Artificial intelligence, Occupied Palestinian Territory & other topics

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Published Jun 22, 2024

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

Highlights:
-Security Council
-Afghanistan
-Afghanistan/Humanitarian
-Haiti
-Ukraine
-Burkina Faso
-Democratic Republic of the Congo
-South Sudan
-International Days
-Noon Briefing Guest

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Today, the Secretary-General addressed, via video conference, the Artificial Intelligence Summit that is ongoing in Seoul, in the Republic of Korea.
He said that Artificial Intelligence systems are still being deployed with little oversight and little accountability and he warned that we cannot sleepwalk into a dystopian future, where the power of AI is controlled by a few people, or worse, by opaque algorithms beyond human understanding.
The Secretary-General called for universal guardrails and said the Summit of the Future that he will convene in September is an opportunity to build the foundations of Artificial Intelligence governance.

OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
In Gaza, UNRWA [UN Relief and Works Agency] reports that today, the agency’s distribution centre, as well as the World Food Programme’s warehouse – both in Rafah – are now inaccessible due to ongoing military operation.
UNRWA says that its health centres have not received any medical supplies in the past 10 days. Despite this, health-care staff continue to provide thousands of medical consultations each day at health centres that are still operational.
Meanwhile, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, expressed deep concern over the safety of patients and hospital staff remaining at Al Awda Hospital in northern Gaza. In a social media post, he said the facility has been under siege since Sunday, with no one allowed to leave or enter.

Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/ossg/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=21%20May%202024