In 2024, the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution  A/RES/79/1 requested the Commission on Science and Technology for Development to establish a dedicated working group to engage in a comprehensive and inclusive multi-stakeholder dialogue on data governance at all levels as relevant for development.

The working group will report on its progress to the General Assembly, by no later than the eighty-first session, including on follow-up recommendations towards equitable and interoperable data governance arrangements, which may include:

• Fundamental principles of data governance at all levels as relevant for development.
• Proposals to support interoperability between national, regional and international data systems.
• Considerations of sharing the benefits of data.
• Options to facilitate safe, secure and trusted data flows, including cross-border data flows as relevant for development (all SDGs).