On 22 September 2024, the OECD and UN have announced their enhanced collaboration on global Artificial Intelligence (AI) governance, as revealed during a meeting at the UN's Summit of the Future in New York. Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, OECD Deputy Se…
On 22 September 2024, the United Nations adopted the Pact for the Future, Global Digital Compact, and Declaration on Future Generations. The Compact is an initiative which aims to foster enhanced digital cooperation across nations. The Compact focus…
On 19 September 2024, UNESCO closed its consultation on the “Consultation Paper on AI Regulation: Emerging Approaches Across the World”. In particular, the paper aims to contribute to the global discussion about whether and how to regulate the devel…
On 9 August 2024, the United Nations (UN) Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) announced that the Member States had finalised the draft cybercrime convention, aiming to strengthen international cooperation in combating cybercrime. The convention will b…
On 28 March 2024, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision closed its public consultation on the proposed amendments to the cryptoasset standard. The objective of this consultation is to refine the prudential treatment of banks' exposures to crypt…
On 21 March 2024, the United Nations (UN) adopted a resolution concerning Artificial Intelligence (AI). The resolution aims to promote safe, secure, and trustworthy AI systems to accelerate progress towards the full realisation of the 2030 Agenda fo…
On 18 March 2024, a Joint Statement was issued regarding the proliferation and misuse of commercial spyware following the third Summit of Democracy. The Statement notes that commercial spyware has been used by both authoritarian regimes and democrac…
On 1 March 2024, the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) adopted a decision to continue the Work Programme on Electronic Commerce. The decision includes a specific focus on the development needs of developing and least-devel…
On 10 November 2023, the United Kingdom Treasury announced that it had reached an agreement with 48 countries to implement the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF) developed by the OECD, enabling the automatic exchange of information between tax…