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>> ZACH LAMPELL: Hello. Welcome to the session Shaping Global AI Governance Through Multistakeholder Action. Pleased to present Freedom Online Coalitions joint statement on artificial intelligence and human rights 2025.
My name is Zach Lampell. I'm senior legal advisor and coordinator Digital Rights International Center for Not‑for‑profit Law. Digital rights co‑chair Freedom Online Coalition task force and AI and human rights with the government of Netherlands and government of Germany.
I want to welcome Rasmus Lumi, director for international organizations and human rights with the government of Estonia and the Chair of Freedom Online Coalition in 2025. Thank you very much.
>> RASMUS LUMI: Good morning everybody. It is a great honour for me to be here today to welcome you all to this session on issue of AI and human rights.
I don't think I'm being original when I say that very fitting for the session that I had ChatGPT that I should be sitting here, read through what it gave to me. I decided not to use them. Maybe I am using them. Would you know or would you not know? I think ChatGPT is a great proof how far we've come with AI tools. And now time to make sure that we are able to put human rights and humans in the center of this development.
It is important to make sure that we do not feel or are deserved by the extremely smart artificial intelligence. And I read through the notes that it offered me, did say all the right things. Totally understand. The question is, did it do on purpose, is this malicious, and not trying to deceive us into thinking that AI also believes in human rights.
We'll have to take care of it and this joint statement that we have developed under the leadership of Netherlands is exactly one step in the way of doing this. Putting humans in the center of AI development.
I would like to take this opportunity very much thank the Netherlands for leading this discussion, this preparation in the Freedom Online Coalition and I hope that the coalition and also elsewhere, this work will continue in order to make sure that humans and human rights will remain in the focus on technological development. Thank you very much
>> ZACH LAMPELL: Turn the floor to Ernst Noorman, cyber ambassador for the Netherlands.
>> ERNST NOORMAN: Thank you for your words. we are gathered in the Hague to discuss defense and security, and we are here to address different but equally urgent statistic protecting human rights in the age of AI. These are not separate. Human rights and security should be two sides of the same coin. Will rights are eroded, space shrinks, surveillance escapes oversight.
When information is manipulated, society doesn't become safer. You become more unstable, more fragile. Since original FOC statement on AI and Human rights in 2020, a lot has happened. I only have to mention introduction of ChatGPT in November 2022, and how different AI tools are evolving every single day. It is shaping governance policy and daily life. Benefits are real, but so are the risks, and those risks are no longer theoretical.
We now see AI used to represent citizens, so public discord around participate gender‑based violence. In some countries, these practices are becoming embedded in state systems with few checks and less or no transparency.
At the same time, only handful of private actors shape what we see, influence democratic debate and dominate key markets without meaningful oversight, double concentration of power threatens both public trust and democratic resilience.
Netherlands together with Germany and International Center for Not‑for‑profit Law has led update of freedom of online coalitions joint statement on artifical intelligence and human rights. Grateful for all of you governments, civil society, private sector experts, for the thoughtful contributions that shaped it. Updated statement of joint response to the present reality is updated, sorry, updated statements of joint response to the present reality of AI sets out printed and practiced vision humancentric AI, governance with care, grounded in human rights and shaped through inclusive multistakeholder process.
Recognizes that risk arise across AI life cycle, not only issues but from design to deployment. And statement calls for clear obligations from both states and private sector, strong safeguards for those most at risk especially women and girls, calls for transparency accountable in high impact systems and for cultural and linguistic inclusion, and attention should be given to environmental and geopolitical dimensions of AI.
Some claim that raising these issues could hinder innovation. We disagree. Innovation without trust is short‑lived. Respect for rights is not a constraint, a condition for sustainable inclusive progress. Netherlands learned the hard way. Use of strongly bias warfare administration designed to do combat fraud led to most domestic human rights failures. Showed algorithms, if not designed and applied correctly deployed, deepen injustice and takes years trying to correct personal harm it caused.
