His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, participated as a keynote speaker at the "Road Map for Digital Cooperation" session, the new global initiative launched by the United Nations.
Dubai Crown Prince: The "Digital Cooperation Map" will enhance cooperation between governments, and encourage support for the private sector, international organizations and individuals. “Over 20 years of investment in digital transformation has enabled us to operate 100% efficiently during the crisis.” |
His Highness praised the efforts of the United Nations in uniting the international community to create a better future for the world, stressing that the future can only be built on the foundations of digital cooperation, and that technological development cannot take place without this cooperation, noting that the UAE is committed to any An international initiative aimed at building strong and close bridges of cooperation between countries and societies, and harnessing digital technology to serve people.
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the President of the Swiss Confederation Simonetta Somaruga, the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone Julius Mada and a number of world personalities participated in the launch event.
During his speech, His Highness the Crown Prince of Dubai emphasized that the UAE is committed to deepening all forms of knowledge and technical exchange to build integrated digital economies to achieve accelerated and sustainable development progress, and to promote a constructive global dialogue to take advantage of all the opportunities offered by technology in the economic, social and health sectors, with a focus on more societies Fragility, and those that face developmental obstacles due to its technological retardation or a slowdown in its developmental progress due to its weak technical structure, in addition to the effective contribution in supporting the programs and projects of nations.
His Highness stressed the importance of preparing for future changes, expressing the readiness of the UAE government, under the leadership of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to put its expertise and experience in developing the most advanced digital government work system of its kind in the region in Serving the international community, and in drawing up an effective global governance system to build close cooperation bridges between countries of the world to address various technical and digital challenges within a forward-looking vision that extrapolates future developments and radical changes and prepares them efficiently, through flexible and agile government systems.
This came during the international event organized by the United Nations Secretary-General's "International High Committee for Digital Cooperation", remotely, on the occasion of the launch of the "Road Map for digital cooperation" initiative, to discuss "the impact of accelerated technological change on sustainable development", in the context of global preparation for the stage Next that will be more digital.
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said: "The Road Map initiative for digital cooperation will enhance cooperation between governments, and encourage support for the private sector, international organizations and individuals around the world." His Highness pointed out that "the UAE is fully committed to any initiative that promotes global dialogue "She is a supporter of the President of the United Nations."
His Highness added: “In the past three months, the world has witnessed a historical stage that will be the subject of extensive discussion in history books. We have witnessed tremendous challenge and great progress at the same time ». And His Highness continued, "We have all seen the problems resulting from the lack of agile and flexible governments and policies that are ready for any upcoming challenge, be it negative or positive." His Highness said: «We must invest in the future. Investing in the next one and not the one currently there. ”
His Highness the Crown Prince of Dubai stated: “Under the leadership of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the government of the United Arab Emirates has invested in digital transformation for 20 years, which enabled us to continue operating at 100% operational efficiency in the government sector during the crisis (Covid-19) ) Within the measures of a hypothetical work environment. ”
He stressed: "The epidemic has revealed that we cannot work in isolation and individually, and that no country will be better off if it works alone." He added: "If there is time we must focus on building bridges that are larger, more durable, and more flexible." Today it is ».
And His Highness stated that “more than 46% of the societies in the world do not have access to the Internet. We have to accelerate efforts to connect almost half of the world's population to the network, ”he asserted:“ There are still many opportunities for us to enhance digital cooperation and advance it in all areas. ”
On the role of technology in addressing challenges, he said: "Through this epidemic, we have seen that it is possible to accelerate progress on any issue or task." He added: "Governments have accelerated work globally on three years of development to accomplish in three months."
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum participated in the attendance of his speech as part of the experience of the UAE government. He said: “In the UAE, we are always keen on embracing change and development. We have a thinking mechanism that always requires us to shape the future today. ”He added,“ We know that the world will undergo fundamental transformations, and the need to accelerate our development process ensures that we continue to move forward without leaving anyone behind. ”
His Highness concluded by saying: "The future can only be built on the basis of digital cooperation, and technological development cannot take place without this cooperation among all parties of the international community."
