Oleg Curbatov    

Declaration on 10th Forum ‘Science Technologie innovation’ HQ #ONU #ECOSOC, New-York, le 07 May 2025:

« The International Association of University Professors and Lecturers (IAUPL), a non-governmental organization endowed with a general consultative status in ECOSOC, is delighted to participate once again in the Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation, which is meeting today to examine global cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation, with a view to providing guidance for a sustainable future.

As an official partner, IAUPL is delighted with the progress made by UNESCO in the field of artificial intelligence over the past five years. The implementation of the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence is a prime example of such a success.

Quantum technology is poised to revolutionize various sectors, including drug innovation. Advances in this field are already making significant contributions to society. For example, neuro-technologies coupled with quantum technologies are expected to yield results in understanding human consciousness and acting upon it.

Quantum sciences operate in different physical relativities and require an understanding of technologies, uses, human behavior and also ethics, from an alternative point of view, with a different perspective from that offered by classical physics.

Many initiatives have seen the light of day during these years. In France, for example, the DIM QuanTiP initiative and work at the CEPN at the Université Sorbonne Paris Nord are encouraging us to think about the Neuro-Biological-Quantical-Intelligence-Artificial Convergence, with a human and societal (S) focus.

In Africa, UM6P – University Mohammed VI Polytechnic has confirmed its role as a major international player in the debate on the responsible governance of artificial intelligence.

The Pact for the Future and its annex, the Global Digital Compact, were conceived at a time applications of AI and other emergent technologies were coming out, but without nevertheless providing a detailed definition of these technologies, such as quantum technologies, for example.

The university researchers at IAUPL are convinced that the conception of an additional document to the ‘Pact for the Future’ ‘Global Digital Compact’ would be essential in the next few years to come in order to give direction to quantum technologies.

However, it is not a question of multiplying complementary instruments, but rather of creating an original document, in the spirit of technological and societal convergence, which could be called the “Convergent Pact for Quantum Technologies of the Future”, where each component and each person will find their place for a sustainable and responsible development of Humanity.