Online algorithms can reinforce stigma by suppressing, deprioritizing and hiding sexual and reproductive health information, a 19-year-old youth advocate from Saint Lucia told the Commission on Population and Development.
The Commission on Population and Development began its week-long session on Monday with speakers urging greater investment in data, research and digital systems so rapid technological change accelerates sustainable development instead of widening global inequality.
The Economic and Social Council filled vacancies in 17 of its subsidiary and other related bodies today, through secret ballot elections, nominations, appointments and by acclamation.
The world must think beyond traditional indicators and reimagine a global economic architecture no longer stacked against developing countries, the Economic and Social Council heard today, as experts called for systems that reflect every nation’s real potential.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, as delivered by UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed, to the opening of the Economic and Social Council Special Meeting on Credit Ratings, in New York today:
International taxation must keep pace with a world in which economic activity is not tied to physical location, the Economic and Social Council heard today during a series of three panel discussions on international tax cooperation.
The Commission on the Status of Women holds its seventieth session at UN Headquarters in New York from 9 to 19 March under the priority theme “Ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls, including by promoting inclusive and equitable legal systems, eliminating discriminatory laws, policies, and practices, and addressing structural barriers”.
The Commission on the Status of Women concluded its seventieth session today, with delegates adopting a text on “women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS”, and many airing pent-up concerns over the Agreed Conclusions adopted last week, which they argued had been weakened by unprecedented objections of some Member States.
