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UN General Assembly adopts China-led resolution on AI capacity-building without a vote

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Source: UN Digital Library: A/RES/78/311Also reported by BNN Bloomberg

The UN General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/78/311, “Enhancing international cooperation on capacity-building of artificial intelligence”, without a vote at its 97th plenary meeting on 1 July 2024. China led the text, which had more than 140 sponsors, and the United States supported it. It asks international organisations and financial institutions to support AI capacity-building in developing countries and asks the Secretary-General to report on their needs.

Why it matters

Developing countries gained a UN mandate for AI help that China wrote and the US backed, months after the US-led March 2024 resolution on safe AI.

When
1 Jul 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0071
Who
United Nations General Assembly

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from UN Digital Library and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at UN Digital Library

Source copy: download the page text as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2024-0071: “UN General Assembly adopts China-led resolution on AI capacity-building without a vote.” wheresthe.ai, 1 Jul 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/intl-unga-china-ai-capacity-building-resolution-2024-07/ (source: UN Digital Library: A/RES/78/311).

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