Disarmament Education Series: Educating Youth through Art, Technology and Dialogue

Since its founding, the United Nations has given the highest priority to reducing and eventually eliminating weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, as well as controlling small arms and light weapons. With the rapid development of information and communications technology, the emergence of new concepts of security and threat, and the largest generation of young people in history, the need for education in disarmament and non-proliferation has never been greater.

Disarmament Education: Youth at the Forefront of Disarmament Dialogue

Since its founding, the United Nations has given the highest priority to reducing and eventually eliminating weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, as well as controlling small arms and light weapons. With the rapid development of information and communications technology, the emergence of new concepts of security and threat, and the largest generation of young people in history, the need for education in disarmament and non-proliferation has never been greater.

Disarmament Education: Building a Safer World for All through Education

Since its founding, the United Nations has given the highest priority to reducing and eventually eliminating weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, as well as controlling small arms and light weapons. With the rapid development of information and communications technology, the emergence of new concepts of security and threat, and the largest generation of young people in history, the need for education in disarmament and non-proliferation has never been greater.

Changing Lives by Revitalizing Housing

Fifteen houses, fifteen families and fifteen opportunities to change lives. Living up to the mission of transforming lives through educational excellence, La Salle University (Unilasalle) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has been working since 2019 with the institution’s Office of Architecture and Engineering acting as focal point, in partnership with the Housing Secretariat of the city of Niterói, within the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro.

ReFashion Week NYC Promotes Sustainability by Celebrating Secondhand and Sustainable Fashion

The fashion industry has been considered the second most polluting industry in the world by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).  Some 93 billion cubic metres of water, enough to meet the needs of five million people, is used by the industry annually, and the amount of microfibre equivalent of 3 million barrels of oil is being dumped into the ocean every year. The fashion industry is also responsible for emitting more carbon than all international flights and maritime shipping combined.

#Work4UN: UN Interns

UNAI designed the #Work4UN series to help you understand the UN, its structure, and some of the most common avenues available to join the organization. The article in the series introduces the UN internship programme.

#Work4UN: Language Professionals

The United Nations, with offices in 193 countries and 37,000 employees, is the world’s largest universal multilateral international organization. It inspires people from around the world to join its mission of maintaining peace, advancing human rights and promoting justice, equality and development. 

Securing employment with the Organization can seem like a daunting task, but as the scope of its work is global and multidimensional, there are many different entry points for candidates of varied educational backgrounds and diverse professional experience. UNAI designed the #Work4UN series to help you understand the UN, its structure, and some of the most common avenues available to join the organization. Today’s article is the fourth in the series and focuses on working for the UN as a language professional.

Language Careers at the UN

#Work4UN: UN Volunteers

?The United Nations Volunteer (UNV) programme contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. The programme integrates qualified, highly motivated and well supported professionals into the work of different UN offices and promotes the value and global recognition of volunteerism.

The United Nations, with offices in 193 countries and 37,000 employees, is the world’s largest universal multilateral international organization. It inspires people from around the world to join its mission of maintaining peace, advancing human rights and promoting justice, equality and development. 

#Work4UN: The Junior Professional Officer Programme

The United Nations, with offices in 193 countries and 37,000 employees, is the world’s largest universal multilateral international organization. It inspires people from around the world to join its mission of maintaining peace, advancing human rights and promoting justice, equality and development. 

Securing employment with the Organization can seem like a daunting task, but as the scope of its work is global and multidimensional, there are many different entry points for candidates of varied educational backgrounds and diverse professional experience. UNAI designed the #Work4UN series to help you understand the UN, its structure, and some of the most common avenues available to join the organization. Today’s article is the third in the series and focuses on the Junior Professional Officers (JPO) Programme.

Junior Professional Officers (JPO) Programme

#Work4UN: The Young Professionals Programme

The United Nations, with offices in 193 countries and 37,000 employees, is the world’s largest universal multilateral international organization. It inspires people from around the world to join its mission of maintaining peace, advancing human rights and promoting justice, equality and development. 

Securing employment with the Organization can seem like a daunting task, but as the scope of its work is global and multidimensional, there are many different entry points for candidates of varied educational backgrounds and diverse professional experience. UNAI designed the #Work4UN series to help you understand the UN, its structure, and some of the most common avenues available to join the organization. Today’s article is the second in the series and focuses on the Young Professionals Programme.

The Young Professionals Programme 

#Work4UN: Basic Facts about Working for the United Nations

The United Nations, with offices in 193 countries and 37,000 employees, is the world’s largest universal multilateral international organization. It inspires people from around the world to join its mission of maintaining peace, advancing human rights and promoting justice, equality and development. 

Securing employment with the Organization can seem like a daunting task, but as the scope of its work is global and multidimensional, there are many different entry points for candidates of varied educational backgrounds and diverse professional experience. UNAI designed the #Work4UN series to help you understand the UN, its structure, and some of the most common avenues available to join the organization. Today’s article is the first in the series and provides an overview of the UN System and working for the Organization. 

What is the United Nations System?

#Work4UN Interview Series

The United Nations, with offices in 193 countries and 37,000 employees, is the world’s largest universal multilateral international organization. It inspires people from around the world to join its mission of maintaining peace, advancing human rights and promoting justice, equality and development. 

Securing employment with the Organization can seem like a daunting task, but as the scope of its work is global and multidimensional, there are many different entry points for candidates of varied educational backgrounds and diverse professional experience.

UNAI designed the #Work4UN series to help you understand the UN, its structure, and some of the most common avenues available to join the organization. This series will cover various positions in the United Nations and useful resources to guide you through the procedures and processes. Below is the list of articles in the series:

Promoting Agricultural Entrepreneurship Among Youth to Achieve SDG 8

UNAI Hub for SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), recently hosted the event Promoting SDG 8 to Advance Agri-Entrepreneurship for Balochistan Youth to promote SDG 8 among future agriculture practitioners and entrepreneurs of the Balochistan region of Pakistan to improve rural livelihoods.

The 4 December 2019 advocacy event was organized in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Administration (FAO), other UN entities and the local government. According to FAO, agriculture “will remain the mainstay of household livelihoods for the majority of households in rural areas in Balochistan for generations to come.”

Global Citizenship Education for a More Just and Equitable World

Education is a vehicle for training and transformation to counter growing global challenges and threats, while ensuring the improvement of our own knowledge regarding the wide diversity of citizens around the world. In this sense, education for global citizenship provides a perspective focused precisely on developing a society actively committed to achieving a more equitable and sustainable world, promoting respect for dignity, diversity and human rights and, respecting the environment and fostering responsible consumption.

Media Professionals and Educators in Kazakhstan Trained on Gender Issues

Al Farabi Kazakh National University (Kazakhstan), a member institution of UNAI serving as the UNAI Global Hub on Sustainability, recently implemented a comprehensive specialized media training in the country, in order to properly address from a journalistic perspective issues and stories related to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular those connected to SDG 5: Gender Equality.