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Our Top Stories in 2022 | Wars, Pandemics, Extreme Weather Events: The Triple Threat to International Peace and Security

CES 2023: The Consumer Electronics Show is All About the Internet-of-Things This Year | COP27: Interview with Bogolo Kenewendo on the Loss and Damage Fund

The Year in Review | The Books We Read | President-elect of Brazil Lula da Silva Makes Key Cabinet Appointments | Interview with Bogolo Kenewendo, Member of the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Group

The Year in Review | The Books We Read | Brazil's President-elect Lula da Silva Makes Key Cabinet Appointments | Interview with Bogolo Kenewendo, Member of the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Group

WHO Appoints Sir Jeremy Farrar as New Chief Scientist | Haiti Receives Shipment of Cholera Vaccine | Ambassador Federico Villegas on the Year at the Human Rights Council

🔒 ILO Report on Violence and Bullying at Work

Interview with Jean-Marie Guehenno

Interview with Jean-Marie Guehenno, Columbia University | Human Rights Day Celebrated by ONUArt in Geneva | Interview with Eric Tistounet on the Workings of the UN Human Rights Council

ILO Publishes its First Report on Harassment in the Workplace

UN Habitat: Interview with Graham Alabaster | OHCHR: Human Rights in the Private Sector | UNESCO: Legal Frameworks for Combatting Online Violence Against Women Journalists

Interview with Christian Saunders, UN Assistant Secretary-General

UNESCO Celebrates World Philosophy Day | On Hospitality: Philosophers and Their Role in Society | Paris Peace Forum

WFP: Without Funding Peace Does Not Stand a Chance | Paris Peace Forum Wraps-up | Interview with Founder and Chair of the Board of Diplomats Without Borders, Ambassador Rade

COP27: Interview with Juan Ferres, Chief Data Scientist at Microsoft | Interview with Sandro Giuliani, CEO of GESDA | WTO Launches World Trade Report

COP27: Follow the Money | WTO Director-General to Lead a Large Delegation to COP27 | Paris Peace Forum: Addressing Multiple Crisis | Interview with Tim Christophersen, Vice President, Salesforce

Paris Peace Forum: Tackling Multiple Crisis | Innovation Everywhere: UN Security Council | Alliance of Civilisations Global Dialogues | Interview with Carlos Moreira, CEO of WISekey

GESDA: Michael Moller, Chair, Diplomacy Forum | UN Tech Envoy: Digital on the Policy Agenda | Webster University Conference on Security Policy | Apply: Internship with The UN Brief |

🔒 Asha Allen: Women in International Affairs and Diplomacy

🔒 Veronica Merlo, Mercosur

GESDA: Open Quantum Computing Institute Draws Interest From Africa | WTO: Trade and Environment Week Wraps-up | Valuing Natural Capital Conference

GESDA: Science Diplomacy at Work | WTO Public Forum: Digitalisation of Trade Brings Efficiencies to Customs and More | Women in Diplomacy and International Affairs

WHO at the World Health Summit in Berlin | WTO: Trade and Environment Week 17-21 October | Women in Diplomacy and International Affairs

UN Alliance of Civilizations: Global Dialogue on Artificial and Human Intelligence | WHO: World Sight Day | Women in Diplomacy and International Relations

Science Diplomacy in Geneva | Analysing the UN 2023 Budget on Twitter Spaces | WTO: Symposium in Supply Chains Bottlenecks with a Focus on Regulations and Standards

Niels Bohr: Letter to the United Nations

WTO: Climate Change on Everyone's Agenda | Women in Diplomacy and International Affairs | Diplomats Without Borders.

WTO Public Forum Brings Together Policymakers and Academics, UN General Assembly Highlights, Women in Diplomacy and International Affairs

Interview with Mark Ferguson, Chair, European Innovation Council and Former Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of Ireland

Interview with Chris Sharrock, Vice President UN Affairs Office, Microsoft | Women in Diplomacy and International Relations

Interview with the Vice President for UN Affairs and International Organisations at Microsoft, Chris Sharrock

UN High Level Segment Starts | AR/VR at the UN Security Council | Social Media: Best Practices for Governments and International Organisations' Leaders

UN Secretary General Appoints New High Commissioner for Human Rights | IAEA: Risk of Nuclear Accident Increased | ITU: AI for Good to Take Place in 2023

UN Human Rights Council: We Need a Treaty for the Rights of Older People | WHO: Interview with Steve MacFeely on the GIS Conference | Twitter Space: Social Media for Government Leaders

UNESCO: Fit for Life | Is a Career in Diplomacy for You?

UNESCO: Fit for Life | Twitter Space on the UN Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty | Cybersecurity: News Media Coverage and the UN Regulatory Frameworks

WFP in Haiti: The Road to Food Security

Ambassador Federico Villegas, President, UN Human Rights Council | GA Adopts Draft Resolution on the Right to a Clean Environment | Human Rights Council Appoints Special Rapporteur on Climate Change

Interview with Ambassador Marc Finaud on the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

🔒 Interview Ambassador Federico Villegas, President Human Rights Council

COP27 Preparations Underway, The UN Brief Twitter Spaces on Cybersecurity, Climate Change and Human Rights, Internet Governance Forum 2022

Clean Tech: Special Edition

Interview with Dr. Celeste Saulo, Head of Argentine's Meteorological Services and Candidate for the Post of Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organisation

