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UNDP Gathers Climate Experts and Activists to Look Into Collective Action | Interview with Dana Fisher, American University | How Swiss Civil Society Brings Change About

Weekend Edition: Château du Clos de Vougeot and French Diplomacy | Sustainable Tourism in Bourgogne

ONUART: Human Rights Day Concert at the Palais des Nations in Geneva | European Impact Investing Market Valued at €190 Billion

UNEP: Policy Leadership Award for Brazilian Minister of Indigenous Affairs | Investing in Human Rights Institutions: A Call to Action

UN Calls for the Generosity of Donors to Support the Most Vulnerable in Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, Ukraine, Republic of Korea

Jurassic Icons in Auction | Initiative by Ambassador Jean-Pierre Reymond to Curb Carbon Emissions is a Success | Why I started THE UN BRIEF

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

🔒 Vint Cerf and Maria Ressa on the Internet Governance Forum

🔒 Brazil: Interview with Brazilian Diplomat Camila Olsen

Direitos Humanos: Brasil Deve Reparações

Brazil Still Has Not Compensated the Families of Victims

OCHA: Former UK Ambassador Tom Fletcher Takes the Helm | Latest UN Humanitarian Appeal Calls for $47 Billion | FAO: Nutritional Value of Diet Falls in Brazil, Russia, China, and the US

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ITU Establishes an International Advisory Body for Submarine Cable Monitoring | FAO Report on Nutritional Value of Diets and Trade

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WTO: EU Deforestation Regulation Impact on Brazilian Exports | UNAIDS: Research Advances But Cure Still Elusive | ITU: 5.5 Billion Are Online Already

🔒 Housing as a Human Right

Week in Review: Interview with John Clarke on the Mercosur Negotiations and the EU Process to Move Ahead | AI and International Trade Law | France at the WTO

WTO: How AI Shapes Trade | Launch of Report on AI | Industry and International Trade Law Experts to Discuss AI

French Farmers Mobilize Against Mercosur Free Trade Agreement | In Brazil Minister of Agriculture and Scholz Push it Forward | Macron Tries to Recruit Milei in a Strange Bedfellows Chapter

Week Ahead: WTO Invites Industry and Policy Experts to Debate AI | Week in Review: ILO and ITU on AI Impact on Jobs in the Entertainment Sector | AI, AI, AI, Everywhere You Look

Weekend Edition | Christmas Wishlists | Sotheby's Record Sales | The Real Doges of Diplomacy + Bourgogne: Hospices de Beaune Wines Now 100% Organic

Weekend Edition | Sotheby's Record Sales | The Real Doges of Diplomacy | How to Divide and Conquer

WHO at COP29 | Christie's New York: NFTs' Auction Proceedings go to UNHCR | Christie's Geneva: Magnificent Jewels and Rare Watches Auction

Books: Hate Speech and Political Violence in America, Interview with Columbia University Professor Robert Y. Shapiro

WIPO: Evidence Suggests That in Some Industries IP Protection is Necessary | Why You Should Watch Sam Altman | The Devil Wears Prada

Week Ahead in New York and Geneva | UN Tourism Agency: Travel Destinations in the Americas See Growth | Investing in Women | Ending Violence Against Children

Week in Review | What Did You Miss? | WMO: Torrential Rains in Spain Further Evidence of Anthropogenic Impact on Climate

Interview with Paul Saffo | WMO: Record Highs in Greenhouse Gases

First Global Model WHO Takes Place in Geneva | UN History | FNIH at the UN Convention on Biodiversity

Week in Review: Heads of Delegations on the WTO Agriculture Conundrum | Water Diplomacy: Cooperation for Global Climate Action | Bourgogne Wine Exports to Brazil and Sweden Increase

Bill Gates Donates $50M to Support Kamala Harris | Morning Brew expects $25M revenue from B2B | WHO: One Health Campaign Inspires the Legendary French Fine Wine Charity Auction

