January 2012 Geneva, Switzerland – In 2011, UNDP and UNITAR’s Public Finance and Trade Programme successfully trained over 1,000 African officials from 47 countries under the ongoing partnership between the United Nations Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Africa (UNDP RBA) and UNITAR. Activities focused on enhancing the ability of African officials to participate effectively in multilateral negotiations in the areas of financing for development and regional investment and integration. Read More

January 2012, Geneva, Switzerland – How to mobilise people towards common goals in an effective, positive and mutually beneficial way will be taught at a special workshop on charisma and leadership, which will be organised by UNITAR’s Multilateral Diplomacy Programme (MDP) on Friday, 24 February 2012 at the International Environmental House (IEH) in Geneva. Read More

The Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is an international treaty aimed at protecting human health and the environment from the threats posed by POPs. The Convention goals are to restrict and ultimately eliminate the production, use, release and storage of POPs. Read More

January 2012, Geneva, Switzerland – UNITAR’s Public Finance and Trade Programme has made their upcoming online course calendar for 2012 aimed at addressing the current challenges faced by finance and trade officials in the globalized economy available. Read More

The Institute expresses its sincere congratulations to The Most Honorable Portia Simpson Miller, one of our Board of Trustees members, following the successful results of her Party at the General Elections of 29 December 2011 and her inauguration as the new Prime Minister of Jamaica on 5 January 2012. Read More
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