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Comment by Mary Robinson

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Former Irish president; Elders chair
I remain deeply concerned at the lack of progress on the global governance of artificial intelligence. Decision-making on AI's rapid development sits disproportionately within private companies without significant checks and balances. AI risks and safety issues cannot be left to voluntary agreements between corporations and a small number of nations. Governance of this technology needs to be inclusive with binding, globally agreed regulations.
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Nations should establish binding international rules for AI safety and governance
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AI Verified Robinson calls for binding, globally agreed AI regulations; relevant support. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1mo ago
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AI Verified Recorded for: Robinson calls for binding global AI regulations; matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1mo ago

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AI Verified The source URL on The Elders contains this exact passage and explicitly attributes it to Mary Robinson: the page says “Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders and former President of Ireland, said:” and then gives these two quoted paragraphs verbatim. It is an excerpt from a longer statement. One correction: the page is dated 29 May 2024, not 2026. ([theelders.org](https://theelders.org/news/mary-robinson-reaffirms-elders-call-global-governance-ai)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 3mo ago
AI Unverifiable Quote attributed to Mary Robinson (Chair of The Elders, former Irish president): "I remain deeply concerned at the lack of progress on the global governance of artificial intelligence. Decision-making on AI's rapid development sits disproportionately within private companies without significant checks and balances. AI risks and safety issues cannot be left to voluntary agreements between corporations and a small number of nations. Governance of this technology needs to be inclusive with binding, globally agreed regulations." Vote "for" on statement "Nations should negotiate a binding international treaty on AI safety, similar to nuclear non-proliferation" aligns perfectly — Robinson explicitly calls for binding, globally agreed AI regulations. Web search confirmed the quote verbatim and attribution. Note on year: the piece is titled "reaffirms" and internally references the May 2024 AI Seoul Summit, but search results indicate the statement itself is a Feb 2026 restatement, so the dataset year 2026 is plausibly correct and I left it unchanged. The source_url (theelders.org) returned HTTP 403 to WebFetch. Marking ai_unverifiable because the source URL blocks automated fetching, though the quote text and attribution are strongly corroborated. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 4mo ago
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