On Thursday, Antonio Guterres will speak at the opening ceremony of the AI Summit in New Delhi. Top news of the day | environment: India, Libya, Ukraine, AI UN
The main news of the day in the UN and in the world: the visit of the UN Secretary General to India to participate in the AI summit, the Security Council meeting on Libya, the visit to Ukraine by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the UNESCO report on artificial intelligence.
Program of the visit of the UN Secretary General to New Delhi
The UN Secretary-General arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday. In the evening, he attended a dinner hosted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for senior participants at the India AI Impact Summit. Tomorrow morning, António Guterres will speak at the opening ceremony of the summit, and then take part in a plenary session with heads of state and government. During the day, the Secretary General will hold a number of bilateral meetings with diplomats and ministers participating in the summit, and will also meet with UN officials working in India.
Security Council meeting on Libya
Libya is facing a worsening political, economic and institutional crisis that threatens the unity and stability of the country. The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya warned about this, speaking at the Security Council on Wednesday. Hannah Tetteh has called for urgent action to overcome the protracted political impasse. The special envoy said efforts to advance the UN-brokered political road map had stalled despite months of consultations between the Libyan parties.
Visit of the head of the UNHCR to Kyiv
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Barham Saleh is now in Ukraine – this is his first official visit to the country at this post. In Kyiv, Saleh visited residential areas damaged by recent airstrikes. He also met an elderly couple living in one of these buildings. An 80-year-old woman and her husband were injured by debris. The woman’s hearing was also damaged.
UNESCO AI Report
UNESCO has unveiled a new edition of a global report that documents the rapid changes in the cultural sphere driven by digital transformation, artificial intelligence, new trade flows and growing threats to artistic freedom. The report documents the profound structural changes brought about by digitalization. The share of digital revenue in creators’ earnings has grown from 17 percent in 2018 to 35 percent today, but with it comes increased income instability and copyright infringement risks. The most alarming prediction concerns the impact of generative AI: by 2028, music creators could lose up to 24 percent of their income, and audiovisual content creators could lose up to 21.