Get Ready for the NGO/CSW Forum

What is the NGO Forum? NGO CSW/NY organises the civil society side of the UN Commission on the Status of Women and runs parallel to the official session taking place at the UN Headquarters in New York. This gives all of us the opportunity to engage in a multitude of

AND WHAT ABOUT OLDER WOMEN?

Blog by Frances Zainoeddin, Representative to the United Nations, New York. What attention is being given to older women?  NOT MUCH! A recent letter sent by the three NGO Committees on Ageing in Geneva, New York and Vienna to the new Executive Director of UN Women, expressed concern that UN Women

Highlights from COP26 Part 2

Blog by Yvonne Freeman, Regional President of SIGBI South East England. COP26 Part 2 3 November – Finance First Session: Urban LEDS - Time4MultilevelAction Dialogue: Finance flowing to accelerate Climate Action: Innovation and Partnership This session was organised by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) World Secretariat, ICLEI

Our Global Voice at the 41st session of UNESCO’s General Conference

Blog by Evelyne Para, SI United Nations Representative at UNESCO. 9 November 2021 saw the Opening of the 41st session of UNESCO's General Conference in Paris. For two weeks, delegates from 193 Member States, several dozen NGO representatives and experts worked in plenary sessions or in specialist Commissions, and debated

Global Ethical Standards for Artificial Intelligence

Blog by Marie-Christine Gries, UNESCO SI UN Representative. Artificial intelligence is rapidly conquering all areas of human activity. New technologies open up considerable possibilities for accelerating the research, creation and organisation of work in all areas. During the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, artificial intelligence technologies have demonstrated their potential for education and the organisation

A New Social Contract for Education

Blog by Marie-Christine Gries, SI United Nations Representative, Paris.  The current world is experiencing an unprecedented set of upheavals that profoundly destruct the lives of the inhabitants of the planet; climate change and environmental deterioration are a major concern. There is a widening of inequalities, between the richest and the

What happened at COP26? Part 1

Blog by Yvonne Freeman, Regional President of SIGBI South East England. Opening Ceremony of COP26 The much-anticipated 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP26, began with dazzling performances, with Bagpiper Brighde Chaimbeul, from Sleat, Isle of Skye, opening the ceremony with her own arrangement of the traditional melodies
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