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Capacity Building in Multilateral Conference Diplomacy for Congolese Diplomats
April 2012, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Ensuring that the interests of one’s own country are well represented in a multilateral context is one of the most challenging and impactful tasks for Diplomats. This customized training by UNITAR’s Multilateral Diplomacy Programme (MDP), held thanks to the support of the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), empowered Congolese Diplomats to better employ key skills beneficial for participating in International Conferences. Read More

UNITAR and UNDP RBA build African skills on Climate Change through successful Training of Trainers activity
May 2012, Pretoria, South Africa – UNITAR and the United Nations Development Programme Regional Bureau for Africa (UNDP RBA) have been working together since 2011 to develop capacities of African countries to engage in multilateral negotiations pivotal to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Given Africa’s vulnerability to environmental change in combination with other developmental challenges, it is no surprise that climate change is at the heart of African concerns for 2012 and beyond. Read More

UN Secretary-General Engages in Dialogue with his Special Representatives
11 – 13 May, 2012 -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed heads of UN peace missions and peacekeeping operations around the world at the Eighth Seminar for Special and Personal Representatives of the Secretary-General. In a dialogue session to discuss priorities and strategies, the Secretary-General recognized the crucial and challenging work being carried out by his senior United Nations peacemakers and stressed the critical importance of preventive diplomacy. Read More

CIFAL Jeju hosts training on Low-Carbon Cities: Green Growth for Local Governments in the Asia-Pacific Region.
2-4 May, Jeju, South Korea. Delegations from over eleven regional countries convened for CIFAL Jeju in Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. It is the 5th training to take place, in a series to build local government capacities on green growth and low-carbon cities in the Asia-Pacific Region. CIFAL Jeju is part of UNITAR’s global network of nine CIFAL training centres for sustainable local development. it's mandate is to develop capacities among regional local governments in the areas of ‘Green Growth’ and ‘Human Security’. Read More

New Record for Enrollment in e-Learning Course on the Global Commons
26 April 2012, Geneva, Switzerland – Registration for the first Introductory e-Learning Course to the Global Commons, with more than three hundred seventy participants from all over the world enrolled, is terminated. The course is free of charge for participants and has been developed by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. (Image: ©SnappyStock, Inc.) Read More

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