
Introducing UNITAR
Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
As the training arm of the United Nations, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) provides innovative learning solutions to individuals, organizations and institutions to enhance global decision-making and support country-level action for shaping a better future. UNITAR was created in 1963 to train and equip young diplomats from newly-independent UN Member States with the knowledge and skills needed to navigate through the diplomatic environment. Over the years, UNITAR has acquired unique expertise and experience in designing and delivering a variety of training activities. We have become a leading institute in the provision of customized and creative learning solutions to institutions and individuals from both public and private sectors. With a strategy fully focused on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UNITAR supports Governments to implement the 2030 Agenda. At the heart of UNITAR, the Division for Multilateral Diplomacy aims at strengthening the intergovernmental machinery of the United Nations by providing training and capacity-building activities that address the needs of diplomats, government officials, international civil servants and private sector specialists to meet complex and global challenges. UNITAR’s Division for Multilateral Diplomacy activities cover a wide range of policy domains including international law, multilateral negotiation, environmental and climate change diplomacy, human rights, artificial intelligence, economic diplomacy, human rights, Agenda 2030 and other related topics, as well as capacities and skills development activities such as leadership, diplomatic report writing, public speaking, media relations and negotiation techniques, among many others. The trainers and resource persons selected by UNITAR for the different training activities are experts in various fields of multilateral diplomacy, international affairs and international law, including practitioners from both within and outside the United Nations system.