Kathmandu, September 29
Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal has said that regulation is needed to control racially biased algorithms and hate speech seen in artificial intelligence and other new technologies.
Minister Khanal shared this view while addressing a high-level meeting in New York marking the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA), held during the UN General Assembly’s 81st session.
Speaking at the meeting, held under the main theme of mobilising worldwide public support for the full and effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, he said the Durban Declaration represents the international community’s shared resolve to fight racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and the legacies of colonialism and apartheid.
In his address, Foreign Minister Khanal emphasised four priorities for ending racial discrimination and injustice. He stressed the strict enforcement of anti-discrimination laws at both the legal and civic levels, and empowering marginalised communities in society. He also called for regulating racially biased algorithms and hate speech in emerging technologies, including AI, to eliminate them, and for advancing principled multilateralism to end systemic intolerance prevalent around the world.
Foreign Minister Khanal, in New York with the Nepali delegation led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah to attend the General Assembly, is presenting Nepal’s positions at various high-level UN sessions and sideline meetings.
