Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis participated in the event of the Korean Presidency of the UN Security Council on ‘Artificial Intelligence and International Peace and Security’held in the framework of the high level of the 80th UN General Assembly in New York.

In detail the placement of the Prime Minister:

I would like to start congratulating the Republic of Korea on organizing this important Security Council meeting on “Artificial Intelligence and International Peace and Security”.

Today’s debate is based on an informal meeting (Arria-Formula) co-organized by Greece last April, with France and the Republic of Korea, offering us the opportunity to further think about a topic that will undoubtedly shape our discussions for the coming years. I believe that there is now widespread consensus on the close interaction between artificial intelligence and the preservation of international peace and security.

The two Reaim Summit -In The Hague in 2023 and in Seoul in 2024 -, the Political Declaration on the responsible military use of artificial intelligence and the autonomy issued by the United States and the Summit for Action in Artificial Intelligence in Paris Intelligence, including, of course, of the particularly sensitive military sector.

Artificial intelligence is not just another tool. It is a general purpose that can enhance and destabilize. In the right hands, it can enhance the maintenance of peace, it can improve early warning systems, it can accelerate humanitarian aid to mention just a few examples. In the wrong hands, it can fuel misinformation, it can exacerbate cyberattacks, it can certainly lower the “threshold” for escalation and conflict.

Artificial intelligence is by its nature a dual -use technology, and this means that our collective safety is increasingly dependent on the choices we make.

Mr President, our current debate is particularly timely, as it takes place a few weeks after the publication of the first report by the Secretary -General on “Artificial Intelligence in the Military Sector and its impact on international peace and security”, which I consider to be a milestone in our collective effort.

Utilizing this critical momentum, we must recognize a fundamental truth: in order to maintain the rules -based international order, it must be adapted. Just as previous generations have created new institutions for regulating nuclear power and nuclear weapons and control of equipment, so we now need to develop new mechanisms to ensure that innovation in the field of artificial intelligence enhances not only peace and security. And this, of course, requires international cooperation, transparency and renewed commitment to the principles of the United Nations.

At the same time, we have to be honest: maintaining peace does not mean that we must ignore the reality of power. Malicious agents are moving rapidly in the development of artificial intelligence potential. And if we want to protect our citizens, maintain the deterrent power and ensure stability, we must also invest responsibly in artificial intelligence applications for defense and security, but always according to international law and always with a commitment to human supervision. This is not a call for a new race of equipment, but a recognition of the fact that peace is difficult to achieve, it is even more difficult to preserve and that the hardest of all is to maintain.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are at a turning point. The choices we make about artificial intelligence will not only redefine the balance of forces, but will also determine if technology becomes a power to progress humanity or a threat of threat to man. The Security Council itself must stand up to the circumstances, as it once responded to the challenges of nuclear weapons and the maintenance of peace. Therefore, he must now respond to manage the time of artificial intelligence.

Greece believes that the United Nations has the historical responsibility to chart a course where innovation reinforces peace, responsibility mitigates power and technology serves the highest aspirations of mankind. Let us make sure that artificial intelligence does not become a source of rivalry and division, but a cornerstone for a safer, fairer and more peaceful world. Thank you.