26 January 2011, Geneva, Switzerland.  UNITAR Executive Director, Mr. Carlos Lopes met with President Leonel Fernández of the Dominican Republic last Wednesday, 26 January 2011, when President Fernández was on a visit in Geneva to address UNCTAD member States and observers. The high-level meeting with a number of key Geneva-based individuals from the world of development and finance, including UN leaders, focused on the major commodity, finance and development challenges.

28 January 2011, Geneva, Switzerland.  Dr.

UNITAR is pleased to announce that registration is now open for its e-Learning course on the Bilateral and Multilateral Negotiation, due to start on 21st February, 2011.

New York, USA.  The Government of Malaysia is the first to contribute to the newly established Fellowship Fund created by the main training vehicle of the UN, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).   A symbolic and timely gesture, in support of South-South cooperation, this contribution will ensure access of diplomats from least developed and developing countries to Core Diplomatic Training courses (CDT).

While ballots from the Southern Sudan referendum are sorted and counted in the presence of election observers, the UN Security Council on 18 January welcomed the conclusion of voting in the referendum for the self-determination of Southern Sudan, describing the voting exercise as “largely peaceful and orderly” and urged both

UNITAR’s International Law Programme is launching its new e-course on the Law of Treaties, for which the application period is now open. The international treaty, alongside with the international custom, is the most important source of international law. For those involved in the drafting, negotiation and conclusion of international treaties, a sound notion of the Law of Treaties is indispensable. 

 
 
For more information about the Academy's programme of the 2011 session of courses, please click here.
 
 

The strengthening of compliance and enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) has been mentioned as one of the key issues on environmental management (Agenda 21). For many developing countries and countries with economies in transition, insufficient capacity in various levels impedes the adequate implementation of MEAs.

In the aftermath of the Cancun climate change negotiations last December, UNITAR is preparing to relaunch its e-learning course on Climate Change Diplomacy, for which applications are already being received and places are being filled-up fast!  The course is due to start on the February 21st and will run for a duration of eight weeks, providing professional training for diplomats, negotiators and other high-level officials prior to the