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DOREEN BOGDAN-MARTIN

#178 THE G|O BRIEFING, APRIL 25, 2024

As AI for Good Summit Approaches, Cautious Optimism is Coupled with Sense of Urgency to Prevent AI Titans from Playing “Russian Roulette” with Humanity’s Future | UNRWA Still Facing Shortfalls, with Switzerland Still Withholding Donations

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Ahead of its ‘AI for Good’ Summit, Guarded Optimism but Sense of Urgency at the International Telecommunication Union

How realistic is it to expect that the development, by a few enormously powerful private companies, of what some of its own creators consider the most dangerous technology since the atomic bomb can be governed by multilateral organizations?

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From ham radio to tackling AI, the new ITU chief moves with technology

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EXCLUSIVE: DIPLOMATIC EXCHANGES REVEAL BITTER RIFT BETWEEN THE EU AND THE US ABOUT THE LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS AT UN MIGRATION AGENCY AFTER US SUPPORTS DG’S DEPUTY FOR THE TOP JOB

* RIVAL IS ON LEAVE WITHOUT PAY TO RUN CAMPAIGN The leadership contest underway at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) was supposed to be a shoo-in for the current Director General, Portuguese António Vitorino. Until it wasn’t: that is, after the Biden administration decided to support the DG’s

A guessing game around ITU

The election of Doreen Bogdan-Martin as the ITU's new chief may have settled tensions for now, but with an outgoing Chinese S-G and a contest for his successor that pitted a Russian candidate against an American, the scene was ripe for some intense speculations amongst the diplomatic community.

#111 THE G|O Briefing, September 29, 2022

WESTERN RELIEF AFTER ITU VOTE | ANXIETY AT CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT |SPEAKING FOR THE UN | AUROCRACIES NEVER COLLAPSE NICELY | FIFA AND WTO! FOUL

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How China, Russia, and their friends are using the International Telecommunication Union to impose their authoritarian internet and surveillance model on the world

US declarations of support for American candidates to top positions at international organizations are not unusual. But they rarely come from the White House, in particular about an organization referred to as “the most important UN agency you have never heard of.”

#110 The G|O Briefing, September 22, 2022

AT ITU, THE ELECTION THAT MIGHT DECIDE THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET - POST COVID, WILL THE PALAIS EVER GO BACK TO NORMAL? - BACKSTAGE WITH THE UN PRESS

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