Global Digital Compact

Global Digital Compact

An Open, Free & Secure Digital Future for All

Background


The Global Digital Compact was introduced in the Secretary-General’s Our Common Agenda report in response to Member States’ Declaration on the Commemoration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the United Nations (A/RES/75/1). The Common Agenda proposed a Global Digital Compact to be agreed at the Summit of the Future in September 2024 involving all stakeholders. Building on his recommendations in the Common Agenda report, the Secretary-General published a policy brief on the Global Digital CompactPDF. This brief is designed to support the preparation and negotiation process leading up to the Summit of the Future, where the Compact will be a key focus.

The General Assembly, through decision 77/568, has outlined commitments to lead open, transparent and inclusive intergovernmental consultations on a Global Digital Compact. The Compact, if intergovernmentally agreed, will form one of the main outcomes of the Summit of the Future and will be annexed to the Pact for the Future. The Co-facilitators leading the intergovernmental negotiations are Sweden and Zambia.

 

Resources

Co-Facilitators’ Letters

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January 2023: President of the General Assembly & Co-Facilitators’ Letter on GDC RoadmapPDF
February 2023: President of the General Assembly & Co-Facilitators’ Letter on GDC RoadmapPDF
December 2023: Co-Facilitators’ Letter on GDCPDF
February 2024: Co-Facilitators’ Letter on Second Round of ConsultationsPDF
April 2024: Co-Facilitators’ Letter on GDC Zero DraftPDF
May 2024: Co-Facilitators’ Letter on GDC Rev 1PDF

President of the General Assembly’s Letters

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May 2022: President of the General Assembly’s Letter on Final OCA Summary
January 2023: President of the General Assembly & Co-Facilitators’ Letter on GDC RoadmapPDF
February 2023: President of the General Assembly & Co-Facilitators’ Letter on GDC RoadmapPDF
April 2024: President of the General Assembly’s Letter on GDC Zero DraftPDF

Background Note & Policy Brief

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January 2023: Background NotePDF
May 2023: Our Common Agenda Policy BriefPDF
May 2023: Infographics for Our Common Agenda Policy BriefPDF

Additional Resources

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June 2019: Report of the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Digital CooperationPDF
May 2020: UN Secretary-General’s Roadmap for Digital CooperationPDF
September 2020: Political Declaration for UN’s 75th Anniversary
September 2021: Our Common AgendaPDF
May 2022: Introductory Video by World Wide Web Foundation
June 2022 – April 2023: Contributions to the Online Consultations on the Global Digital Compact
March 2023: How-to-Engage Guidance NotePDF

Related Initiatives

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UNESCO AI Ethics Work
Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
Partner2Connect Digital Coalition
Permanent Mission of Rwanda to the United Nations
Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum
World Wide Web Foundati

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