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E-Governance
The Digital Security Act was on Monday signed into law in Bangladesh, despite wide-ranging concerns that its content and scope could seriously impede the exercise of the rights
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Applications
The UN Statistics Division and the World Bank launched a new guide on Wednesday to help nations worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries, better manage data that
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Corporate
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced Thursday the launch of a high-level panel on digital cooperation. “The scale, spread and speed of change made possible by digital technologies
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E-Governance
A new report by a UN human rights expert warns that governments and companies risk undermining free speech on the internet, and urges both public officials and private
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E-Governance
The United Nations on Monday opened a technology facility to help address the development challenges of the world’s poorest countries through science, technology and innovation. It also marks
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E-Governance
A group of UN human rights experts has expressed concerns over Iran government’s decision to block Internet services in the country. “We are very concerned at reports that
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E-Governance
With more than 135 million crisis-affected people across the globe in need of humanitarian assistance, the United Nations opened Friday a data centre that will give aid organizations
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Feature
The growing volume of electronic waste, including discarded products with a battery or plug, such as mobile phones, laptops, televisions, refrigerators and electrical toys, poses a major threat
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Corporate
UN News App provides daily updates on breaking news and events from the United Nations. It delivers multimedia content including audio, video, text, and photos. The global updates
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Corporate
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) launched Thursday the Global Innovation Coalition for Change. The new group will work with
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Enterprise Events
Driven by the rapid progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research, intelligent machines are gaining the ability to learn, improve, and make calculated decisions. This will enable them to
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Corporate
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the United Nations environment agency and a leading Chinese online financial service provider rolled out a programme that aims to
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Feature
After a Singaporean teenage blogger was sentenced to jail for his social media posts, a United Nations (UN) human rights expert warned Tuesday that it is “exactly the
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Feature
UN Chief Ban Ki-moon Visits the Virtual Future of Riyadh United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon joined the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Permanent Representative to the U.N.
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Feature
Twitter to Help UN Achieve Sustainable Development Goals Twitter and UN Global Pulse announced Friday a partnership that will provide the United Nations with access to Twitter’s data
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