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Countries or organizations involved in the debate:
Apple, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Finland, France, Germany, Google, Iran, Israël, Italy, Kenya,
Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, United
Kingdom
Countries of origin of the students:
France, Italy, Kenya, Kuwait, Monaco, Morocco, New Zealand, Switzerland, Turkey, UAE, United
Kingdom, USA
OUTCOME
“Public-private partnerships - Committee on Ethics and AI”
The first issue tackled by the UNESCO committee was recognizing and setting standards for
online education and training through an international framework, while promoting
accessibility. The three resolutions adopted by the committee on this issue stressed the
importance of making e-learning as widely accessible as possible. The idea of public-private
partnerships to increase accessibility of largely privately developed e-learning resources, but
after much debate, such a proposal was incorporated into the final resolutions. These
resolutions also create baselines for the quality of e-learning curricula, and proposals to
improve the engagement and performance of students using these programs, such as varying
teaching methods. Exchange between member States was also a key aspect of the solutions
proposed, whether it be educational or financial resources, volunteer peer-educators, or
information on best practices.
The second issue concerned establishing ethical guidelines for the use of AI behavior analysis
software in the education sector. Two resolutions were adopted on this issue. Both resolutions
propose the creation of a new UN Committee on Ethics and AI, responsible for creating and
enforcing this type of ethical guidelines. This seemed to be the best way to centralize and
embody the delegates’ commitment to make the digital age an era of progress, not only in
terms of technology, but also in terms of increased cooperation, transparency, and safety.
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