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GSMA To Showcase Mobile's Increasing Impact on Sustainable Development During UN General Assembly Week
The GSMA (News - Alert) will represent the global mobile industry at the 73rd
session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) being held in New York this
week, advancing the leading role the sector is playing in meeting the UN
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Over the coming week, the GSMA
will be participating in a wide range of activities with several
high-profile partners and providing a critical platform for dialogue
between mobile industry leaders, heads of state, global leaders and
governments to further accelerate mobile's contribution to the SDGs.
"The GSMA will be in UNGA for the third year running to demonstrate how
the global mobile industry is strengthening its commitment to improving
lives around the world, as we enter a critical period in the delivery of
the UN's ambitious 2030 Agenda," said Mats Granryd, Director General of
the GSMA. "As the leading forum for international political cooperation,
UNGA give us a unique opportunity to showcase how mobile's unprecedented
global scale is connecting unconnected communities, reducing poverty,
improving access to healthcare, education, financial inclusion, and
building sustainable cities and communities."
The GSMA and senior executives from the mobile industry will be
participating at UNGA in a number of ways, including:
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SDG Media Zone: Located at UN headquarters, the SDG Media Zone
is a unique space at UNGA where thought leaders, governments, civil
society, businesses and celebrities from around the world will
participate in live interviews, panel discussions and special events.
The GSMA is a partner in the Media Zone alongside the UN Department of
Public Information, the UN Foundation and the PVBLIC Foundation. Click
here to see the full programme schedule.
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Impact Report: The 2018 edition of the Mobile Industry Impact
report will be launched at a reception in the SDG Media Zone on
Tuesday 25 September. This report measures the industry's contribution
to each of the 17 SDGs, demonstrating the significant progress made
over the last three years.
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New Technologies and Mobile Solutions for Development: The GSMA
is co-hosting a session today, Monday, 24 September from 10:30 to
12:00 at UN headquarters entitled 'New Technologies and Mobile
Solutions for Development: Business Driving Innovation for Social Good.'
This event, held in collaboration with the International Chamber of
Commerce (ICC), the International Trade Centre (ITC) and UNDESA, is
bringing together global leaders and experts from the public and
private sectors to discuss how to maximise innovation to deliver on
the aspirations of the 2030 Agenda.
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Big Data for Better Lives: On Tuesday, 25 September from 07:00
to 09:00 the GSMA is co-hosting a session at UN headquarters entitled 'Big
Data for Better Lives Mobiles, Statistics & Insights' in
collaboration with the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
Data (GPSDD), UNICEF, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the
Government of Norway. This session will feature insights from the
GSMA's Big Data for Social Good (BD4SG) initiative, which is providing
real-world mobile big data solutions to respond to epidemics,
disasters and environmental challenges. Demonstrations of operator
mobile big data projects are taking place at the SDG Media Zone during
the week.
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Transforming Women's Lives with Mobile: A networking breakfast
hosted by the GSMA's Mobile
for Development team will take place on Tuesday, 25 September
(08:00 to 09:30) at the SDG Media Zone. Under the theme 'Transforming
Women's Lives with Mobile', this session will explore how mobile
solutions are transforming the lives of women and their families by
providing access to energy, water, clean cooking and nutrition
information, and driving women's financial and digital inclusion.
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#CaseForChange: The GSMA is continuing the journey with more
inspiring films in its #CaseForChange
series, which showcase stories of mobile technology transforming
lives around the world. New films showing the disaster relief work
conducted by mobile operators in the aftermath of last year's
hurricane in Puerto Rico and in driving gender equality in Rwanda will
be among those aired at the SDG Media Zone during the week.
Throughout the week, the GSMA will also be participating in other events
held in New York by the Broadband
Commission for Sustainable Development, EQUALS,
Concordia
and the One
Planet Summit, among others. GSMA Chair Sunil Bharti Mittal will
also Co-Chair the WEF
Sustainable Development Impact Summit being held 24 - 25 September.
Get involved at UNGA
Follow the GSMA on our social media channels for all the latest updates
from UNGA week. You can take part in the conversation on Twitter
using the #UNGA hashtag and get all the latest images from the event on
the GSMA
Instagram account.
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About the GSMA
The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting
more than 750 operators with over 350 companies in the broader mobile
ecosystem, including handset and device makers, software companies,
equipment providers and internet companies, as well as organisations in
adjacent industry sectors. The GSMA also produces industry-leading
events such as Mobile World Congress (News - Alert), Mobile World Congress Shanghai,
Mobile World Congress Americas and the Mobile 360 Series of conferences.
For more information, please visit the GSMA corporate website at www.gsma.com.
Follow the GSMA on Twitter (News - Alert): @GSMA.
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