Training Materials and Publications

A comprehensive database of UNITAR publications is under construction.

According to its mandate, the Institute do not carry out pure research activities but rather research on and for training. UNITAR's publications are thus either practice-oriented books or manuals and training materials.

Only publications written or directed by UNITAR's staff are mentioned here, together with authentic UNITAR training materials published by the various programmes.

A more exhaustive list of each programme's training materials and publications may be found within the web pages of the units and programmes themselves. Click on the following headings to access a selected list of publications.

 


Chemicals and Waste Management

Integrated National Programmes

  • Developing and Sustaining an Integrated National Programme for Sound Chemicals Management, Guidance Document (2004) (to be updated in 2006)
  • Preparing a National Profile to Assess the National Infrastructure for Management of Chemicals: A Guidance Document (1996) (to be updated in 2006)

Chemical Hazard Communication and GHS Implementation

  • Developing a National GHS Implementation Strategy, Pilot Edition (2005)
  • WSSD Global Partnership for Capacity Building to Implement the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), Annual Report 2004

POPs

  • Preparing/Updating a National Profile as Part of a Stockholm Convention National Implementation Plan, Companion Guidance Note - Working Draft (2003)

PRTR

  • Pollutant Release and Transfer Register Capacity Building Library (2nd Edition, 2003)
  • Designing and Implementing National Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers: A Compilation of Resource Documents. UNITAR, IOMC, 2000

Thematic Workshops on Priority Topics of National Chemicals Management Capacity Building

  • Global Thematic Workshop on Capacity Building to Implement the GHS, Johannesburg, South Africa, November 2005
  • Synergies for Capacity Building under International Agreements Addressing Chemicals and Waste Management, March-April 2004

Resources/CD-ROMs

  • UNITAR Guidance and Training Material Relevant to Action Plan Development CD (1st Edition, 2005)
  • Synergies for Capacity Building under International Chemicals and Waste Management Agreements (1st Edition, 2004)


Climate Change

  • "Who needs what to implement the Kyoto Protocol?" - An assessment of capacity-building needs in 33 developing countries Authors: UNITAR with the Consortium of North-South Dialogue on Climate change, Geneva October 2001- 148 pages
  • Climate change and the Internet - Local Access to Global Issues Author UNITAR, Climate change programme, Geneva April 2002 - 48 pages
  • Traduction francaise: Les changements Climatiques et l'Internet - Accès Local pour un Problème Global, Author UNITAR, Programme changements climatiques, Genève avril 2002 - 48 pages


Debt, Financial Management and Negotiation (legal aspects)

Training Pack

  • Debt and Financial Management - Legal Aspects (10 volumes)
  • Negotiation Theory and Practice (Multilateral Negotiations/Case Study Package)
  • Negotiation Theory and Practice (Bilateral Negotiations)
  • Negotiation Theory and Practice (Commercial Negotiations)

Glossaries

  • Debt and Financial Management Glossary
  • Paris Club Glossary
  • London Club Glossary

Document Series

  • Debt Re-structuring (Document No. 1, February 1992)
  • Recommendations of Participants (Document No. 2, March 1992)
  • Good Debt Management Pays (Document No. 3, January 1993)
  • Negotiations in Debt and Financial Management (Document No. 4, December 1994)
  • The Role of the Lawyer in External Debt Management (Document No. 5, October 1995)
  • Selected Essays on Development Finance and the Role of the Lawyer in International Debt Operations (Document No. 6, July 1999)
  • Selected Issues in Loan Negotiations with Official Creditors (Document No. 7, September 1999)
  • The 'Building Blocks' of Effective Government Debt Management (Document No. 8, December 1999)
  • Problems and Perspectives of Debt Negotiations (Document No. 9, April 2000)
  • Negotiation of Specific Clauses of Loan Agreements (Document No. 10, May 2000)
  • The Role of Parliamentary Counsel in Legislative Drafting (Document No. 11, May 2000)
  • Tax Legislation and the Lawyers Training Needs: An African Perspective (Document No. 12, November 2000)
  • Capital Market Development: The Road Ahead (Document No. 13, November 2000)
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods (Document No. 14, March 2001)
  • Negotiating and Drafting Clauses in Loan Agreements: Events of Default (Document No. 15, March 2001)
  • The Role of the International Monetary Fund in Africa (Document No. 16, July 2001)
  • Institutional Framework for Public Sector Borrowing (Document No. 17, October 2002)
  • Promoting Growth in African Capital Markets (Document No. 18, November 2002)

Best Practices Series

  • Best Practices in the Field of External Borrowing (Series No. 1, August 2001)
  • Best Practices in External Debt Management (Series No. 2, August 2001)
  • Best Practices in Drafting Techniques of a Loan Agreement (Series No. 3, October 2002)


Environmental Governance and Democracy

  • Preparing a National Profile to Assess National Capacities for Implementation of the Aarhus Convention
  • Preparing a National Profile to Assess National Capacities for Implementation of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration


