7 states did not like it
Focus on the UN at the Summit for the Future The documents, which were confirmed in New York this September, were brought to the attention of a Facebook user.
“2024.09.23 SNO (United Nations Organization – that’s how it was called in Lithuanian before) General Assembly adopted the Pact on the Future, which is a global digital contract and a declaration of future generations.
Screenshot from Facebook/Internet users fear that the Global Digital Deal will turn people into digital beings
143 countries voted for it. Against – 7, these are Iran, Russia, Belarus, Nicaragua, Sudan, Syria, North Korea. Abstained – 15, including China, Saudi Arabia and others.
Has anyone heard this important message that will determine our lives through our media?” – rhetorically asked internet user
She accompanied her comment with a picture of a monkey becoming a human, before becoming a stick and finally a barcode. In other words, eventually humans are supposed to turn into digital beings.
It is a conspiracy theory based on various stories that we will soon have to go completely digital. They have increased especially during the pandemic.
For example, it is explained that digital ID cards will be requiredwhich can be implanted under the skin, no more cash leftbus reformed internet. That this is already happening was shown by the incident that happened this year, when affected millions of computers worldwide.
Su tuo linked to 5G mobile communication – it is supposedly intended to dominate and control humanity. Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum (PEF), and Microsoft co-founder, philanthropist and billionaire Bill Gates are often mentioned in these stories.
But these interpretations – both about the occupation and the aforementioned UN documents – are misleading.
“We cannot rely on the system created by the grandparents”
The General Assembly in September indeed adopted various important documents. Managing technology and artificial intelligence (AI) has become high on the organization’s global agenda, drew attention Euronews.
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World leaders gathered in New York on September 22 (the next day was only a press release was issued) blessed the Future Pact, which includes the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration for Future Generations.
“The Pact is the culmination of a multi-year comprehensive process aimed at adapting international cooperation to the realities of today and the challenges of the future,” the press release reads. “This broadest international agreement in years, covering entirely new areas and issues that have been impossible to agree on for decades, is primarily aimed at ensuring that international institutions can function in a world that has changed significantly since their creation.”
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in words“we cannot create a future fit for our grandchildren using the system our grandparents created.”
The pact covers various issues: peace and security, sustainable development, climate change, digital cooperation, human rights, gender, youth and future generations, changes in global governance.
It is not clear how it will be implemented
The Global Digital Compact adopted in New York is, as Renata Dawn, Special Adviser of the Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology, told Euronews, it is the most comprehensive global agreement on digital cooperation to date.
At its heart is the intention to create, use and manage technology for the benefit of all. These include a commitment by world leaders to connect all people, schools and hospitals to the Internet; consolidate digital cooperation in the fields of human rights and international law; make data more open and accessible.
“UN members have approved the Global Digital Compact, which shapes a secure and sustainable digital future for all”, – this is how the document is described on the website of the European Commission.
Here markedthat it enables all countries to benefit from the digital transition, and sets out goals, principles, commitments and actions to build an open, free and secure digital future for all, based on the benefits of digital technologies for humanity.
A lot of attention is paid to AI. It was decided to manage it through an action plan, an international group of scientists and a global political dialogue.
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Governments and private companies are encouraged to contribute to a global AI fund that will enable developing countries to benefit from technological advances.
“Based on public and private sources, including in-kind contributions, such a fund could enable AI-related curricula, time, computation, models, and curated datasets at below-market costs,” noted Dawn.
States have committed to 2030. take several actions, such as creating innovative financing mechanisms and incentives, so that the remaining 2.6 billion people could connect to the Internet.
This would require greater financial investment by governments and other stakeholders, especially the private sector, in developing countries. Among other things, satellites and local area network initiatives are mentioned to ensure secure network coverage in all areas. At the same time, we want to strengthen digital skills.
123RF.com photo/Internet (associative photo)
The agreement calls for an urgent response to all forms of violence, including sexual and gender-based violence, which occurs through the use of technology or is “enhanced by technology”. At the same time, action is being taken against hate speech and discrimination, misinformation, cyberbullying and sexual exploitation and abuse of children.
Adequate safeguards are promised to prevent negative human rights impacts that may arise from the use of digital and new technologies. At the same time, we want to provide and facilitate access to independent science-based information in order to combat misleading and false information.
True, as pointed out by Euronews, the agreement and pact are non-binding, so it is not clear whether it will be implemented by UN members or technology companies. According to Dawn, it was developed during an 18-month consultation with thousands of stakeholders, in which Big Tech companies were actively involved.
15min verdict: missing context. The Global Digital Compact is the most comprehensive global agreement on digital cooperation to date. It aims to ensure a secure and sustainable digital future for all, not to equate people with barcodes.
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