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UNITAR’s Public Finance and Trade Programme successfully trains over 1,000 African officials under the ongoing UNDP-UNITAR partnership initiative

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

Upcoming special workshop on charisma and leadership

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

Updating guidance for National Implementation Plans (NIPs) under the Stockholm Convention

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

Online courses address global challenges in Public Finance and Trade

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

Portia Simpson Miller becomes new Prime Minister of Jamaica

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

A new App connects iPad users to UNOSAT maps

UNOSAT ipad app 24 January 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - After “audio maps” on podcast and web crisis maps on line, the UNOSAT team continues to live up to their reputation as innovators with a new application for iPad that will allow thousands to download for free UNOSAT maps and more for both operational work in the field and research and information at headquarters.

The UNOSAT App lets you stay in touch with the world of humanitarian rapid mapping and emergency repose viewed through the satellite maps created by UNOSAT.

Five African peacemakers share their stories

24, 25, 26 January 2012, Geneva, Switzerland

AFRICA-GENEVA CONFERENCES
Africa at the heart of global issues
On this occasion, five African peacemakers having served with the United Nations or regional organizations, shared their stories as well as their visions of how their countries and their home continent as a whole might evolve in the coming decades.

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