The United Nations (UN) acknowledges the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential to advance inclusivity and support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, the UN emphasizes the need for ethical governance to address challenges such as data privacy, bias, and transparency. The Secretary-General's High-Level Advisory Body on AI has produced a framework for global AI governance, proposing international cooperation to mitigate risks while harnessing AI's benefits. This framework includes establishing an international scientific panel on AI to assess capabilities and risks, creating a global policy dialogue for best practices, and developing an AI standards exchange for common definitions. It also suggests a capacity development network to assist researchers and entrepreneurs, along with a global fund to bridge the AI divide among nations. The UN stresses the urgency for coordinated regulation, given that only a minority of countries are engaged in AI governance initiatives. The global nature of AI necessitates a collective approach to prevent inequalities. Without regulation, AI poses threats to international peace, security, and democracy, including the spread of misinformation and the potential misuse of autonomous weapons systems, which require immediate attention from the international community.