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cynthiabasineg.bsky.social
Last month in #Nyc for #UNGA81
#Self-determination #WesternSahara. #TFGBV. #NoKings #FeedMe #Cynthia #BoatBleu.
November 3, 2026 at 11:36 AM
brownpublichealth.bsky.social
At the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly, health experts, including Professor @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social of the @brown.edu @pandemiccenter.bsky.social, urged governments to integrate noncommunicable disease prevention into pandemic preparedness. They made three key recommendations. #UNGA81
NCDs and pandemic preparedness: The missing link | Devex
At UNGA 81, health experts urged governments to integrate noncommunicable disease prevention into pandemic preparedness plans. Here are three key recommendations to bridge the gap.
www.devex.com
November 2, 2026 at 3:45 PM
ihlyi.bsky.social
163 States voted in favour of Draft Resolution A/C.1/81/L.37 on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems at the UN General Assembly’s First Committee. IHLYI welcomes this momentum towards international negotiations.

#FutureOfPeaceAI #LAWS #CCW #UNGA81
October 30, 2026 at 1:29 PM
portugalun.bsky.social
Sustained multilateral engagement and constructive cooperation is vital to address human rights challenges.

At #UNGA81, Portugal highlighted its 2026 engagement at HRC: advancing mental health amd Human Rights, the right to education, and stronger human rights capacities across CPLP countries.
October 30, 2026 at 6:42 PM
bahais-mexicali.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
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@BahaiBIC

A menudo se considera que la paz es el destino, una conclusión a la que se llega una vez que se resuelven los conflictos y se firman los tratados. Pero, ¿y si la paz también se entendiera como una práctica continua? Siguiente #unga81, @UPEACE NY […]

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@BahaiBIC A menudo se considera que la paz es el destino, una conclusión a la que se llega una vez que se resuelven los conflictos y se firman los tratados. Pero, ¿y si la paz también se entendiera como una práctica continua? Siguiente #UNGA81, @UPEACE NY organizó una discusión preguntando exactamente que como parte de la serie “Poner en práctica diversos sistemas de conocimiento: el arte de la consolidación de la paz”.
October 31, 2026 at 5:08 PM
filippalentzos.bsky.social
In #UNGA81 #FirstCommittee, #bioweapons took centre stage last wk. States pressed for progress on strengthening #1972BWC but divisions persist over verification & compliance. Our latest briefing examines what’s at stake ahead of December’s negotiations. tinyurl.com/yhfts4et
October 27, 2026 at 5:17 PM
startingupgood.bsky.social
Devex explores how Kanika Bahl - CEO of AI Access Initiative, Founding Member of Anthropic’s Long-Term Benefit Trust, and former CEO of Evidence Action - advocates for scaling AI tools through government systems to maximize public impact. Learn more: https://ow.ly/4kAf510347Y
Kanika Bahl on scaling AI tools through government systems
After considering a role in AI safety, Kanika Bahl set out to ensure useful AI tools reach people in low- and middle-income countries. At UNGA81, she described AI Access Initiative’s first effort reaching 1 million farmers in India.
ow.ly
November 2, 2026 at 6:07 PM
leftywolf95.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU3S...
UN Commission of Inquiry on Occupied Palestinian Territory & Israel presents findings to UNGA81
YouTube video by UN Human Rights Council
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2026 at 1:36 PM
abdohassan.bsky.social
Israel has committed war crimes & crimes against humanity in the Occupied Palestinian Territory amid continuing genocide in Gaza, the @UN Commission of Inquiry on Occupied Palestinian Territory & Israel said in a new report to UNGA81 today.
October 26, 2026 at 5:52 PM
byteseu.bsky.social
Commitment to fulfill obligations undertaken by Republic of Armenia under Biological Weapons Convention reaffirmed

https://www.byteseu.com/2477523/

At the UNGA81 First Committee Thematic Discussion on Other Weapons of Mass Destruction the Delegation of Armenia reiterated its commitment to the …
Commitment to fulfill obligations undertaken by Republic of Armenia under Biological Weapons Convention reaffirmed - Bytes Europe
At the UNGA81 First Committee Thematic Discussion on Other Weapons of Mass Destruction the Delegation of Armenia reiterated its commitment to the full and
www.byteseu.com
October 26, 2026 at 6:39 AM
fabricatedtechnobabble.com
Check out my latest This Week in Open Source post on the @opensource.google blog.

