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Cha Ji-hoon and Mutryce Williams appointed co-chairs of the UN’s 2027 Global Dialogue on AI Governance

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Source: President of the UN General AssemblyAlso reported by Yonhap News Agency

Khalilur Rahman, president of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, appointed Mutryce Agatha Williams, permanent representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Cha Ji-hoon, permanent representative of the Republic of Korea, as co-chairs of the Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance in New York in 2027. His letter to all permanent representatives and permanent observers is dated 16 October 2026 and cites General Assembly resolution 79/325, which set up the Dialogue in August 2025 with sessions in Geneva in 2026 and New York in 2027. Yonhap reports that the New York session is scheduled for 3-4 May 2027.

Why it matters

The second session of the UN forum on AI governance, open to every member state, has its two chairs, one from South Korea and one from Saint Kitts and Nevis. Yonhap reports that South Korea expects a coordinating role in preparing it.

When
16 Oct 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0346
Where
South Korea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, International
Who
UN General Assembly; Cha Ji-hoon, Mutryce Agatha Williams, Khalilur Rahman
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Summary by wheresthe.ai, from President of the UN General Assembly and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 21 Oct 2026.

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Earlier in this Storyline: What led hereFirst UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance meets in Geneva on panel’s first report

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WTA-N-2026-0346: “Cha Ji-hoon and Mutryce Williams appointed co-chairs of the UN’s 2027 Global Dialogue on AI Governance.” wheresthe.ai, 16 Oct 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/kr-south-korea-s-u-n-ambassador-named-co-chair-of-preparatio-2026-10/ (source: President of the UN General Assembly).

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