Source: UNSCeb (United Nations System Chief Executives Board)

In September 2022 the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination endorsed a set of ten Principles for the Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence in the United Nations System, which had been approved by the High-level Committee on Programmes (HLCP) at an intersessional meeting in July 2022. The Principles were developed by a workstream co-led by UNESCO and the Office of Information and Communications Technology of the UN Secretariat (OICT) within the HLCP Inter-Agency Working Group on Artificial Intelligence, and are based on the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence adopted by UNESCO’s General Conference at its 41st session in November 2021.

The ten principles are grounded in ethics and human rights and are intended to guide use of AI across all stages of an AI system life cycle across United Nations system entities; they are meant to be read with other related policies and international law. The Principles listed include: do no harm; defined purpose, necessity and proportionality; safety and security; fairness and non-discrimination; sustainability; right to privacy, data protection and data governance; human autonomy and oversight; transparency and explainability; responsibility and accountability; and inclusion and participation. The webpage also provides a downloadable PDF titled "Principles for the Ethical Use of AI in the UN System.pdf" (154.2 KB), links to related HLCP AI work (including a 2020–2025 Inter-Agency Working Group entry), and navigation items such as copyright and legal notice.