programme permitting students to specialize in the interface between international law and diplomacy. It will not only broaden student’s knowledge in the field of i...
24 June 2020 GENEVA, Switzerland & SEOUL, South Korea – On 11 June 2020, UNITAR participated in the launch of a new system for university ranking, the World’s Universities with Real Impact (WURI). The launch event was co-hosted in partnership with three other institutions: the Institute for Policy and Strategy on National Competitiveness (IPSNC) of South Korea, the Hanseatic League of Universities and the Franklin University of Switzerland. UNITAR was represented at this event by the Director for the ...
04 October 2023, Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is delighted to announce its new partnership with the University of Groningen Business School (UGBS) and the launch of a joint Online Executive Programme on Health Protection, Humanitarian Settings, and International Law.
The programme, which is set to start in April of 2024, is primarily designed for professionals aspiring to, or already working in, Medicine, Public Health, and related fields who want to learn more about health protection in emergency and humanitar...
EKMELEDDIN IHSANOGLU
Secretary-General of the Organzation of the Islamic Conference
Building bridges: intercultural dialogue, identities and migration
(Due to temporary health problems, the second speaker Mr. Carlos Fuentes had to cancel his participation in the Lecture)
Thursday, 16 September 2010 | 4:30 p.m.
Palais des Nations; Assembly Hall
The video archive of the Lecture is available on the UN website
To read Mr. Ihsanoglu's speech, please click here
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu
Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu is the first by-vote selected Secretary-Gen...
UNITAR hosts Orientation Course on the Economic and Social Council
23 January 2018, New York City, U.S.A – The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the United Nations Institute of Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) have jointly hosted a one-day orientation course on the Economic and Social Council for the Members of the Council. The event was hosted in the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
The orientation course consisted of six different sessions which covered a wide variet...
10 January 2022, New York, USA – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), in partnership with the Office of the President of the General Assembly (OPGA), successfully launched its flagship initiative, the 2022 President of the General Assembly Fellowship for HOPE (Harnessing Opportunities for Promoting Empowerment of Youth) on 10 January 2022. As envisioned by H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid, President of the 76th General Assembly, and his Presidency of Hope, this Fellowship programme aims to promote youth engagement in multilateralism and support the next g...
The idea of a UN training and research institute was mentioned for the first time in a 1962 resolution of the UN General Assembly (resolution 1827 (XVII) of 18 December 1962). In 1963, following a recommendation from the Economic and Social Council, the General Assembly decided to create UNITAR, and asked the Secretary-General to establish a United Nations Institute for Training and Research as an autonomous body within the UN system. (Economic and Social Council - Thirty-sixth Session Annexes Document E/3780 United Nations Training and Research Institute - Note by the...
21 August 2019 - New York, USA – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) New York Office and Columbia Law School organized a Mediation briefing for students and faculty members from the University of Fortaleza - UNIFOR (Fundação Edson Queiroz - Universidade de Fortaleza), Brazil at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
In attendance to this Brazil Law Group event were 30 participants who also work as Judicial leaders (Judges, Public Prosecutors, Lawyers). The visit to the UN was part of the broader Columbia Law School Mediation Cli...