Summary
The UN is actively developing AI policy, focusing on ethical, human rights-based, and mandate-led approaches, with the UN Secretary-General promoting proactive AI adoption across the UN system to support innovation and address potential harms.
The UN system is committed to taking a proactive, ethical, human rights-based and mandate-led approach to adopting AI internally in its work. Under the vision outlined in the UN 2.0 Policy Brief, the Secretary-General is promoting a proactive approach for UN system organizations to use new technologies, such as AI, to support all steps of the innovation process, to address gender inequality, discrimination and bias in artificial intelligence data models, and to invest in predictive and prescriptive analytics, enhanced with machine learning and artificial intelligence.
The Express Tribune – 20/12/2024 (10:00)
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the profound impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on global peace and security. Highlighting the rapid advancements of AI, Guterres emphasizes both its potential and the significant risks it poses. AI is revolutionizing various sectors, from detecting food insecurity and predicting displacement due to climate change, to even identifying patterns of unrest before violence erupts.
However, Guterres warns that the rapid development of AI is outpacing our ability to govern it, leading to serious concerns about accountability, human rights, and the future of international security. The Secretary-General stresses that without human oversight, AI could destabilize global peace, particularly in military applications and cyberattacks. He specifically calls attention to the integration of AI with nuclear weapons, a development he deems alarmingly dangerous.
Further, Guterres highlights the increasing challenges posed by AI in the form of misinformation, deep fakes, and the environmental impact of AI data centers.
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BRUSSELS — The United Nations wants to create an artificial intelligence forum to rule them all.
AI fever has already generated a glut of summits, pledges, nonbinding principles and international talking shops to rein in the white-hot technology.
The U.N. thinks it could do better, according to a recent draft of a report — obtained by POLITICO — from its all-star advisory group featuring thinkers such as Spain’s ex-AI minister Carme Artigas, Pope Francis’ AI guru Paolo Benanti, and OpenAI chief technologist Mira Murati. The report envisions U.N.-backed AI initiatives, and a global AI Office to “fill gaps and bring coherence to the fast-emerging ecosystem of international AI governance responses.”
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Key Principles and Goals:
- Human-Centered and Rights-Based:
The UN emphasizes a human-centered approach to AI governance, prioritizing the protection and promotion of human rights in the design, development, deployment, and use of AI.
- Global Cooperation and Coordination:
The UN aims to facilitate global coordination between member states, supporting harmonization of protections and promoting global goals, values, and rights.
- Risk-Based and Values-Based Approach:
The UN adopts both a risk-based and values-based approach to AI governance, recognizing the potential risks and benefits of AI and aiming to mitigate the risks while maximizing the benefits.
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
The UN recognizes AI’s potential to accelerate progress towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a balanced way, across economic, social, and environmental dimensions.
- Inclusive and Multi-Stakeholder Engagement:
The UN promotes inclusive and multi-stakeholder engagement, bringing together governments, technology companies, civil society, and the scientific community to develop and implement AI governance frameworks.
- Capacity Building and Knowledge Sharing:The UN supports capacity building and knowledge sharing in AI, particularly for developing countries, to ensure that all countries can benefit from the opportunities and address the challenges of AI.
Source: AI Overview + Curators
Specific Initiatives and Actions
The UN Secretary-General has convened a multi-stakeholder High-level Advisory Body on AI to undertake analysis and advance recommendations for the international governance of AI.
The UN is working on a Global Digital Compact for global governance of digital technology and AI, focusing on bridging the divide in AI development.
The UN General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution on the promotion of “safe, secure and trustworthy” AI systems that will also benefit sustainable development for all.
The UN AI Advisory Body has issued an interim report proposing measures to strengthen the governance of AI, including recommendations on ethical AI deployment, accountability, and making AI more inclusive.
The UN System has released a white paper on AI governance, outlining the UN’s approach to AI governance and its role in promoting a human-centered, rights-based approach.
Source: AI Overview + Curators
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Do we NEED International Collaboration for Safe AGI?
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By: Imagination in Action
Dive into an in-depth panel discussion featuring AI visionaries Max Tegmark, Demis Hassabis, Yoshua Bengio, Dawn Song, and Ya-Qin Zhang. In this engaging conversation, the experts unpack the distinctions between narrow AI, AGI, and super intelligence while exploring how international collaboration can accelerate breakthroughs and mitigate risks.
Learn why agentic systems pose unique challenges, how global partnerships—from academia to government—can safeguard our future, and what collaborative frameworks might ensure AI benefits all of humanity. Whether you’re an AI enthusiast, researcher, or policymaker, this discussion offers valuable insights into building a safer, more united AI landscape.
UN Chief Antonio Guterres calls for creation of new entity to Govern AI
December 20, 2025 (10:00)
By: The Express Tribune
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the profound impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on global peace and security. Highlighting the rapid advancements of AI, Guterres emphasizes both its potential and the significant risks it poses. AI is revolutionizing various sectors, from detecting food insecurity and predicting displacement due to climate change, to even identifying patterns of unrest before violence erupts.
However, Guterres warns that the rapid development of AI is outpacing our ability to govern it, leading to serious concerns about accountability, human rights, and the future of international security. The Secretary-General stresses that without human oversight, AI could destabilize global peace, particularly in military applications and cyberattacks. He specifically calls attention to the integration of AI with nuclear weapons, a development he deems alarmingly dangerous.
Further, Guterres highlights the increasing challenges posed by AI in the form of misinformation, deep fakes, and the environmental impact of AI data centers.
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UN 2.0 Policy Brief
AI Advisory Body
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To foster a globally inclusive approach, the UN Secretary-General convened a multi-stakeholder High-level Advisory Body on AI for 12 months from 26 October 2023 to undertake analysis and advance recommendations for the international governance of AI.
The Advisory Body comprised 39 preeminent AI leaders from 33 countries from across all regions and multiple sectors, serving in their personal capacity.
- A call for Interdisciplinary Expertise
Selected from over 2,000 nominations, this diverse group combined cutting edge expertise across public policy, science, technology, anthropology, human rights, and other relevant fields. - A Multistakeholder, Networked Approach
The Body included experts from government, private sector and civil society, engaged and consulted widely with existing and emerging initiatives and international organizations, to bridge perspectives across stakeholder groups and networks. - An Agile, Dynamic Process
The Body worked at speed to deliver its interim report in under 2 months, engage over 2,000 AI experts stakeholders across all regions in 5 months, and produce its final report in under 3 months. Keeping pace with technical and institutional developments let the Advisory Body provide high-level expert and independent contributions to ongoing national, regional, and multilateral debate.