GP Bullhound: Winter is Not Coming | The Art and Science of Predicting the Future | EIB: Investing in the Green Economy

OIV: Vineyards Around the World Must Adapt to Climate Change | GESDA: OpenAI on Intellectual Property

WMO: Amazon Rainforest Hydrological Systems in Peril | WTO: Brazil on the Impact of EUDR on Smallholder Coffee Farmers

Call for Participation in the UN Commission on the Status of Women Session at the UN Headquarters in New York, March 2025

UN Human Rights: In Praise of the Grandmother | WIPO: Brazilian Coffee Trademark Protected in 12 Countries | UNEP: Germany Donates $27 Million to Support SIDS Manage Chemical Waste

Week Ahead: UNEP at the G20 Summit in Rio | WTO: Women in International Trade Policy | The Summit of Big Tech

WIPO: In the Global Innovation Index 2024 Switzerland, Sweden, and US are on Top. But is it Innovation if VC and Public Funding Dollars Leave Women Out?

WTO: EU Not Budging on Deforestation Regulation | ITC: Data Governance Key for Compliance | Tech Policy: Data Traceability in the Amazon Rainforest

Women in Peace and Security: Interview with Brazilian Minister Counsellor Viviane Rios Balbino | World Climate Foundation Holds Event in New York on the Urgent Need to Transform the Energy Matrix

ITC: Matthieu Lamolle on Data Governance and Trade in the Amazon Rainforest | Fall 2024: How to Give Great Zoom Interviews | UNHCR: Flexible Funds Allows for Responding to Emergencies Faster

John Clarke on the WTO Public Forum | How to Give Great Zoom Interviews | Elon Musk is a National Security Risk, Reports Wired Magazine | UNHCR Fundraising Strategy

It is a Wrap: WTO Public Forum | AI Environmental Impact a Matter of Concern

World Trade Report 2024 | 50 Million USD Global Fund for Women Exporters

How Many Women Will Be Running for the Post of UN Secretary-General in 2025? | Geneva Conventions: Interview with International Law Scholar Andrew Clapham

UN Secretary-General Flies to Pacific Islands to Warn of Rising Sea Levels | The Personal Computer Changed Your Life | How to (not) Drink Wine

WTO: China Trade Policy Review | FAO Report: Blended Finance Needed | UNHCR: Mapping Refugee Rights

THE UN BRIEF Partners with the World Climate Foundation | UN Secretary-General: Extreme Heat Impact on Health | WTO Public Forum: Better Trade for a Better World

Weekend Edition + Week Ahead | UNEP | WTO: Understand China's Trade Policies | WIPO and Agtech: Kenyan Startup Uses AI in Solar Powered Robots

Weekend Edition | UNESCO Oceans Report 2024: The Spectacular Life of Sardines, Dolphins, and Whales | WIPO: China Leads on GenAI Patents Report | IEEE President on Energy Use and Emerging Tech

WIPO: AI and Copyright | ILO: AI Impact on Hiring | IPU: Generative AI Increases Online Harassment of Women Politicians

UNDP Chief Digital Officer Robert Opp at the WSIS+20 High-Level Forum | FAO: Interview with Agustina Grossi | Interview with Dino Cataldo Dell’Accio, CIO of the UN Pension Fund |

UN Joint Staff Pension Fund Goes Digital | FAO: The Future of Agriculture | Snapshots from AI for Good and WSIS+20

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UN Secretary-General in Geneva | Microsoft: AI in Newsrooms | WHO Sounds Alert on Dairy Cattle Infections

WSIS+20 and AI for Good: Taking News Media Seriously | EU Elections: Who is for Increasing Spending for R&D?