I-DAIR: Digital Health and AI Impact on Global Public Health | WTO: Faces of Trade, a Photo Exhibition | Healthcare Coverage and Mortality

Interview with Dr. Stephen Jackson, UN Resident Coordinator in Kenya | UN Ocean Conference | Interview with the Executive Director of Tara Ocean Foundation

All About AI with Gary Marcus | WTO Ministerial Conference Ends | Meet UN Resident Coordinator in Kenya, Dr. Stephen Jackson | UN Ocean Decade Progress Report | Brazil and Biotech

UN Ocean Conference in Portugal, UN Human Rights Council Opens its Regular Session with a Special Guest, WTO: Director General Okonjo-Iweala Hopes for MC12 (hint: It is more than a TRIPS waiver)

WTO: 12th Ministerial Conference

Twitter Spaces: Soft Power and Digital Diplomacy, UNFCCC: Bonn Climate Conference Started, UNESCO: Spotlight on the African Film Industry in Cannes

WHO and ITU: Battling Myopia in Children With Telehealth Program, WSIS Conference is Back IRL, WTO Index on Trade in Goods and the War in Ukraine

Week Ahead: WHO to Appoint Next DG, WTO Sees Positive Advances in Fisheries Negotiations, Interview with Dr. Emmanuel Letouzé, Director and Founder of Data-Pop Alliance

WHO Report on Assistive Tech, WTO Readies for Ministerial, Web Summit Rio First Edition

Week Ahead: Committee on the Rights of the Child Meets in Geneva, WHO GIS Centre for Health Launches

Web Summit to Launch Rio Edition in 2023 | UNESCO World Press Freedom Day

UNESCO: World Press Freedom Day

What is the Future of Multilateralism?

UNICEF: Delivering in Ukraine

ITU World Summit on the Information Society opening: ICTs for Industry 4.0 and Emerging Digital Technologies for Sustainable Development

Interview with WWF Head of Policy Research, Council of Europe on Monitoring Implementation of the Istanbul Convention, HRC Appoints Special Rapporteur for Climate Change

WHO establishes Global Centre for Traditional Medicine, Implementation of the Durban Declaration report by UN Human Rights agency, WTO on the Role of Advanced Technologies on Trade and Customs

All About AI: Interview with Luis Lamb, Visiting Fellow, MIT

Climate Crisis, Sustainable Development, Slow Progress, the IPCC and the Convention on Biological Diversity + International Day of Forests

Week Ahead: WHO Condemns Attacks on Healthcare Facilities in Ukraine, ILO to Elect Its Next Director-General, WTO DG Loves Her Job, and more.

🔒 Interview with Marc Finaud, Head of Arms Proliferation, Geneva Centre for Security Policy

🔒 Interview with Jean Marie Collin, ICAN

IAEA Director General Meeting in Turkey, Interview with Ambassador Marc Finaud, International Campaign for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: "there is no such thing as 'small' nuclear weapons"

WHO Policy Brief on Ageism and AI

Nuclear Threat: What Should You Know?

Week Ahead: IAEA Director General Signals Readiness to go to Ukraine, UN Statistical Commission Launch of the Global Health Facilities' Database + WHO: AI and Ageism Policy Brief

🔒 Interview with Dr. Vania de la Fuente Nunez, WHO

🔒 Interview with Steve MacFeely, WHO

How FAO is Using AI to Deliver Aid | UN Human Rights: Situation in Ukraine, WTO and ILO Discuss Impact of the Pandemic on Women's Wages

On the Metaverse with Louis Rosenberg

🔒 Interview with Louis Rosenberg, PhD, CEO of Unanimous AI

Week Ahead at the UN: Human Rights Council to Hold Emergency Meetings on the Situation in Ukraine, NGOs Ask for Access, IPCC Releases Policy Brief, WTO and ILO Review Pandemic Impact on Labour Markets

Interview with Nathalie Fontanet, Minister of Finance of the State of Geneva, in Charge of Gender Equality Promotion

WTO: What Next on Digitalisation of International Trade? Interview with Philip Rosedale, HRC Think Tank to Discuss Racial Discrimination

🔒 Interview with Philip Rosedale, Second Life

Metaverse: Interview with Philip Rosedale | UN brings VR to the Security Council

Interview with Alexis Benbehe and Pierre Mathonat on the UNESCO Campaign #CookiesFactory

CEDAW Evaluates Countries' Track Record on the Protection of Women's Rights

🔒 Interview with Asad Naqvi, Head of Secretariat, The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE)

Committee on the Rights of the Child | WHO Executive Board Nominates Dr. Tedros for Second Term | Allegations of Racism Rattle the WHO Asia Pacific Office

Interview with UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on Arbitrary Executions, Dr. Morris Tidball-Binz

UN Human Rights Council Examines Violations of Human Rights Law, WHO: $100 Million Centre in Berlin for Prevention of Pandemics Already Operational

🔒 WHO Director-General Meets With German Minister for Development

Week Ahead at the UN | HRC to Examine Violations of International Human Rights Law, WHO Executive Board Happens This Week, WHO DG Dr. Tedros Meets German Minister for Development to Talk Vaccines

Human Rights Council to Examine Systemic Racism, Excessive Use of Force by Police and Violations of International Human Rights Law | Newly Appointed HRC President Ambassador Federico Villegas

Week Ahead at the UN and the EU

2022: Year Ahead at the UN