Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has called for the management of artificial intelligence to be rooted within the framework and legitimacy of the United Nations, and emphasizes that AI must be exploited to promote international peace and development.
When he spoke on the UN Security Council’s open debate on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and International Peace and Security, he warned that unregulated AI, especially in military applications, could destabilize global security. “AI must not become a tool for coercion or technological monopoly,” he said, adding that “applications without meaningful human control should be prohibited.”
The Minister of Defense, who highlighted the double use of AI, described it as “the most consequential technology capable of accelerating socio -economic progress, but equally able to elaborate on inequalities and destabilize international order.”
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Asif quoted recent tensions between India and Pakistan, noting that autonomous ammunition and high-speed double-capable cruise missiles were reportedly used for the first time between nuclear armed states, which emphasized the dangers that AI may constitute conflict.
Statement from Han Khwaja Muhammad Asif,
Minister of Defense at the Security Council’s open debate on “Artificial Intelligence and International Peace and Security: Addressing Complexity, Many Formed Impacts and Responsible Use”
(24 September 2025)
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Asif emphasized that states must adopt measures to prevent the destabilization of the use of AI while providing preventative incentives to ensure responsible development.
“The United Nations and International Legal Charter must fully control the development and use of AI applications,” he said, emphasizing that developing countries must have capacity, access and a vote in the design of global AI management.
He warned that AI lowers the threshold of conflict by compressing decision-making time lines, blurring cyber, kinetic and informative domains and making wars more politically and operationally feasible. “We must ensure that AI is utilized to promote peace and development, not conflict and instability,” he said, calling for human judgment to remain central to war and peace issues.
Opening the debate highlighted the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres the transformative potential for AI in daily life and global economies, but warned that “without protective frames, it can also weapon.” He emphasized that deadly autonomous weapons must operate under human control and that nuclear decisions must remain in human hands.
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Experts such as Yejin Choi, Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Center AI, called for righteous access to AI and stronger linguistic and cultural diversity in models and warned that concentration of AI development in a few countries and businesses risks elaborating global inequalities.
He concluded, “Artificial Intelligence has enormous potential for progress, but without proper supervision and justice, it could become a source of global instability.”
The Security Council’s session was held in the margins of the UN General Assembly 80. High -level week focusing on urgent measures to regulate AI responsible for peace, justice and human welfare.
