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Live from the UN: Rethink, Reset, Deliver Better with Data & AI
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Live from the UN: Rethink, Reset, Deliver Better with Data & AI

Watch the replay of our livestream from United Nations headquarters! Global leaders, policymakers, technologists, and frontline partners will convene for a UN-hosted live event during the General Assembly High-level Week. The event will examine how smarter use of data and technology, supported by renewed coherence and efficiency, can unlock new solutions to global challenges. Watch live at https://www.gzeromedia.com/unglobalstage.

UN's Guy Ryder calls for inclusivity and collaboration to tackle global problems
Global Stage Interviews

UN's Guy Ryder calls for inclusivity and collaboration to tackle global problems

In a Global Stage conversation from inside the United Nations headquarters during the 79th General Assembly, Guy Ryder, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, addressed the challenges of global collaboration in today’s divided world. Despite geopolitical tensions and ongoing conflicts, Ryder stressed that member states are committed to implementing the Pact for the Future, an inter-governmentally negotiated pact focused on tackling today's global issues to protect the needs and interests of future generations.

Why the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals are not on track to be financed soon
Sustainability

Why the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals are not on track to be financed soon

The world faces a sustainable development crisis, and while most countries have strategies in place, they don’t have the cash to back them up. How far off track are we with the financing needed to support the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals, ranging from quality education and health care to climate action and clean water?

Eddie Ndopu: "People with disabilities need to be in leadership"
Crisis Recovery

Eddie Ndopu: "People with disabilities need to be in leadership"

Eddie Ndoku, UN global advocate & disability activist, hopes to bring a “fresh” perspective to the discussion of global development and help leaders understand the needs of the most vulnerable people, including those with disabilities.

Youth representative Ayakha Melithafa, speaks during the opening of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit 2023, at U.N. headquarters in New York City.
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UN General Assembly day one: Not a Vanity Fair event

The first big day of the UN General Assembly proved to be character-building for those who dared to venture outside without gumboots or an umbrella.

2023 UN General Assembly's top objective, according to António Guterres
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2023 UN General Assembly's top objective, according to António Guterres

Every year, world leaders and top diplomats descend on New York City for the annual UN General Assembly, or "UNGA," as it's known. And this year's UNGA promises to be a blockbuster week, given the array of urgent global challenges facing the United Nations. But what's the one thing to watch out for? That's what Ian Bremmer asks UN Secretary-General António Guterres in an exclusive and wide-ranging interview for GZERO World.

Shocks making it harder to meet Sustainable Development Goals
Climate

Shocks making it harder to meet Sustainable Development Goals

After the pandemic and now the global food crisis, meeting the UN's Sustainable Goals by the 2030 deadline will be a tall order. But actually it's previous systemic challenges aggravated by those crises that are undermining the push to achieve the SDGs,Kathryn Hollifield, from the World Bank's Global Agriculture and Food Security Program, explained during a livestream discussion on the global food crisis hosted by GZERO Media in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.