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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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