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Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and Global Dialogue on AI Governance

Sets the terms of reference for a 40-member Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence that issues an annual assessment report, and establishes an annual Global Dialogue on AI Governance alternating between Geneva and New York.

Where it stands

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Scientific Panel releases a Thematic Brief on AI agents, misalignment and the risk of losing human controlSep 216 days ago

Body
UN General Assembly
Session
UNGA 79th session
Introduced
Aug 18, 2025
Votes
adopted without a vote
AIGov AI
Official page Source: UN Official Document System (A/RES/79/325, A/79/L.118, A/79/PV.89); UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance site

Timeline

  1. May 3, 2027 in 7 months

    Second session of the Global Dialogue scheduled in New York (3 to 4 May 2027), back-to-back with the multi-stakeholder forum on science, technology and innovation

  2. Sep 21 6 days ago

    Scientific Panel releases a Thematic Brief on AI agents, misalignment and the risk of losing human control

  3. Jul 6 2 months ago

    First session of the Global Dialogue on AI Governance held in Geneva (6 to 7 July 2026) with delegations from 163 countries; the Panel presents its Preliminary Report

  4. Jul 1 2 months ago

    Independent International Scientific Panel on AI (40 members, co-chaired by Yoshua Bengio and Maria Ressa) releases its Preliminary Report

  5. Oct 31, 2025 11 months ago

    President of the General Assembly appoints Egriselda Lopez (El Salvador) and Rein Tammsaar (Estonia) as Co-Chairs of the first Global Dialogue

  6. Aug 26, 2025 1 year ago

    Adopted by the General Assembly without a vote at its 89th plenary meeting (resolution 79/325)

  7. Aug 18, 2025 1 year ago

    Draft resolution A/79/L.118 submitted by the President of the General Assembly