Strengthen our approach, avoid similar accidents by applying human rights impact assessments by applying readiness assessment methodology for AI human rights with Unesco and by launching national algorithm registry with now more than a thousand algorithms being registered, but no country can solve this alone. AI transcends borders so must be our response.
As of today, right now, 21 countries have endorsed this joint statement and we expect more in the days ahead. Text will be published after this session and remain open for further endorsements including from nonadvocacy countries.
Let us not stand idly by while others define the rules. Let us lead clearly, collectively, and with conviction. Human rights must not be an afterthought in AI governance. Must be foundation.
Thank you very much.
>> ZACH LAMPELL: Thank you Ambassador Ernst Noorman. I think you're absolutely right. Human rights need to be the foundation of AI governance. And that was precisely what is fair, task force AI human rights with the FOC wanted to do this joint statement, wanted to build on previous statements and also make sure that there is a strong foundation for governance principles now with actionable clear recommendations for governments, civil society, and the private sector.
Really, really pleased with the joint statement and again want thank to Netherlands and Germany coleadership with ICNL and online members to support and input to the statement. We have amazing excellent panel today. I want to briefly introduce them and then we'll get into questions. Joining virtually is Maria Adebahr, Cyber Ambassador of Germany, again, co‑chair of the Task Force on AI and Human Rights.
To my right, Mr. Divine Selase Agbeti, Director General of the Cybersecurity Authority of Ghana. And next to him is Dr. Erica Moret, Director with UN and International Organizations at Microsoft.
>>First question directed at Divine. What is, in your view, the most urgent human rights risks posted by AI that this statement addresses?
>> DIVINE SELASE AGBETI: Thank you so much. Firstly, I would like to thank the government of Netherlands and also the FOC support unit for extended invitation to Ghana to participate in such important conversation.
My view, most urgent human risk or the most urgent human rights risk posed by AI actually ‑‑ hello? Okay.
I think is the arbitrary use of AI from monitoring or surveillance, and also the use of AI for disinformation, and also for the suppression of democratic participation particularly when such is in embedded governance structure and within law enforcement systems without any transparency and accountability. Those two are very important.
Look at this, broader fear when this is unchecked and also when the governed by commercial interests. Then what happens is that they erode fundamental freedoms, fundamental human rights, such as freedom of speech and privacy, and I think these are the human rights concerns comes to artifical intelligence.
>> ZACH LAMPELL: Thank you. And several of those are specifically addressed within the statement including commercial interests, environmental impact, artifical intelligence, as well as direct threats to fundamental human rights such as freedom of expression, right to privacy, freedom of association, freedom of assembly, and others.
Ambassador, thank you so much for joining us. What convinced you and government of Germany to support the statement and what do you hope it will achieve?
>> MAARIA ADEBAHR: Thank you everybody. Over there. I hope you can hear me very well. Thank you for having me today. It's a wonderful occasion to present and introduce our joint statement of artifical intelligence and human rights together. Thank you for the opening remarks and thank you. Together as a TFAL cochair, I would like to thank you all you for coming and joining us in this open forum session.
So having you all here, this is, I think, really important kind of commitment for human rights in the broad multi‑stakeholders participation these days and this is even to become more important. Let me explain why. In doing this, we sometimes it helps to really go back to ask ourselves why do we do this and what led government of Germany to support the statement.
This is the very essence that AI sends out as one of the most transformative, innovative and challenging and technological thing that we have to confront. It will always, does change the way we live, work, express and inform ourselves and it will change the way how we form our opinion and exercise our democratic wants.
Already said, in times, global uncertainty, offers a lot of promise, but also risks to people on the planet
That is why we, as countries joining and other fora, have to ask the question, what kind of digital future we want to live in. I have to say really essence of humancentric role. Nonnegotiable respectful human rights what we have to strive for, essence that statement gives us.
