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United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that Artificial intelligence has “enormous potential to shape our economies, society, and the world for the better,” and that “we must ensure these benefits extend across the globe to countries at all levels of development.” UNIFEED

The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, said, "Two years on – and a decade since Russia’s attempted illegal annexation of Ukraine’s Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol – the war in Ukraine remains an open wound at the heart of Europe." UNIFEED

Speaking at the International Day of Women and Girls in Science Assembly, General Assembly President Dennis Francis said, “a mere 33 percent of the world's researchers are women, this distressingly low figure is identical to the income gap across the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, where women earn about 33 percent less than their male counterparts, a disparity grossly exacerbated for women of color.” UNIFEED

Addressing the annual ceremony in remembrance of the victims and survivors of the Holocaust, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “all of us – leaders and citizens – have a responsibility” to listen to Holocaust survivors, “to learn from what you have to say, and to act on it, by condemning these terrible crimes against our common humanity.” UNIFEED

During a Security Council meeting on Ukraine, a top UN official for Disarmament said, “reports related to the transfer and use of cluster munitions throughout the conflict are very concerning.” UNIFEED

The work of the United Nations remained vital in 2023, a year that was marked by humanitarian crises fuelled by conflicts, natural disasters and the devastating effects of climate change. UNIFEED / FILE

As an intercultural mediator, Sediqa, a refugee from Afghanistan, helps acclimate her compatriots to life in a small Portuguese city that is committed to welcoming refugees and migrants. UNHCR

Ahead of COP 28, taking place in Dubai, during the month of November the Secretary-General António Guterres travelled to Nepal and to the Antarctic to highlight the devastating effects of climate change on glaciers and ice shelves. UNIFEED / FILE

Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday called “on to those who are politically responsible at a global level to assume their responsibilities to combat climate change in order to save the Antarctic and to save the planet.” UNIFEED

Ahead of COP28 taking place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Secretary-General António Guterres visited melting glaciers in Antarctica and called for countries to “act now to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, protect people from climate chaos, and end the fossil fuel age.” UNIFEED