High-Level Report on AGI Governance Shared with UN Community

The High-Level Expert Panel on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), convened by the UN Council of Presidents of the General Assembly (UNCPGA), has released its final report titled “Governance of the Transition to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Urgent Considerations for the UN General Assembly” outlining recommendations for global governance of AGI.

The panel, chaired by Jerome Glenn, CEO of The Millennium Project, includes leading international experts, such as Renan Araujo (Brazil), Yoshua Bengio (Canada), Joon Ho Kwak (Republic of Korea), Lan Xue (China), Stuart Russell (UK and USA), Jaan Tallinn (Estonia), Mariana Todorova (Bulgaria Node Chair), and José Jaime Villalobos (Costa Rica), and offers a framework for UN action on this emerging field.

The report has been formally submitted to the President of the General Assembly, and discussions are underway regarding its implementation. While official UN briefings are expected in the coming months, the report is being shared now to encourage early engagement.

The report warns that AGI—defined as AI systems capable of matching or surpassing human intelligence across a broad range of tasks—could emerge within this decade. While AGI holds the potential to accelerate scientific discovery, advance public health, and help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, it also poses unprecedented risks, including autonomous harmful actions and threats to global security.

The panel calls for urgent, coordinated international action under UN leadership, including a dedicated UN General Assembly session on AGI, the establishment of a global observatory, a certification system for safe AGI, and consideration of a UN Convention and international agency to ensure responsible development and equitable distribution of AGI benefits.

We invite you to read the report, share it with your press representatives, and circulate it within your Ministries of Foreign Affairs. You are also welcome to write about it or bring public attention to its findings and recommendations.

This is an important step toward shaping international cooperation on one of the most transformative technologies of our time.

Versions of the report in other languages are now available.

• Spanish version, courtesy of Miguel Angel Gutierriez, Co-Chair of the Argentina Node.

• Dutch version, courtesy of Paul Epping Co-Chair of the Dutch Node.

Featured articles:

• DW2, Governance of the transition to AGI: Time to act by David Wood.
• Futura Network, “Verso una governance globale dell’intelligenza artificiale generale: il rapporto del Panel Agi per l’Assemblea generale Onu” by Mara Di Berardo (Comms Director & Italy Node Co-Chair).
• Los Andes, “La Inteligencia Artificial General y el poder global” by Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez, Argentina Node Co-Chair.
• IAgora, Jarvis? / What Now?, “Governança Antecipatória da Inteligência Artificial Geral na ONU: Riscos e Oportunidades para o Brasil e o mundo!” by Gustavo Machado. 
• Ainet, [UN IAIA, AGI로의 전환 거버넌스: 행동할 때다., 밀레니엄 프로젝트, 제롬 글렌] 제롬 글렌의 한승수총리초청 방한 2024년 10월 UNCPGA 서울 선언문, 이후 제롬과 Dr 칸 등이 결과 보고서를 작성하였다.