Let me close. It is a the world firmly rooted in compliance international law including national human rights law, pairing interests solely by commercial priorities. And I will leave, with wise international governance, we can harness promise that technologies as AI give to us and hold harm at bay.
Therefore, it is essential to us to support the statement and support principles because we must stand for or with a strong focus on human rights and commitment to human centric safe, security and trustworthy approach to technology. This is not given anywhere in the world, so we hope to convince countries, civil societies and stakeholders to strive in every part of world crucial for our approach. Crucial and very much the essence what we have to do. And I'm also, very happy to have now 21 states on board. This is, I think, majority and gives our position more. And let me mention right of women and girls, diversity belongs to groups opposed to more vulnerability by AI. This is a strong commitment that we really clearly harness and wanted to see in there.
So let me close by looking forward to questions and answers obviously, but let me close by saying that also very happy to announce that Germany is able to double its funding for Freedom Online Coalition with double amount compared to last year. We worked, through our budgets, negotiated in Germany, and so we were able to double the amount. This is something makes me very happy and my colleagues and, hopefully, we will make good use of our looking forward for the Freedom Online Coalition and happy note. Over to you.
>> ZACH LAMPELL: Thank you Ambassador. Thank you for doubling the funding for the Freedom Online Coalition. I can speak as a member of the Freedom Online Coalition Advisory Network and I can say that we all believe that the FOC is a true driving force and leading vehicle to promote and protect fundamental freedoms and digital rights.
Without the FOC government structures we have today, we believe would be weaker. Looking forward to working with you, Ambassador, as well as government of Netherlands, as well as all of the 42 other members of Freedom Online Coalition to continue our important work. And we welcome your leadership and civil society, look forward to working with you to achieve these aims for everyone.
Erica Moret, turn to you. People had mentioned the commercial interests. That is indeed something that is noted in the joint statement. What responsibility do private tech companies have to prevent AI from undermining human rights?
>> ERICA MORET: Thank you government of the Netherlands, to the FOC, and excellency. Real pleasure to be here today.
Working at Microsoft, in past life, academic, and working UN including various issues in relating to human rights and international humanitarian law, real honor to be here.
As the tech industry representative on the panel, I would like to address how private sector companies like Microsoft view responsibilities in assuring AI respects protecting human rights. Lucky at Microsoft for the series of teams and experts working on these experts across the company, newly created technology group, and this includes office of responsible AI, technology for fundamental rights group and privacy safety and regulator affairs group, and represent some of our collective work in this area.
In brief, we recognize that we must be proactive diligent in every step AI use from design to deployment and beyond, prevent AI from being used to violate human rights. Number of key responsibilities that I would like to highlight here for companies to keep in mind when they're working, as well with civil society and governments and other stakeholders to international standard. Microsoft and many peers explicitly commit to the UN guidelines, principles, business, and human rights baseline for conduct across global operations for us and other companies involves policy commitment to respect human rights, ongoing human rights due diligence process that enables to identify and remedy related human rights harms.
These principles make clear that while states must protect human rights, companies have an independent responsibility to respect fundamental rights. The next step is to embed human rights from the very beginning. We have responsibility to integrate human rights considerations into the design and development of AI systems, and really paying attention to areas like already been highlighted in relation to women and girls and other particularly vulnerable groups.
Before performing human rights assessments and monitoring, this enables us to identify risks and address the establishment and enforcement of ethical AI principles.
Third very important area. Microsoft, we have clearly defined responsible AI principles which encompass fairness, reliability, and safety, privacy and security, inclusiveness, transparency and accountability, which guide all of our AI development. And our teams must follow our responsible AI standards company‑wide policy that translates these principles in specific requirements.
Beyond human rights due diligence already mentioned, we work on protecting privacy and data security, so safeguarding user the data is a nonnegotiable responsibility for our company and also for our peers. AI often involves big data so companies must implement privacy by design, minimizing data collection, securing data storage, and ensuring compliance with privacy laws.
