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excellencies  ladies and gentlemen

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dear colleagues

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thank you  for the kind  invit ation to the  symposium

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the team

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brid ging today and tomorrow

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connect Connecting People inspiring futures

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reson ates with the work  the  United Nations  is carrying forward

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my name  is amandip Kil  I'm the  United Nations  under Secretary General

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and  special Envoy  for digital  and emerging  Technologies

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the  establishment of the  tech  and why  a role  I've had since  2022

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signal s the ever  growing relevance  of dig ital and emerging  Technologies  for international  cooperation

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it's  also tangible  evidence  of the commit ment of  the UN

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and  Secretary General  Antonio Gutierrez  to make the  organiz ation fit for the  21st century

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and  responsive to  countries emerging needs

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this  Vision resonated  with member states

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who  decided to establish  an office  for digital  and emerging  technology

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an  office I have  the responsib ility and the  honor to lead

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the  office helps the  UN address  more effect ively the  opportunities

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posed  by today's  rapidly evolving  technolog ical landscape

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a  key Focus for the  office  is supporting the follow -up  and implement ation of the  global  digital compact

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in  today's address  I'll focus on  how  we can work  towards  a truly global  vision

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for  digital Technologies

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and  elaborate an elaborate on the shared  challenges ahead of us

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in  doing so  I'll provide a  brief overview

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of  how rapid  technological  change is reshaping  the world  around us

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how  the UN is  supporting Global dialogue

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and  conclude with  ideas to  further  strengthen collabor ation with  researchers and innovative

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the  world we live in  is in creasingly online

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our  interactions  both at work  and during  our free time

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are  increasingly  mediated  by digital platform s and  digital Technologies

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these  Technologies are  seamless ly becoming  an extension  of ourselves

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the  rapid increase of  e-commerce activity

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art ificial intellig ence is  already changing the  way we  access information online

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div ides that go be yond the connect ivity only  Dimension to  become  Innovation dat a and AI divides

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if  it's true that  almost everyone

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as  requested by the  compact  on 2 6th August 20 25 the  United Nations General Assembly

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estab lishing an  independent  International scientific  panel on  AI  and a global  Dialogue on  our governance

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this  will be the  first  truly Universal  and in clusive Global Dialogue on air

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the  independent  International scientific  panel on  AI will  provide impartial

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in  his report  on volunt ary financing  options for  AI capacity  building the Secretary General

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as  a compass  to guide you  in your discuss ions on  protecting crit ical infrastructure

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