It's got a fancy new logo too.

opensource.googleblog.com/2026/10/this...
This Week in Open Source for October 23, 2026
Explore open source governance at UNGA81, AI-DDoS maintainer research, RedMonk's 24K commit audit, Gemma 4 DiarizationLM, and Oct–Dec events.
opensource.googleblog.com
October 24, 2026 at 10:36 PM
bigearthdata.ai
WHO at the United Nations General Assembly 2026
->World Health Organization (WHO) | More on "Global health emergency response coordination" at BigEarthData.ai
WHO at the United Nations General Assembly 2026
The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners will raise global awareness during the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA81) of the urgent actions needed to make the world healthier, safer and more resilient. Held under the theme "Restoring trust, managing transformation: A United Nations that delivers for all," this year's General Assembly comes at a pivotal moment for global health. Countries continue to navigate the impacts of ongoing health emergencies, economic pressures, climate-related threats and declining development assistance, while seeking new ways to strengthen health systems and protect populations from future risks. WHO will use UNGA81 to promote action across several priority areas, including pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR), sustainable financing for health and WHO, climate and health, digital innovation and artificial intelligence, global health security, and strengthening resilient health systems grounded in universal health coverage and primary health care. A central focus will be the Second United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response, taking place on 25 September 2026. The meeting represents a key opportunity for governments and partners to review progress made since the first High-Level Meeting in 2023 and renew political commitment to preventing future pandemics through science, solidarity and international...
www.who.int
October 27, 2026 at 6:48 PM
ibanews.bsky.social
On 28 Oct 2026 at the United Nations General Assembly in #NewYork: 'Victims in accountability mechanisms: Perspectives in the context of the aggression against #Ukraine' – a side event co-organised by IBA to explore pathways to #accountability mechanisms and reparations.

#UNGA81
October 23, 2026 at 3:07 PM
opensource.google
This Week in Open Source #20 is live! 🌐✨
🏛️ OSI at UNGA81 & “AI-DDoS” maintainer research (-18.18% newcomer merge rate)
🔍 RedMonk’s 24K commit audit & OSS-Fuzz-inspired security scanning
🎙️ Gemma 4 4B DiarizationLM, skill-reach & offline ESP32-S3 voice AI: goo.gle/twios-20
Card 1 of 4 (Title Hook): Google Open Source banner for This Week in Open Source #20 (Oct 23, 2026) featuring author Daryl Ducharme (Open Source Programs Office). Headline: What Sustains Open Source When Code Generation Drops Toward Zero? Subheadline: 9 open source reads + 10 Oct–Dec community events across AI-DDoS maintainer research, commit provenance, copyright law, and local AI. Highlights: (1) Maintainer bandwidth & governance: OSI at UNGA81, AI-DDoS (-18.18% merge rate), RedMonk (<1% AI commits) & copyright; (2) Ecosystem tools & local AI: OSS-Fuzz-inspired security, skill-reach, AT Protocol PDS metrics, Gemma 4 4B & ESP32 voice AI. Upcoming events: Open Source AI Week, AGNTCon + MCPCon, GitHub Universe, OSFF NY, SeaGL, and KubeCon NA. Card 2 of 4 (Value — Governance, Maintainer Bandwidth & Provenance): Headline: Keeping Project Doors Open Without Burning Out Humans. Three metric cards: (1) Reads 01–02 (OSI at UNGA81 & Google + OSU Research) — -18.18% Newcomer PR Merge Rate: Public Scaffolding & Surviving AI-DDoS PR Floods (At UNGA81, OSI & Google OSPO examine how open licenses need shared scaffolding—while a 294-repo study tests 11 strategies to filter AI noise without locking out newcomers); (2) Reads 03–04 (RedMonk Audit & All Things Open) — < 1% Explicit Machine Commits: Provenance Transparency & Human Copyright Law (Fewer than 1% of 24,000 H1 2026 C infrastructure commits carry machine trailers, while FreeDOS founder Jim Hall asks if vibe-coded software can even hold a GPL license); (3) Reads 05–06 (OSS Security & Agent Skill Routing) — 72 Trials Across Agent Harnesses: OSS-Fuzz-Inspired Audits & google/skill-reach. Card 3 of 4 (Deep Dive — Federation, Edge AI & Event Radar): Headline: Self-Hosted Federation, Local Models & Oct–Dec Events. Top grid cards: (1) Read 07 (AT Protocol PDS) — PDS OTLP in < 1GB RAM: Reference PDS adds custom OAuth login branding, 300MB video blobs, and direct-to-Prometheus OpenTelemetry metrics in under 1GB of RAM; (2) Reads 08–09 (Gemma 4 & ESP32) — 4B Diarization & 8MB Voice AI: Apache 2.0 DiarizationLM-Gemma-4-E4B beats an 8B Llama 3 baseline on transcript speaker labels, while GPL Ivy AI runs offline voice AI in 8MB PSRAM. Bottom terminal (oct_dec_2026_events.sh): Oct 19–24 Open Source AI Week (SF Bay Area, Awards Night + Google Gemma Hardware Hackathon); Oct 22–23 AGNTCon + MCPCon NA (San Jose, 3 Google Keynotes); Oct 28–29 GitHub Universe; Nov 04–05 OSFF New York; Nov 06–07 SeaGL; Nov 09–12 KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA (Salt Lake, 35+ Sessions); Nov 13–14 SFSCON; Dec 01–03 Yocto Virtual Summit; Dec 07–11 OSS Japan + Open Compliance Summit. Card 4 of 4 (Action Card — Bluesky @opensource.google): Headline: Join the Conversation Across the Open Source Ecosystem. Top box lists Bluesky Ecosystem Handles (AT Protocol Domains): Governance & Research (@opensource.org, @redmonk.com); Foundations (@linuxfoundation.org, @cncf.io, @aaif.io); Federation & Hardware (@bsky.app, @adafruit.com, @github.com); Community Events (@allthingsopen.bsky.social, @seagl.org, SFSCON). Middle box outlines Bluesky Post Architecture: Single Skeet (<=300 chars) with 4-Card Carousel, AT Protocol handles, and inline shortlink https://goo.gle/twios-20. Bottom call to action: Read This Week in Open Source #20 — Link in post above: https://goo.gle/twios-20.
October 23, 2026 at 6:35 PM
mo.ibrahim.foundation
🌍 On #UnitedNationsDay, it is right to celebrate what the UN has achieved, but also be honest about the change it desperately needs.