The sixth area I would like to highlight here is the vital importance of fairness and inclusivity. Tech firms have the responsibility for ensuring that their AI does not perpetuate bias and discrimination and through working with partners at FOC and across civil society, we can put into measure active safeguards and ongoing work to tackle challenges in this area. Highlight important note in the state FOC statement that AI harms especially pronounced for marginalized groups.
Ensuring transparency and explainability, 7th point of what we should be taking into consideration here so that people understand how decisions are made, and can identify potential challenges, but then also mitigation approaches.
The final area I would like to emphasize here is the need for collaboration. We're facing a fragile moment in terms of multilateral geopolitical tensions around the world and collaboration across borders and sectors has never been more important, and so engaging through multistakeholderism is AI governance, AI regulation, developments, is as much our responsibility as anyone else's.
I think the more the private sector can be working with civil society and with academia to improve its own work in these areas and contribute as well through things like red teaming and other types of reporting, this is really an important next step I believe in our collective work.
Thank you very much.
>> ZACH LAMPELL: Thank you. Holistic approach from Microsoft is a fantastic model that I hope other companies will adopt or model their systems and internal standards after. I really do appreciate the final point on collaboration and next steps.
So with that, Ambassador, what are the most important next steps to ensure AI systems promote human rights and development while avoiding harm?
>> ERNST NOORMAN: Thank you. Number of things we can do as governments, as international communities. First, mostly think important good strong regulation. We know, of course, international discussion on that. Different views across the ocean about that statement.
At the same time, you create a level playing field. Predictability is important. As long as companies also know what the rules are, what the guardrails are, you protect citizens in Europe and create trust with the products.
I think in the products with the EU AI Act good example. Puts right transparency responsibility at the core. Risk‑based not blocking innovation, crucial step. Outside European Union, look at great interest to the UN regulation and see how they can adapt it. EU continue to work at multilateral UN discussion how to have the implement, oversight, to organize oversights and to ensure safe implementation of AI.
We have Council of Europe's AI framework convention, which is next step, just like we had before on cybercrime, Budapest convention. And I think it's very important to really support UN work on human rights, especially the office of human rights council, commissioner. Also High Commission of Human Rights, is important to keep on supporting them. They have important initiatives which on VTech, to promote human rights in VTech in private sector. These are important steps we have to continue. And Erica Microsoft mentioned UN guiding principles, business and human rights is an important tool also for the private sector to be used.
Finally, as important step too, we as governments play important role with procurements, so we have to use procurements as a tool also to force companies to deliver products which are respecting human rights which have human rights as a core in their design of their products, ensure that they provide safe products to the governments, which are used broadly in the society.
I think that's a very concrete step we can use as governments. Thank you very much.
>> ZACH LAMPELL: Thank you, Ambassador. Procurement really a great final point for Ambassador to mention.
Ambassador, same question to you. What are the most important next steps that we can take to ensure ITU systems promote human rights and development while avoiding harm?
>> MAARIA ADEBAHR: Thank you for the question. Ernst even answered it, agree with that he just said, moving forward on a lot of fronts and different fora starts with the EU AI Act implementation and promotion of principles. We know certain aspects are being discussed especially by industries and worldwide totally okay. Rightfully so. We can start and have a discussion on things like risk management, so on and so forth, EU AI discussion sparks discussion how we want to manage and govern ourselves with AI and with the good and humancentric AI accessible for everybody. One part.
Recall as EU member states, Unesco recommendations of 2021 are another one and we are looking forward also results of third Global Forum on the ethics of AI health and bankruptcy the very moment and would invite all FOC members and interest experts to join the Hamburg Declaration On Responsible AI for the SDGs recently stated.
Implement agents of the Global Digital Compact regarding discussing modalities resolution and modalities for implementing working groups, panel and worldwide dialogue on AI very important to us.
