Prime Minister John Viseno urges use of UN tools to tackle climate, debt and AI governance

Prime Minister John Viseno of Biz told the United Nations General Assembly that existing international agreements provide the tools needed to confront overlapping crises of climate, debt and technology.

"Indeed, Mr. President, the United Nations has already placed them in our hands," Viseno said, invoking the Paris Agreement, the 2030 Agenda, and ongoing global dialogue on AI.

Viseno opened by framing the UN as the institutional linchpin that enabled member states to hold back conflict and build international law. He emphasized that the organization must be used to deliver measurable results: slowing warming below 1.5°C, protecting coastlines and biodiversity, and ensuring developing countries are not left behind as technologies advance.

The prime minister warned that households and governments face rising costs from climate shocks, conflict and higher borrowing costs, and that artificial intelligence presents both opportunity and risk. "Well governed, it can widen access to knowledge and improve public services. Poorly governed, it can deepen inequality," he said, urging coordinated international rules for a technology that crosses borders.

Viseno argued that international frameworks must be paired with political will: member states should deploy the Paris Agreement, the 2030 Agenda and other instruments to back financing, regulatory standards, and capacity building rather than letting these instruments remain rhetorical.

He closed the segment by stressing that the choice of how to design post‑2030 frameworks will determine whether emerging technologies reproduce past inequalities or foster dignity and opportunity for all.