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    FORUM: Sustainable Development Commission 2

    Question of: Protecting workers’ rights in the context of AI-drive job displacement
    Submitter by : Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Costa Rica, South Africa

    Recognizing the transformative impact of AI on industries, with both potential for


    economic growth and challenges related to unemployment,

    Acknowledging that equal access to AI-driven advancements is essential for


    narrowing the economic and technological gap between developed and developing
    nations,

    Deeply concerned about the possibility of AI-driven automation disproportionately


    affecting workers in developing countries, where industries are often labor-intensive
    and social safety nets are limited,

    Recalling the International Labor Organization’s commitment to fair employment


    practices and social protections in the context of rapid technological advancement,

    Affirming the necessity of creating and consolidating partnerships to develop AI


    solutions that align with social, economic, and environmental objectives,

    1. Urges the establishment of a global fund to combat the looming threat of AI-driven job loss,
    with a focus on reducing disparities between developed and developing nations and
    addressing income inequality within individual nations, by:
    a) Ensuring equitable allocation of resources, with the goal of:
    i) Supporting efforts to close the developmental gap between developed and
    developing nations;
    ii) Addressing intra-national income inequality through programs respecting the
    sensitivities of each nation, particularly those affected by AI-induced job
    displacement;
    b) Establishing a legal framework and operational guidelines to ensure the fund’s efficacy,
    including:
    i) A conference to address the creation of a treaty to provide legal backing for
    operations;
    ii) Inclusion of all relevant stakeholders in the governance structure, with provisions
    for their active participation and input;
    iii) An exit strategy ensuring that the fund will scale down or dissolve upon reaching
    predefined benchmarks in recipient nations;
    c) Implementing accountable operations, by:
    i) Holding a convention to determine the global fund’s member nations, the
    contributions each shall be making, the location of its headquarters, and the
    benchmarks;
    ii) Determining an allocation system, prioritizing nations and communities most
    affected by and vulnerable to AI displacement;
    iii) Coordinating with the OECD’s skills strategy, ensuring complementary action
    and minimizing duplication of efforts;
    iv) Safeguarding vulnerable populations by setting up committees consisting of low-
    income workers and marginalized community members.
    d) Mitigating risks to the fund’s success by address potential challenges by:
    i) Establishing neutral, multilateral governance and creating a dispute resolution
    mechanism and to handle political disagreements;
    ii) Establishing anti-corruption protocols, such as strict oversight, to prevent misuse
    of funds;
    iii) The inclusion of provisions for economic diversification in beneficiary nations to
    avoid over-reliance on the fund;

    2. Encourages the International Labor Organization (ILO) to establish an international


    framework to support nations in addressing AI job-displacement, by:
    a) Enhancing cooperation in the transition to automated economies, ensuring nations with
    limited access to AI technologies effectively share knowledge and strategies to adapt to
    AI's impact on labor markets;
    b) Conducting research to identify nations lacking in automation technology and innovation
    through collaboration with the World Bank and the UNDP;
    c) Assisting populations in industries most susceptible to AI job-loss, as identified by ILO’s
    Future of Work report, by:
    i) Setting social safety nets in cases of salary-decrease and job-loss;
    ii) Providing education programmes to support industry transition;
    d) Facilitating education and reskilling programs, by:
    i) Creating a widely accessible online platform for the purpose of knowledge
    sharing, with the coordinated efforts of the ILO and the Digital Skills and Jobs
    Coalition;
    ii) Ensuring offline education through mobile training centers and community hubs;
    iii) Tailoring educational programs to different vocations, age groups, and regions
    based on labor market trends and projections from the OECD Skills Outlook
    report and national employment strategies;
    iv) Dedicating up to 20% of the (previously mentioned) global fund’s resources to
    support the education and reskilling effort, with the percentage varying based on
    the developmental needs of each country;
    v) Securing additional funding from national governments and multilateral
    institutions such as the World Bank or regional development banks;
    3. Requests the unification of global standards for the ethical use of AI technologies, ensuring
    that these technologies are deployed in a manner that does not harm workers' rights, by:
    a) Forming a designated intergovernmental committee comprising experts in AI, human
    rights, labor law, and ethics to lead the initiative;
    b) Implementing standards through a binding international agreement, such as a convention,
    followed by national-level implementation, with monitoring by independent oversight
    bodies to ensure compliance;
    c) Designating the most basic standards that all nations should follow, regardless of their
    developmental status, which should include:
    i) Protecting workers’ rights, including the right to fair wages, job security, and
    protection from discrimination or exploitation due to automation;
    ii) Promising transparency in AI systems, ensuring AI decision-making
    processes are explainable, auditable, and free from biases;
    iii) Enacting safeguards against AI job displacement and providing access to
    retraining programs and social safety nets;
    d) Designating standards that should vary by nation, based on specific developmental
    contexts, which potentially includes:
    i) Focusing on advanced AI integration, ensuring that AI is used to augment
    workers’ capabilities while preventing mass displacement in developed
    nations;
    ii) Focusing on providing basic AI literacy, digital infrastructure, equitable
    access to technology, and achieving economic growth in developing nations;
    iii) Placing an emphasis on participatory governance and protection of civil
    liberties in democratic nations;
    iv) Emphasizing ensuring AI technologies are used to uphold peace and prevent
    human rights abuses in less politically stable nations;
    v) Including provisions for the ethical use of AI in promoting sustainable
    development, resource management, and environmental justice in nations
    vulnerable to environmental issues;
    e) Using standards which nations successful in the protection of human rights have
    implemented as reference models in further unification of standards.

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