Promotion and protection of human rights in the context of digital technologies A/RES/80/215 Recalling all relevant General Assembly resolutions, all relevant Human Rights Council resolutions, as well as the agreed conclusions adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women at its sixty-seventh session, on 17 March 2023, 10 Recalling also the World Summit on the Information Society, as well as the outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the Summit, held in New York in December 2015, 11 looking forward to the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit, to be held in New York in December 2025, and noting the discussions taking place in the Internet Governance Forum, Taking note with appreciation of the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 12 Taking note of the United Nations Global Principles for Information Integrity, launched by the Secretary-General, defining information integrity as a pluralistic information space that champions human rights, peaceful societies and a sustainable future that involves empowering people to exercise their right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds and to hold opinions without interference, and recognizing that information integrity is achievable only with an independent, free and pluralistic media, including in the context of digital technologies, Taking note also of all the relevant reports of the Secretary-General, including the report entitled “Road map for digital cooperation: implementation of the recommendations of the High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation”, 13 Recognizing the contribution of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in its reporting on the possible impacts, opportunities and challenges of new and emerging digital technologies with regard to the promotion and protection of human rights, including the report on human rights and technical standard-setting processes for new and emerging digital technologies 14 and all relevant reports of the special procedure mandate holders, Recalling the convening of the Summit of the Future on 22 and 23 September 2024 at United Nations Headquarters in New York, at which resolution 79/1, entitled “The Pact for the Future”, including the Global Digital Compact, 15 was adopted, Reaffirming the objectives to close all digital divides and accelerate progress on sustainable development, expand inclusion in and benefits from the digital economy for all, foster an inclusive, open, safe and secure digital space that respects, protects and promotes human rights, advance responsible, equitable and interoperable data governance approaches and enhance international governance of artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity, Recognizing that the Global Digital Compact is anchored in international law, including international human rights law, that all human rights, including civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, and fundamental freedoms must be respected, protected and promoted, online and offline, and that cooperation will _______________ 10 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2023, Supplement No. 7 (E/2023/27), chap. I, sect. A. 11 Resolution 70/125. 12 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Records of the General Conference, Forty-first Session, Paris, 9–24 November 2021, vol. 1, Resolutions, annex VII. 13 A/74/821. 14 A/HRC/53/42. 15 Resolution 79/1, annex I. 2/10 25-20986