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AI and digital governance at UNGA 81
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Speeches that raised ai and digital governance
Greece · Day 3Kyriakos MitsotakisAnd it is our collective responsibility to uphold these principles in practice and to safeguard commercial shipping.
And as a leading maritime nation, Greece actively contributes to maritime security through the operation of the European Union, Daspides, in the Red Sea.
And this topic will remain a high priority when Greece assumes the presidency of the Security Council next month.
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Austria · Day 3Beate Meinl-ReisingerSo let me ask you a simple question that I believe sits underneath everything we are discussing this week.
Who decides?
Who decides whether a border is a line to be respected or a target to be crossed?
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Australia · Day 3Anthony AlbaneseAnd for the leaders who have gathered here this week, this remains the test of our time, a test we can and we must pass.
Whether it is climate change or artificial intelligence, there is always the temptation to say that our generation is being confronted by issues that our predecessors could not possibly have imagined while dealing with the world they would not recognise.
But for all the transformation the past eight decades have brought, the fundamental stakes haven't changed, and just as its values, our values, our ideals, our commitment to dialogue and cooperation proved equal to that task then, we can rise to meet these new challenges now.
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Barbados · Day 3Mia Amor MottleyThese challenges, my friends, are creating the polycrises of which we constantly speak.
And at the same time, new challenges are emerging.
Artificial intelligence is opening extraordinary possibilities in health, education, science, and productivity, while also creating new risk of exclusion, exploitation, surveillance, and the distortion of truth.
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Côte d’Ivoire · Day 3Tiémoko Meyliet KonéAt the same time, climate upheavals are hitting our countries hard, not to mention the humanitarian crises and deep inequalities that are weakening our societies.
Added to this are the very real risks to the survival of humanity posed by the uncontrolled development of artificial intelligence.
The world is thus at a difficult turning point.
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Nigeria · Day 3Kashim ShettimaExcellencies, we refuse to surrender our technological future to paranoia.
An invention can be destructive or beneficial, depending on the purpose it serves.
and the judgment of those who use it.
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Bangladesh · Day 3Tarique RahmanAs part of this initiative, more than 2 million students participated in a month-long nationwide football tournament for school students held last June.
Mr. President, Science and technology will shape the future of the world.
We are entering a new era of artificial intelligence, biotechnology and science.
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Guyana · Day 3Mohamed Irfaan AliWe understand that it is only through partnership, shared intelligence, and cooperation that we can effectively tackle the threats they pose to our economies and the livelihoods of our citizens.
This week, I am pleased to join members of the Shield of Americas in adopting a joint communique which underscores our collective resolve to strengthen the resilience of our region in economic, security, and multilateral coordination.
Mr. President, we stand at the threshold of a new era of technological advancement.
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Liberia · Day 3Joseph Nyuma BoakaiWe must equip our youth with STEM education, digital literacy, and technical training so they become co-creators in the global digital economy, not just consumers.
Gender equality remains essential When women lead, peace agreements last longer, economies grow faster, and governance becomes more accountable.
Liberia remains committed to full political, economic, and social equality for women and girls.
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Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Day 3Rodrigo Paz PereiraI believe we need to build a new agenda.
An agenda of energy, critical minerals, industrialization, infrastructure, digitalization, water, biodiversity, food security, education, health, gender, science, technology, connectivity, and other things.
A new agenda for humanity.
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European Union · Day 3António CostaOn artificial intelligence and its governance, we need an accountable, transparent, and regulated architecture.
We need an AI that serves humanity, not controls it.
We must always be in the driving seat, setting a safe and secure pace of innovation and development.
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Gambia (Republic of The) · Day 3Mohammed JallowMr. President, artificial intelligence and emerging technologies offer extraordinary opportunities, but opportunity without inclusion can become another source of inequality.
The digital divide must not become the next development divide.
Developing countries must not remain passive consumers of technologies designed elsewhere.
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Israel · Day 3Benjamin NetanyahuIt is waged in the world's media, and most perniciously, in social media.
Several foreign countries have spent untold billions to spread lies about my country.
The first to do so was Qatar.
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Zimbabwe · Day 3Emmerson Dambudzo MnangagwaThis has seen us dispatch the first export of locally produced lithium sulphate during the second quarter of the year, demonstrating that retaining value at the source is possible for shared prosperity.
Harnessing emerging technologies for national development is a key priority for our industrialization agenda.
Zimbabwe's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2026-2030 promotes human-centered, ethical, and responsible innovation.
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Colombia · Day 3José Manuel RestrepoWe want to train young people for super intelligence, for robotics, for data science, for agro industry, for engineering, and for the new economy.
Millions of Colombians are not asking the state to sought out their lives, they're asking the state to give them the opportunity to build those lives.
And that is what gives meaning to what I have called the miracle nation.
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Portugal · Day 3Luís MontenegroAnd in the face of the new challenge posed by artificial intelligence, we must find together the right balance between innovation and regulation.
One that allows us to harness its potential for the benefit of humanity, while preventing it from distorting our very essence, excellencies.
The energy crisis and the rising fuel prices we are facing due to international conflicts are affecting all our peoples.
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Senegal · Day 3Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar FayeSenegal also believes in the transformative potential of new technologies, including the development of AI that is based on robust morals and ethical code based on the principle of responsibility and inclusion.
The launch of our first satellite illustrates our desire to make space, AI and digital tools instruments that serve and foster human development.
President, dear colleagues, we are all well aware of the challenges linked to the very life of our organization.
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Thailand · Day 3Anutin CharnvirakulStrategic competition is becoming sharper.
And international rules are under strain.
At the same time, technology is transforming our societies, while climate change is testing our resilience.
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Georgia · Day 3Irakli KobakhidzheAt the same time, we believe that physical and digital connectivity are two parts of the same strategic agenda.
Through a Black Sea submarine fiber optic connection and next generation data infrastructure, Georgia aims to strengthen secure, resilient, and diversified digital links between Europe and Asia.
These ambitions are underpinned by Georgia's strong economic performance.
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Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Day 3Rob JettenTake the question of how we handle AI.
We face a choice.
Do we let a small group of companies and countries take all the decisions while the rest of us simply look on?
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Ireland · Day 3Micheál MartinNarrow self-interest is breaking the bonds of solidarity which have so often lifted us to meaningful progress.
The international legal order is under tremendous strain.
New and emerging technologies that offer unlimited potential could also, without human intervention, create unprecedented dangers.
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South Africa · Day 3Ronald Ozzy LamolaOur continent has the world's largest reserves of critical minerals.
These critical minerals can help bridge the gap between wealth and poor nations and overcome the indignities of poverty and underdevelopment.
We insist, Mr. President, that indeed, Africa must have a stake in shaping the rules that govern the development and the deployment of artificial intelligence.
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