Zero draft resolution for Scientific Panel on AI and Global Dialogue on AI Governance published

The page reports that Costa Rica and Spain, serving as co-facilitators of the intergovernmental process, circulated, on 19 March 2025, a first-stage draft resolution. The process is meant to settle the terms of reference and modalities for a scientific panel and a dialogue on AI governance, created by agreement within the Global Digital Compact.

For the panel, the draft proposes two bodies: an Expert Committee of 20 members named by the Secretary-General and an Advisory Committee of 40 members chosen by the General Assembly. That first committee would supervise all outputs, define research areas, form working groups for assessments and technical briefs, pick each group's chair from its own members, allocate people from both committees to groups, and invite outside experts. The panel would issue timely outputs, including a single yearly report synthesizing key research trends, and present findings to the dialogue.

The dialogue is pictured as an intergovernmental, multistakeholder forum open to Member States, observers and relevant stakeholders. It would feature a plenary with a segment attended at Heads of State and Government level, along with thematic discussions, held once a year beside existing UN meetings. Its functions include sharing best practices and capacity-building, linking AI with the Sustainable Development Goals and human rights, supporting linguistic and cultural diversity, and fostering interoperability. New York would host the first session in September 2025 and Geneva the second in 2026, with two Co-Chairs named by the Assembly President choosing topics and drafting summaries.

The Secretary-General would be asked to establish a Secretariat drawing on system-wide capacities, among them UNESCO, the ITU and the Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies. Both bodies would be reviewed at the eighty-second Assembly session. States were scheduled to discuss the draft on 1 April.