The calendar
Everything in the corpus that has not happened yet, soonest first. Dates the UN has not confirmed are marked as such rather than quietly invented.
One .ics with every scheduled item. Import it into Outlook, Google Calendar or anything else that reads a standard calendar file. Entries whose dates are not yet fixed import as tentative.
May 2027
in 9 months
exact dates not yet published
Second Global Dialogue on AI Governance, New York
The second Global Dialogue is confirmed for May 2027 in New York.
Coming, but not yet a date
These are pinned to a session or a cycle rather than a day. They are not in the calendar file, because a two-year all-day block helps nobody and inventing a date the Assembly has not set would be worse. Watch for the modalities.
2026–2027
Scientific Panel annual reporting cycle
The Scientific Panel is mandated to produce an annual evidence-based report on AI opportunities, risks and impacts for presentation at the Global Dialogue.
General Assembly eighty-second session, 2027–2028
High-level review of the Global Digital Compact
The Global Digital Compact mandates a high-level review during the General Assembly’s eighty-second session.
Recurring, with no date announced
These will meet again. Knowing that the summit is annual and in Geneva, or that the privacy item returns every Council cycle, is a coverage decision even without a date on it. They are not in the calendar file for the same reason as above: the date would have to be invented.
Last recorded here: 7–10 July 2026
AI for Good Global Summit 2026
Annual, in Geneva, convened by ITU with UN system partners.
The 2027 edition had not been announced when this was compiled.
Last recorded here: 2014–ongoing
CCW process on lethal autonomous weapons systems
The Group of Governmental Experts meets in sessions through the year in Geneva, under the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.
Session dates are set by the CCW meeting calendar rather than by any AI process.
Last recorded here: 2018–ongoing
ITU AI and machine-learning standardization
Continuous study-group and focus-group work in Geneva, on ITU-T cycles.
No single date. Track the relevant study group rather than a meeting.
Last recorded here: 2021–ongoing
Privacy in the digital age and AI due diligence
A standing item across Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva and the General Assembly’s Third Committee in New York.
Moves on the Council and Third Committee calendars, not on the AI file’s own.
Last recorded here: 2025–2026
WSIS+20 review
The WSIS Forum meets annually in Geneva, and the twenty-year review runs through General Assembly processes in New York.
The 2026 Global Dialogue was held alongside the WSIS Forum; later pairings are not confirmed.
Who owes what, by when
Every obligation the milestones in this corpus created: the reports requested, the bodies to be appointed, the meetings to be convened, the reviews to be held. Status is a statement of fact about whether the thing has happened, and nothing more.
- Delivered
- 8
- In progress
- 3
- Not yet due
- 2
| What | Who | By when | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Deliver an interim report on options for global AI governance From Secretary-General launches High-level Advisory Body on AITerms of reference of the Advisory Body Delivered as the interim report "Governing AI for Humanity", 21 December 2023. | High-level Advisory Body on AI | End of 2023 | Delivered |
Deliver a final report ahead of the Summit of the Future From Secretary-General launches High-level Advisory Body on AITerms of reference of the Advisory Body Delivered as "Governing AI for Humanity", 19 September 2024. | High-level Advisory Body on AI | Before September 2024 | Delivered |
Seek the views of States and stakeholders on lethal autonomous weapons systems and report to the General Assembly From General Assembly resolution on lethal autonomous weapons systemsA/RES/78/241 Delivered as A/79/88, 1 July 2024. | Secretary-General | Seventy-ninth session | Delivered |
Operationalise the Compact’s AI commitments through an intergovernmental process From Pact for the Future and Global Digital Compact adoptedA/RES/79/1, Annex I Carried out through A/RES/79/325, which established the Scientific Panel and the Global Dialogue. | General Assembly | Following the Compact’s adoption | Delivered |
Convene the high-level launch meeting of the Global Dialogue From General Assembly establishes the Scientific Panel and Global DialogueA/RES/79/325 Held 25 September 2025. | General Assembly | Eightieth session, New York | Delivered |
Seek views and report cataloguing opportunities, risks, challenges and emerging normative proposals on AI in the military domain From General Assembly resolution on AI in the military domainA/RES/79/239 Delivered as A/80/78, 5 June 2025. | Secretary-General | Eightieth session | Delivered |
Appoint the 40 members of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI From General Assembly establishes the Scientific Panel and Global DialogueA/RES/79/325 Members appointed February 2026; co-chairs elected at the first plenary on 3 March 2026. | General Assembly, on the Secretary-General’s nomination | Following adoption | Delivered |
Hold the inaugural Global Dialogue on AI Governance From General Assembly establishes the Scientific Panel and Global DialogueA/RES/79/325 Held alongside the WSIS Forum. | General Assembly | 6–7 July 2026, Geneva | Delivered |
Hold the second Global Dialogue on AI Governance From General Assembly establishes the Scientific Panel and Global DialogueA/RES/79/325 Exact dates, programme, venue and co-chairs not publicly confirmed as of July 2026. | General Assembly | May 2027, New York | Not yet due |
Produce an annual evidence-based report on AI opportunities, risks and impacts, for presentation at the Global Dialogue From Scientific Panel annual reporting cycleA/RES/79/325 A Preliminary Report was released 1 July 2026. The next assessment is expected at the May 2027 Dialogue. | Independent International Scientific Panel on AI | Annually, to each Global Dialogue | In progress |
Hold a high-level review of the Global Digital Compact to assess implementation, identify gaps and consider further action From High-level review of the Global Digital CompactA/RES/79/1 Exact dates, preparatory reports and stakeholder modalities remain to be decided. | General Assembly | Eighty-second session, 2027–2028 | Not yet due |
Issue up to two updates a year to the General Assembly, plus thematic briefs as needed From Scientific Panel annual reporting cycleA/RES/79/325 The Panel’s mandate excludes the military domain. | Independent International Scientific Panel on AI | Up to twice a year, ongoing | In progress |
Apply the ten principles across the AI lifecycle in entities that use or develop AI From Principles for the Ethical Use of AI in the United Nations SystemCEB/2022/2/Add.1 The de facto compliance baseline for anything built inside the system. No central reporting mechanism was established. | UN system entities | Ongoing, no end date set | In progress |
An obligation appears here only when a milestone file records it, with the document that created it. If something is missing, the honest reading is that this corpus has not captured it yet, not that no one owes it.