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What happens when better data meets action?

For Saeeda Faisal, Provincial Communications & MIS Project Assistant at UN-HABITAT, technology means turning information into smarter decisions, stronger programmes and real impact.

Learn more at: https://unite.un.org/en/WomenInTech-UN/saeeda-faisal

As AI reshapes how information is created and shared, strengthening information integrity has never been more urgent.

The UN Global Principles for Information Integrity offer a path forward.

United Nations Global Principles for Information Integrity | United Nations The United Nations Global Principles For Information Integrity presents a vision of a future in which power imbalances are redressed so that a small group of actors - including technology companies based in a handful of countries - no longer monopolize control over global information flows.

Govern AI together— or let it govern you.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres draws the stark choice: “The question is no longer whether AI will transform our world – it already is. The question is whether we will govern this transformation together – or let it govern us.”

On 6-7 July, all 193 UN Member States and stakeholders converge to discuss international cooperation on AI governance at the inaugural Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva.

🔗 Learn more: https://www.un.org/global-dialogue-ai-governance/en



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Hanna Stenbacka Köhler, Global Data Network Manager, at the United Nations Development Coordination Office, talks about the Digital Solutions Lab, where she experiments with AI and shapes digtal solutions as a problem owner!
https://unite.un.org/en/WomenInTech-UN/hanna-stenbacka-kohler

Innovation for climate action is coming to Qatar! 🌐

From 23–26 September, hashtag 2026 arrives at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, bringing together students, developers, researchers and innovators to build AI-powered, open-source solutions for sustainable agriculture.

Join us to collaborate, create digital public goods, and help advance the Sustainable Development Goals—one solution at a time.

Sign up to learn more at: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/99GP3S9a1p

In partnership with FAO and the Hammad Bin Jassim Center For K-12 Computer Science Education

“Technology that will shape the future of humanity must be shaped by all of humanity,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, stressing governance “cannot be governed by a handful of countries or companies."

The Secretary-General offers three priorities for ensuring AI benefits everyone.

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Guterres: AI must be shaped by 'all of humanity', not a handful of powers UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday urged governments and technology companies to work together to ensure artificial intelligence (AI) benefits all countries.

Meet Kanjanawadee Amaranon, Police Advisor and Patrol Officer with United Nations Mission in South Sudan, who uses tools to strengthen community outreach on human rights and safety, helping deliver the UN mandate more effectively.

"Don't wait til you feel ready."
https://unite.un.org/en/WomenInTech-UN/kanjanawadee-amaranon

The future of AI depends on the choices we make today.

At the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, leaders are calling for inclusive, multilateral cooperation to ensure AI is safe, equitable and benefits everyone.

Global push for AI governance amid warnings of ‘catastrophic harm’ Can artificial intelligence benefit all of humanity – safely, fairly and without causing “catastrophic harm”? That is the question at the heart of a major UN summit opening in Geneva on Monday.