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Campaign on Human Security for All

Human Security addresses all the critical issues confronting the world today, including peace, human rights, inequality, health, food, education, jobs, safe communities and personal safety, energy, pollution, biodiversity course, climate change.

Technology for Human Security

WAAS partnered with CTA, The Consumer Technology Association to promote the theme of HUMAN SECURITY at the CES 2024 on January 9-12, 2024 at Las Vegas. The event aimed to showcase technological innovations that support Human Security for All.

Technology can provide the means to create a sustainable, secure, and superior world. It can help us finish the job of providing inclusion for all in finance, education, healthcare, housing, and dignified work across an increasingly technology enabled world.

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International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development

Sep 22 2025

World Conference on Science and Art for Sustainability September 22–25, 2025, Belgrade, Serbia On August 25, 2023, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly proclaimed the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development (IDSSD), from 2024 to 2033, following a proposal of Serbia supported by Argentina, Cuba, Honduras, Hungary, South Africa, Spain, and Vietnam. The idea of …

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WAAS Dialogues on Sustainable Future: Education, Artificial Intelligence and Peace

Oct 21 2024

WAAS and EASA held Peace Offensive Dialogue on 21 October, the event encouraged innovative thinking to prevent and resolve conflicts. Experts discussed AI’s potential in fostering global peace and the critical role of education in ensuring long-term security.

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WAAS Talks on Science for Human Security: Artificial Intelligence

Oct 17 2024

Promissory statements about an impending artificial intelligence (AI) revolution are everywhere in policy and media discourses, and the healthcare domain is currently AI’s biggest investment space. The promises include efficiency by reducing time and workload of expensive professional labor, especially by machines taking over boring and repetitive tasks.

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Navigating the Artificial Intelligence Landscape: Perspectives from National Academies

Sep 04 2024

IAP and WAAS have organized a webinar to explore AI activities around national academies, and perspectives on how academies could utilise their unique position to shape the development and application of AI in ways that are human-centric, prioritise ethical standards, and promote the broader application of science and technology for societal benefit. 

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BSUN Congress 2024

Jul 11 2024

The Black Sea Universities Network (BSUN) in collaboration with WAAS, Istanbul University and other partners, had organized the BSUN Congress 2024 in Istanbul on July 11-12, 2024. The theme of the Congress was “Summit of the Future for the Black Sea Region”. This theme harmonizes the overarching commitments of the UN with the emerging themes and trends in higher education systems globally that are of concern to the Rectors of BSUN, interested stakeholders, decision-makers, and key actors in higher education.

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Sustainable Futures

Jun 13 2024

This WAAS Dialogues aims to introduce out-of-the-box thinking on significant contemporary opportunities and threats that could lead to action towards exciting alternative futures encompassing sustainability, high quality of life and human security for all.

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WAAS@64 Conference and General Assembly

May 15 2024

WAAS@64, an international conference and general assembly will be held online on May 15 & 16 and June 26 & 27, 2024. We will create a framework of programs and activities in support of the UN SDGs, peace and human security for all.

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Workshop on Human security: Equipping parliamentarians for peacebuilding and conflict prevention

Mar 23 2024

The 148th Assembly of the IPU in Geneva from March 23-27, 2024, will address parliamentary diplomacy, adopt resolutions on autonomous weapons’ impact and climate action partnerships, and include a session by the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians.

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Science for Human Security: Natural Geoengineering Methods for Cooling the Planet

Feb 28 2024

Online | February 28, 2024 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm CET Introduction In August 2023, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly proclaimed the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development, from 2024 to 2031. The task to lead the preparation and implementation of the activities within the Decade was given to UNESCO. This will be …

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3rd Security, Science and Peace Conference 2024

Jan 12 2024

This conference is co-organized by Pugwash Croatia and WAAS, to discuss sustainable peace and human security, global multipolarity, the new world order, nuclear security and science diplomacy.

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CES 2024: Safeguarding the Human Experience Through Technology

Jan 09 2024

Technology for Human Security is the central theme of CES 2024 held in Las Vegas, USA on January 9–12, 2024. It is the world’s largest technology event spotlighting cutting-edge technologies and pioneering innovators in the tech realm.

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HS4A’s presence in COP28

Nov 30 2023

At COP28, HS4A advocates the European Green Deal, emphasizing social cohesion, job creation. They emphasized the skills challenge related to the 17 SDGs through a cross-disciplinary approach and highlight the impact of ongoing wars on hindering eco-friendly innovations, emphasizing the need for environmental progress.

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Science for Human Security: Science Diplomacy

Oct 24 2023

The Science Diplomacy and Human Security nexus by revisiting the science diplomacy landscape within the scientific enterprise historically and in the current science-related socioeconomic development scene, taking-into-account all main dimensions of Human Security

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