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The President of the General Assembly will convene a high-level panel on "Public accessibility and inclusivity: developing strategic initiatives to raise awareness on the role and work of the Ombudsman and mediator institutions in the promotion and protection of human rights, good governance and the rule of law" pursuant to General Assembly resolution 77/224.

At this side event to the UN STI Forum 2024 the organizers will present programs and tools, like e.g. the Challenges Mapping methodology and Web3 Technology enabled Local Pacts for the Future as concrete examples on how science, technology and innovation can be harnessed to accelerate progress towards youth focused Sustainable Development Goals implementation, climate action empowerment and multilevel multi-stakeholder governance innovation.

At this event experts will present the findings of a new report titled "A Framework For Tomorrow's Pathogen Research." The report comes from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Independent Task Force on Research with Pandemic Risks and will discuss the benefits and risks of a subset of research that could plausibly source a large outbreak, or even a pandemic, and offer recommendations to make research with pandemic risks more safe, secure, and responsible.

Is artificial intelligence (AI) coming for our jobs, our purpose in life, our control over the future? Or is AI a tool that can be used to foster greater good? The United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology, Amandeep Singh Gill, explores the costs, consequences and creative potential of AI in the context of global efforts to usher in a better future for humanity.

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Opening remarks by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, , to the opening preparatory ministerial meeting of the Summit of the Future at the General Assembly, 78th session.

Press conference by David Nanopoulos, Chief of the Treaty Section and Vladimir Jares, Director of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat on the annual Treaty Event.

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 77th Session of the General Assembly.

Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

IGF: Press Conference on agenda of annual meeting in Kyoto in October

The situation in Somalia.