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DRC foreign minister urges voice for developing countries in tech standards
Original: “Developing countries cannot be reduced to the role of mere users of technologies designed elsewhere, nor should be the
Democratic Republic of Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner said developing countries cannot be reduced to mere users of technologies designed elsewhere, nor mere recipients of standards and norms they did not adequately help shape. Her remarks call for greater participation of Global South nations in setting international technology rules and standards.
Why now: Growing debate over whether developing nations have a real say in global technology governance.
Therese Kayikwamba WagnerDemocratic Republic of the CongoUnited Nations
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