September 18th 2023, 10:30 am ET: It’s been an inspiring and purposeful begin to Excessive Degree Week on the 78th Session of the United Nations Common Meeting right here in New York Metropolis.  

Microsoft has a bodily venture within the SDG pavilion visualizing the progress made on six Sustainable Growth Objectives (SDG) for the final twenty years by SDG areas and nations. Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab and UNIO partnered with the UN, ETH Zürich and Mission Everybody to research and visualize UN knowledge globally.

The visualization is on a Floor Hub within the entrance to the Pavilion. The six targets visualized embody: Aim 1 Poverty and growth, Aim 2 Diet and meals techniques, Aim 3 Well being and wellbeing, Aim 4 Youth and schooling, Aim 5 Gender equality and Aim 15 Local weather and nature.

Creating brighter futures for the world’s youngsters and younger individuals was a give attention to Sunday, throughout a weekend of motion to speed up progress on the UN’s Sustainable Growth Objectives.  

As a part of #SDGActionWeekend, the UN youngsters’s charity UNICEF delivered an replace on the Studying Passport, an initiative launched with Microsoft’s help to make sure displaced youngsters and younger individuals can proceed their schooling.    

Posting from #UNGA78, Justin Spelhaug, Microsoft’s VP of Tech for Social Impression, Microsoft Philanthropies shared these stats, exhibiting how hundreds of thousands of scholars are benefiting from the Studying Passport program, together with these youngsters in Nigeria. 

On Monday, #UNGA78 will give attention to the potential of AI to advance the Sustainable Growth Objectives.  

Progress on assembly lots of the international targets the UN has set is manner not on time, and we are actually midway to the deadline of 2030 for reaching them.  

Microsoft is strongly dedicated to supporting the United Nations in reaching the SDG’s and we consider AI and know-how can considerably speed up progress.  

Microsoft launched our SDG Report within the lead as much as excessive stage week, with a name for renewed multi stakeholder motion and a recognition that using accountable AI has the potential to assist to deal with the deep-rooted international challenges that the SDGs search to unravel.  

As a dedicated supporter of the United Nations, we’ll be right here in New York Metropolis all through Excessive Degree Week of #UNGA78. Maintain checking again right here for updates as world leaders ship their imaginative and prescient for a extra sustainable and inclusive future.  

Sept. 17, 2023, 11:30 am ET: Welcome to UNGA 78 – or to make use of the official title – the 78th Session of the United Nations Common Meeting.

There’s quite a bit occurring right here on the banks of the East River in New York Metropolis the place the Common Meeting of the UN is headquartered. And we’ll be conserving you updated all week lengthy. 

Why is Microsoft at UNGA 78? 

Microsoft has lengthy been dedicated to supporting the UN’s mission on environmental, humanitarian, growth and safety points. In January 2020, we established an workplace in New York Metropolis, which works to deepen partnerships with the UN and discover how know-how may also help overcome among the world’s best challenges.  

A progress report on the Sustainable Growth Objectives 

Microsoft is dedicated to supporting the achievement of all the SDGs, with a selected give attention to 4 of the targets the place we consider know-how can have a serious affect:   

• Aim 4 – High quality Training.  

• Aim 8 – Respectable Work and Financial Progress 

• Aim 13 – Local weather Motion  

• Aim 16 – Peace, Justice and Sturdy Establishments 

You possibly can learn extra in regards to the methods Microsoft helps the SDGs in our SDG report right here.

We’ll have a energetic drumbeat of updates from UNGA 78 on points together with accountable AI, creating inclusive and sustainable development and methods we will all work collectively to guard democracy and our elementary rights.  

Maintain checking again right here for all the newest information from Microsoft. Additionally, comply with the United Nations LinkedIn web page for his or her updates.