ITU: AI for Good Gets Real | WSIS+20 Brings Policymakers in Digital Transformation to Geneva

ITU: What an Inclusive Digital Future Will Look Like? | UN in Geneva: World Summit on the Information Society

The Science of Healthy Ageing | ITU Brings 160 Countries to Geneva to Design an Inclusive Digital Future | Register Now for WSIS+20 | WHO Health Assembly Starts

WSIS+20 to Chart Course for Digital and Sustainable Development | UN Human Rights: Discrimination of Older Women in the Workforce Leads to Poverty | Longevity: The Science of Healthy Ageing

WIPO: Will a Treaty to Protect Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge Finally be Signed? | UNESCO Marks World Press Freedom Day | German Development Aid Agency Works with UN Tech Envoy

Tech Policy: German Development Aid Agency in Tanzania | Industrial Policy: WIPO World IP Report 2024

On Democracy and a Free Press: The White House Correspondents Association Dinner | Macron on Regulation of Social Media Platforms | Media Training: How to Give Great Interviews Via Zoom

FAO: 282 Million People Facing Acute Hunger Worldwide | WIPO: Intellectual Property in Traditional Knowledge and Genetic Resources

ILO Report on Impact of Climate Change on Workers' Health

The Week in Review | UN Population Fund Report Shows Uneven Progress in Women's Healthcare | WIPO: IP in Traditional Knowledge and Genetic Resources | UNICEF: Trying to Win the Information War

Weekend Edition: Books on AI | Travel: London Knowledge Quarters | UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Belgium

FAO: Halting Deforestation with Sensors and Satellites | WHO Sets New Terminology to Communicate About Infectious Diseases

WIPO: Traditional Knowledge and Genetic Resources Treaty Negotiations Move Slowly | Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: More Than Commodities + Trade in Digital Services with Denmark

AI in Newsrooms and Experience Design | ITU to Review Progress and Impact of Digitalization in Society | Generative AI in the Headlines

Week in Review | WTO Global Trade Report: Cautiously Optimistic | Coming up: World Summit on the Information Society + Generative AI in the Headlines

WTO: Norway’s 1.7 Million Euros Contribution to LDCs Training in Trade Negotiations

WTO: Ambassador Petter Olberg of Norway Appointed Chair of General Council | FAO + Google: Digital Solutions for a Sustainable Future

Weekend Edition: Château du Clos de Vougeot and French Diplomacy | Sustainable Tourism in Bourgogne

Interview with Juan Lavista Ferres, Chief Data Scientist at Microsoft | European Investment Bank: AI in Healthcare | Brazil: Using AI to Protect the Rainforest

UN: Brazil Must Respect International Law | Victims of Brazilian Military Dictatorship Should Get Reparations

Week Ahead: FAO Monitors Deforestation with Sensors and Satellites | PAHO: Launch of Report on Health Aging in the Americas | ILO: AI and the Safety of Workers

60 Years Ago in Brazil the Military Initiated a Reign of Terror Torturing and Killing Civilians and Members of the Opposition, Causing Irreparable Damage to Families for Generations

ILO: AI and the Future of Work | UNESCO: Celebrating Filmmaker Sergueï Paradjanov

Week Ahead: UNEP Says Plastic Not Fantastic | WHO and IPU to Address Pandemics | UN Jobs in Data Science

WMO: Antarctic Sea Ice Shrinking | 2023 Global Climate Report Sounds Alarm | Olive Branch Needed at WTO (Dispute Settlement Woes)

WWF: How to Stop Overfishing | AI and Data Mining | Interview with WIPO Chief Economist

WIPO: International Patent Filing Office Sees Growth in Applications from India | EU AI Act Adopted: What Happens Now? | | ILO to Create AI Observatory

WIPO: Bytes, Human Rights, AI and Copyrights | ILO Takes the Lead: AI Impact on the Future of Work | IPU: Generative AI Increases Exponentially Online Harassment of Women

ILO: AI Increases Age Discrimination and Impacts Employability of Older Women | IPU: Women Suffer the Most the Impact of Generative AI as it Increases Exponentially Harassment Online

IPU Report Shows Women Politicians Face Increased Online Harassment With AI | ITU Priorities for 2024 Include Closing the Digital Gender Divide

AI: Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems | UNEP: Focus on Health and Environment | Light-up Those Zoom Calls

