# The UN declaration on SI control (2026): SI History

> 22 countries led by Finland and Norway adopt a declaration that SI must stay under human control, and lab leaders brief the Security Council.

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# The UN declaration on SI control (2026)

22 countries led by Finland and Norway adopt a declaration that SI must stay under human control, and lab leaders brief the Security Council.

Date
:   Sep 2026

Type
:   Milestone

Status
:   Happened

Era
:   2026

## What happened

22 countries led by Finland and Norway adopt a declaration that SI must stay under human control, and lab leaders brief the Security Council.

## Why it matters

The declaration commits its signers to keeping super intelligence under human control, and the Security Council heard directly from the people building the most capable systems about the risk of losing it.

## Source

1. [Future of Life Institute](https://futureoflife.org/statement/statement-world-leaders-at-the-un-call-to-rein-in-superintelligence-race/)

## On the timeline

This event is one of 20 milestones on the [RSI timeline](https://enterrsi.si/timeline/), from 1950 to SI building SI.

The event

Date
:   September 22, 2026

Type
:   Timeline milestone

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