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AI terms appearing in UN resolutions
Words that made it into negotiated text. Each one links to the milestone where it landed.
AI governance
The rules, institutions and processes used to guide how AI is built, used and overseen so its benefits and risks are handled in the public interest.
Capacity-building
A planned process for strengthening people, organisations and systems so they can carry out tasks well, sustainably and with less outside help.
Interoperability
The ability of systems or organisations to exchange information and use it correctly under compatible rules.
Digital public infrastructure and digital public goods
Shared digital building blocks and reusable digital tools that help countries deliver public services, especially when they are designed for broad access and interoperability.
AI divide
The unequal ability of people, organisations or countries to build, access, use or shape AI systems and their benefits.
Human rights due diligence
An ongoing process to identify rights harms linked to an organisation’s actions or AI systems, address them, and account for the response.
Lethal autonomous weapons systems
Weapons that can select and apply force to targets with reduced or no direct human control at the moment of attack, raising legal, ethical and security concerns.
Global Digital Compact
A UN-agreed framework that sets shared principles and actions for a safer, more inclusive and more coordinated digital future, including how digital technologies and AI should be governed globally.
Independent International Scientific Panel on AI
A proposed UN-linked expert body that would review evidence on AI and provide independent scientific advice for global discussions and cooperation.
Sustainable Development Goals
A shared UN framework of 17 goals that countries agreed to use as a guide for improving people’s lives and protecting the planet by 2030.