Significance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Elections 2024
Part 2 of our series navigates through the profound impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on voter engagement and the safeguarding of electoral integrity.
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Guterres: End ‘abhorrent practice’ of female genital mutilation
“Even one mutilation is one too many,” António Guterres said in his message to mark the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), observed annually on 6 February. The UN estimates that globally, more than 200 million women and girls have been subjected to some form of FGM, which involves the removal…
UPDATING LIVE: Security Council to meet on Middle East crisis over US strikes
Video of the Security Council meeting. 4:05 PM More attacks across Middle East fuel chances of miscalculation The UN’s Political Affairs chief, Rosemary DiCarlo, is briefing ambassadors first. She said that as everyone in the diplomatic world is all too aware, “the tensions that have engulfed multiple countries in the Middle East continue to rise.”…
World News in Brief: Artificial Intelligence pledge, child abuse online, Sudan crisis deepens
Lenovo Group, LG AI Research, Mastercard, Microsoft, Salesforce, Telefonica, GSMA network of mobile phone operators, and INNIT have pledged to “integrate the values and principles” of UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Ethics of AI when designing and deploying AI systems. The announcement came at the UN education, science and culture agency’s Global Forum on AI, taking place…
UN force steps up patrols after weekend of bloodshed in Abyei
Heavily armed assailants attacked civilians in the villages of Malual Aleu, Banton, Awolnhom, Abathok, Majbong, Awal, and east of Rumamier, using rocket-propelled grenades and mortars, reportedly over a land dispute. At least 37 people are reported to have been killed and several others injured, including women and children. Villages were also set on fire and…
Guterres appoints independent UNRWA review panel
The independent Review Group – appointed in consultation with UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini – will examine whether the agency is doing everything it can to ensure neutrality and to respond to allegations of serious breaches when they arise. It will be led by former French Foreign Minister, Catherine Colonna, who will work with three research organizations: the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in…
US must uphold judges’ right to speak freely about race and gender bias: rights expert
Special Rapporteur Margaret Satterthwaite voiced serious concerns that a Supreme Court Justice in the state of North Carolina, Anita Earls, was investigated for comments made regarding the potential role that implicit biases based on race, gender, and political affiliation can play in the Court’s decision-making. “Like other citizens, judges are entitled to freedom of expression, provided they conduct themselves…
Gaza: Northern aid push frustrated as regional tensions rise
“This morning a food convoy waiting to move into northern Gaza was hit by Israeli naval gunfire; thankfully no-one was injured,” said Tom White, Director of Affairs for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNWRA. Accompanying the post on X, formerly Twitter, two photographs showed a stationary flat-bed lorry parked in front of a UN…
Pakistan’s New Political Landscape
As Pakistan gears up for its 2024 General Elections, the political echoes of change are reverberating through the bustling streets of Islamabad to the rural expanses of Sindh and Baluchistan.
Your Vote Your Power: Pakistan’s General Election 2024
The power of the vote in Pakistan extends beyond national elections; it permeates the fabric of local governance. Local government elections provide citizens with the opportunity to influence decisions that directly impact their communities.