Global leaders pressed the same case at last month’s #UNGA81. The argument has been made. Now it is time for action.
October 24, 2026 at 9:09 AM
sdgcounting.bsky.social
Speed matters. Direction matters more. And the people closest to the problem should be the ones holding the map. One week on, our read on AI at #UNGA81 in full:

https://sdgcounting.substack.com/p/ai-at-unga-it-isnt-just-about-speed
AI at UNGA: It Isn’t Just About Speed
World leaders debated how fast AI should be developed. We watched how it can help and who is making a difference.
sdgcounting.substack.com
October 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
paulagaviriab.bsky.social
#UNGA81 This Friday, we’ll discuss the fundamental role of internally displaced communities in shaping reconstruction after mass devastation due to conflict and disasters.

📣 Join us online for an important conversation on human rights, development and much more!

📺: shorturl.at/be5DN
October 22, 2026 at 12:33 PM
cynthiabasineg.bsky.social
This is what #misogyny
looks like
generating profits
thanks to the use #tfgbv
creating #surveillancecapitalism
#tfgbv
@sagaftra.org @sagaftrala.bsky.social
#timesup #feedme #cynthia #metoo #santababy #tn #ipaintfree #stalkarazzi #impostersyndrome #nofakesact #nokings #unga81
October 20, 2026 at 7:39 AM
paulagaviriab.bsky.social
Reconstruction is never neutral. Who decides, who pays & who benefits will determine whether reconstruction repairs or deepens the harm done to displaced communities around the world.

📒 My latest report to the UN General Assembly is now available: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... #UNGA81
Reconstruction can end displacement or deepen it, says UN expert
NEW YORK – With reconstruction efforts underway in countries devastated by conflict and disasters, often while violence and displacement are still ongoing, the choices made today will determine if mil...
www.ohchr.org
October 22, 2026 at 12:28 PM
sdgcounting.bsky.social
Karya pays 200,000 workers across India 20 times the minimum hourly wage to build AI training data in 115 languages. Most are women. The "new jobs" promised by AI, already here. Karya's MIT Solve pitch, in our #UNGA81 piece:

https://sdgcounting.substack.com/p/ai-at-unga-it-isnt-just-about-speed
AI at UNGA: It Isn’t Just About Speed
World leaders debated how fast AI should be developed. We watched how it can help and who is making a difference.
sdgcounting.substack.com
October 21, 2026 at 8:25 PM
unsdsn.org
Last month, @unsdsn.org hosted several high-level events during #UNGA81 and #ClimateWeekNYC, connecting science, policy, and action for a sustainable future.

👉 Read the recap: www.unsdsn.org/news/the-sds...
October 19, 2026 at 2:37 PM
devex.com
What is an outdated practice global development must leave behind?

At Devex Impact House during UNGA81, we asked leaders in the sector to share what needs to change to maximize impact, including the need to work more closely with local communities.

#globaldevelopment #maximizeimpact
October 20, 2026 at 2:18 PM
devex.com
At Devex Impact House @ UNGA81, leaders outlined a practical first-year agenda for the next U.N. secretary-general: sharpen priorities, rethink talent and leadership, modernize how the U.N. works and engages, cut complexity, and rebuild trust through tangible results.
The first year: 10-point plan for the next UN secretary-general
www.devex.com
October 19, 2026 at 5:22 PM
unsrvaw.bsky.social
Link to the interactive dialogue I had at the 3rd Committee #3C of #UNGA81 alongside other UN entities on discrimination and violence against women and girls:
webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1j...

My presentation starts at 33:38 minutes, followed by questions posed to all speakers and then final remarks.
October 18, 2026 at 7:03 PM
sdgcounting.bsky.social
Benin's social registry covers every municipality but only a third of the country's poor. Next door, Togo used satellite imagery and machine learning to target cash transfers 42% more effectively. Why a finance minister sat on an AI panel at #UNGA81:

sdgcounting.substack.com/p/ai-at-unga...
AI at UNGA: It Isn’t Just About Speed
World leaders debated how fast AI should be developed. We watched how it can help and who is making a difference.
sdgcounting.substack.com
October 19, 2026 at 11:26 PM