The Global Digital Compact was introduced in the Secretary-General’s Our Common Agenda report in response to Member States’ Declaration on the Commemoration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the United Nations (A/RES/75/1). The Common Agenda proposed a Global Digital Compact to be agreed at the Summit of the Future in September 2024 involving all stakeholders. Building on his recommendations in the Common Agenda report, the Secretary-General published a policy brief on the Global Digital Compact. This brief is designed to support the preparation and negotiation process leading up to the Summit of the Future, where the Compact will be a key focus.

The General Assembly, through decision 77/568, has outlined commitments to lead open, transparent and inclusive intergovernmental consultations on a Global Digital Compact. The Compact, if intergovernmentally agreed, will form one of the main outcomes of the Summit of the Future and will be annexed to the Pact for the Future. The Co-facilitators leading the intergovernmental negotiations are Sweden and Zambia.

The Global Digital Compact was adopted by world leader on 22 September 2024 at the Summit of the Future in New York. Join the Compact.