UN-appointed panel calls for cooperation to harness benefits, avoid harms of digital technologies

Nikolai Astrup (L), Norway's Minister of Digitalization, speaks during a press briefing on the report of the High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation, at the UN headquarters in New York, on June 10, 2019. An expert group appointed by the United Nations called on governments, the private sector and civil society, in its first report released Monday, to work together urgently to maximize the benefits and minimize the harms of digital technologies. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)