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AI and digital governance at UNGA 81
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Speeches that raised ai and digital governance
Singapore · Day 5Vivian BalakrishnanThird, we must collectively formulate new rules and be prepared to create new institutions if necessary for new technologies.
Artificial intelligence, which we've heard so many times from the podium this week, is arguably the most urgent frontier.
AI offers extraordinary potential, but its capability is advancing faster than our appreciation of its risks.
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Germany · Day 5Johann WadephulMr. President, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, imagine if nuclear weapons were developed by private companies, if stockpiles were located on company grounds, and launch codes locked away in a safe in a CEO's office.
It's a disturbing thought.
When a technology has the power to fundamentally change the world, possibly even determine the fate of humanity, we need to ask who controls it, who sets the rules, who is accountable.
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Belize · Day 5John BriceñoCountries striving to finance the sustainable development goals must absorb shocks they did not create and cannot fairly insure against.
Artificial intelligence adds a further layer.
Well-governed, it can widen access to knowledge and improve public services.
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Malaysia · Day 5Mohamad Haji HasanWar is escalating.
Major power rivalry is sharpening.
The international arm control architecture is under strain.
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Republic of Moldova · Day 5Vasile TofanMoldova faced illicit financing, disinformation, cyber attacks, and vote buying.
Russia spent the equivalent of nearly 2% of our GDP trying to influence last year's elections.
Moldovans answered that their home is not for sale.
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Holy See · Day 5Cardinal Pietro ParolinPope Leo addressed in his first encyclical letter the new technological challenge, which he does not reject, but calls for its ethical ordering.
The control of these powerful tools must not remain in the hands of a select few, They must serve humanity, not the other way around.
In particular, the development of lethal autonomous weapons system raises profound moral questions.
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Philippines · Day 5Ma. Theresa LazaroAs a country that has newly attained upper middle income status, the Philippines knows that income classification is not the end of the journey.
Our metrics must evolve to capture the structural vulnerabilities, debt burdens, and inequalities that continue to affect middle-income countries.
But the face to the digital revolution and to the rise of artificial intelligence, we stand at the dawn of an unprecedented technological era.
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Russian Federation · Day 5Sergey LavrovLadies and gentlemen, through its foreign policy, Russia is trying to fix the situation in the world, working together with our allies and strategic partners, the BRICS, the SCO, the Eurasian Economic Union, the CIS, and the CSTO.
We are promoting an agenda which we can all get behind, a unifying agenda, concrete ideas and projects.
Today, what's coming to the fore is the topic of international information security.
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Iceland · Day 5Thorgerdur Katrín GunnarsdóttirClimate change is not an ideology.
Millions already live with its consequences.
We need to address it, not ignore it.
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India · Day 5Subrahmanyam JaishankarThe march of technology that was meant to instill hope has now become a source of anxiety.
Misuse of AI is sharpening bias and diluting mutual respect.
These directions bode ill for the aims and objectives of the United Nations.
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Tajikistan · Day 5Sirojiddin MuhriddinIn this regard, the Dushanbe Water Process can help sustain that momentum beyond 2028, connecting global commitments with national and regional action.
Our success will measured by the commitments we deliver.
Excellencies, we must also prepare for a world that is changing before our eyes.
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San Marino · Day 5Luca BeccariThe modernization and expansion of nuclear arsenal, together with growing military expenditure and the rapid development of artificial intelligences and cyber capabilities, increase the risk of escalation.
The consequences of nuclear use will be catastrophic.
San Marino remain committed to a world free of nuclear weapons.
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Jamaica · Day 5Kamina Johnson SmithNew technologies, including artificial intelligence, offer extraordinary promise while presenting risks we have not yet fully understood.
And at the very moment when collective action is most needed, confidence in multilateralism itself is being tested.
Jamaica's position is clear.
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Micronesia (Federated States of) · Day 5Aren PalikWe extend our deepest condolences to the governments and peoples affected, and we honor the courage of those who chose to help in the face of tragedy.
Mr. President and Excellencies, the theme of this session, and I quote, "Restoring trust, managing transformation, a United Nations that delivers for all."
It speaks directly to our realities of our small islands in Micronesia.
