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UNICEF Joins Tech Companies' AI Initiative
August 07, 2017
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has announced its participation in the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (AI), a technology company initiative seeking to use AI and access to data to solve societal problems, such as the "spread of disease, responses to climate change and disasters, and the uncertain future of jobs and employment."
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OECD: Massive G20 Climate Funding Will Boost Growth
August 07, 2017
Reuters reports that the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has predicted a five percent boost in economic growth for Group of 20 countries (G20) in 2050 if the governments of these countries invest $6.9 trillion annually in "clean infrastructure" between now and 2030.
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WEF Warns of Inequality, Climate Risks in Arab Region
August 07, 2017
A report from the World Economic Forum (WEF) pinpoints "rising income and wealth disparity" and global warming as among the trends analysts and businesses are most concerned will impact Arab countries in the coming years.
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UN Report Seeks Expanded Spending on "Right to Health"
August 07, 2017
A UN report on "realizing human rights to and through health" calls on governments around the world to take steps toward fulfilling the "right to health" by allocating at least five percent of their GDP to public health spending and to recognize "sexual and reproductive health rights" for women in part by expanding access to abortion.
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UN Agent Warns of "Systemic" Rights Violations by Israel
August 07, 2017
Following his visit to Jordan, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Palestinians Michael Lynk warned of "systemic human rights violations" by Israel and asserted that there is "no end in sight" for the "occupation" by Israel of Palestinian territories.
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