One final point, unfortunately, is also a tool for trans‑national repression is put that like that, we as Germany governments want to focus more on fairly not new phenomena, it's very, very old, but in terms of digital and AI, we are reaching new levels unfortunately. And so this is also subject we want to discuss more and bring international fora on the national human rights agenda. Thank you.
>> ZACH LAMPELL: Thank Ambassador.
Director, same question to you. What are the most important next steps to ensure AI systems promote human rights and, yes, development?
>> DIVINE SELASE AGBETI: Align AI with international human rights standards that, for example, currently, service authorities working with Digital Protections Commission in Ghana to actually explore redress for this.
Secondly, we can look at UN guiding principles on business and human rights that ICCPR cannot, international, regional and international efforts to redress global AI governance in that respect and look at the multistakeholder foundation, which is foundation to this.
Ecosystem must concern civil society to amplify marginal voices, technical communities to bring transparency into our algorithms, and academia to provide evidence‑based insights, private sector to ensure responsible innovation as well as youth and indigenous voices to reflect world diversity. Ways to do so, fantastic. Thank you so much for very comprehensive ideas, Ambassador and Director.
Open up the floor to all of you. We have some time for questions and answers. We have a microphone over to my left, your right. We would welcome questions on the joint statement and how best to promote human rights and artifical intelligence.
>> ZATLANA DCZEMS: Like to handle all of these devices. Hello everyone. Thank you so much for such a great panel and I'm super happy that Freedom Online Coalition together with the private sector is coming up with some not, I mean, not call it solutions, but at least some recommendations.
My name is Zatlana Dczems, working in Asia region, and I mean, basically, my work is actually to bring the bridge between civil society and tech and telecoms in Asia and, also, been mentioned today, VTech project which is also a great project, was like one of the start of many other initiatives in the tech sector.
Hope all of that kind of initiatives will get together. Question will be actually to FOC members, representatives, and to the private sector, so for a start, we know that Microsoft works, I mean, known as a company which works closely with many governments. You have products with you provide operability of those governments and some countries with oppressive laws and oppressive regimes, hard to make sure that the human rights are protected. Human rights of users are protected.
So did do you have any vision how to diminish those risks? Maybe there should be more Civil Society action on that side, like being more practical on that side.
For the FOC side, I mean, we've been working with FOC members for several years starting from Myanmar, were one of the first who engaged FOC members in the statement on the internet shutdowns. FOC, what can you do on the side of, I mean, of course, statement is great, but like practical way, how we can make sure that human rights are protected on the physical world.
Thank you.
>> ZACH LAMPELL: Thank you so much. We'll take one more question, then answer, and then if there is time and additional questions, we'll go back. Please, sir.
>> CARLOS VERA: Thank you. Carlos Vera from IGF Ecuador. Read the declaration in the FOC website. It would be nice if we can have some space to comment on the declaration outside FOC members, and even to sign our support for that declaration. Some government even doesn't know that FOC exists, so maybe we can also create a warning in civil society space.
Thank you very much for the great work.
>> ZACH LAMPELL: Thank you so much. Great. Have a meeting with Task Force On AI and Human Rights tomorrow. Raise this point, see what we can do to have wider adoption from civil society support.
Back to the first question. Really question on how we FOC governments, private sector, and potentially civil societies can protect human rights regarding AI systems especially in repressive regimes. I hope I got that question correct. Thank you. Anybody would like to start us off? Maybe just kick off. I'm sure others have to want to contribute.
>> ERNST NOORMAN: Offline dilemma. Not specific effect tools by big tech companies like Microsoft of course, provides, gives them responsibility to look at guardrails of their tools.
At the same time, platforms are being used for human rights violations and to threaten people, but it happens offline as well. But the point is as FOC, wherever I go as cyber ambassador and Maria doing the same, we discuss role of FOC. So also, with governments who are not logical member of the FOC, we always explain what the agenda is of the FOC. Why is the FOC there, what are we doing, and why is it important.
