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Meet the robots who are making the world a better place

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Meet the robots who are making the world a better place 06 July 2023 © ITU/D.Woldu International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin meets the robots at the AI for Good Global Summit 2023 in Geneva. Meet Ameca, Grace, and Sophia, some of more than 50 robots attending the UN-driven AI for Good Global Summit, which opened on Thursday in Geneva…

Women and girls bear brunt of global water and sanitation crisis

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Women and girls bear brunt of global water and sanitation crisis 06 July 2023 © UNICEF/Bernadino Soares A six-year-old girl is carrying water from a fountain, which is far away from her house in Letefoho, Hatugau, Ermera municipality, Timor-Leste. Women and girls are primarily responsible for water collection in seven out of 10 households that lack supply, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and…

UN chief says regulation needed for AI to ‘benefit everyone’

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief says regulation needed for AI to ‘benefit everyone’ 06 July 2023 © ITU/D.Woldu AI for Good Global Summit 2023 Exhibitions.. The development of artificial intelligence, or AI, “for the good of all” requires guardrails grounded in human rights, transparency, and accountability, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday…

Guterres appeals for humanitarian, security and political action to end Haiti’s ‘living nightmare’

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres appeals for humanitarian, security and political action to end Haiti’s ‘living nightmare’ 06 July 2023 © UNICEF A woman displaced by Violence in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince washes clothes in a city park. The world must act now to stem the violence and instability in Haiti, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday, appealing for simultaneous action on the…

Iran nuclear deal: Despite differences, still ‘best available option’, Security Council hears

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Iran nuclear deal: Despite differences, still ‘best available option’, Security Council hears 06 July 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, briefs the Security Council meeting on non-proliferation. The international deal over Iran’s nuclear programme known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) has stalled…

Myanmar atrocities and impunity must end: Türk

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar atrocities and impunity must end: Türk 06 July 2023 © UNOCHA/Siegfried Modola Maw Pray Myar holds her one-year-old daughter as she flees to safety towards the border with Thailand during a one week journey by foot in January 2022, in Kayah (Karenni) state, eastern Myanmar. The Myanmar regime’s brutal violence against civilians and its denial of life-saving humanitarian aid reflect “…

Israel-Palestine: UN chief strongly condemns mounting violence, acts of terror

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Israel-Palestine: UN chief strongly condemns mounting violence, acts of terror 06 July 2023 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Secretary-General António Guterres briefs the press on his recent visit to Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago, and the situation in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. The UN chief addressed the escalating loss of life in Israel and Palestine on Thursday, voicing strong condemnation for…

AFTERNOON - High Commissioner for Human Rights Notes Improvements in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Calls for Upcoming National Electoral Processes to be Transparent and Inclusive

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - High Commissioner for Human Rights Notes Improvements in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Calls for Upcoming National Electoral Processes to be Transparent and Inclusive 05 July 2023 Meeting Summaries Human Rights Council Decides to Hold an Urgent Debate on 11 July to Discuss Recurrent Desecration of the Holy Quran in some European and other Countries…

MORNING -Human Rights Council Hears Call on Iran to Stop the Execution of People Sentenced to Death in Connection with the Protests, and that Grave Crimes Are Still Being Committed in Syria Death in Connection with the Protests, and that Grave Crimes Are

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING -Human Rights Council Hears Call on Iran to Stop the Execution of People Sentenced to Death in Connection with the Protests, and that Grave Crimes Are Still Being Committed in Syria Death in Connection with the Protests, and that Grave Crimes Are Still Being Committed in Syria 05 July 2023 Meeting Summaries …

HRC - Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran hybrid press conference

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home HRC - Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran hybrid press conference 05 July 2023 Press Conference Announcement Update on Iran following the presentation of the Fact-Finding Mission’s first Oral Update to the Human Rights Council Sara Hossain, Chair of the Iran Fact-Finding Mission Shaheen Sardar Ali, Member of the Iran Fact-Finding Mission Viviana Krsticevic, Member of the Iran Fact-Finding Mission…