<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear members and colleagues<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please note that the Zero Draft of the Global Digital Compact (GDC) has been published. </div><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><a href="https://www.un.org/techenvoy/sites/www.un.org.techenvoy/files/Global_Digital_Compact_Zero_Draft.pdf" class="">https://www.un.org/techenvoy/sites/www.un.org.techenvoy/files/Global_Digital_Compact_Zero_Draft.pdf</a></span></div><div class="">It will be presented this Friday, April 5th to the Member States and observers in the Trusteeship Council Chamber.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please see the webcast link here should you wish to follow.</div><div class=""><a href="http://webtv.un.org/en" class="">http://webtv.un.org/en</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This document will be further negotiated and it will be officially agreed at the the Summit of the Future in September 2024.</div><div class="">It aims to set a new framework for how digital technologies are ‘used responsibly and for the benefit of all, outlining shared principles of an open, free </div><div class="">and secure digital future’.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It's worth nothing that the RIPE NCC sent in their responses to last three open consultations, including </div><div class="">the outline of the GDC Zero Draft.</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.ripe.net/media/documents/RIPE_NCC_response_to_the_outline_of_the_GDC_zero_draft.pdf" class="">https://www.ripe.net/media/documents/RIPE_NCC_response_to_the_outline_of_the_GDC_zero_draft.pdf</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Achilleas, Julf, Desiree</div><div class="">--</div><div class="">Coop WG Co-Chairs</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>