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UNITAR New York Office Commences its 2014 Multilateral Negotiations Training with an Orientation on Population and Development

20-21 February 2014, New York – The UNITARNew York Office held an informative training course on multilateral negotiations with a specific orientation towards population and development. Around 40 delegates from various United Nations Member States participated in an intense and engaging two-day training event.

Government of Switzerland Supports COP 19 Follow-up Action in Tajikistan

17 – 19 February 2014, Dushanbe, Tajikistan – UNITAR, ZOI Environmental Network and the Government of Tajikistan, with support from the Government of Switzerland, organized a two day Training Workshop on the Outcomes of the UNFCCC COP 19 on 17-18 February 2014, in Dushanbe.

Green Legacy Hiroshima receives 2014 award from the Hiroshima Peace Creative Fund

4 March 2014, Hiroshima, Japan - Green Legacy Hiroshima, the global Initiative supported by UNITAR, the NGO ANT-Hiroshima and a host of local and global partners, has won the prize awarded by the Hiroshima Peace Creative Fund. The award ceremony took place in Hiroshima on 3 March 2014.

Afghanistan Public Officials Master Public Policy as they Graduate from Swiss University

27 February 2014, Geneva, Switzerland - Twenty high-level government officials from the Ministry of Finance of Afghanistan received their Master’s degrees in public policy from the Graduate Institute of Geneva on Thursday, February 27th in a ceremony presided over by the Hon. Omar Zakhilwal, Minister of Finance of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

UNITAR Strengthens Cooperation with France through the Signature of a Multi-Oriented Framework Agreement

28 February 2014, Geneva, Switzerland – Mr. Nicolas Niemtchinow, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations Office in Geneva, and Ms. Sally Fegan-Wyles, UN Assistant Secretary-General, Acting Head, Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), signed on 28 February 2014 a Framework Agreement reinforcing cooperation between the French Government and UNITAR.

Post-2015 Development Agenda Orientation Briefing - Technical Briefings for Delegates to the United Nations

With the process to develop the post-2015 development agenda approaching critical milestones, UNITAR is organizing a series of interactive technical briefings for members of delegations and other government officials at the United Nations in New York, and later in Geneva. The overall objective of the briefings is to strengthen knowledge for evidence-based decision making in the formulation of the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

Session 2: The Post-2015 Development Agenda: Key Conceptual Issues (5 March, 15:00-18:00)

Session 3: The Post-2015 Development Agenda: The Results Framework (6 March, 11:00-13:00)

Transformative Global Governance: China and the United Nations

13 – 14 January 2014, Shanghai, China. Starting the new year with enthusiasm and ambition UNITAR’s Multilateral Diplomacy Programme co-organized a two day high-level international conference entitled “Transformative Global Governance: China and the United Nations”, which took place in Shanghai, China from the 13th to the 14th of January 2014.