The resolution was paired with a measure on minerals and metals essential to AI and the clean energy transition.
Environment ministers from 186 nations agreed in Nairobi to put one of the world's most dynamic technologies under U.N. environmental scrutiny.
The world's highest-level environmental decision-making body concluded a week of meetings on Friday by establishing the first global policy on the rapidly escalating resource demands of artificial intelligence.
The conference agreed on new protections for the pet trade and rejected eased restrictions on rhino horns and ivory.
The global wildlife treaty is charged with regulating trade in 40,920 species, including 6,610 animals and 34,310 plants.
A new strategy will focus heavily on controlling black market flows, leveraging a decision to phase-out dental amalgam.
The decision on dental amalgam was counterbalanced by the greater challenge of artisanal and small-scale gold mining.
He is on track to become the first UNHCR leader with first-hand experience of forced displacement as a political exile.
Nations will consider weakening migrant protections, making it easier to deport illegal migrants and foreign criminals.
OHCHR is in 'survival mode' as it is forced to make wide-ranging cuts to programs and investigative mandates.
The U.N. staff detained by Houthis in Yemen are in addition to dozens of staff from NGOs and diplomatic missions.
