‘If we stick to our traditional methods, technology outpaces policy’

Amandeep Gill, the United Nations’ new envoy on technology, is working with countries, companies, and NGOs to ensure digital technologies generate more opportunities than risks around the globe. When we sat down to talk on a late afternoon in mid-July, Amandeep Gill was about to change jobs. His soon-to-be old office at the Maison de la Paix, home of the Geneva Graduate Institute, was nearly empty. Only a couple of boxes full of books crowded the room. On Monday, July 18, Gill started work as the new United Nations (UN) envoy on technology in New York. The UN secretary general António Guterres himself appointed Gill to lead the UN into the digital age. And while Gill is not technically the first UN tech envoy ever (the job was created in 2021, but the terms of his two predecessors were either cut short or temporary), almost everything remains to be done. The task facing Gill and his office may seem daunting, but the new envoy is confident. “I’m excited of course, I’m honoured as well. I’m not nervous, this is something that I’ve been practising for a while,” he says. An engineer and a diplomat, Gill has worked himself into a [...]

The post ‘If we stick to our traditional methods, technology outpaces policy’ appeared first on Luxembourg Herald.