UNGA80 / UNITED KINGDOM

UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy said, “Only by cooperation together, can we set artificial intelligence on the right millennia defining course.” UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:01:56
• Production Date: 25 September 2025
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: GENERAL ASSEMBLY
• Subject Topical: GENERAL ASSEMBLY; GENERAL DEBATE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: UNITED KINGDOM
• MAMS Id: 3454291
• Parent Id: 3452496
• Alternate Title: unifeed250925l

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STORY: UNGA80 / UNITED KINGDOM
TRT: 1:56
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRCTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 25 SEPTEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – NEW YORK CITY

1. Various shots, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

25 SEPTEMBER 2025, NEW YORK CITY

2. Various shots, General Assembly
3. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lammy, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom:
“What is happening in Gaza is indefensible. It is inhumane. It is utterly unjustifiable. And it must end now.”
4. Wide shot, General Assembly
5. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lammy, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom:
“We stand with Palestine because we believe in the values of the UN charter in equal rights, self-determination and the dignity of all peoples. We stand with Ukraine because we must defend the core values of the UN Charter - sovereignty, territorial integrity and the respect for international law. And because the world will suffer if aggression is allowed to pay.”
6. Wide shot, General Assembly
7. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lammy, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom:
“The people of El Fasher and all across Sudan need the international community to come together, to make renewed efforts to achieve peace and allow aid to reach those who desperately need it now.’
8. Wide shot, General Assembly
9. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lammy, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom:
“AI can empower freedom, or it can entrench oppression. AI can empower truth, or it can entrench lies. AI can empower law, or it can empower crime. Only by cooperation together, can we set artificial intelligence on the right millennia defining course.”

Storyline

UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy said, “Only by cooperation together, can we set artificial intelligence on the right millennia defining course.”

The UK diplomat addressed the General Assembly at its 80th session in New York today (25 Sep).

Deputy Prime Minister Lammy described the situation in Gaza is “indefensible. It is inhumane. It is utterly unjustifiable. And it must end now.”

The UK diplomat reiterated, “We stand with Palestine because we believe in the values of the UN charter in equal rights, self-determination and the dignity of all peoples.”

“We stand with Ukraine because we must defend the core values of the UN Charter - sovereignty, territorial integrity and the respect for international law. And because the world will suffer if aggression is allowed to pay,” he continued.

On Sudan, the Deputy Prime Minister said, “The people of El Fasher and all across Sudan need the international community to come together, to make renewed efforts to achieve peace and allow aid to reach those who desperately need it now.’

On artificial intelligence, he highlighted that “AI can empower freedom, or it can entrench oppression. AI can empower truth, or it can entrench lies. AI can empower law, or it can empower crime,” stressing the need for international cooperation on better use the technology.