# International organisations (OECD, UNESCO, UN, G7, ISO)

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: International
- **Type**: supranational
- **Region**: International

## In brief

International organisations (OECD, UNESCO, UN, G7, ISO) has 6 recorded AI policy instruments, none of them binding. Non-binding recommendations, declarations and a voluntary standard; binding effect arises only through national implementation or contractual adoption. Regulators include OECD.AI Policy Observatory, UNESCO – Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies.

## Overview

Cross-border instruments that shape national AI policy without being national law: the OECD Recommendation on AI (2019, revised 2024) whose definition of an AI system is used by the EU AI Act; the UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI (2021) adopted by 193 states; the UN General Assembly's first AI resolution (March 2024) and the 2025 resolution creating a Global Dialogue on AI Governance and an Independent International Scientific Panel; the G7 Hiroshima Process code of conduct for advanced AI developers (2023); the Bletchley Declaration from the first AI Safety Summit (2023); and ISO/IEC 42001, the certifiable AI management-system standard (2023).

## Regulatory status

Non-binding recommendations, declarations and a voluntary standard; binding effect arises only through national implementation or contractual adoption.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: OECD AI Principles (Recommendation on AI); UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI; UN General Assembly resolution 78/265 on safe, secure and trustworthy AI; G7 Hiroshima AI Process code of conduct; Bletchley Declaration (AI Safety Summit 2023); ISO/IEC 42001:2023 AI management system.

## Regulators

- OECD.AI Policy Observatory — Tracks national AI policies and OECD instruments — https://oecd.ai/
- UNESCO – Ethics of Artificial Intelligence — Implements the 2021 Recommendation — https://www.unesco.org/en/artificial-intelligence/recommendation-ethics
- UN Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies — Secretariat for the Global Dialogue on AI Governance — https://www.un.org/digital-emerging-technologies/

## How to use this profile

- Use these instruments to interpret national law and to design governance that will travel across jurisdictions.
- ISO/IEC 42001 is the only certifiable instrument here; treat the rest as principles.
- Open the official source for each instrument; this site does not reproduce standard text.

## Official sources

- OECD Recommendation of the Council on Artificial Intelligence (OECD/LEGAL/0449) — OECD — https://legalinstruments.oecd.org/en/instruments/OECD-LEGAL-0449
- Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence — UNESCO — https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000381137

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (6)

- **Hiroshima Process International Code of Conduct for Organizations Developing Advanced AI Systems (G7, 30 October 2023)** — Code of practice, Voluntary standard, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/g7-hiroshima-process-code-of-conduct-for-advanced-ai
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/g7-hiroshima-process-code-of-conduct-for-advanced-ai.md
- **ISO/IEC 42001:2023 Information technology – Artificial intelligence – Management system** — Standard, Voluntary standard, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/iso-iec-42001-2023-ai-management-system
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/iso-iec-42001-2023-ai-management-system.md
- **OECD Recommendation of the Council on Artificial Intelligence (OECD/LEGAL/0449), adopted 22 May 2019 and revised 3 May 2024** — Framework, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/oecd-recommendation-on-artificial-intelligence
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/oecd-recommendation-on-artificial-intelligence.md
- **The Bletchley Declaration by countries attending the AI Safety Summit, 1–2 November 2023** — Policy, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/bletchley-declaration-ai-safety-summit-2023
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/bletchley-declaration-ai-safety-summit-2023.md
- **UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/78/265: Seizing the opportunities of safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems for sustainable development (21 March 2024)** — Policy, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/un-general-assembly-resolution-78-265-on-ai
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/un-general-assembly-resolution-78-265-on-ai.md
- **UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (adopted by the General Conference, 23 November 2021)** — Framework, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/unesco-recommendation-on-the-ethics-of-ai
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/unesco-recommendation-on-the-ethics-of-ai.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/international
- **Official source**: https://legalinstruments.oecd.org/en/instruments/OECD-LEGAL-0449
- **Source document**: OECD Recommendation of the Council on Artificial Intelligence (OECD/LEGAL/0449)
- **Published by**: OECD
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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