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1. New ECOSOC President to focus on safe migration, AI for sustainable development

   A veteran Canadian politician and diplomat was on Thursday elected President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), which lies at the centre of the Organization’s efforts to advance sustainable development

2. Sustainable development: ‘Be leaders and inspire’ UN deputy chief urges, as 2030 deadline nears

   With only 17 per cent of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on track and just six more years until the 2030 deadline, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has called for a new era of inspiring leadership, ahead of a special event on Monday to galvanize action.

3. Stories from the UN Archive: How the UN was founded amid the ashes of war

   Take a front seat to how it all began: the birth of the United Nations amid the ashes of the Second World War that devastated continents and communities around the world.

4. Algorithms should not control what people see, UN chief says, launching Global Principles for Information Integrity

   The United Nations launched new Global Principles for Information Integrity on Monday, emphasizing the need for immediate action to address the harms caused by misinformation, disinformation and hate speech.

5. Stories from the UN Archive: Archivists unerase mystery woman

   Too often, women’s names have been erased from history, including at the signing of the landmark Refugee Convention in 1951. But, this is no longer the case for Margaret (Kitchen) Bruce, thanks to tenacious deep diving archive teams from across the UN Organization.