"INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY"

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Maintenance of international peace and security - Artificial intelligence: opportunities and risks for international peace and security.

Hybrid press briefing by the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres. He will brief reporters on his Information Integrity on Digital Platforms policy brief. 

Ahead of a special meeting of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee to take place in Mumbai and New Delhi at the end of the month, the Committee Chair, Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj of India, said the meeting “will serve to reflect on recent developments and the latest evidence-based research regarding the threats” posed by the use of new technologies for terrorist purposes. UNIFEED

Press conference by Maria-Francesca Spatolisano, Vincenzo Aquaro (UN DESA) on the 2022 edition of the UN E-Government Survey - The Future of Digital Government.

African countries are urged to diversify their exports to better survive economic shocks such as the current global crises which are the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. This is one of the key findings of the Economic Development in Africa Report 2022 published today by the UN’s leading institution dealing with trade and development (UNCTAD) in Geneva. UNTV CH

General Assembly fails to decide between North Macedonia, Russian Federation sitting on Economic and Social Council.

According to the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), Somalia’s maritime capabilities received a major boost today with the inauguration of a new, state-of-the-art maritime facility for the Somali Police Force in Mogadishu, funded by the European Union and developed by the United Nations. UNSOM

Peace and development cannot be achieved in isolation. That was the guiding principle behind UNMISS Deputy Special Representative Sara Beysolow Nyanti’s maiden visit to Torit, Eastern Equatoria. UNMISS

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) has become a member of both the WTO’s Information Technology Agreement (ITA) and ITA Expansion (ITA II), making it the first least developed country to join these agreements. WTO