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30 OCT 2024 · Law / Act

Compliance of products with embedded artificial intelligence (ECE/TRADE/486)

Establishes a Common Regulatory Arrangement (CRA) for products with embedded AI to harmonize international standards and regulations, aiming to facilitate market access. Encourages adoption of the CRA at the national level to converge technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures across borders. Recommends regulatory objectives to assess risk levels and ensure human oversight in high-risk AI systems, such as medical devices. Addresses societal impacts by emphasizing the mitiga...

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22 SEP 2024 · National Strategy

Global Digital Compact — AI Governance Provisions

UN Global Digital Compact including provisions for international AI governance framework

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21 MAR 2024 · National Strategy

UN General Assembly Resolution on Artificial Intelligence

First UN General Assembly resolution on AI, calling for safe, secure, and trustworthy AI systems

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07 JAN 2024 · National Strategy

UN General Assembly Resolution on AI in the Context of Global Development

UN GA resolution on leveraging AI for sustainable development while managing risks

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UNESCO : Building Peace through Education, Science and Culture, communication and information

Coordinated by UNESCO and the ITU ... July)—mandated by the General Assembly—<strong>aims to ensure that AI governance reflects the priorities of all nations, not just the most technologically advanced</strong>....

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Artificial Intelligence: Governance, Science and Global Cooperation

In August 2025, the United Nations established two pathbreaking mechanisms for global cooperation on AI: the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence and the Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance. Together, they translate shared principles into practice by bridging scientific evidence, policy dialogue, and international cooperation. The first session of the AI Dialogue takes place in Geneva, Switzerland on 6 and 7 July 2026.

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AI Dialogue Partnerships Hub

Member States and stakeholders ... — including <strong>capacity-building initiatives, technical cooperation, policy experiences, research partnerships, and investment-related actions — and to help sustain momentum between Geneva 2026 and New York 2027</strong>....

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Global Dialogue on AI Governance, Geneva, 6–7 July

The AI Dialogue takes place in Geneva alongside the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2026 (6-10 July) and ITU’s AI for Good Global Summit (7-10 July).

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AI-Ready Flemish Public Administration

The final stage is the <strong>Data Governance Strategy for AI</strong>, delivering in 2026, including guidance on data strategy, interoperability, and data stewardship for AI applications.

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AI Governance for Humanity Lab

Interoperability in AI Governance:AI governance is currently a patchwork of national and regional frameworks with limited coordination between them. This workstream will produce a white paper mapping the current landscape and outlining cooperation-oriented policy options for Member States, ahead of the first Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva in July 2026.

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Uganda Convenes National Stakeholders Dialogue to Strengthen Ethical AI Governance

UNESCO and Uganda’s Ministry of ICT convene stakeholders to validate AI readiness findings and chart a roadmap for ethical, inclusive AI governance. ... Kampala, 26 May 2026 – Uganda’s journey toward responsible and ethical Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption reached another milestone with the National Stakeholders Consultation on the UNESCO AI Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM).

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Press Release | UN launches AI Governance for Humanity Lab in Valencia | Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UN launches AI Governance for Humanity Lab in Valencia Accelerating Cooperation on AI Governance The Lab's first convenings advance practical cooperation on AI governance interoperability and implementation Valencia, 28 May 2026 – The United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies (UN ODET) today officially launched the AI Governance for

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Kazakhstan launches UNESCO’s AI Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM)

Kazakhstan launched UNESCO’s RAM process to assess national AI readiness and support ethical, inclusive and human-centred AI governance. ... On 16 January 2026, the UNESCO Regional Office in Almaty, with the support of the National Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan for UNESCO and ICESCO, officially launched UNESCO’s Readiness Assessment Methodology on Artificial Intelligence in Kazakhstan at Astana Hub.

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UNESCO highlights ethical AI use in journalism for climate change

From a regulatory perspective, she emphasized three core principles: <strong>AI may support journalistic work, journalists remain responsible for content, and the State retains its role in orientation and governance</strong>.

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AI Ethics Experts Without Borders

<strong>Supporting Ethical AI Governance Worldwide</strong>.

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Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance

sessions to be held in New York on <strong>Friday, 8 May and Wednesday, 12 May 2026</strong>, at

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Global Hub | Global AI Ethics and Governance Observatory

You will find below a list of countries that have implemented or are in the process of implementing the Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM).

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13 May 2026 Excellencies, We have the honour to refer to ...

<strong>Artificial Intelligence Governance</strong>.

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Home | Global Dialogue on AI Governance

The President of the General Assembly has appointed H.E. Ms. Egriselda López (Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the United Nations) and H.E. Mr. Rein Tammsaar (Permanent Representative of Estonia to the United Nations) as Co-Chairs to the 2026 AI Dialogue.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

As AI technologies become more widespread, <strong>there is a need for globally coordinated AI governance to maximise their benefits while effectively managing the associated risks</strong>. In response to this challenge, the UN Secretary-General has established ...

