High-level Meeting to Commemorate the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the United Nations
21 September 2020
Slovenia
His Excellency Borut Pahor
Statement Summary
BORUT PAHOR, President of Slovenia, stressed that the new technologies and artificial intelligence that have become the backbone of daily life must be framed in the service of humankind. Highlighting the first United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) global centre for artificial intelligence established in Ljubljana last November, he stressed that cyberspace should be secure, global, open, free and inclusive. Turning to the Sustainable Development Goals, he called them a clear roadmap for a green and healthy planet. Seventy?five years ago, the founders of the United Nations built the first bridge, he said, adding that today’s world is a tight network of bridges. “For the sake of the present and future generations, for the sake of your loved ones and yourself, do not tear them down,” he said.
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