Voluntary frameworkInternational (UN)
UN General Assembly Resolution on Safe, Secure and Trustworthy AI
The first UN-wide resolution on AI, adopted by consensus, framing safe and trustworthy AI around the Sustainable Development Goals and human rights. Sets direction rather than duties.
Status
Voluntary framework
Jurisdiction
International (UN) · Standard
Adopted
Mar 21, 2024
In force
Mar 21, 2024
Enforcement date
—
Regulator / body
None (a General Assembly resolution)
Sectors
Cross-sector, Public sector
Extraterritorial
No
Key dates
- Mar 21, 2024Adopted by consensus (A/RES/78/265)
Risk areas addressed
Fundamental rightsGovernance & accountabilityTransparency
Who it applies to
UN member states, encouraged to develop governance approaches for safe and trustworthy AI.
Penalties & enforcement
None (voluntary framework).
Enforced by: None (a General Assembly resolution)
Getting ready
UN GA AI Resolution carries no direct penalty today, so its value is evidential: teams adopt it to show a named standard behind their controls for fundamental rights, governance & accountability and transparency. Mapping an existing AI inventory against it is usually enough to surface the gaps, and that same evidence tends to carry over to the binding regimes that follow.