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Ethics of Artificial Intelligence - AI

However, what makes the Recommendation exceptionally applicable are its extensive Policy Action Areas, which allow policymakers to translate the core values and principles into action with respect to data governance, environment and ecosystems, gender, education and research, and health and social wellbeing, among many other spheres.

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Glitch - Global Civil Society Organizations and Academic ...

We work on mitigating individual harms such as tech-facilitated gender-based violence, as well as broader societal and collective harms such as algorithmic injustice and discrimination, by <strong>mitigating and organising for greater AI governance and accountability</strong>.

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Artificial Intelligence and emerging technologies

Internet Universality Indicators ... inclusive, future-ready digital governance. News · <strong>UNESCO and University of Oxford launch a free global course on AI and Rule of Law</strong> · 27 April 2026 ·...

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The 4th Global Forum on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

<strong>It brings together global leaders, policymakers, experts, and stakeholders to strengthen dialogue and promote practical and sustainable approaches to the ethics and governance of artificial intelligence</strong> · This year’s Global Forum will be held alongside the Global AI Summit 2026, as part ...

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World Privacy Forum

At OECD, WPF researchers participate in the OECD.AI AI Expert Groups, and have participated in negotiating the original OECD Recommendation on AI and its update. WPF research on complex data ecosystems governance, ethics, and data protection has been presented at the National Academies of Science, the Royal Academies of Science and others, including the Mongolian Academy of Sciences.

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AI Impact Alliance (AIIA)

The Art, AI, Law and Society Resource Cluster is a platform aimed at seizing the opportunities of AI and generative AI in the arts and culture sector, while addressing its legal and economic implications. Adopting a gender-sensitive intersectional perspective, the Cluster aims to balance technological innovation and social justice, serving as a counterweight to the growing influence of tech giants on public policy and AI governance.

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AI and technologies in education

UNESCO partners with countries and institutions on ideas, research, and evidence-informed digital learning policy and practice, especially in disadvantaged settings. Through our digital and AI competency frameworks, UNESCO prioritizes human agency, critical thinking, and ethics among students and teachers in an age of generative AI.

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Launch of the Observatory on Artificial Intelligence in Education for

The event is also envisaged as a space for coordination among Ministries of Education, universities, research centres, the technology sector, civil society and multilateral organizations. Its purpose is to encourage ongoing exchange between practice, innovation and public policy, as well as to mobilise concrete commitments from strategic partners around a shared roadmap for the period 2026–2029.

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Time to apply the brakes to runaway AI, says pioneer

While the focus of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development is on global‑level digital policymaking, discussions at the AI For Social Development Conference underscored the need for transparent, accountable and rights‑based AI governance to address risks such as bias, opaque algorithms and having large volumes of data concentrated in the hands of just a privileged few massive corporations.

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

<strong>The TechCul Dialogues is a new UNESCO regional initiative designed to foster dialogue, collaboration and policy innovation on artificial intelligence (AI) and culture in East and Southeast Asia</strong>.

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Press Briefing: Global Dialogue on AI Governance

The Co-Chairs of the Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance, Egriselda López, Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the UN and Rein Tammsaar, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the UN, together with Amandeep Gill, UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Envoy for Digital and Emerging Technologies, will brief the media in Geneva.

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UNESCO Puts Sustainable AI in the Spotlight at Adopt AI Summit in

The booth highlighted UNESCO’s, initiatives on Green AI and sustainable digital transformation, the Data Governance Toolkit and its implementation, its Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, as well as AI-related use cases in the Natural Sciences.

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The AI Divide: From Warning to Action

<strong>This Goals Lounge discussion will explore how governments, international organizations, and the private sector can work together to ensure AI becomes a force for inclusive and sustainable development</strong>.

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Putting humans at the centre: UN AI panel begins work on global impact study

<strong>The Panel has been mandated to produce an annual report with evidence-based scientific assessments related to the opportunities, risks and impacts of artificial intelligence</strong>, which will be presented at the United Nations Global Dialogue on AI ...

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Responsible AI in practice: 2025 global insights from the AI Company Data Initiative

Just as we expect openness and accountability from government, it is important that the private sector meets comparable transparency standards for AI that affects the public. ... UNESCO Learning Cities Webinar: ‘Empowering women through lifelong learning – The role of female leadership in learning cities' ... UNESCO Learning Cities webinar: ‘AI for lifelong learning in cities – Shaping inclusive local practice' ... 2026 global conference on the International Decade of Sciences for S...

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A pioneering report by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and UNESCO sheds

<strong>Only 1 in 6/7 companies could identify the person within their organization responsible for the ethical risks that may emerge at different stages of the AI lifecycle</strong>. For ¾ of companies, the report found no evidence of policies related to checking ...

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Readiness Assessment Methodology

<strong>By providing detailed and comprehensive insights into different dimensions of AI readiness</strong>, it helps highlight any institutional and regulatory gaps and enables UNESCO to tailor support for governments to fill those gaps, in order to ensure ...

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AI Day 2026 at UNESCO: Youth and Digital Transformation

On 27 March 2026, the Headquarters of UNESCO in Paris will host a Priority Africa conference: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to drive sustainable development, organized in partnership with CODEMAO

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