Topic on the agenda. You mentioned internet shutdowns. I can assure you I've been discussing it with many countries who use this tool as politically and inside rooms, you can have more open discussions than if you did only online with statements, et cetera. Also important to have inside rooms, closed door sessions, and why are you using these tools? Can't you do it, avoid this?
Harm also a lot of civil service, harm role of journalists which are crucial. One topic I mention bringing up, why is the FOC there? FOC is already since 2011, so it's known by many governments, but also new colleagues and new people working in the governments. We also stress the important of role of it, and also why it's there and why it's important to respect human rights online as it is important to do it offline.
>> ZACH LAMPELL: Thank you, ambassador. Did you want to come in as well?
>> MARIA ADEBAHR: Thank you so much. I can only underline what Ernst just said. Important and we do our work and spreading the word and have those discussions formally, but also informally, for settling politely diplomatically. Other times, straightforward forcefully is the way to go is a very important form of doing that. Reference point for everybody. Thank you.
>> ZACH LAMPELL: Thank you Ambassador. Maybe Dr. Erica Moret. Sorry. Please.
>> DIVINE SELASE AGBETI: As much as we advocate for FOC members to ensure human rights online especially when it comes to AI, I think FOC should also be promoting responsible use of citizens online first. I mean, short period of working on this cybersecurity authority, I have seen how citizens have used AI to manipulate online content to lie against government, to even create cryptocurrency pages in the name of the president, et cetera, so it works both ways.
I think FOC should be advocating for responsible use of citizens, and at the same time, when this has been advocated, then FOC can engage with governments also to ensure that citizens actually have the right to use this systems and use it freely without the fear of arrest or fear of intimidation. Thank you.
>> ZACH LAMPELL: Thank you.
Dr. Erica Moret? Hard to build on excellent points.
>> ERICA MORET: I just to add I agree, extra points on what has already been said. Few extra points from the private sector perspective and Microsoft viewpoint, take printed and proactive approach to particular question including due diligence before entering high risk markets guided by UN guiding principles.
Limit service facial recognition misuse is likely. Resist public data request and published transparency reports misuse is likely hold ourselves accountable. Offer tools like account guard to protect civil society, journalists, human rights defenders, from cyber threats and global for responsible AI and digital use including through very important process like the Global Digital Compact and FRA such as IGF and WSIS.
Just to say really like to highlight here it's really important developments that have been going on in terms of AI data‑driven tools to protect against human rights abuses under authoritarian regimes, and many tech companies working proactively with the human rights community with this and we personally are very actively engaged with Office of High Commissioner on Human Rights across numerous different projects in terms of monitoring human rights abuses and monitor and detecting risks and also areas like capacity‑building and AI training in order to properly harness tools and come up with new solutions where needs are identified.
>> ZACH LAMPELL: Thank you. Great answer to a tough question and really never‑ending battle to prevent abuses or misuse of AI systems.
Couple questions from our colleagues joining us online. The first is what are any global frameworks with binding obligations on states for the responsible use and governance of AI?
Second question is, how can transparency and AI decision‑making be improved without exposing sensitive data, particularly to ensure that the right to privacy protected under international human rights law is indeed protected? Would any of the panelists like to jump in on either of those two questions? We have about five minutes left. Please, Dr. Erica Moret.
>> ERICA MORET: Talk about DDP Global Digital Compact came out for the future. UN general assembly, first time every member state in the world agree on AI governance. Incredibly important. Two new bodies being developed right now, dialogue and digital compact panel. Microsoft been engaged every step of the process sitting at the table. Grateful to have a voice there.
More private sector, but also civil society particularly those without the usual access to these type of processes is incredibly vital, but not just to have a seat at the table, but actually have a voice at the table. So the more we can find inclusive, fair, transparent, participatory ways those, particularly in the global majority, have meaningful way of engaging in these very, very important developments through this multistakeholder model is encouraged in my view. Thanks.
