# Government commitment to AI ethics, governance and regulation (strategy objective)

- **Record type**: Obligation
- **Instrument**: UAE National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2031
- **Jurisdiction**: United Arab Emirates
- **Category**: governance_accountability
- **Binding**: No
- **Provision**: Strategy objectives on governance and ethics (reviewer to cite the section)

## In brief

Government commitment to AI ethics, governance and regulation (strategy objective) is a voluntary measure under the UAE AI Strategy 2031 in the United Arab Emirates (Strategy objectives on governance and ethics (reviewer to cite the section)). In practice: Reference the UAE AI Ethics Principles and AI Charter in proposals to UAE government entities.

## What the duty requires

The strategy commits the government to ensure effective governance and regulation of AI and to promote ethical AI, which led to the AI Ethics Principles and Guidelines and the 2024 UAE AI Charter.

## What an organisation does about it

Reference the UAE AI Ethics Principles and AI Charter in proposals to UAE government entities.

## Controls that meet this duty

- AI governance policy and accountability structure (supports): https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/ai-governance-policy-and-accountability

## Parent instrument

- UAE National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2031
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/uae-national-ai-strategy-2031
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/uae-national-ai-strategy-2031.md

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-OBL-0069 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0069; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/uae-ai-strategy-ethics-and-governance-commitment
- **Official source**: https://ai.gov.ae/
- **Provision**: Strategy objectives on governance and ethics (reviewer to cite the section)
- **Review status**: pending review
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: never confirmed against the official source
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Government commitment to AI ethics, governance and regulation (strategy objective) (UAE AI Strategy 2031)" [AIPT-OBL-0069, not yet verified]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0069 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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