Governing AI for Humanity: Final Report

Record UN-04

Issued by: UN Secretary-General's High-level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence
Jurisdiction: United Nations
Level · region: International · Global
Published / adopted: 2024-09
Language: English

Summary

Identifies gaps in representation, coordination and implementation in global AI governance and makes seven recommendations. These are an international scientific panel on AI, a policy dialogue on AI governance (including discussion of significant AI incidents), an AI standards exchange, a capacity development network, a global fund for AI, a global AI data framework, and an AI office in the UN Secretariat. It stops short, for now, of proposing an international AI agency.

Safety topics

international cooperationresearch prioritiesincident reporting

Status notes

The Advisory Body was convened by the UN Secretary-General and formed in October 2023; its members took part in their personal capacity, and the report represents a majority consensus of them. Its terms of reference asked for a first report by 31 December 2023 and a second by 31 August 2024; this final report is the second. Recommendations 1 and 2, an international scientific panel on AI and a policy dialogue on AI governance, were taken up in the Global Digital Compact (UN-05) and established, as the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and the Global Dialogue on AI Governance, by General Assembly resolution 79/325 of 26 August 2025 (UN-07).

Sources

Open the official source https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/governing_ai_for_humanity_final_report_en.pdf

Local copy

Archived. Last attempt 2026-10-17 13:37:49 UTC

Official source (third-party copy, not published) archive/UN-04/2026-10-11/official.pdf

Retrieved 2026-10-11 13:57:49 UTC

SHA-256 fed5408c25b61745e6dae2e570d05528aef6b7301436d3311dc6382ee319249b

Verification

The instrument's own official text, or an official register, was stored and confirms the title, date and status. checked 2026-10-17 · official-url-fetched

Stored: the final report itself (un.org PDF, 101 pages). It gives the title, 'September 2024' on its cover (no day), the Advisory Body's formation in October 2023, its terms of reference (Annex B: convened by the Secretary-General) and the seven recommendations quoted in the summary. The report gives only the month of publication, so date_published stays 2024-09. The sentence in the notes on the later panel and dialogue rests on records UN-05 and UN-07 and on the Scientific Panel's FAQ page, requested in extra_urls.

Second check: Independent check by Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5-5), 2026-10-17: 6 field(s) supported.

History

2026-10-17notes: The body was created by the Secretary-General in Oct 2023; members served in a p → The Advisory Body was convened by the UN Secretary-General and formed in October — rewritten from the report: who convened the body, its personal-capacity membership and majority consensus, the two reports its terms of reference required; the later panel and dialogue linked to UN-05 and UN-07; the remark on the missing release day moved to verification.note2026-10-17-recheck-international-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

Related records

Global Digital Compact United Nations · Published (non-binding, current)

UN AI Scientific Panel & Global Dialogue resolution United Nations · Published (non-binding, current)

Citation

UN Secretary-General's High-level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence. Governing AI for Humanity: Final Report. 2024-09. https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/governing_ai_for_humanity_final_report_en.pdf. Status: Published (non-binding, current); verified 2026-10-17 (level A). Local copy archive/UN-04/2026-10-11/official.pdf retrieved 2026-10-11 13:57:49 UTC, SHA-256 fed5408c25b61745e6dae2e570d05528aef6b7301436d3311dc6382ee319249b. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record UN-04.

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