UNGA: Interview with SG Special Envoy on Tech, Amandeep Gill | Microsoft: Interview with Chris Sharrock, Vice-President, UN Affairs and International Organisations | WTO: Public Forum Wraps-up

Ambassador Guilherme Patriota Leads Panel on the Amazon Rainforest Environmental Goods, UN Tech Envoy Amandeep Gill Speaks About AI and Accelerating the SDGs

Welcome to our special edition of The UN Brief.

We are covering the UN General Assembly. Today you will find:

1. My interview with UN Secretary General Special Envoy on Technology Amandeep Gill, scroll all the way down. We spoke about AI in humanitarian settings, the growing digitalisation of the healthcare sector, and the mid-term review of the SDGs.

2. My interview with Chris Sharrock, VP of UN and International Organisations for Microsoft in Paris. We spoke about the SDG Summit, the Climate Ambition Summit as well as the work of Microsoft to bring connectivity to underserved populations in the Global South.

3. A guest article by Juan Lavista Ferris, Microsoft Chief Data Scientist on how they are helping Lybia with disaster management through AI and satellite imagery.

4. The WTO Public Forum highlights on the panel led by Brazilian Ambassador Guilherme Patriota, about the Amazon Rainforest on sustainable value supply chains and environmental goods that support indigenous communities.

WTO: Standing O…