UNAI-ISA virtual event, "Strengthening Information Integrity in the Humanitarian Context"

Press Release

April 9, 2025

On April 9, 2025, Kazakh National Agrarian Research University (KazNAIU), Institute of Green and Sustainable Development participated in the UNAI-ISA online meeting, “Strengthening Information Integrity in the Humanitarian Context.” This significant event brought together leading experts in the field of sustainable development.

This webinar discussed gender equality, social equality issues, misinformation in social media, etc. The webinar was organized by the UNAI-ISA Institute for Green and Sustainable Development.

Technological advances revolutionized communications, connecting people on a previously unthinkable scale. They have supported communities in crisis, elevated marginalized voices, mobilized global movements for racial justice and gender equality. Yet these same advances elevated risks to information integrity undermining trust, shared understanding, and public discourse. New and escalating risks brought by AI technologies made strengthening information integrity one of the urgent tasks of our time. This clear and present global threat demands coordinated global action.

The United Nations Global Principles for Information Integrity show us another future is possible, where information ecosystems foster trust, promote responsible innovation, empower individuals and communities worldwide. They also aim to redress power imbalances so that global information flows are no longer monopolized by a small group of actors - including technology companies based in a handful of countries. The principles envision an information ecosystem that delivers choice, freedom, privacy, and safety for all, in which people everywhere can express themselves freely and make informed, independent decisions. They put forward proposals to empower people by handing them greater control over the media they choose to consume, their own online experiences, and how their personal data is used. The principles offer support to all those working to share facts in the public interest, and the vulnerable or marginalized voices that so often bear the brunt of hate campaigns. They make proposals to empower people by giving them more control over the media they choose to consume, over their own online experiences, and over how their personal data is used.