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An Update for the Internet: Reforming Global Digital Cooperation in 2021

Bonn: Development and Peace Foundation (SEF) (2020), 4 pp.

Series: Global Governance Spotlight, 4-2020

ISSN 2566-624X

Other editions: also published in German

"In 2021, the international community has the chance to radically reform global digital governance. The aim should be to guarantee a global, open, free, stable and secure Internet while promoting responsible State behaviour in cyberspace. Mapping the two strands of this policy – improving models for cooperation on the collective development of Internet governance, and implementing the cyber norms already adopted – is a matter for the United Nations (UN). A reformed architecture for digital cooperation has the potential to make Internet governance more inclusive and effective, while new mechanisms can help to advance the currently divided debate on cyber norms and enhance the predictability of State behaviour in cyberspace." (Page 1)