Join us for 100 days to #BeatPlasticPollution today!
Plastic waste is choking our seas and coasts, threatening ecosystems, livelihoods and lives in South-East Asia. Due to Covid-19, we are now fighting a plastic pandemic of new waste created from ‘new norms’ of plastic consumption, such as the use of single-use plastics including personal protective equipment.
Registration to Fall Language and Communications courses still open!!
Registration is still open for the language and communication courses in the six UN official languages for the Fall Term.
Courses are offered on a variety of training topics and course lengths to meet your needs and interests. They will run from 27 September to 03 December, so grab your seat now!
- Check your eligibility and choose your course in the Fall Term brochures.
- Enroll via Inspira or via elearning following the registration instructions.
Please remember to review the brochures – especially the “last day to enroll” for each training activity to ensure you register on time!
International Day for Clean Air for blue skies
The 2021 theme is “Healthy Air, Healthy Planet” which emphasizes the correlation between human and planetary health in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Join us on Tuesday, 7 September at 4 p.m. EAT
UNCTAD Update-Countries urged to boost their resilience
Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean urged to boost their resilience to shocks
UNCTAD Update from New York (7 -13 August 2021)
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Sign up for Online Library training (26 August , 15 September)
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library is pleased to announce a new initiative to bring our popular library training online. The training will be conducted in English and offered virtually via Microsoft Teams in August and September as follows :
UNCTAD update: Register for UNCTAD15 (3-7 October 2021)
EU should consider trade impacts of new climate change mechanism ♻
UNCTAD Update (10-16 July 2021)
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UNCTAD Update: Building technological capacities
Building technological capacities can help countries escape commodity dependence
UNCTAD Update (3-9 July 2021)
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UNCTAD Update- Global FDI set to partially recover
Global FDI set to partially recover but uncertainty remains
UNCTAD Update (19-25 June 2021)
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Let's celebrate the German language with DGACM!
In its successive resolutions on multilingualism, the General Assembly welcomed the efforts made to celebrate and promote multilingualism with a day dedicated to each of the official languages of the UN, and encouraged the Secretary-General to consider extending this initiative to non-official languages.
UNCTAD Update: Ensuring a greener recovery
This week UNCTAD set the stage for the UN Trade Forum, scheduled for next week and focused on ensuring a greener recovery through trade. The second edition of the forum will shine a light on the actions needed for an inclusive and green recovery from the pandemic. Read more in English, French and Spanish.
UNCTAD update: Open a business in under a minute
Bhutan's entrepreneurs can now open a business in under a minute
UNCTAD Update (1-4 June 2021)
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UNCTAD15 confirmed: virtual Barbados, 3-7 October 2021
UNCTAD fifteenth Ministerial Meeting is confirmed from 3 to 7 October 2021, in virtual Barbados.
UNCTAD Update: Beyond the fibre
UNCTAD Update: Zambian cotton entrepreneur goes beyond the fibre
UNCTAD Update (23-31 May)
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World Social Report 21: Reconsidering Rural Development
World Social Report 2021: Reconsidering Rural Development
An urgent reconsideration of rural development is needed for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The current strategies and patterns of rural development are failing to meet either the socioeconomic or the environmental Goals of this Agenda. Four out of every five people who face extreme poverty around the world live in rural areas. Many rural areas are witnessing severe depletion and degradation of natural resources, contributing to climate change and the recurrence of zoonotic diseases, such as COVID-19.
UNCTAD Update: Global trade’s recovery hits record high
UNCTAD Update: Global trade’s recovery from COVID-19 crisis hits record high
UNCTAD Update (15 to 22 May)
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