First Dialogue: Digital Cooperation Roadmap Implementation

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The UN Secretary-General’s Roadmap for #DigitalCooperation lays out actions for the global community to CONNECT, RESPECT, and PROTECT people in the digital age. Tune in for a multi-stakeholder dialogue on the themes of: Universal Connectivity, Digital Public Goods, Digital Inclusion, Digital Capacity-Building & Digital Human Rights. Learn more at: un.org/digital-roadmap Secretary-General António Guterres today (11 Jun) formally launched the Roadmap for Digital Cooperation which aims to connect and protect people in the digital age. Addressing the virtual High-Level Event on the State of the Digital World, Guterres said, “we are at a critical point for technology governance.” Digital connectivity, he said, “is indispensable,” both to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, “and for a sustainable and inclusive recovery.” The Secretary-General said, “if we do not come together now around using digital technology for good, we will lose a significant opportunity to manage its impact, and we could see further fragmentation of the internet, to the detriment of all.” The Roadmap, he said, “is a guide for a multilateral, multi-stakeholder way forward in the age of digital interdependence.” The Roadmap builds on the report of the High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation and sets out eight areas for global action on digital cooperation; namely, universal connectivity, digital public goods, digital inclusion, digital capacity-building, digital human rights, artificial intelligence, digital

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