{"id":252,"date":"2026-09-03T09:10:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T09:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/digital-unga2026\/?page_id=252"},"modified":"2026-10-11T18:06:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T18:06:37","slug":"about-event","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/digital-unga2026\/event\/about-event\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n        <div data-span=\"12\">\n                                <section>\n    <div class=\"text-section\">\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                        <div class=\"text-section-left\" data-span=\"8\">\n                        <p>\n        Digital@UNGA 2026 took place on <strong>21 September from 5:00 \u2013 8:00 PM US EST <\/strong>at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on the eve of the General Debate of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The highly dynamic and engaging program brought together world leaders, innovators, technology pioneers, youth voices, investors, and changemakers for an evening of high-level dialogue, commitments, partnerships, digital innovation showcases, major announcements, awards, celebrations and networking.<br><br><strong>This year\u2019s edition was bigger and bolder, with a strong focus on<\/strong>:    <\/p>\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Digital solutions<\/strong> advancing <strong>inclusive and sustainable <\/strong>development<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Artificial Intelligence<\/strong> and other <strong>frontier innovations <\/strong>for good<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Partnerships<\/strong> accelerating inclusive digital transformation<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong>Youth <\/strong>leadership and innovation<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li>The <strong>Digital@UNGA Awards<\/strong>, recognizing outstanding leadership, partnerships, and innovation driving inclusive digital futures<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>                        <p>\n            <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"text-section-right data-span-override\" data-span=\"4\">\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Digital@UNGA 2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jnhRx8dfV4M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":33,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"obsolete-templates\/page-submenu.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-252","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/digital-unga2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/digital-unga2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/digital-unga2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/digital-unga2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/digital-unga2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/digital-unga2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/252\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/digital-unga2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/initiatives\/digital-unga2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}