According to the UN Under-Secretary General, the Internet has proven to be vital in this difficult period of the COVID-19 pandemic. It connects us online, allowing us to study and work remotely, to stay in touch with family and friends. But the pandemic has also exacerbated existing problems: cybersecurity and data protection. His Excellency Mr. Liu Zhenmin also recalled that 3.5 billion people in the world today do not have Internet access, thereby highlighting the problem of the digital divide. Bridging this gap is one of the challenges that the younger generation, among others, will have to tackle.
"Young people today are the driving force behind the development of the Internet," said the UN Under-Secretary General.
The full video is available at: https://youtu.be/Up3YePNdkac
UN Under-Secretary-General Liu Zhenmin addresses Youth RIGF participants
"I call on all Forum participants to use their creative energy to
contribute to the development of an open, safe, stable and accessible
Internet. You are our future," said Liu Zhenmin, UN
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, in his greeting
to the participants of the First Youth Internet Governance Forum.
Editorial Board of the Center for Global IT Cooperation