LAWS: Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems | WTO Fisheries Agreement Falls Short | UNEP to Focus on Health and Environment

8th of March is International Women's Day | Women's Rights in the Age of AI | UN Global Compact and Generative AI in Newsrooms

WMO Secretary-General Hosts Ambassador Jean-Pierre Reymond | Foreign Affairs Minister of Spain at the UN | All About EV: Geneva Motor Show (You Wanted Flying Cars)

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain at the UN | ITU Calls for $100 Billion by 2026 for Universal Connectivity | Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on the CHIPS Act

Ministerial Conference Special Edition | Ambassador of Chile to the WTO on MC13

WEEK AHEAD: UN Secretary-General Opens Human Rights Council Session | Geneva Motor Show: EVs and History of Automobile on Stage

Register Now: UN Global Digital Compact Consultations Are Open | Weekend Edition: French Philosopher Gabrielle Halpern on the Future of Work | ILO: Impact of AI in Jobs

Interview with Career Diplomat Matthew Wilson, Barbados Ambassador to the WTO

International Chamber of Commerce: Gabriel Petrus on G20 and MC13 | ILO: Janine Berg on AI and the Future of Work | UNDP: Robert Opp on the Summit of the Future

International Chamber of Commerce: Gabriel Petrus on G20 | UNDP: Interview with Robert Opp on Small Islands Developing States Becoming Digital States | Interview with Ambassador Matthew Wilson on MC13

WTO: Ministerial Conference Special Edition | Week Ahead | Interview with Robert Opp, Chief Digital Officer at UNDP | Ambassador of Chile to the WTO on MC13 | Barbados Ambassador to the WTO

WTO: Interview with Ambassador Wilson of Barbados | What is at Stake at the Ministerial Conference | John Clarke on e-Commerce and MC13 | ICC: Gabriel Petrus on G20 and Economic Integration

Week Ahead: UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk to Visit Silicon Valley | Ambassador of Zambia Leading Global Digital Compact Negotiations | UN University Rector: Investing in Infrastructure Next

Weekend Edition | SDGs: We Need More Partnerships | UNEP Celebrates Restoration of Ecosystems | Visit France and Savour its Organic Wines | WHO: Children Must Play Outside More

Week Ahead: UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk to Visit Silicon Valley | Ambassador of Zambia Leading Global Digital Compact Negotiations | UN University Rector: Investing in Infrastructure Next

The Internet as a Common Good

UN University: Leading Global Digital Compact Discussions | Tariq Krim: The Internet as a Common Good | US Senate Hearing on the Harms of Social Media Platforms

Brazil G20 Presidency: Hosting Over 100 Meetings | Summit of the Future PrepCon Starts in New York | WTO: Ministerial Conference Ahead

UN Global Digital Compact: Interview with Zambia Ambassador Chola Milambo | WTO: Interview with Chile Ambassador Sofía Boza on the Upcoming Ministerial Conference | UNEP: The Year Ahead

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 | The Algorithm in Charge of Hiring

Davos 2024: UN Secretary General Says Rebuilding Trust Requires Action | ILO Calls for New Social Contract | Interview with Olivier De Schutter UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty

Davos: Interview with WHO Director of Data and Analytics | NFTs Make an Entrance with WISe.Art at WEF | Margrethe Vestager Visit to Silicon Valley to Speak Compliance and the EU AI Act

🔒 Steve MacFeely on Data Governance

🔒 European Space Agency Director-General Josef Aschbacher

Vestager in Silicon Valley | Hearing on AI and Journalism at the US Senate | WMO: Celeste Saulo to Lead Digital Transformation

Year Ahead: Mark Your Calendars, Here Are the Events and Dates You Want to Keep | WTO: Trade in Digital Negotiations to Conclude in 2024

Brazil Assumes G20 Presidency | UNESCO: Navigating the AI Policy Landscape | Former Dutch Minister Sigrid Kaag Appointed by UN as Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza