What's In Blue: Information and Communication Technologies
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At Switzerland’s invitation, members of the Security Council visited Geneva on 25 and 26 August to mark the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. (For background information, see our 25 August What’s in Blue story.) On the afternoon of the informal visit’s...
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Tomorrow (20 June), the Republic of Korea (ROK) will convene a high-level Security Council open debate on cybersecurity as a signature event of its June presidency. The ROK’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cho Tae-yul, is expected to chair the meeting....
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Tomorrow (17 May), Switzerland will convene a Security Council Arria-formula meeting on “Unlocking the Potential of Science for Peace and Security”. Thomas Gürber, State Secretary of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation, is expected to deliver...
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Tomorrow afternoon (4 April), Security Council members will hold an Arria-formula meeting titled “Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape and its Implications for the Maintenance of International Peace and Security”. The meeting is being organised by the Republic of Korea (ROK) and...
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This afternoon (19 December), Albania and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will convene an Arria-formula meeting titled “Artificial intelligence: its impact on hate speech, disinformation and misinformation”. The meeting will be chaired by Omran Sharaf, the UAE’s Assistant Minister of...
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Tomorrow morning (18 July), the Security Council will hold a high-level briefing titled “Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Risks for International Peace and Security”. James Cleverly, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs of the UK, will chair...
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This afternoon (25 May), Security Council members will hold an Arria-formula meeting titled “The Responsibility and Responsiveness of States to Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure”. The meeting is being co-organised by Albania and the US, with co-sponsorship by Ecuador and non-Council...
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On Monday (23 May), the Security Council will convene a briefing on technology and security, focusing on “The use of digital technologies in maintaining international peace and security”. This is the second signature event of the US Council presidency this...
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Tomorrow (28 October), Security Council members will hold a closed Arria-formula meeting via videoconference (VTC) on “Addressing and Countering Hate Speech and Preventing Incitement to Discrimination, Hostility, and Violence on Social Media”. The meeting is being organised by Kenya and...