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Cambodia · Day 5Sokhonn PrakIn this connection, Cambodia is grateful to the Conciliation Commission for demonstrating its strong willingness to assist the parties in resolving this dispute peacefully during the first meeting in Singapore earlier this month.
The value of conciliation should be approached as a meaningful opportunity to bridging differences rebuild trust, and lay a stronger foundation for peaceful and constructive relations between our two countries.
Mr. President, the question is no longer whether our world is changing, but whether we can shape that change together and turn transformation into opportunities rather than division and insecurity.
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China · Day 5Han ZhengIt is important to give priority to key areas, including poverty reduction, food security, and energy transition, step up resource input, and increase support for countries in the Global South.
Developed countries should honor their commitment to development financing and climate financing.
The international community should also build consensus and pool strength to formulate the post-2030 global development agenda.
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Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Day 5Thongsavanh PhomvihaneMr. President, the Lao PDR welcome the UN's 80th initiative to enhance the coherence, transparency, and effectiveness of the UN system.
Systematic reform must ensure a balanced approach across the three pillars of organizations: peace and security, sustainable development, and human rights.
The implementation of the Pact of the Future and the Global Digital Compact must focus on narrowing the digital divide.
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Cuba · Day 5Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez ParrillaMr. President, we reject the Monroe Doctrine as we repudiate any attempt for military intervention or domination in Latin America and the Caribbean, proclaimed as a zone of peace in 2014, where in Havana.
As a small island developing state, we stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters who share similar circumstances.
and we warn against the worrying and inexorable advance of climate change.
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Saudi Arabia · Day 5Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al SaudThis reflects our responsibility towards the region and the world.
In light of the rapid developments the world is witnessing in the field of artificial intelligence, the Kingdom stresses the importance of harnessing these technologies in the service of humanity and development and enhancing international cooperation to ensure their responsible use.
The Kingdom has taken a leading role in establishing the International Network of Artificial Intelligence Capacity Building Centres, one of the recommendations emanating from the Pact for the Future.
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Belarus · Day 5Maxim RyzhenkovNow on the UN, is our organization keeping pace with the times?
No, it does not correspond to today's realities, it cannot keep up with change and it is not reforming significantly.
Criticism of our organization is growing every year and It is fairly justified.
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Tunisia · Day 5Mohamed Ali NaftiMy country stresses that the rapid development of artificial intelligence offers great opportunities to accelerate development goals.
provided that it is accompanied by comprehensive and equitable global governance that ensure that responsible use and prevents the widening of the digital divide between North and South through capacity building, technology transfer, and adequate financing.
Mr. President, under the leadership of President Kais Saied, Tunisia reaffirms its unwavering determination to continue its reform process, launched on the 25th of July 2021, with the aim of consolidating a democracy that guarantees rights and freedoms for all citizens and responds to the aspirations of the Tunisian people for development and prosperity.
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Djibouti · Day 5Abdoulkader Houssein OmarBoth require a collective surge of action.
The climate emergency demands action, development demands investment, and peace and humanitarian crises demand solidarity.
The digital transition and artificial intelligence also offer new opportunities to accelerate development and improve the capacities of our states.
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Gabon · Day 5Marie-Édith Tassyla-Ye-DoumbenenyMr. President.
While it's true that digital transformation offers considerable opportunities, it also entails risk, infringements of privacy, disinformation, cyber crime, and the irresponsible use of emerging technologies.
The absence of an effective international legal framework leaves the way open for all of these abuses to arise, posing a direct threat to the security of our states and the fundamental rights of our citizens.
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Sao Tome and Principe · Day 5Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado VazInclusion and equality must also guide our response to the great transformations of our time.
In the face of the rapid advance of artificial intelligence and the digital transition, Sao Tome and Principe calls for international cooperation that enables developing countries to access the technology, knowledge, infrastructure, and financing they need.
We advocate responsible technology governance centered on human dignity, transparency, and fundamental rights.
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Cameroon · Day 5Lejeune Mbella MbellaFirst, restoring trust among states.
Second, ensuring there is reconciliation among peoples and nations with multilateral institutions.
And third, working so that recent technological progress benefits all humanity.
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