The negotiated and approved text will be submitted to Member States for the adoption by the General Conference of UNESCO at its 41st session. If adopted, the Recommendation will be the first global normative instrument in this critically important field.
Bureau
The Bureau of the meeting, elected during the first session of the meeting, is composed as follows:
Chairperson
- H.E. Mr Adam Al Mulla (Group Vb, Kuwait)
Rapporteur
- Dr. Ms Immolatrix Linda Oneugbu (Group Va, Namibia)
Vice-Chairpersons:
- Mr Alberto Merchante (Group I, Spain)
- H.E. Ms Meta Bole (Group II, Slovenia)
- Dr. Mr José Cruz Pineda Castillo (Group III, Mexico)
- H.E. Mr Kazi Imtiaz Hossain (Group IV, Bangladesh)
First Session of the Intergovernmental Meeting (online)
26-30 April 2021, 13:00 - 17:00, GMT +2
The Intergovernmental special committee of technical and legal experts was convened online for its first session on 26-30 April 2021 to consider the draft of the Recommendation on the Ethics of AI.
Working Documents
- Provisional Agenda
- Provisional Rules of Procedure
- Election of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairpersons and Rapporteur
- Draft text of the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Information Documents
- Final report on the draft text of the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
- Compilation of comments received from Member States on the first draft of the Recommendation (multilingual)
-
Virtual Meeting Guide
also available in French
- Provisional Timetable of Work
Other Documents
Intersessional Consultations (online)
1-11 June 2021, 13:00 - 16:00, GMT +2
Open-ended Intersessional Consultations will be held online on 1-11 June 2021 from 13:00 - 16:00, GMT+2 (5 and 6 June excluded), in line with the decision of the 40th Session of the General Conference (40 C/Resolution 37), requesting the Director-General to ensure a sufficient number of intergovernmental consultations.
Even though the intersessional consultations have no decision-making capacity, the draft text of the Recommendation as amended during the intersessional consultations will serve as the basis for the second session of the intergovernmental meeting (21-25 June 2021).
Working Document
- Intersessional Consultation Document (Preamble; 26-141)
Second Session of the Intergovernmental Meeting
21-25 June 2021
