No single government, company or institution can govern AI alone.
Guest blog: Lenni Montiel: Senior UN Development Leader (Ret.) | Former UN Assistant Secretary-General |UNDP Resident Representative | Governance, Public Policy & Multilateral Diplomacy | Leadership Advisor & Trainer | Chevening Scholar. Lenni writes on LinkedIn about the UN and international development. Originally published here. This is perhaps one of the most important messages emerging from the inaugural UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, held in Geneva on 6–7 July 2026. It makes a strong argument for multilateral cooperation and for the distinctive value of the UN's universal membership as a forum for dialogue, coherence and interoperability among different initiatives, values and governance models that may never fully converge. The Co-Chairs’ Summary of the inaugural UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, offers an early indication of how governments and other stakeholders begin to frame AI governance collectively through the UN system. Its emerging themes do not con...