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INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM OPENS ITS TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM OPENS ITS TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING 18 December 2017 Press Release Hears Addresses by Swiss President Doris Leuthard and Other Dignitaries The twelfth annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) opened this afternoon at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. With more than 2,000 participants, including high-level government officials, civil society leaders, private sector representatives and academic and technical experts, the Forum will…

INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM HOLDS ITS FIRST MAIN SESSION ON INTERNET DISRUPTIONS, ENCRYPTION AND DATA FLOWS

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM HOLDS ITS FIRST MAIN SESSION ON INTERNET DISRUPTIONS, ENCRYPTION AND DATA FLOWS 18 December 2017 Press Release The twelfth Internet Governance Forum held this morning its first main session entitled: Local Interventions, Global Impacts: How Can International Multi-Stakeholder Cooperation Address Internet Disruptions, Encryption and Data Flows. After Thomas Schneider, Head of the International Relations Service of the Federal Office of…

INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM TAKES UP THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL DIGITAL GOVERNANCE IN A HIGH-LEVEL SESSION

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM TAKES UP THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL DIGITAL GOVERNANCE IN A HIGH-LEVEL SESSION 18 December 2017 Press Release Openness, Confidence and Trust, Digital Skills for All, and Human-Centred Internet Values Feature in Leaders’ Visions of Future Digital Governance The Internet Governance Forum this afternoon held a high-level session titled “Shaping our future digital global governance”, host-chaired by Doris Leuthard, President of the Swiss Confederation.…

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA 15 December 2017 Presentation of Credentials Makeda Antoine-Cambridge, the new Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented her credentials to Michael Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Antoine-Cambridge had been…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 15 December 2017 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations Refugee Agency.Iraq: mass…

Press Release from the Office of the United Nations Representative to the Geneva International Discussions

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Press Release from the Office of the United Nations Representative to the Geneva International Discussions 14 December 2017 Press Release The 42nd round of the Geneva International Discussions has just concluded. In Working Group I, the participants reviewed the overall situation on the ground and assessed it as relatively calm and stable. The participants continued discussions on the topic of non-use of force. They conducted extensive consultations on a joint statement and…

TWELFTH INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM SHAPE YOUR DIGITAL FUTURE! TO FOCUS ON OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF DIGITIZATION

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home TWELFTH INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM SHAPE YOUR DIGITAL FUTURE! TO FOCUS ON OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF DIGITIZATION 13 December 2017 Press Release Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Fake News, Internet of Things and Virtual Reality to Dominate the Annual Meeting Taking Place in Geneva from 18 to 21 December Geneva, 13 December 2017 – More than 2,000 people, including high-level government officials, civil society leaders, private sector representatives and academic and…

Press Communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home Press Communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions 13 December 2017 Press Release The 42nd round of the Geneva International Discussions has just concluded. In Working Group I, the participants reviewed the overall situation on the ground and assessed it as relatively calm and stable. The participants continued discussions on the topic of non-use of force. They conducted extensive consultations on a joint statement and agreed to continue work…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 12 December 2017 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives for the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization and the United Nations…

REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE

7 years 4 months ago Breadcrumb Home REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE 08 December 2017 UN Geneva Press Briefing Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization.Rohingya CrisisAdrian Edwards, for the United Nations…