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UN General Assembly adopts US-led resolution on safe, secure and trustworthy AI

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Source: UN Press: General Assembly adopts resolution on AI (GA/12588)Also reported by UN News

On 21 March 2024 the UN General Assembly adopted without a vote the resolution “Seizing the opportunities of safe, secure, and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems for sustainable development” (draft A/78/L.49), introduced by the United States. The text calls for human rights to be respected across the design, development, deployment and use of AI and for AI to support the Sustainable Development Goals. UN News reported more than 120 other member states co-sponsored or backed it.

Why it matters

UN member states agreed without a vote on shared language for safe and rights-respecting AI, three months before China’s own AI resolution passed the same way.

When
21 Mar 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0086
Who
UN General Assembly; Linda Thomas-Greenfield

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

Read the original at UN Press

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-2024-0086: “UN General Assembly adopts US-led resolution on safe, secure and trustworthy AI.” wheresthe.ai, 21 Mar 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/intl-unga-safe-trustworthy-ai-resolution-2024-03/ (source: UN Press: General Assembly adopts resolution on AI (GA/12588)).

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