During his recent UN General Assembly address, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. emphasized the importance of digital transformation in allowing countries to keep up with the rapidly changing global environment.

While digital innovations may provide solutions to long-standing issues, nations must have robust governance structures in place to mitigate disruptions, according to PBBM. He went on to say that the digital shift would also make information more accessible, benefiting the most vulnerable people and accelerating progress.

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MANILA – Digital transformation would allow all nations to keep abreast of a changing world, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Wednesday (Manila time).

Marcos issued the statement during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, as he lamented that many nations still “barely understand” the use and advantage of digital technologies.

Marcos pitched for the rapid adoption of digital innovations to enable all countries to keep up.

“The development of advanced technologies is rapidly transforming human life and experience. We still barely understand how these transformations are unfolding and where they are leading. The imminent diffusion of these emerging technologies could solve many of our old problems, but they could also disrupt our political and social orders. Our governance structures must keep up,” he said.

“The world is ready for transformation. It is up to us as leaders of our nations, to move and shape that transformation” Marcos added.