The AI Summit for Good :Key Takeaways

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The United Nations’ leading platform on Artificial Intelligence AI for Good is unlocking AI’s potential to serve humanity. AI for Good is organized by ITU in partnership with over 50 UN Sister Agencies and co-convened with the Government of Switzerland. By Seizo Onoe,

IDS researchers at DSA 2026

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Published on 6 July 2026 IDS researchers and PhD candidates are out in force presenting at this year’s Development Studies Association (DSA) conference – the biggest of its kind in Europe – and which takes place in Dublin from the 8 to 10 July.

A UN Human Rights Fund supports Indigenous leaders where global decisions are made

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"“From our ancestral lands to the global stage, I realized that every Indigenous voice carries the hopes, wisdom, and aspirations of an entire community,” said Anna Jessa Mae Crisostomo, youth leader of the Obu-Manuvu people and national spokesperson of the Mindanao Indigenous Peoples Youth Organization (MIPYO), Philippines".

Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

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18th session of the Expert Mechanism on the rights of Indigenous Peoples Date 14 - 18 July 2025

The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF)

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The IGF's 22nd Annual General Meeting will be held on October 12-14, 2026, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, hosted by UN Trade and Development

Children are adopting AI technologies more than three times faster than adults

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Statement by UNICEF on children’s use of Artificial Intelligence ahead of the first Global Dialogue on AI Governance

Deliberative Democracy Summer School

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The Deliberative Democracy Summer School brings together the world’s most influential scholars and an international cohort of PhD students specialising in the field of deliberative democracy. It is a three-day event held every eighteen months, moving between Canberra and Åbo/Turku in Finland. Stay tuned for announcements about future summer schools.

BOGA and the European Commission convene High Level Dialogue on responses to the fossil fuel crisis

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Alongside the 11th IEA Global Conference on Energy Efficiency in Montréal last week, BOGA and the European Commission convened a High-Level Dialogue, hosted by BOGA co-chair the Government of Québec.

Sweden Announces USD 1 Million Contribution to IOM

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Geneva/Stockholm, 9 July 2026 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) welcomes a USD 1 million (SEK 10 million) flexible contribution from the Government of Sweden, reaffirming a long-standing partnership and a shared commitment to international cooperation on migration.

ASEAN’s Re-engagement Risks Legitimizing Junta Without Delivering for Myanmar’s People

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JAKARTA, 15 July 2026—ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) warns that ASEAN’s shift toward “calibrated re-engagement” with Myanmar’s military-appointed government risks normalizing a dictatorship without securing any tangible results for the Myanmar people.

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