First UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance
The first UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance brought governments and stakeholders to Geneva on 6-7 July 2026, with EuroMedAI contributing a Euro-Mediterranean perspective on capacity, inclusion, and accountability.
The first United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance took place at Palexpo in Geneva on 6-7 July 2026, following the mandate established by General Assembly Resolution 79/325. The session was held alongside the AI for Good Global Summit 2026 and brought governments together with civil society, academia, the technical community, and international institutions.
EuroMedAI has submitted a written contribution to the process, arguing that closing the AI divide is a precondition for legitimate global governance. Our submission calls for an evidence-based diagnostic of AI capacity, a financed minimum capacity floor for all states, an open and accountable forum, and stronger multilingual inclusion for Arabic, Amazigh and other under-represented languages.
EuroMedAI focus
- A Euro-Mediterranean bridge between Northern, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean priorities
- Practical AI capacity-building, including talent, data and compute access
- Public accountability for commitments made through global AI governance processes
- Multilingual participation and interpretation as a condition for meaningful inclusion
The Geneva dialogue was an important moment to ensure that Mediterranean perspectives are not treated as peripheral to global AI governance, but as part of the evidence base, participation model and implementation agenda.
From the dialogue in Geneva
Photos: International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Geneva, July 2026.
UN side event listing
EuroMedAI’s Geneva side event is featured in the United Nations published list of side events for the Global Dialogue: view the UN side events PDF.
Side event organisation
The side event “From AI Governance Evidence to Local Readiness: Prototyping Public-Interest AI through Intercultural Dialogue” is organised by the Global Center on AI Governance, EuroMedAI, and BRISD. It is listed by the UN for Monday 6 July 2026, 14:15-15:00 CEST, Room K.
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