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Dear readers, I report on the UN and its agencies by interviewing diplomats, UN officials, government representatives, and academics to analyse the impact of emerging tech and the digital transformation of multilateral organisations on human rights and development.

Raised by a journalist, I worked in news production from the age of 20 at Radiobras, the Brazilian national government news network, and later at Bloomberg TV and UN Radio and its website. My work was aired daily, from UN headquarters in New York, to client stations in more than 100 countries including BBC World, BBC Africa, BBC Brazil, Radio France International, and Radio CBN with news …