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The event "Promoting Transparency to Counter Disinformation and Build Trust: UN agencies working together to support Member States in times of COVID-19 and beyond", hosted by the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology, the United Nations Department of Global Communications, UN Global Pulse, UNDP, UNESCO, and WHO, will take place on the marings of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. 

This follow-up side session to the United Nations General Assembly in September 2020 will aim to:

1. Listen to Member States, civil society organizations, and companies to learn about the biggest challenges they face in countering disinformation while upholding freedom of expression, and identify solutions for improved [cross] collaboration.
2. Highlight key learnings, shared considerations, best practices and recommendations that emerged out of the inter-agency work [throughout the UN system] over the past 12 months - especially efforts to increase transparency.   
3. Reaffirm with urgency the need for more transparency with a view to effectively combatting disinformation and empowering communities (see also Joint Statement on Managing the COVID-19 infodemic: Promoting healthy behaviours and mitigating the harm from misinformation and disinformation)

The 90-minute event will consist of a moderated panel discussion among United Nations agencies and Member States (including representatives of coalitions), stakeholder groups, and other experts. Following high-level opening remarks, a moderated discussion will consider what has transpired over the past year, listen to the Member States and various stakeholders and share highlights from the collaborative UN interagency work, and consideration of challenges and solutions. Following responses to questions from participants, speakers will provide closing remarks and commitments.

The event will be entirely virtual, with simultaneous live webcast on UN Web TV. Participants who would like to have the opportunity to make interventions will need to register in advance to receive secure access to the event platform.

Related Content

Useful Links

• Register here to participate
• Watch the event live
• Joint Statement on Managing the COVID-19 infodemic: Promoting healthy behaviours and mitigating the harm from misinformation and disinformation

URL:

https://events.unesco.org/event?id=1575784927&lang=1033