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New Report Highlights Efforts Relating to Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence
September 18, 2019
The Global A.I. Governance Forum has published the outcome report from its 2018 Global Governance of AI Roundtable, during which a broad range of professionals from government, NGOs, industry, and academia gathered information, took inventory of policies, addressed key issues, and garnered "novel" perspectives on the global governance of artificial intelligence.
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UN Migration Agency and Partners Promote Global Governance of Migration and Health
September 18, 2019
An article in a series developed by The BMJ, the UN Migration Agency, and the Migration Health and Development Research Network explains that failure to improve the global governance of migration and health will jeopardize action towards major global health targets, most notably that of universal health coverage.
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Cities Pledge to Report to UN on Climate Change and Sustainable Development
September 18, 2019
At the upcoming United General Assembly meetings, more than a dozen cities will commit to implementing global goals to end poverty, inequality, and other challenges by 2030, including Accra, Barcelona, Bristol, Cape Town, Los Angeles, and Mannheim.
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State Department Official Defends US Commission on Unalienable Rights
September 16, 2019
In a Real Clear Politics Op-Ed, Peter Berkowitz, Director of the U.S. State Department's Policy Planning Staff, defends the Department's Commission on Unalienable Rights, calling for a sober and deliberate reflection about the roots of human rights in the American constitutional tradition and their reach in the conduct of America's foreign affairs.
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UN Chief: Human-Triggered Climate Change Causing More Intense and Frequent Natural Disasters
September 16, 2019
While viewing the devastating damage in the Bahamas caused by Hurricane Dorian, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres linked an increase in the intensity and frequency of natural disasters to human activity triggering climate change.