Environmental Law

  • Course 1 - Introduction to International Environmental Law, Alexandre Kiss (Eng. and Fr.)
  • Course 2 - The Role of International Organizations in the Evolution of Environmental Law, Peter H. Sand (Eng. and Fr.)
  • Course 3 - Techniques and Procedures in International Environmental Law, Dinah Shelton (Eng. and Fr.)
  • Course 4 - International Environmental Negotiations, Winfried Lang (Eng. and Fr.)
  • Course 5 - International Environmental Law: Hazardous Materials and Waste (Eng. and Fr.)
  • Course 6 - International Environmental Law: Biological Diversity, Cyrille de Klemm & Clare Shine (Eng. and Fr.)
  • Course 7 - International Environmental Law: Atmosphere, Freshwater and Soil, Lothar Gündling (Eng. and Fr.)
  • Course 8 - International Environmental Law: Marine environment, Polar regions, Outer space, Lothar Gündling & Richard TArasofsky (Eng. and Fr.)
  • Course 9 - Environment and Trade, Agnès Michelot (forthcoming in Fr.)
  • Course 10 - Developments and Trends in International Environmental law, Alexandre Kiss & Dinah Shelton (Eng. and Fr.)


Foreign Economic Relations

  • Objectifs des négociations agricoles à OMC by Daniel Zulauf
  • The Legal Infrastructure Required for Efficient Financial Markets: UNITAR Doc 3. by Lee C. Buchheit
  • Settling Foreign Investment Disputes: UNITAR Doc. No.4, Revision of Module VIII
  • The Development of Domestic Capital Markets for Sovereign Debt Issuers: UNITAR Doc. 2 by Brian Olden
  • Sovereign Debtors and their Bondholders: UNITAR Doc. No.1 by Lee C. Buchheit
  • Arbitrating Disputes unders Bilateral and Multilateral Investment Treaties by Constantine Paratasides
  • Dispute Resolution through Negotiation, Arbitration and Other means by Constantine Paratasides


Information and Communication

  • EISI Manual/Manuel SISEI - methodological guidelines for the implementation of environmental information systems on the Internet (also available in French)
  • Training manual on the adaptation and development of the GisWeb application, a tool for geospatial display and analysis on the Web
  • Training manual on web site creation and management. This manual was used as a reference for "climate change and the Internet; local access for global problems"
  • Concept document for the Environmental Information Systems on the Internet in Africa (SISEI Africa 2002 - 2005)
  • National and Subregional Capacity Building Programme on Integrated Management of Data and Information to Implement Multilateral Environmental Treaties


International Training Center for Local Authorities/Actors (CIFAL)

  • Proceedings of the four regional fora (Durban for Africa, Curitiba for Latin America, Shanghai for Asia Pacific and Lyon for Europe) on Sustainable Urbanization identifying Local Capacity Building priorities and available support. "Linking Global goals to Local Actions through Decentralised Cooperation, in partnership between the United Nations, Local Authorities, NGOs and the Private Sector". CD ROM in English, French and Spanish.


New York Office

  • The UTA/UNITAR Campus on International Trade
    • Training Manual for 2001 Campus (18 - 21 June, New York)
    • Training Manual for 2002 Campus (17 - 20 June, New York) (also published on the web at www.unitar.org/ny and print)
  • DMAN/UNITAR Series on Public-Private Partnership for Sustainable Development
    • 2001 Campus on PPP for Infrastructure and social services (4-7 December, New York) (Has been published on the web at www.unitar.org/ny and print)
    • 2002 Campus on PPP for Urban Development (10 - 12 June, New York) (Has to-date only been published on the web at www.unitar.org/ny)
  • INTEL/UNITAR Campus on New Information and Communication Technologies and Diplomacy 2002 (12 - 15 February, New York) (published on CD-ROM, in-print and on the web at www.unitar.org/ny)
  • 2002 Series on Policy Awareness and Training in Information Technology (material for all 5 modules has been published in print and digital media, plus an interactive e-learning website www.un.int/unitar/patit/)
    • Module 1: Introduction to Computers and Windows 2000
    • Module 2: E-mail and Internet Search Basics
    • Module 3: Introduction to Microsoft Word 2000
    • Module 4: Web-page Design Basics and Usability Techniques
    • Module 5: Policy Awareness and Security Issues on Information Technology (High-level seminar for Ambassadors)
  • Information Insecurity, authors E.Gelbstein and A. Kamal, 2002, UNITAR New York Office, available on-line
  • Law of Cyber-Space, author A. Kamal, 2005, UNITAR New York Office, available on-line
  • New York Office website page


Peacemaking and Preventive Diplomacy

  • Connie Peck, "The Role of Regional Organizations in Preventing and Resolving Conflict", in C.A. Crocker, F.O. Hampson and P. Aall, Turbulent Peace: The Challenges of Managing International Conflict (Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2001), pp. 561-583
  • Murithi, T. & Pain. D. (Eds) (2000), African Principles of Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation, Addis Ababa: Shebelle Ethiopia Publications
  • Murithi, T. (2000) ‘From Conflict Resolution to Sustainable Democracy: State Collapse and Post-Conflict Peace Building in Africa’, in S. Bakut and S. Dutt (eds.), Africa Towards the Millennium: An Agenda for Mature Development, London: Palgrave
  • Murithi, T. (2000) ‘Strengthening Indigenous Institutions’, in Innovations in Global Governance, New Haven: Academic Council of the United Nations (ACUNS)

 

Multilateral Diplomacy

  • Glossary of Terms for UN Delegates More
  • CD-Rom Training Package on UN Documentation More
  • Manual for UN Delegates More