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, at the beginning of his speech, expressed his solidarity with all those who suffer the health, social and economic repercussions of the "Covid-19" pandemic throughout the world, offering his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives due to the global epidemic.
"Technology governance must keep pace with development at its own speed," said Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General. I urge representatives of governments, the private sector, academia and technology to communicate, respect and protect people diligently in light of the digital age. ”
"Digitalization must be put at the service of all individuals," said Swiss President Simonita Somaruga, as she co-launched the roadmap for digital cooperation. To achieve this, we must establish a set of common rules and regulations to ensure that all our children connect to communication networks. ”
The President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Julius Mada, stressed during his intervention that "the opportunities and challenges of digital technology in general show us the need for international cooperation."
"Today we are in an urgent and growing need to deepen digital cooperation globally," said Klaus Schwab, founder and CEO of the World Economic Forum.
Roadmap for digital cooperation
The "Roadmap for Digital Cooperation" reviews the current digital landscape in light of dealing with the repercussions of the current crisis of the emerging Corona virus epidemic, and the new conditions imposed by it in various development sectors, which requires a review of the frameworks and systems currently in place. The roadmap also discussed the urgent need to build an international digital cooperation system that contributes to the establishment of technological justice, especially in less fortunate societies by taking advantage of the experiences of digital advanced countries.
The UAE’s participation in the event for launching the “Road Map for digital cooperation”, as a member of the “Higher International Committee for Digital Cooperation”, comes as an international recognition of the leadership role of the UAE in the issue of digital cooperation and the region’s exports in the field of digital technologies and smart cities, and its pioneering achievements in this field, Among them is the inauguration of the “Salem Center” to check the medical fitness and occupational health of the Dubai Health Authority, which is the first and newest center of its kind globally, equipped with the fourth industrial revolution technologies, including artificial intelligence, robot systems, the Internet of things and big data, where the committee looks at the UAE As an inspiring experience for countries in the region and the world deserves to be learned and emulated.
Higher International Committee for Digital Cooperation
Antonio Guterres. From the source
The International High Committee for Digital Cooperation of the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, was established in July 2018 to set a global governance framework to enhance cooperation between different countries of the world to meet the challenges related to the technological revolution, and to harness the opportunities for international cooperation provided by advanced technologies to improve the human condition.
Guterres established the committee, which includes a high-level global team, to use a pool of expertise to present ideas and proposals in order to enhance and broaden the horizons of cooperation in the digital space between governments, the private sector, international bodies and organizations, technical and academic institutions and various parties and parties concerned, in recognition of the growing role of digital technological progress in Contribute to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as well as the ability of technology to cross borders and cross international divisions to work for the benefit of humanity.
The committee seeks to build a digital cooperation system that is the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in the world, contributing to building digital technological societies that seek to achieve sustainable development progress and achieve the maximum benefit from the social and economic potential provided by digital technology.
The United Nations named the Minister of Cabinet Affairs and the Future, Muhammad Abdullah Al-Gergawi, as a member of the "Supreme International Committee for Digital Cooperation", which is chaired by the founder of the Alibaba Jack Ma Company and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Melinda Gates.
Al-Gergawi is the only Arab member, along with 20 expert members representing member states, the private sector, research and academic sectors, to advise the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the challenges faced by the ever-changing digital technology and current and future solutions in this regard.
The UAE and Switzerland have cooperated closely with the Secretary-General of the United Nations and his team, since the beginning of 2017, in formulating the team's conceptual framework, which would translate the directions of the United Nations member states to enhance digital technical cooperation.
The UAE is one of the most supportive countries for international cooperation in the technology field, as it is one of the main countries in the region that applies digital technology in its government system on a large scale.
It also embraces long-term economic diversification plans in line with the UAE Centennial 2071 strategy. The UAE is also registering one of the highest rates of mobile phone use and the spread of the Internet in the region, making it a living future laboratory for advanced technologies.
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