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UNITAR is the first United Nations entity to establish a presence in the symbolic city of Hiroshima, in response to the desire of its people and authorities to contribute more actively to global peace and development.
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AFGHAN AMBASSADOR VISITS UNITAR HIROSHIMA
 H.E Eklil Hakimi, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Japan, presented a floral offering in remembrance of the victims of the atomic bombing at the Cenothaph of the Peace Memorial Park. LEGISLATORS VISIT UNITAR
 A legislative delegation from the Komeito Party visited with the Head of UNITAR Hiroshima to coordinate political support for the 2010 UNITAR Action Plan. The delegation was comprised of the Honorables Juichi Tagawa, Usui Yoshio, and Nishita Hiroshi, representing both the Hiroshima Prefecture and Hiroshima City Assemblies. |
Coastal Security in a Changing Climate - A UNITAR Training WorkshopCoastal Security in a Changing Climate A UNITAR Training Workshop - UNITAR - UNITAR - UNITAR “The Hiroshima Initiative towards a comprehensive security for seas and oceans” was adopted in 2007 and further elaborated in 2008 at the UNITAR Hiroshima offices regional workshops on Sea and Human Security. The Hiroshima Initiative provides the conceptual framework for a comprehensive security and identifies four main action items that would be further developed – namely: 1. Interrelations between habitats, ecosystems and human food security 2. Strategies for disaster management and risk reduction 3. Training of trainers for 4. Ocean governance: awareness creation and implementation This participatory training workshop takes place on the occasion of the World Ocean Conference (11-15 May 2009). The partners are : GEF-IW:LEARN; Global Oceans Forum Working Group on Climate, Oceans and Security; the Government of Indonesia; the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology; Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre; the University of Tokyo; as well as UNITAR Hiroshima alumni in Indonesia. The training workshop is considered a pre-event of Ocean Policy Day (13 May) and will engage a wide diversity of actors from civil society, national and local government, intergovernmental and humanitarian organisations, research institutions and the private sector. - - GEF IW LEARN - Global Oceans Forum - Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre
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COURTESY VISIT TO JAPAN’S FOREIGN AFFAIRS STATE SECRETARY On January 29 a delegation from UNITAR visited with H. E. Koichi Takemasa, State Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Japan, to discuss UNITAR’s global outreach and specially the creation of a Japan-Latin America Economic Cooperation Forum in 2011. MEDIA PARTNERSHIP WITH CHUGOKU SHIMBUN On Thursday 14 January 2010, a UNITAR delegation visited the main newspaper in Hiroshima to renew its collaboration. The president of the newspaper Mr. Kazuyuki Kawamoto is shown with the head of UNITAR Hiroshima Office. UNITAR HIROSHIMA HEAD MEETS CHAIRMAN OF HIROSHIMA CITY COUNCIL
On Wednesday 13 January 2010, UNITAR Hiroshima Head, Mr. Alex Mejia, met with the Honourable Hiroyuki Fujita, Chairman of the Hiroshima City Council, to thank him and his esteemed colleagues for their continued support of UNITAR as well as to discuss projects in 2010. NEW HIROSHIMA GOVERNOR SUPPORTS UNITAR
The Honourable Hidehiko Yuzaki reaffirmed the commitment of his new administration to UNITAR's capacity building programmes. Here he is shown with the Head of the Hiroshima Office receiving an inauguration gift.
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