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Enhancing SADC Countries’ Performance in Negotiation and Diplomacy: A Vibrant Partnership with South Africa

 

South Africa’s Diplomatic Academy and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) recently held a six‐day regional training course on Conference Diplomacy and Multilateral Negotiation for diplomats from Southern African Development Community countries (SADC). The course, attended by 29 representatives, took place in Pretoria, South Africa, from 15‐20 June 2009 and was run by a team of international and regional experts specializing in multilateral conference diplomacy training.

 

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International law explained: UNITAR’s multipartner collaboration in New York

 

At UN Headquarters in New York, UNITAR trains diplomats in a broad variety of International Law courses, including international trade law, intellectual property law, law of the sea, treaty law and human rights law.

 

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UNITAR Teams with Partners to Organize the 2009 Global Environmental Governance Forum


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From 28 June – 2 July 2009, UNITAR teamed up with the Global Environmental Governance Project, a joint initiative of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the College of William and Mary, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the Horn of Africa Regional Environment Center to organize the Global Environmental Governance Forum: Reflecting on the Past, Moving into the Future, Montreux, Switzerland. The event immediately followed the first meeting of the UNEP consultative group of ministers on international environmental governance, Belgrade, 27-28 June 2009.

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Jean Gazarian: “The Youngest Member of the UN”

How Diplomatic Training has Changed in an Evolving Multilateral Context

 

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