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The Year in Images | The UN Brief in Action
From the WTO Public Forum to the UN General Assembly in New York to the UN Refugees Agency Global Forum We Were "Everywhere Everything at Once". Thank…
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Maya Plentz
Brazil Assumes G20 Presidency | UNESCO: Navigating the AI Policy Landscape | Former Dutch Minister Sigrid Kaag Appointed by UN as…
Interview with Brazilian Diplomat on the Power of Agribusiness to Address Sustainability and Foreign Direct Investment in the Amazon Region
Davos: Interview with WHO Director of Data and Analytics | NFTs Make an Entrance with WISe.Art at WEF | Margrethe Vestager Visit to Silicon…
EU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager met with CEOs at Google, Apple, and Nvidia, and others, in a whirlwind two-day trip to Silicon…
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Maya Plentz
Davos 2024: UN Secretary General Says Rebuilding Trust Requires Action | ILO Calls for New Social Contract | Interview with Olivier De…
Dr. Anu Bradford on her fireside chat last week with EU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager
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Maya Plentz
Vestager in Silicon Valley | Hearing on AI and Journalism at the US Senate | WMO: Celeste Saulo to Lead Digital Transformation
Brazilian Government Wants to Boost Exports and Invest in Software and Infrastructure Upgrades | Vestager Goes to Silicon Valley | Blumenthal Chairs…
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Maya Plentz
Year Ahead: Mark Your Calendars, Here Are the Events and Dates You Want to Keep | WTO: Trade in Digital Negotiations to Conclude in 2024
These are the events that will call for your presence and the dates you want to keep
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Maya Plentz
Weekend Edition: Chateau du Clos de Vougeot and French Diplomacy | Sustainable Tourism in Bourgogne | Lyon: Culinary Delights Await
This is the Weekend Edition, where we explore the arts, gastronomy, and travel in addition to our exclusive interviews with leaders in these sectors and…
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Maya Plentz
THE BRIEF Young Diplomats Circle
We have started a diplomatic circle for recently posted diplomats in the capitals. They are early and mid-career diplomats keen on digital diplomacy…
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Maya Plentz
Data Governance Needs its Own UN Agency | UNEP at Davos: Plastic Treaty on the Horizon | WEF: All the Fun AI Panels, In Case You Missed …
Listen now | Data Governance Needs its Own Agency Interview with Steve MacFeely, Director of Data and Analytics at the World Health Organisation and…
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Maya Plentz
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WHO: Traditional Medicine is a Significant Part of Primary Care in Many Countries | Paris: Guimet Museum Exhibition on Traditional Medicines…
Paris: Traditional Medicine at the Museum Guimet | Government of India hosts WHO first Global Summit on Traditional Medicine
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Maya Plentz
Climate Change: OTEC Systems for SIDS | WTO: German Government Supports Trade in Developing Economies
Interviews: Dr. Nita Farahany, Duke University; Melvin Spreij from WTO; Swiss Ambassador Jean-Pierre Reymond on 2050Today; Peet Denny, of Climate VC on…
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Maya Plentz
ChatGPT: Change Ahead | Interview with Adecco Global President Christophe Catoir | ILO: World Employment and Social Outlook Trends 2023
ILO Report is Bleak, But Elsewhere There is Optimism
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Maya Plentz
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