Under-Secretary-General Amandeep Gill, the Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology, discusses the state of artificial intelligence (AI), its potential use by the United Nations to address global problems, and the need for international AI governance.
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The United Nations in a World of Rising Global Challenges
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The direction of the work of the United Nations in the coming months and years will focus on how our institution can better address peace and security, sustainable development and human rights for all, including future generations.
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Now is the time to leverage critical energy transition minerals to update the international trade regime, promote structural diversification and turn the tide of commodity dependence once and for all.
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