International Day of Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence

A/RES/80/302View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 18 Sustainable development, published in 2026.

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 subjects

Artificial Intelligence Capacity Building

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7 operative paragraphs

Decides to designate 31 August as the International Day of Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence, to be observed annually beginning in 2027;

Invites all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system, other international and regional organizations and other relevant stakeholders, including civil society, the private sector and academia, to observe the International Day, as appropriate, and encourages Member States, in particular developed countries and those developing countries in a position to do so, with the contribution of the relevant stakeholders, within their respective roles and responsibilities, to hold training courses, seminars and workshops, among others, for sharing experiences and best practices on safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems;

Encourages the development of international partnerships on artificial intelligence capacity-building to develop education and training programmes, increase access to resources, including open artificial intelligence models and systems, open training data and compute, facilitate artificial intelligence model training and development, and promote the participation of micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises in the digital economy;

Invites United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, within their respective mandates, to collaborate in assisting Member States in designing artificial intelligence capacity-building programmes at the national and regional levels and to foster public-private partnerships in order to mobilize additional resources, and in this regard invites the International Telecommunication Union, the Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies, the United Nations Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to support the annual observance of the International Day within their respective mandates;

Calls upon the United Nations system to enhance action-oriented international cooperation on artificial intelligence capacity-building, including through voluntary and transparent cooperation frameworks or initiatives, prioritizing existing mechanisms and avoiding duplication, which also promotes the meaningful participation of developing countries in artificial intelligence processes;

Stresses that the costs of all the activities that may arise from the implementation of the present resolution should be met through voluntary contributions, including from the private sector, and calls upon all relevant stakeholders to make voluntary contributions and to provide other forms of support for the International Day;

Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention of all Member States, the organizations of the United Nations system and other relevant stakeholders, including civil society, the private sector and academia, for appropriate observance.

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