UN chroniclePub Date : 2019-01-25DOI: 10.18356/5F4FE2E2-EN
R. Kirkpatrick, Felicia Vacarelu
{"title":"A decade of leveraging big data for sustainable development","authors":"R. Kirkpatrick, Felicia Vacarelu","doi":"10.18356/5F4FE2E2-EN","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18356/5F4FE2E2-EN","url":null,"abstract":"Advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs) are driving global changes in our society—from the way we communicate with each other to the forces that shape our economy and behaviour. Insights generated from big data are already transforming many domains. Mobility data from mobile phone networks can reveal the extent of displacement after a disaster and help predict the spread of infectious diseases, while mobile airtime purchases can help track food consumption. Roofing materials visible from space serve as a proxy for poverty, changes in debit card usage indicate the impact of a crisis, and postal records have been used to estimate trade flows. At the same time, the rapidly evolving capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) offer new opportunities to unlock the value of big data for more evidence-based decision-making that can accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).","PeriodicalId":85815,"journal":{"name":"UN chronicle","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44955833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
UN chroniclePub Date : 2019-01-25DOI: 10.18356/4c444b2d-en
W. Ben-Hassine
{"title":"Government policy for the internet must be rights-based and user-centered","authors":"W. Ben-Hassine","doi":"10.18356/4c444b2d-en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18356/4c444b2d-en","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85815,"journal":{"name":"UN chronicle","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42311500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
UN chroniclePub Date : 2019-01-25DOI: 10.18356/298548f4-en
E. Pauwels
{"title":"How can multilateralism survive the era of artificial intelligence?","authors":"E. Pauwels","doi":"10.18356/298548f4-en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18356/298548f4-en","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial Intelligence (AI) is converging with an extraordinary array of other technologies, from biotech and genomics, to neurotechnology, robotics, cybertechnology and manufacturing systems. Increasingly, these technologies are decentralized, beyond State control, and available to a wide range of actors around the world. While these trends may unlock enormous potential for humankind, the convergence of AI and new technologies also poses unprecedented risks to global security. In particular, they create challenges for the multilateral system and the United Nations, which operate at the inter-State level.","PeriodicalId":85815,"journal":{"name":"UN chronicle","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48710815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
UN chroniclePub Date : 2019-01-25DOI: 10.18356/1dca97ed-en
L. Zhenmin
{"title":"Frontier technologies: A window of opportunity for leapfrogging!","authors":"L. Zhenmin","doi":"10.18356/1dca97ed-en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18356/1dca97ed-en","url":null,"abstract":"Imagine a world with no hunger, where every child attends school and no one dies from a communicable disease. This is not a utopian dream, but rather our collective vision for a society where no one is left behind. It serves as our guiding spirit—our raison d’etre—as we work together towards the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Frontier technologies offer us considerable hope for a sustainable future.","PeriodicalId":85815,"journal":{"name":"UN chronicle","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41790564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
UN chroniclePub Date : 2019-01-25DOI: 10.18356/DCD2F275-EN
Nanjira Sambuli
{"title":"New technologies and the global goals","authors":"Nanjira Sambuli","doi":"10.18356/DCD2F275-EN","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18356/DCD2F275-EN","url":null,"abstract":"Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have permeated practically all aspects of life. Just a decade ago, in some parts of the globe, prioritizing access to ICTs was considered a luxury. Today, it is widely acknowledged that investing in affordable, universal and unconditional access to ICTs is necessary to drive progress on global priorities, in particular, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).","PeriodicalId":85815,"journal":{"name":"UN chronicle","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41702904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
UN chroniclePub Date : 2019-01-25DOI: 10.18356/3A542C74-EN
Fekitamoeloa Utoikamanu
{"title":"Closing the technology gap in least developed countries","authors":"Fekitamoeloa Utoikamanu","doi":"10.18356/3A542C74-EN","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18356/3A542C74-EN","url":null,"abstract":"Imagine not having your cellphone handy to send a quick message, receive traffic updates, find your doctor’s telephone number, check a map on your way to visit a friend, or make a payment?","PeriodicalId":85815,"journal":{"name":"UN chronicle","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43952910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
UN chroniclePub Date : 2019-01-25DOI: 10.18356/C78B1D78-EN
C. Mulligan
{"title":"Blockchain and sustainable growth","authors":"C. Mulligan","doi":"10.18356/C78B1D78-EN","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18356/C78B1D78-EN","url":null,"abstract":"We are at a unique moment in history: our society is in transition from an industrial economy to one defined by a new set of technologies, ranging from digitalization to nanotechnology. Among the latest waves of digitalization is blockchain—a technology that many say promises to redefine trust, transparency and inclusion across the world. Blockchain, however, is a relatively immature technology and can create as many problems as it solves. What it has offered so far is a series of key insights into emerging technologies and how we can approach them in a rapidly changing world.","PeriodicalId":85815,"journal":{"name":"UN chronicle","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43832931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
UN chroniclePub Date : 2019-01-25DOI: 10.18356/1b976a72-en
Izumi Nakamitsu
{"title":"Responsible innovation for a new era in science and technology","authors":"Izumi Nakamitsu","doi":"10.18356/1b976a72-en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18356/1b976a72-en","url":null,"abstract":"Today we are at the dawn of an age of unprecedented technological change. Sometimes referred to as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, this historic moment has inspired a growing consensus that recent developments in science and technology are of a unique nature, and likely to impact almost every facet of our daily lives.","PeriodicalId":85815,"journal":{"name":"UN chronicle","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42348185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
UN chroniclePub Date : 2019-01-25DOI: 10.18356/f9699d05-en
F. Hochschild
{"title":"The Secretary-General’s strategy on new technologies","authors":"F. Hochschild","doi":"10.18356/f9699d05-en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18356/f9699d05-en","url":null,"abstract":"Technological change in the digital era is transformational, but it does not always advance sustainable development or reduce inequality. In some countries today, more people have access to smartphones than access to clean water or adequate sanitation. Over the past three years, the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) have grown, but so has the number of people living in hunger.","PeriodicalId":85815,"journal":{"name":"UN chronicle","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48713117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
UN chroniclePub Date : 2019-01-25DOI: 10.18356/A353D972-EN
C. Melamed
{"title":"The race to innovate for development should not leave foundational data systems behind","authors":"C. Melamed","doi":"10.18356/A353D972-EN","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18356/A353D972-EN","url":null,"abstract":"Data is everywhere, constantly being created by humans and machines across the globe. But as half of the world seems to be drowning in data, too many people and places are still invisible in the numbers that drive decisions.","PeriodicalId":85815,"journal":{"name":"UN chronicle","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49208772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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