Last Thursday, March 21, 2024, the UN General Assembly approved the first international resolution on Artificial Intelligence.
Thus, through the thirteen points contemplated in Resolution A/78/L.49, the UN General Assembly recognized the importance of promoting safe, secure and reliable artificial intelligence systems, naming in the preamble of this international legal text, which must be integrated from certain stages of the life cycle of Artificial Intelligence, as well as certain characteristics such as: being people-centred, i.e. keeping the person at the centre, being ethical, respecting the promotion and protection of human rights and international law, and preserving privacy.
At the same time, in terms of international security, they must promote peace.
Thus, in number five, it is pointed out the importance that, in these stages that make up artificial intelligence systems, human rights and fundamental freedoms are respected, protected and promoted, that is, from pre-design to sale, acquisition and, where appropriate, decommissioning.
As a guide for this resolution is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this paragraph also contemplates that human rights must be protected on the Decentralized World Wide Web, i.e., the Internet.
In this way, this document urges that, in the event that these Artificial Intelligence systems do not operate in affinity with international law or pose a risk to human rights, the use of such systems should be stopped.
On the other hand, another paragraph that rescues the issue of human rights is numeral 6, which establishes the protection of people from discrimination (paragraph h), as well as the protection of privacy and personal data (numeral j).
Thus, in the development and analysis of the text in question, it is even pointed out that States must take measures on issues of gender equity, emphasizing the issue of closing the digital gender divide, as well as inclusion in decision-making from the perspective of disability and racial equality.
Finally, the private sector is urged to adhere to current international regulations, specifically the "United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights."
This international legal document thus sets an important precedent in this area, with a view to the creation, in the future, of the next Global Digital Compact.
In addition, this emerging field, which is emerging at a very rapid pace, represents a very important effort in the field of multilateralism because the participation of important powers, together with developing countries, allows for international cooperation with the aim of achieving a balance in its content.
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