UN Photo/Rick Bajornas | A view of the Eduardo Kobra mural at UN Headquarters. By Conor Lennon Is there another way the world could be run? And in the face so much global turmoil, how can we make the future fairer? This September, a major event at UN Headquarters is being billed as once in a […]
By Felipe de Carvalho 30 August 2024 UN Secretary-General António Guterres told parliamentarians in Timor-Leste on Friday the world has much to learn from their inspirational struggle for self-rule, 25 years to the day since the historic referendum which paved the way for independence in 2002. In a surprise move, legislators made the UN chief an honorary citizen […]
GENEVA – A UN expert has welcomed the comprehensive reforms proposed by the Privacy Act Review, which the Commonwealth Government has been deliberating, but has yet to implement the legislative and non-legislative reforms. “Australia’s efforts to update its privacy framework for personal data has been a prolonged process but, if prioritised, it could even become […]
UN Photo/Kiara Worth | UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivers remarks at the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum opening ceremony in Tonga. The island nations of the Pacific are “showing the way” to protect the planet from the ravages of climate change and now the rest of the world needs to step up with more support, the UN […]
We were honoured to host a press conference for UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, Ana Brian Nougrères, concluding her tour of Australia. The tour examined Australia’s position on privacy issues in relation to personal data protection, including health data, sharing of data across borders, cybersecurity, surveillance, oversight mechanisms and remedies, artificial intelligence […]
We completed a partnership with Monash University TeaMWork to deliver an international virtual internship program 🌎 Students came together from Monash Melbourne, Monash Malaysia and the University of Warwick, UK, to discuss innovative solutions to enable the transition to circular economies. Representing the Netherlands, Chile, China and Kenya, students compiled country reports including case studies, […]