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UN General Assembly

7 developments involving UN General Assembly in 4 countries and bodies. The most recent is Cha Ji-hoon and Mutryce Williams appointed co-chairs of the UN’s 2027 Global Dialogue on AI Governance, 16 Oct 2026.

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  1. ProgrammeFrontierSouth Korea Saint Kitts and Nevis
    Cha Ji-hoon and Mutryce Williams appointed co-chairs of the UN’s 2027 Global Dialogue on AI Governance

    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.

    Source, source copy (PDF, saved 21 Oct 2026)

  2. ProgrammeGovernmentInternational
    First UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance meets in Geneva on panel’s first report

    The UN’s dialogue on AI governance, open to every member state, next meets in May 2027 in New York. The US voted against the scientific panel whose reports inform it.

    Source, source copy (PDF, saved 18 Oct 2026)

  3. StatementDefenceInternational US
    UN General Assembly backs autonomous-weapons resolution 164-6; US votes no

    The CCW must agree by consensus, so the US and Russia, which voted against, shape what its expert group can finish before the mandate ends in 2026.

    Also on Project Meridian and the race to govern military AI

    Source, source copy (PDF, saved 18 Oct 2026)

  4. Rule changeGovernmentInternational
    UN General Assembly sets up a 40-member AI science panel and a Global Dialogue

    Every UN member state gets a standing forum on AI governance and a scientific report each year, which the Global Digital Compact had only promised.

    Source, source copy (PDF, saved 18 Oct 2026)

  5. StatementDefenceInternational
    UN General Assembly votes 166-3 for talks on lethal autonomous weapons in 2025

    Autonomous-weapons talks gained a forum in New York open to all UN members and civil society, outside the consensus-bound Geneva process where a few states could block progress.

    Also on Project Meridian and the race to govern military AI

    Source, source copy (PDF, saved 18 Oct 2026)

  6. StatementGovernmentInternational
    UN adopts Global Digital Compact, committing to an AI science panel and global dialogue

    Governments committed to two standing UN bodies on AI, a scientific panel and a dialogue, which the General Assembly set up by resolution in 2025.

    Source, source copy (PDF, saved 18 Oct 2026)

  7. StatementGovernmentInternational US
    UN General Assembly adopts US-led resolution on safe, secure and trustworthy AI

    UN member states agreed without a vote on shared language for safe and rights-respecting AI, three months before China’s own AI resolution passed the same way.

    Source, source copy (PDF, saved 18 Oct 2026)