1、Our Common Agenda Policy Brief 5A Global Digital Compact an Open,Free and Secure Digital Future for AllMAY 2023OUR COMMON AGENDA POLICY BRIEF 5:A GLOBAL DIGITAL COMPACT AN OPEN,FREE AND SECURE DIGITAL FUTURE FOR ALL2IntroductionCHAPEAU The challenges that we face can be addressed only through strong

2、er international cooperation.The Summit of the Future in 2024 is an opportu-nity to agree on multilateral solutions for a bet-ter tomorrow,strengthening global governance for both present and future generations(General Assembly resolution 76/307).In my capacity as Secretary-General,I have been invit

3、ed to provide inputs to the preparations for the Summit in the form of action-oriented recommendations,build-ing on the proposals contained in my report enti-tled“Our Common Agenda”(A/75/982),which was itself a response to the declaration on the com-memoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the

4、 United Nations(General Assembly resolution 75/1).The present policy brief is one such input.It elaborates on the ideas first proposed in Our Common Agenda,taking into account subse-quent guidance from MemberStates and over one year of inter governmental and multi-stakeholder consultations,and roote

5、d in the purposes and the principles of the Charter of the United Nations,the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international instruments.PURPOSE OF THIS POLICY BRIEFThe present brief proposes the development of a Global Digital Compact that would set out principles,objectives and acti

6、ons for advancing an open,free,secure and human-centred digital future,one that is anchored in universal human rights and that enables the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals.It outlines areas in which the need for multi-stakeholder digital cooperation is urgent and sets out how a Global