UN Secretary-General António Guterres met with President Draupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan during his visit to India to attend the AI Impact Summit 2026, where discussions included AI governance, multilateral reform, and the role of the Global South in global decision-making.Guterres arrived in the national capital to participate in the Global AI Impact Summit 2026, where he called for harnessing artificial intelligence for the global good while mitigating its risks. After the meeting, he also spoke about clean energy initiatives in India on X.
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“India is proving that it is possible to expand access to clean energy and grow industry at the same time,” he wrote. “Together, let’s turn climate necessity into development opportunity and make the clean energy transition fair and faster for people and planet.”
President Draupadi Murmu also shared her interaction with the UN Secretary General from her official X account.She wrote: “UN Secretary-General António Guterres met with President Draupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The President thanked Secretary-General Guterres for his participation in the AI Impact Summit and welcomed his initiative to establish a global scientific committee on artificial intelligence to serve all of humanity.
Addressing the summit, he stressed that the rapid pace of AI innovation requires science-based governance and stronger international cooperation.“We are heading into the unknown,” he said. “AI innovations are moving at the speed of light, outpacing our collective ability to fully understand them. If we want AI to serve humanity, policy cannot be built on guesswork. It cannot be built on hype or misinformation. We need facts that we can trust and share across countries and across sectors. Less noise, more knowledge.”
Guterres stressed that science-based governance can serve as an accelerator for solutions, making technological progress safer, fairer and more inclusive. He urged countries to prepare, protect, and invest in people, noting that international cooperation is currently tense due to declining trust and increasing technological competition.During his visit, Guterres also highlighted India’s initiatives to expand access to clean energy and expressed appreciation for the country’s leadership in holding the AI Impact Summit, as well as its long-standing collaboration with the United Nations across sectors.At Rashtrapati Bhavan, President Murmu welcomed Guterres’ proposal to establish a global scientific committee on artificial intelligence to serve all of humanity, according to an official statement. It reaffirmed India’s commitment to multilateralism at a time when global uncertainties are putting the regime under pressure.The President noted that multilateral institutions, especially the UN Security Council, must undergo urgent reform to reflect contemporary geopolitical realities. She stressed that the current Security Council framework was outdated and that the Global South must be given a greater voice in global decision-making. She said that reform is essential to maintaining the relevance and effectiveness of the United Nations.While recognizing that UN Initiative 80 provides a useful platform for reform, President Murmo emphasized that any restructuring process must protect the development priorities of the Global South.She concluded the meeting by expressing her good wishes to Guterres for the remainder of his term, and reiterating India’s full support for multilateralism and international cooperation.
