What’s Wrong with the Global Digital Compact?

... launch of the GDC. Harmonizing the GDC: Problematic Areas in Negotiations In 2021, as part of the “Our Common Agenda” program, Mr. Guterres proposed to negotiate a Global Digital Compact by the Summit of the Future. In many ways, the need for a global digital compact was driven by the UN’s attempt to overcome the organization’s systemic crisis, as well as by the rapid pace of development and ubiquitous penetration of digital technologies. Since the pandemic broke out, artificial intelligence technologies evolved rapidly and need ...