# UN Global Digital Compact ## Overview **Authors:** The United Nations **Publication Date:** 22 September 2024 **Link:** **Keywords:** Global governance, AI ethics, risk, safety, global agreements, principles, policy frameworks **Type:** News ## Summary Sets forth AI principles for ethical engagement with all forms of digital technologies from the UN. The Global Digital Compact is a comprehensive framework for global governance of digital technology and artificial intelligence. Twenty years after the World Summit on the Information Society, it charts a roadmap for global digital cooperation to harness the immense potential of digital technology and close digital divides. World leaders convened in New York for the Summit of the Future, where they adopted a Pact for the Future that includes a Global Digital Compact. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://library.xrguild.org/ai-ethics/un-global-digital-compact.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.