Under-Secretary-General Amandeep Gill, the Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology, discusses the state of artificial intelligence (AI), its potential use by the United Nations to address global problems, and the need for international AI governance.
Two important issues affecting the protection and promotion of cultural diversity deserve our attention: the question of discoverability of local and national content, and the impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI).
Ronnie Brathwaite
“Bee Engaged with Youth” to Safeguard Bees and Other Pollinators
As we celebrate World Bee Day on 20 May, let us remember how crucial it is to prioritize efforts to protect bees and other pollinators. FAO is committed to supporting youth, who have a key role to play in fostering the transformative changes and future initiatives and activities needed to save our bees and other pollinators.
Cosmas Zavazava
Digital Innovation—Key to Unlocking Sustainable Development
Digital tools have the potential to accelerate human progress, but those who are not online are most at risk of being left behind.
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Thirty Years On, Leaders Need to Recommit to the International Conference on Population and Development Agenda
With the gains from the Cairo conference now in peril, the population and development framework is more relevant than ever. At the end of April 2024, countries will convene to review the progress made on the ICPD agenda during the annual session of the Commission on Population and Development.
Elina Kalkku
The LDC Future Forum: Accelerating the Attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals in the Least Developed Countries
The desired outcome of the LDC Future Forums is the dissemination of practical and evidence-based case studies, solutions and policy recommendations for achieving sustainable development.
Raya Muttarak
Population and Climate Change: Decent Living for All without Compromising Climate Mitigation
A rise in the demand for energy linked to increasing incomes should not be justification for keeping people in poverty solely to avoid an escalation in emissions and its effects on climate change.
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Hilary McD. Beckles
From Local Moments to Global Movement: Reparation Mechanisms and a Development Framework
For two centuries, emancipated Black people have been calling for reparations for the crimes committed against them.
Rhonda Faragher
World Down Syndrome Day: A Chance to End the Stereotypes
The international community, led by the United Nations, can continue to improve the lives of people with Down syndrome by addressing stereotypes and misconceptions.
Lisa Doughten
Central Emergency Response Fund’s Climate Action Account: Supporting People and Communities Facing the Climate Crisis
While the climate crisis looms large, there is reason for hope: the launch of the climate action account of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) fills a critical gap in the mosaic of climate financing arrangements.
Arsenio Dominguez
Applying the Law of the Sea to Protect International Shipping
In past decades, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has worked successfully with Member States and the shipping industry to combat and reduce incidents of piracy and armed robbery, including through building the capacity of countries in the relevant regions to enhance their maritime domain awareness, information-sharing and collaboration.
Chronicle Conversations
Chronicle Conversation with United Nations Under-Secretary-General Amandeep Gill, 20 July 2023
Youth Issues
The UN Chronicle interviews youth environmental activist Aditya Mukarji
Lyubov Ginzburg of the UN Chronicle interviews fifteen-year-old environmental activist Aditya Mukarji on the problem of plastic pollution and the first-ever United Nations Youth Climate Action Summit. 22 September 2019, New York
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Vol. XLVI No. 3 & 4 2009
SPECIAL CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUE: To protect succeeding generations...
This special double issue focuses on the impact of climate change, and includes essays on the ecology of recycling; financial innovations and carbon markets; biotechnology; global warming; and the true costs of conventional energy.
Vol. LIII No. 4 2016
Human Rights
This issue assesses progress in promoting and protecting human rights throughout the world. Prepared in recognition of the fiftieth anniversary of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, both adopted in 1966, the articles examine, among other things, the responsibility of the United Nations to protect vulnerable populations from genocide and the evolving role of the Human Rights Council.
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State of World Population 2024 | United Nations Population Fund
State of World Population 2024 | Interwoven Lives, Threads of Hope
A safe birth. A choice of contraceptives. Protection from gender-based violence. More people than ever before have realized these essential, life-sustaining rights. But the number of people denied these rights has not yet reached zero as it can and as it must.
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