>> ZACH LAMPELL: Anybody else?
>> ERNST NOORMAN: First to Maria.
>> ZACH LAMPELL: Apologies.
>> MARIA ADEBAHR: I would like use this opportunity to again put your attention to the council of framework convention on AI because really, this is something hardly negotiated. Global and highly negotiated, drive for more member states to join and open for all. Globally open convention. Don't have to be member of the council of Europe. So please have a look or tell your state representatives respectively to have a look, and you can always approach, I think, any of EU member states here for more information.
The second internationally binding or hopefully really to be implemented thing is the Global Digital Compact. Already mentioned important I think because head count item, you came to the conclusion only truly global form to discuss AI.
And if we wouldn't do it there, then about more than a hundred states worldwide would not be present at any important table to discuss AI governance because in those states are probably not members of the G7, G20, Unesco, OECC, and or not able in terms of enabling resource to join those discussions. Make the Global Digital Compact more important and EU AI has, by its nature, aspects of AI governance and principles adherent, so this would be the third framework I would like to mention here. Thank you.
>> ZACH LAMPELL: Ambassador.
>> ERNST NOORMAN: Add a few minute points. AI have Brussels effect happening with the GDPR. We agreed on GDPR and implemented, that you saw. A lot of other countries started copying the similar legislation. Also in the US, saw a number of states, and notably, California would also document similar legislation as GDPR. That was very a important effect and I'm quite hopeful that EU, AI Act will have similar effect.
Maria mentioned already Council of Europe AI framework convention. If we would strive for binding framework within the whole UN, going to be very difficult, but if you see this more St. Paul coalition, smaller coalitions, Budapest Convention, cybercrime, we have seen just, during the negotiations on the UN Cybercrime Treaty, that more and more members from other regions decided to join actually Budapest Convention from the Pacific, from Africa, other regions, decided, well, we want to be part of Budapest Convention. Very effective, very concrete cooperation on this topic.
I think that is also a good example how we can work in more smaller coalition to ensure with oil‑spill effect to concur with the world with good strong legislation for other countries.
>> DIVINE SELASE AGBETI: Thank you. Excellent points made by everyone here so far on this and I will just like to add far more process, that multistakeholders' responsible use of this managed technologies including artifical intelligence, and requires members, so we encourage members, other states to sign up as well to it, and also member states to implement the convention so that we can all encourage responsible use of this technologies. Thank you.
>> ZACH LAMPELL: Thank you. I think it's a really excellent point to end on. There are some very important, very significant binding governance mechanisms like the Convention On AI from the Council of Europe, and that really can mimic the Budapest Convention, which has become the leading authority for combating and preventing cybercrimes by the call to action from civil society.
Let us FOC, member states, and FOC Advisory Network help you inform your governance on these processing, let us help you advocate for them, to adopt, sign, and enact them. Been a fantastic panel so far. Closing remarks from you.
>> ERNST NOORMAN: Thank you very much, Zach, for moderating this panel. First of all, statement is online right now, so go to website Freedom Online Coalition and just copy the statement, put it on social media, spread the word, so that is really important.
I would like to thank those involved with drafting the statement both from members of Freedom Online Coalition as advisory network, played extremely important meaningful role in strengthening the statement and we had in‑person meetings, one was first ones in the civil rights conference in February this year number of online coalitions. A lot of work has been put in drafting and strengthening the statement. So really like to thank countries who have decided to sign on the statement. I'm confident that many more will follow in the days and weeks to come.
Finally I really would like to thank, on behalf of a think of Maria, and her team and Zach and your team and my team from the Netherlands, thank all of you, first of all, to be present and those who have being involved in drafting the statement for your dedication, your work, and your shared purpose on this important topic. Thank you very much.
>> ZACH LAMPELL: Thank you.
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