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DUBAI, UAE, July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Blockchain for Good Alliance (BGA), the worldwide non-profit initiative based by Bybit, devoted to leveraging blockchain for societal influence, delivered a session on the Discussion board on Cultural Diplomacy on the United Nations in Geneva, contributing views on the position of rising applied sciences in the way forward for worldwide cooperation.
On the UN’s Palais des Nations, Glenn Tan, Director of World Affairs at BGA, spoke on blockchain because the belief layer for the age of synthetic intelligence (AI). As AI methods tackle larger autonomy within the methods that form public good, he argued, policymakers and regulators ought to look to blockchain to offer the verifiable id, provenance, and accountability infrastructure these methods more and more require, treating it not as a technical afterthought, however as a basis for public belief.
The session was delivered to an viewers of senior diplomatic, governmental, and educational figures convened by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD), together with Ann Linde, Former Minister for International Affairs of Sweden; Amb. Dr. Abdallah Saleh Possi, Ambassador of Tanzania to the UN Workplace and Different Worldwide Organizations in Geneva; Amb. Akram Sa’ud Harahsheh, Ambassador of Jordan to the UN Workplace in Geneva; Hamid Mohamed Ali Omar, Deputy Everlasting Consultant of the Republic of Yemen to the UN Workplace in Geneva; Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba, President of the ICD Programme on Africa and former Deputy Secretary-Normal of the Commonwealth; and Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, Head of the ICD Ladies’s Management Programme and former Member of the UK Parliament, amongst different parliamentarians, ambassadors, and students.
“The Blockchain for Good Alliance introduced a perspective our group not often hears, and must,” mentioned Mark C. Donfried, Founder and Director Normal of the ICD. “Their perspective on belief, verification, and know-how added actual depth to our Discussion board, and I see sturdy frequent floor between our organisations. That is the beginning of a partnership I anticipate will develop.”
Co-hosted by Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD) and United Nations Institute for Coaching and Analysis (UNITAR), the Discussion board convened authorities officers, diplomats, lecturers, and cultural leaders from throughout the worldwide group to discover how dialogue and cooperation can tackle shared international challenges. BGA’s participation displays its dedication to bringing the technological frontier — blockchain, synthetic intelligence, and digital governance — into dialog with the establishments and other people shaping international coverage.
“Cultural diplomacy has all the time been about constructing belief between folks and nations,” mentioned Glenn Tan. “As AI reshapes how societies cooperate, verifying and holding these methods accountable turns into a diplomatic query as a lot as a technical one. Blockchain has a job to play, not as hypothesis, however as infrastructure for belief. BGA’s position is to be the impartial bridge that brings this to public establishments and governments.”
BGA’s engagement in Geneva builds on its rising physique of labor on the direct intersection of blockchain and public establishments for presidency and UN officers, together with its founding partnership with the UNDP SDG Blockchain Accelerator, its membership on the UNDP Blockchain Advisory Group and its Influence Leaders’ Summit sequence, first convened on the UK Home of Lords.
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Glenn Tan, Director of World Affairs on the Blockchain for Good Alliance (centre), addresses delegates on the Discussion board on Cultural Diplomacy on the United Nations in Geneva, sharing views on blockchain because the belief layer for the age of AI.
About Blockchain for Good Alliance (BGA)
The Blockchain for Good Alliance (BGA) is a world nonprofit initiative based by Bybit, devoted to advancing blockchain as a software to deal with real-world issues. By convening leaders, innovators, and organisations from throughout the blockchain business, BGA seeks to drive innovation, collaboration and motion towards a extra sustainable and equitable world.
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About Institute of Cultural Diplomacy (ICD)
The Discussion board on Cultural Diplomacy on the United Nations, established in 2012, is a long-term programme devoted to inspecting the position of cultural diplomacy in worldwide relations, as utilized by United Nations companies. It brings collectively policymakers, diplomats, lecturers, and practitioners to analyse how cultural diplomacy can help dialogue, cut back tensions, and strengthen multilateral cooperation throughout the United Nations system and past.
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Web site: https://www.culturaldiplomacy.org
