Xi Jinping Endorses My 2023 Vision: A United Nations Agency for
Regulating AI (UNARAI)
When the Economic Times recently reported that President Xi Jinping has called
for a global AI governance body under the UN, I couldn’t help but feel a
sense of déjà vu.
Two years ago, I proposed precisely this idea — a United Nations Agency for
Regulating Artificial Intelligence (UNARAI) — in my blog:
👉 United Nations Agency for Regulating Artificial Intelligence (UNARAI)
In that proposal, I argued that AI, being borderless and potentially existential in
scale, cannot be governed by any single nation or corporate consortium.
What we need instead is a UN-mandated global regulatory body empowered to
audit, approve, and restrain the deployment of advanced AI models.
🔍 Key Principles I Outlined in 2023
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Mandatory Governmental Approval:
No state-of-the-art AI model should be released without prior review and clearance.
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Global Oversight Mechanism:
A permanent UN body to register, test, and certify all large AI systems.
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Ethical Guardrails:
Independent audit frameworks for bias, privacy, safety, and fairness.
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Human Rights & Personhood:
Early preparation for questions around AI citizenship and non-human personhood.
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Transparency Mandate: Public disclosure of datasets, training sources, and algorithmic intent.
🌐 Why Xi’s Call Matters
Xi’s recent statement legitimizes the very direction many independent thinkers —
including myself — have been advocating for years:
That AI governance must transcend geopolitics and evolve into a collective
planetary responsibility.
China’s support for a UN-based regulatory body may now push the U.S., EU, and
India to cooperate on a neutral global AI agency — a dream that UNARAI
envisioned before anyone was ready to listen.
🧠 From UNARAI to a Shared Human Charter for AI
When I first discussed UNARAI with ChatGPT and Bard in 2023, we imagined it as
the “IAEA for AI” — combining technical expertise, global enforcement, and
ethical supervision.
Two years later, the world seems to be catching up.
Perhaps this is the moment for India to play a bridging role — hosting the first
preparatory conference for UNARAI, uniting East and West around shared AI
ethics.
Hemen Parekh
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