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Shaping the AI Future: Ethical and Inclusive AI Governance for Youth and All (CSocD64 Side Event).

February 06, 2026

This side event explores ethical and inclusive AI governance to address AI-enabled risks affecting youth safety, well-being, and rights, and to advance practical, youth-centered solutions through multilateral cooperation. Digital transformation has become integral to advancing social development and social justice, accelerating progress toward the 2030 Agenda and the commitments made in the Copenhagen Declaration of the 1995 World Social Summit. However, as highlighted in the Doha Political Declaration, uneven technological advancements between and within countries are reversing hard-won development gains and deepening inequalities, underscoring the need for coordinated, equitable, and inclusive approaches that ensure no one is left behind. Objectives Protecting Youth Dignity and Rights in Artificial Intelligence-Driven Environments This session will examine how AI-driven environments affect the dignity, rights, and autonomy of youth, who are often early adopters of new technologies ...

Economic and Social Council: 10th plenary meeting, 2026 session.

February 04, 2026

SEGMENT II: Enhancing Capacities and Innovation on the use of Information and Data. ECOSOC's first Special Meeting on Financial Integrity, mandated by the Sevilla Commitment adopted at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), will provide an inclusive, policy-oriented platform to advance dialogue on combating illicit financial flows . Related Documents: Concept Note Watch the Economic and Social Council: 10th plenary meeting, 2026 session Economic and Social Council

Economic and Social Council: 9th plenary meeting, 2026 session.

February 04, 2026

SEGMENT I: Stengthening Global Coordination on Policy and Norm-Setting for Exchange of Information and Data. ECOSOC's first Special Meeting on Financial Integrity, mandated by the Sevilla Commitment adopted at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), will provide an inclusive, policy-oriented platform to advance dialogue on combating illicit financial flows. Economic and Social Council: 9th plenary meeting, 2026 session Economic and Social Council

Building Integrated Data and Infrastructure for Scalable SDG Partnerships.

January 27, 2026

The SIDS Centre of Excellence : will present a new SIDS-led institutional platform designed to implement the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for SIDS (ABAS) and advance the 2030 Agenda through high-quality, interoperable data and coordinated partnerships. The session will showcase early SIDS Data Hubs and Country Map Portfolios and convene governments, multilateral institutions, and partners in a solutions‑oriented dialogue focused on practical models and pathways to translate national priorities into scalable, evidence-based programmes. Ms. Ashaki Goodwin, Director of Government Affairs, PVBLIC Foundation H.E. Dr. Walton Webson, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations H.E. Mr. Viliami Va'inga Tōnē, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Tonga to the United Nations Watch the SIDS Centre of Excellence: Building Integrated Data and Infrastructure for Scalable SDG Partnerships! 01:35:18 Side Events

Multi-stakeholder Partnerships Dialogue and SIDS Partnership Awards

December 12, 2025

Multi-stakeholder Partnerships Dialogue and SIDS Partnership Awards. Watch the Global multi-stakeholder small island developing states partnership dialogue Meetings & Events

Committee on Macroeconomic Policy, Poverty Reduction and Financing for Development, Fifth Session (Day 3 - Afternoon).

November 21, 2025

* The Fifth session of the Committee on Macroeconomic Policy, Poverty Reduction and Financing for Development will be held from 19 to 21 November 2025 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok. The Committee will focus on the three main objectives: (a) to assess prospects for sustaining long-term economic growth, keeping in view the complexities of climate-resilient development and green transition; (b) to appreciate the main contours of the Sevilla Commitment and to understand the role of the ESCAP secretariat in supporting members and associate members in implementing those of its aspects that that are relatively more pertinent for the Asia-Pacific context; and (c) to discuss the work of the Consultative Group on Financing Strategies for the Sustainable Development Goals and the support provided so far by the Macroeconomic Policy and Financing for Development Division to members and associate members. Watch the committee on Macroeconomic Policy, Poverty Reduction and ...

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