BAI Executive President Alexandru Cujba was invited to the T-EDGE X Global Industrial Blockchain Summit organized by TMTPost and ChainDD in Beijing, China. Ambassador Cujba had a virtual participation, due to global travel restrictions, and sent a video message to the Summit. He referred to the use of the blockchain technology in support of the …
Blockchain Alliance International took notice today of the decision of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to defer a number of meetings and high-level events initially scheduled to the spring of 2020. Accordingly, the ECOSOC Partnership Forum (3 April), Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (12-13 May) and …
Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, had a briefing on March 27th, 2020 to inform UN Member States on the organization’s response to COVID-19. Mr. Guterres mentioned that UN has taken significant steps since mid-March to reduce the number of personnel present in the building due to the progression of the pandemic in …
Blockchain Alliance International co-organized with the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Belarus to the United Nations, the event “The Power of Artificial Intelligence: Threat or Leverage for International Peace and Security?” on February 12th, 2020. The event was moderated by the Permanent Representative of Belarus to the UN, Mr. Valentin Rybakov, while the keynote …
The innovation meeting “Blockchain technology in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” was successfully held at the United Nations on January 15th, 2020. The event is part of a series of meetings aimed at discussing the benefits and potential applications of blockchain, following the call of the UN Secretary General António Guterres …