UN Global Digital Compact - Bangladesh

1. Global Digital
Compact
Bangladesh Consultation
AHM BAZLUR RAHMAN
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
BANGLADESH NGOS NETWORK FOR
RADIO & COMMUNICATION(BNNRC)
CEO@BNNRC.NET | WWW.BNNRC.NET
+8801711881647

2. KEY PROPOSALS
Across the 12 commitments
from the Declaration on the
Commemoration of the 75th
anniversary of the United
Nations: September 2000

4. The Common Agenda proposes a Global Digital Compact to
be agreed at the
Summit of the Future in September 2024
through a technology track involving all stakeholders:
Governments, the United Nations system, the private sector
(including tech companies), civil society, grass-roots
organizations, academia, and individuals, including youth.

5. Related
ongoing UN
processes,
initiatives &
events
1. Office of the Envoy on Technology
2. Internet Governance Forum (IGF) since 2006
3. World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum
since 2003
4. Open-ended Working Group on security of and in the use of
information and communications technologies, UN Office for
Disarmament Affairs
5. Summit for the Future 2024

6. An open process of consultations are to identify common ground in terms of principles and
proposed actions relating to the following seven thematic areas identified in Our Common
Agenda and additional areas that stakeholders advocate for inclusion in the GDC:
Connect all people to the internet, including all schools
Avoid internet fragmentation
Protect data
Apply human rights online
Accountability for discrimination and misleading content
Regulation of artificial intelligence
Digital commons as a global public good
Other areas: this is the opportunity for stakeholders to propose additional thematic
areas, issues, opportunities, and challenges for inclusion within the scope of the GDC
which are not covered in Our Common Agenda.

7. Intergovernmental Process led by the Co-facilitators
Rwanda and Sweden
In October 2022, the President of the UN General Assembly appointed the
Permanent Representatives of Rwanda and of Sweden as Co-facilitators to
lead the intergovernmental process on the Global Digital Compact. On 16
January 2023, the Co-facilitators shared the road map for the
intergovernmental process.

8. Thematic Deep-Dive
Digital inclusion and connectivity
Internet Governance
Data protection
Human Rights online
Digital trust and security
Artificial Intelligence and other emerging
technologies
Global digital commons
Accelerating progress on the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)
Informal
consultations
with Member
States and
Stakeholders,
January to June
2023

9. Thematic
Deep-Dive:
Questions
THE CONSULTATION’S PARTICIPANTS WILL DIVIDE
INTO GROUPS AND START THE DISCUSSION BASED
ON THESE GUIDING QUESTIONS AND
METHODOLOGICAL NOTES:
WHAT ARE THE MAIN RISKS FOR AN OPEN, FREE
AND SECURE INTERNET FROM BANGLADESH’S
PERSPECTIVE?
WHICH MEASURES ARE NECESSARY?
HOW CAN GDC CONTRIBUTE TO ADDRESSING THE
ISSUE?
HOW CAN AN INCLUSIVE VISION FOR THE FUTURE
OF THE INTERNET LOOK LIKE?

10. From the CSO
perspective,
here are
critical
questions
demanding
answers:
• How will UN member states respond to the mobilization and engagement of civil society
organizations in the survey for input launched by the Office of the Envoy on Technology?
• Will all contributions from all stakeholders (Governments, Private Sector, Civil Society, Technical
Community, Academia) be considered on equal footing?
• How do we ensure that voices from the global South, especially women & youth voices,
disconnected and unconnected populations, as well as migrant populations are captured, in a way
that ensures that the Global Digital Compact is truly?
• What role will the technology industry giants play? How transparent will this role be? How can we
ensure a balance of power?
• How do ongoing initiatives like the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Security of and in the
Use of Information and Communication Technologies, the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), and the
World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Forum feed into the Global Digital Compact process?
• How can we monitor the process and be jointly responsible and accountable between now and the
adoption of the Global Digital Compact?