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13 February 2024 | Innovation & Technology
The Special Meeting of the Economic and Social Council on the Future of Work was held between January 23rd and January 24, 2024, at the Headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.
Labor…
13 February 2024 | Innovation & Technology
Climate emergencies are not gender neutral. In fact, the degradation of the planet’s natural systems has a disproportionate effect on women and girls.
It is estimated that 158 million women and girls are pushed into poverty as a direct result of…
06 February 2024 | Innovation & Technology
Thirty years after the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the creation of the World Wide Web, it’s time for renewed focus on children’s digital rights.
UNICEF warned today of the dangers posed by online violence,…
10 November 2023 | Innovation & Technology
Experts with deep experience across government, the private sector, technology, civil society, and academia have been tasked with supporting UN efforts to ensure Artificial Intelligence (AI) is used for the greater good of humanity.
The members of…
11 October 2023 | Innovation & Technology
Against a backdrop of growing geopolitical tensions, proliferating crises and widening inequalities, the challenges facing the global community in reaching the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are vast, the UN said on Monday.
With the…
23 August 2023 | Innovation & Technology
The new ILO study, Generative AI and Jobs: A global analysis of potential effects on job quantity and quality, suggests that most jobs and industries are only partly exposed to automation and are more likely to be complemented rather than…
12 July 2023 | Innovation & Technology
Digital technology has become a fundamental force for change in this century. It is reshaping economies, government, and the very fabric of our communities – touching nearly every facet of our lives. And since 2015, countries have harnessed digital…
10 July 2023 | Innovation & Technology
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.
As artificial intelligence (AI) sprouts new, powerful learning abilities, nations are working on…
06 July 2023 | Innovation & Technology
By Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General, ITU
Leaders in government, the private sector, academia, civil society, and the United Nations have just gathered at the AI for Good Global Summit convened by ITU – the first event of its kind since…
28 April 2023 | Innovation & Technology
The eighth annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum) will be held from 3 to 4 May 2023. The Forum will be convened by the President of ECOSOC Her Excellency Lachezara Stoeva who has appointed two…
02 December 2021 | Innovation & Technology
An estimated 37 per cent of the world’s population – or 2.9 billion people – have still never used the Internet.
New data from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication…
21 July 2021 | Innovation & Technology
The Internet and the World Wide Web application have transformed daily life and work for more than half of the world’s population. And the actions of those who are online increasingly affect everyone, including the 3.7 billion who are not yet…