At UNCTAD eWeek 2023, experts stress the importance of aligning AI development with Sustainable Development Goals to mitigate risks and ensure a secure digital future.

“By placing an emphasis on inclusive policies, embracing digitalization and fostering stronger international collaboration, we can establish a trade landscape that benefits everyone and leaves no one behind,” she adds, referring to the UN’s fifth global survey on digital and sustainable trade facilitation aimed at easing international trade.

"We are seeing consistent movement toward the emergence of a multipolar world order. Most countries are prepared to stand up for their sovereignty, national interests, traditions, culture, and way of life," he adds, underscoring the fact that new centers of economic and political authority are gaining in strength.