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UN-RES-2024 · UN
UN GA Resolution on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI is a Resolution from UN, adopted on 2024-03-21 and effective 2024-03-21. Current status: In force. Non-binding. Calls on member states to bridge digital divides and develop national strategies. China + US co-sponsored; passed by consensus.
Scope and obligations
Non-binding. Calls on member states to bridge digital divides and develop national strategies. China + US co-sponsored; passed by consensus.
UN GA Resolution on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI addresses 1 contested AI-governance topics explicitly, 8 via general principles,.
Topics governed
- implicitDeepfakes / Synthetic Content— References disinformation broadly
- implicitAI in Education— Calls on digital-divide bridging
- implicitTransparency Obligations— Calls for trustworthy AI broadly
- implicitCatastrophic & Existential Risk— Notes 'shared concerns' but no operative catastrophic-risk text
- implicitTechnological Sovereignty— Calls for bridging digital divides — adjacent to but not sovereignty
- governsDevelopment-Rights Framings— Operative paragraphs frame AI through development-rights + digital divide lens; co-sponsored by Global-South coalition
- implicitSynthetic Content Provenance— General call for state action on safe AI; provenance not specifically addressed
- implicitEnvironmental Impact of AI Training— Preamble references SDGs which include climate goals
- implicitAI-Driven Worker Displacement— SDG references include decent work + economic growth
Cross-jurisdiction comparison
How peer instruments treat the topics UN GA Resolution on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI governs.
| Topic | EU-AIA-2024 | US-EO-14110 | US-EO-14179 | UK-WHITEPAPER-2023 | CN-GENAI-2023 | G7-HIROSHIMA | OECD-AI-PRIN | COE-AI-CONV | NIST-AI-RMF | BLETCHLEY-2023 | SEOUL-2024 | NIST-AI-RMF-GENAI | CA-SB-1047 | IN-DPDP-2023 | BR-AIBILL-2024 | ASEAN-AI-GUIDE-2024 | AU-AI-STRATEGY-2024 | ANTHROPIC-RSP-2024° | OPENAI-PREPAREDNESS-2023° | DEEPMIND-FSF-2024° | META-FRONTIER-2024° | UK-US-AISI-MOU-2024 | WH-VOLUNTARY-2023 | SG-MODEL-AI-2024 | JP-METI-AI-2024 | NYC-LL-144-2021 | CO-SB-24-205 | IL-HB-3773-2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development-Rights Framings | silent | silent | silent | silent | implicit | silent | implicit | implicit | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent | governs | governs | implicit | governs | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent | silent |
°= industry self-imposed voluntary framework. Comparing a voluntary code's "governs" tint with a binding regulation's "governs" tint flattens the legal-force distinction; use the instrument-page banner for the operative status of each.
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APA 7
Policy Window. (2024). UN GA Resolution on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI [Wiki article — Instrument]. https://policywindow.org/wiki/un-ai-resolution-2024
Chicago 17
Policy Window. 2024. "UN GA Resolution on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI." Wiki article (Instrument). https://policywindow.org/wiki/un-ai-resolution-2024.
BibTeX
@misc{policywindow-un-ai-resolution-2024,
title = {UN GA Resolution on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI},
author = {Policy Window},
year = {2024},
howpublished = {A/RES/78/265},
url = {https://policywindow.org/wiki/un-ai-resolution-2024},
note = {Primary source: https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/n24/065/92/pdf/n2406592.pdf}
}References
- A/RES/78/265
- References disinformation broadly
- Calls on digital-divide bridging
- Calls for trustworthy AI broadly
- Notes 'shared concerns' but no operative catastrophic-risk text
- Calls for bridging digital divides — adjacent to but not sovereignty
- Operative paragraphs frame AI through development-rights + digital divide lens; co-sponsored by Global-South coalition
- General call for state action on safe AI; provenance not specifically addressed
- Preamble references SDGs which include climate goals
- SDG references include decent work + economic growth
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