# 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)

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: International organisations (OECD, UNESCO, UN, G7, ISO)
- **Instrument type**: Policy
- **Status**: Adopted
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: United Nations General Assembly
- **Adopted**: 2024-03-21

## In brief

UN General Assembly resolution 78/265 on safe, secure and trustworthy AI is a non-binding policy of International organisations (OECD, UNESCO, UN, G7, ISO), issued by the United Nations General Assembly. It was adopted on 21 March 2024. Recommendatory; addressed to member states, the UN system and stakeholders.

## Summary

The first General Assembly resolution on AI, adopted by consensus with more than 120 co-sponsors, encourages states to promote safe, secure and trustworthy AI systems that respect human rights and advance the Sustainable Development Goals, to close digital divides, and to develop governance frameworks and interoperable safeguards; it calls on companies to act responsibly. It was followed by resolution A/RES/79/325 (August 2025) establishing an Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and a Global Dialogue on AI Governance under the Global Digital Compact.

## Scope

Recommendatory; addressed to member states, the UN system and stakeholders.

## Key dates

2024-03-21: A/RES/78/265 adopted; 2024-09-22: Global Digital Compact; 2025-08-26: A/RES/79/325 creates the scientific panel and global dialogue.

## Notes on dates

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## Provenance

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- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/un-general-assembly-resolution-78-265-on-ai
- **Official source**: https://docs.un.org/en/A/RES/78/265
- **Source document**: A/RES/78/265
- **Published by**: United Nations General Assembly
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: high
- **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/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "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)" [AIPT-POL-0104, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0104 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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