Blockchain Alliance International congratulates H.E. Munir Akram, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, upon his election as the seventy-six President of the Economic and Social Council. As Ambassador Akram has outlined in his priorities for the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for the year when the United Nations celebrates its 75th …
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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 …