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Worldwide | DFS
Information and communications technologies (ICT) are expanding at an exponential rate, greatly affecting how the United Nations conducts its peace operations in the evolving digital age. This ICT revolution is occurring at precisely the same time as the United Nations faces renewed pressures on its peacekeeping operations to do more with less.
Worldwide | UNPA
For 25 years the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) has issued stamps featuring species protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to highlight the need for the protection of endangered species throughout the world. UNPA is proud to present this year’s collection celebrating this twenty-fifth anniversary milestone.
Look no further than the Second Floor Reading Room in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. Especially if you are tired of hot desking, and need to concentrate on finishing that report.
The room has been recently refurbished, and offers comfortable seating and outlets to plug in laptops. Open to UN Headquarters ground pass holders, it’s an ideal space to focus on activities like research, project work or speech writing.
Worldwide | DPKO
The United Nations University (UNU), together with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and the Governments of Luxembourg and Switzerland, presented their new study, ‘Cradled by conflict - Child Involvement with Armed Groups in Contemporary Conflict’ on 12 February.
New York
The UNITAR Office in New York organized a training course on “Multilateral Negotiations: Strategies, Techniques and Results”, taught by Yale University Professor Roy S. Lee and attended by over 70 delegates.
Worldwide | UNFPA
Around many parts of the world, Valentine’s Day is celebrated as a romantic time for couples. Yet millions of children are coupled up before they are ready, often against their wills. Child marriage exposes them to violence, including rape, and it often forces them out of school and into premature parenthood.
Mogadishu | DFS
The Client Solutions Delivery Section (CSDS) Groundwater Exploration team in the Field Technology Service (FTS) of the UN Global Service Centre (GSC) combines their expertise with geospatial technology and geophysics to find water in the most unlikely places: the deserts of the Western Sahara (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) and Mali (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali).
The United Nations Office of Information and Communication Technology (OICT) and United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) hosted a morning seminar that introduced attendees to the potential applications of artificial intelligence as well as current limitations of this rapidly evolving technology.
Lagos | UNIC Lagos
In its 70 years of existence, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) has become the most translated document in the world. However, much is desired in providing access for those with disabilities, in particular, blind people.
Global | New York
The 2018 United Nations Institute for Training and Research catalogue, which provides, inter alia, a detailed overview of the Institute’s diplomatic training courses, orientation courses and lecture series, as well as a tentative calendar of events to be held this year at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, is now available online.
