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COMMITTEE/FORUM : World Health Organisation
ISSUE : Guaranteeing patient privacy, autonomy, and quality of care while developing AI
technologies for healthcare
MAIN SUBMITTER : Russia
CO-SUBMITTERS : China, France, Hungary, India, Iran, Japan, Netherlands, Nigeria, Singapore,
South Africa, Turkey

The World Health Organisation committee,

Taking into consideration the relative novelty of the issue at hand,

Affirming that the patient should be given complete control over how their medical
profile data is used and stored,

Emphasising the various benefits that artificial intelligence could have in the world of
healthcare,

Reaffirming the importance of privacy, independence, and equity in the
implementation of such immense global change,

Guided by the initiative of the various submitters to explore all the horizons of artificial
intelligence,

Emphasising the lack of knowledge around AI and its future effects in the medical

arena,

Affirming the need for a medical professional to oversee all processes that are

performed by artificial intelligence,

Fully believing that artificial intelligence holds a major role in our society and could bring

tremendous improvement to the world of healthcare,

1. Encourages the utilisation of an internationally-collaborated cloud database in order
to allow for accurate and effective diagnoses and medical procedures where:
a. All information would be accessible for further use in AI development and future
healthcare technologies,

b. Data would be anonymised in a way that other parties can not access or utilize
sensitive information that would benefit other organizations;

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