Migration agency to leverage tech giant’s AI expertise ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | Microsoft, a U.S-based tech conglomerate has entered into partnership with the International Organisation for Migration of the UN (IOM) to address climate-induced displacement by harnessing artificial intelligence and data insights. The partnership which the two entities entered into in …
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KHARTOUM, Sudan | Xinhua | Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, on Monday called on the United Nations (UN) to take measures to ensure the implementation of the Security Council resolutions on stopping the entry of weapons into the Darfur region in western Sudan and the attacks …
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Artificial Intelligence and digital safety headline UN Internet Governance Forum in Saudi Arabia ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | With Artificial Intelligence increasingly driving the way individuals, companies and governments operate, the 19th United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia provided yet another global stage to ponder on AI …
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African finance experts at COP29 want that wealth measured in new ways ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | Akinwumi Adesina, the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has stirred up new thinking around financing for the continent at the COP29 by insisting on a revaluation of its green wealth. Adesina on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a stark warning on Tuesday during the launch of the high-level dialogue on Loss and Damage Funding Arrangements at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. He highlighted the growing global dangers posed by climate change, especially in developing nations, while those responsible …
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The international UN conference on biodiversity attempts to achieve key agreements, and fulfill prior ones ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | The southwestern Colombian city, Cali, has recently hosted COP16 or the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. The UN conference on biodiversity began on October …
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Papua New Guinea on Oct.31 declared a boycott of next month’s UN climate summit, branding the global warming negotiations a “waste of time” full of empty promises from big polluters. ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | While plenty have criticised the annual COP summit in the past, it is rare for any government …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The outgoing United Nations Resident Coordinator in Uganda, Susan Ngongi Namondo, has extoled Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) for its distinguished contribution to peace missions in the region. Namondo, who was meeting the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, said UPDF has been …
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JOHANNESBURG | Xinhua | South Africa on Monday submitted evidence of Israel’s genocidal acts in the Gaza Strip to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). “South Africa has filed its memorial to the International Court of Justice today, 28 Oct. 2024, in its case on the Application of the Convention …
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New York, US | THE INDEPENDENT | The Permanent Mission of Uganda to the UN in its capacity as chair on Friday organized celebrations to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Group of 77+China at the UN in New York. “I congratulate our Group of 77 and China on this …
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