Strengthening Peacemaking Capacities Among Key Actors in Africa

10 December, 2013. The UNITAR Regional Training Programme to Enhance Conflict Prevention and Peacemaking in Africa, the 12th continental programme organized to date, concluded on 28 November in Addis Ababa.

27 November 2013, Hiroshima, Japan - The UNITAR Hiroshima Office held its 77th Public Session on 13 November, examining Post-2014 Afghanistan and the Role of Japan.
2014 will see the withdrawal of a significant number of troops from Afghanistan as well as a presidential election. This Public Session provided an important opportunity to consider the direction of post-2014 Afghanistan as well as the role of Japan.

28 November 2013, Bangkok, Thailand - Both the Permanent Representative of the Philippines, Ambassador Ms. Jocelyn Batoon-Garcia, and Ms.

28 November 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - UNITAR organizes a high-level event to start the celebration of the Institute's 50th anniversary.  A framework of cooperation between the Group of 77 and China, Geneva Chapter, and UNITAR will be signed in this important event.  The Prime Minister of Algeria will make a keynote speech.

11-12 November 2013, Zhoushan City, PR China – UNITAR participated in the 2013 Technical Coordination Group Meeting under Strengthening Institutions,

18 November 2013, Bangkok - UNOSAT joined some 100 disaster management professionals representing 20 countries from Asia and the Pacific for a two-day meeting convened by OCHA to discuss ideas and best practices in humanitarian assistance and emergency preparedness. This was the fifth meeting of the “Regional Humanitarian Partnership” in the region.

15 November,2013,Hiroshima, Japan - The UNITAR Hiroshima Office was proud to host Professor U. Joy Ogwu, Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the United Nations, on Thursday 14 November. Professor Ogwu met with the 2013 UNITAR Youth Ambassadors, Ms. Sae Murai, Hiroshima Jogakuin High School, and Mr. Yuuki Yanagawa, Hiroshima Gakuin High School, and discussed the role of today’s youth, gender, diplomacy, and peace.

14 November 2013, Bangkok, Thailand - Since October 2013 a UNOSAT office is active within the Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Reduction Division at ESCAP in Bangkok.

November 2013 – Are you interested in learning more about the UN System? Do you need to brush up on your mediation skills? Are you aware of how to negotiate climate change issues? The Multilateral Diplomacy Programme of UNITAR has prepared an exciting e-Learning programme for 2014 to address all these questions and more.

11 November 2013, Geneva, Switzerland - A UNOSAT analyst told a TV reporter on Monday that what she could see on the satellite image she was processing looked “very much like a tsunami”. First satellite analysis reports released today by UNOSAT corroborate this impression and in describing the devastating consequences of Typhoon Haiyan UNOSAT refers to towns as “eradicated”.