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Berne, 21 November 2022
Reference: 4465(DPRM.DPT.DTR)1 113
Subject: Questionnaire on postal sector input for the UN Giobal Digital Compact consultation
Dear Sir/Madam,
Following the political declaration adopted upon the 75th anniversary of the United Nations in September
2020, the UN Secretary General released a report entitled ‘Our Common Agenda”.2 Among its broad pro
posals for the future of multilateralism, building on the UN Secretary General’s Roadmap for Digital
Cooperation,3 the Common Agenda proposes a GIobal Digital Compact4 This Compact is due to be the main
outcome of a Summit of the Future, to be held in September 2024. The technology track wiII involve multiple
stakeholders, including the United Nations system, governments, the private sector, clvii society, grassroots
organizations, academia and individuals.
The UN Secretariat is developing the proposed Compact through an inclusive preparatory process. To this
end, it is cailing on ali interested stakeholders to provide input to the Compact. The GIobal Digital Compact is
expected to outline shared principles for an open, free and secure digital future for ali.
In view of the pivotal role of the postal sector in advancing an inclusive, innovative, collaborative and trustwor
thy digital future, the UPU International Bureau will seek to consoiidate the postal sector input to the Compact
by, among other activities, collecting feedback through a survey.
You are therefore asked to complete the brief survey, available at www.research.net/r/PLZWP7, by
15 February 2023 at the Iatest. The results will generate input for submission by the UPU to the UN
Secretariat.
Thank you for your continued engagement in the UPU’s digitalization and diversification activities.
Yours faithfully,
MAJANDU ,4A
KOM?uNtKATIOONMINISTERIUM
29. 11. 2022
Siundram
Director of Policy, Regulation and Markets -‘1
1 www.undocs.org/en/AIRES/75/1.
2 www.un.org/en/contentlcommon-agenda-report/assets/pdf/CommonAgendaReportEnglish.pdf.
www.un.org/en/contentldigital-cooperation-roadmap/.
www.un.org/techenvoy/global-digital-compact.