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The Christchurch Call pledge document in full

Thursday, 16 May 2019

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron lead the summit in Paris.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron lead the summit in Paris.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Christchurch Call has been signed by an unprecedented grouping of leaders.

The document is non-binding, meaning there is no legal force behind the commitments for either governments or tech companies.

Ardern, who lead the summit with French President Emmanuel Macron, said that getting a treaty-level document agreement would have taken months and would have demanded the exclusion of the tech companies.

The pledge is split into three lists of commitments - one for governments, one for tech companies, and one for the two working together.