GENEVA Microsoft announced Tuesday that it intends to contribute $5 million over five years to the United Nations human rights office, assistance the Geneva-based agency called a landmark partnership that could prod other big private-sector donors to follow suit. <\/p>\n
The Redmond, Washington-based company plans to develop and use technology to help the U.N. rights office predict, analyze and respond to critical human rights situations at a time of arbitrary killings, rapes, detentions without trial and other abuses around the world. <\/p>\n
As a global company that sees the problems of the world, we believe that we have a responsibility to help solve them, Microsoft President Brad Smith said. <\/p>\n
The partnership was launched quietly last year. U.N. human rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said it reflects a commitment to using technology to promote human rights and recognition of the role the private sector can play in advancing that cause. <\/p>\n
An example of the technology being developed is an information dashboard, Rights View, to aggregate data on human rights violations by country and type in real time. <\/p>\n
Microsoft also pledged to support the U.N.s human rights advocacy and outreach campaigns, including the development of corporate principles for tackling LGBT discrimination in the workplace. <\/p>\n
The announcement comes amid uncertainty about the rights offices main funding source: countries and governments. The United States, traditionally a major donor, is considering cuts to its funding for U.N. institutions as part of Trump administration plans to trim the U.S. State Department budget. <\/p>\n
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