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OIC Secretary General Urges Digital Investment for Youth Empowerment

OIC Secretary General Urges Digital Investment for Youth Empowerment
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OIC Secretary General Urges Digital Investment for Youth Empowerment

OIC Secretary General Urges Digital Investment for Youth Empowerment

Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha emphasized on Monday the critical role of digitization in empowering young people across member states.

Speaking on the occasion of International Youth Day, marked annually on August 12, Taha called for increased investment in digital infrastructure and initiatives to help young people contribute to sustainable development.

He noted the upcoming United Nations Summit of the Future, highlighting the importance of assessing progress made towards the OIC's youth-focused goals.

Expressing solidarity with youth in conflict zones, Taha urged OIC institutions to support member states in addressing their needs.

This year's International Youth Day theme, "From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development," underscores the global recognition of technology as a key driver of sustainable development.

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New York Turns High-Tech in Warning Residents about Impending Danger from Storms

FILE - People pass the New York Stock Exchange on July 30, 2024 in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)
FILE - People pass the New York Stock Exchange on July 30, 2024 in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)
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New York Turns High-Tech in Warning Residents about Impending Danger from Storms

FILE - People pass the New York Stock Exchange on July 30, 2024 in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)
FILE - People pass the New York Stock Exchange on July 30, 2024 in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)

Gone is the bullhorn. Instead, New York City emergency management officials have turned high-tech, using drones to warn residents about potential threatening weather.

With a buzzing sound in the background, a drone equipped with a loudspeaker flies over homes warning people who live in basement or ground-floor apartments about impending heavy rains.

“Be prepared to leave your location,” said the voice from the sky in footage released Tuesday by the city's emergency management agency. “If flooding occurs, do not hesitate.”

About five teams with multiple drones each were deployed to specific neighborhoods prone to flooding. Zach Iscol, the city's emergency management commissioner, said the messages were being relayed in multiple languages. They were expected to continue until the weather impacted the drone flights.

Flash floods have been deadly for New Yorkers living in basement apartments, which can quickly fill up in a deluge. Eleven people drowned in such homes in 2021 amid rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
The drones are in addition to other forms of emergency messaging, including social media, text alerts and a system that reaches more than 2,000 community-based organizations throughout the city that serve senior citizens, people with disabilities and other groups, The Associated Press reported.
“You know, we live in a bubble, and we have to meet people where they are in notifications so they can be prepared,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said at a press briefing on Tuesday.
Adams is a self-described “tech geek” whose administration has tapped drone technology to monitor large gatherings as well as to search for sharks on beaches. Under his watch, the city’s police department also briefly toyed with using a robot to patrol the Times Square subway station, and it has sometimes deployed a robotic dog to dangerous scenes, including the Manhattan parking garage that collapsed in 2023.