UN to Appoint Tech Envoy in 2021

UN to Shape International Agenda on Digital Transformation

Last June, the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, launched the Roadmap for Digital Cooperation.

The Roadmap identifies 8 major areas to make the digital world accessible to all, calling for connectivity as a human right.

1. ACHIEVING UNIVERSAL CONNECTIVITY BY 2030

2. PROMOTING DIGITAL PUBLIC GOODS TO CREATE A MORE EQUITABLE WORLD

3. ENSURING DIGITAL INCLUSION FOR ALL, INCLUDING THE MOST VULNERABLE

4. STRENGTHENING DIGITAL CAPACITY-BUILDING

5. ENSURING THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE DIGITAL ERA

6. SUPPORTING GLOBAL COOPERATION ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

7. PROMOTING TRUST AND SECURITY IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT

8. BUILDING A MORE EFFECTIVE ARCHITECTURE FOR DIGITAL COOPERATION

The UN Secretary-General will appoint a Tech Envoy in 2021 to address all 8 key areas. The issues were made imperative by the health crisis. An office will be created at the UN dedicated to promote the on-boarding of the other 3.5 billion people in the world that are outside the digital econo…