36. 数字化在一定程度上缓解了 COVID-19 大流行的影响，有助于抗击病毒，确保许多经济活动的连续性。35 在经济活动放缓的背景下，大流行导致电子商务激增，数字化转型加速。2020 年，全球互联网带宽使用量增长 35%，为 2013 年以来最大单年增幅。36 在此背景下，2021 年，秘书长发布了题为“我们的共同议程”的报告，呼吁“保护在线空间并加强治理”，并推进全球数字契约，推动“人人共享开放、自由、安全的数字未来”。秘书长技术问题特使办公室负责促进就这些建议和旨在加快全球数字合作的“我们的共同议程”的其他方面进行对话。37. 数字创新和技术推动了可持续发展，但也带来了环境和社会风险。在这方面，
36. Digitization has allowed for some mitigation of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, helping to combat the virus and ensuring the continuity of many economic activities.35 Amid slowing economic activity, the pandemic led to a surge in e-commerce and accelerated digital transformation. Global Internet bandwidth use rose by 35 per cent in 2020, the largest one-year increase since 2013.36 Within this context, in 2021, the Secretary-General released a report entitled “Our Common Agenda”, which includes a call to “protect the online space and strengthen its governance” and to advance a Global Digital Compact that would promote an “open, free and secure digital future for all”. The Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology is charged with facilitating dialogue on these recommendations and other aspects of “Our Common Agenda” that are aimed at accelerating global digital cooperation.