Co-facilitators and Co-chairs for the intergovernmental processes in the
80th session of the General Assembly

 

Appointment date Function and process Co-chairs / Co-facilitators
16 September 2025 Co-Facilitators to continue to lead the intergovernmental process, which will include preparatory meetings, resulting in an intergovernmental agreed outcome document for adoption at the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on Information Society, in line with GA resolution 79/277 H.E. Mr. Ekitela Lokaale, (Republic of Kenya)

H.E. Ms. Suela Janina, (Republic of Albania)

31 October 2025 Co-Chairs of the Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council during the 80th session, in line with General Assembly decision 79/570 of 25 August 2025

More on IGN Here

H.E. Mr. Tareq M. A. M. Albanai, (State of Kuwait)

H.E. Ms. Lise Gregoire-van Haaren, (Kingdom of the Netherlands)

31 October 2025 Co-Chairs of the first Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance, to be held back-to-back in the margins of the International Telecommunication Union Artificial Intelligence for Good Global Summit in Geneva in 2026, to identify the main topics of the Dialogue and to draft a Co-Chairs’ summary of the Dialogue, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 79/325 H.E. Ms. Egriselda López, (El Salvador )

H.E. Mr. Rein Tammsaar, (Estonia)

19 November 2025 Co-Chairs of the Working Group on the Strengthening and Revitalizing of the Work of the General Assembly during the 80th session in line with General Assembly resolution 79/327 of 5 September 2025. H.E. Mr. Cornel Feruță, (Romania)

H.E. Ms. Mutryce Agatha Williams,(Saint Kitts and Nevis)

1 December 2025 Co-facilitators to lead the intergovernmental negotiations on a concise and action-oriented political declaration to renew commitment and accelerate the implementation of the New Urban Agenda, in line with General Assembly resolution
79/214 of 19 December 2024
H.E. Mr. Krzysztof Maria Szczerski, (Poland)

H.E. Mrs. Agnes Mary Chimbiri Molande, (Republic of Malawi)

2 December 2025 Co-chairs of the Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, in accordance with General Assembly resolutions 54/33 and 78/69 H.E. Mr. Milan J. N. Meetarbhan, (Mauritius)

H.E. Ms. Anna Jóhannsdóttir, (Iceland)

5 December 2025 Co-facilitators to conduct intergovernmental negotiations on a concise, action-oriented and intergovernmentally negotiated declaration agreed by consensus on sea level rise. H.E. Mr. James Martin Larsen, (Australia)

H.E. Ms. Tania Serafim Yvonne Romualdo, (Cabo Verde)

Continued from 79th Session
13 January 2025 Co-facilitators for the intergovernmental consultations during the formal phase of the process of a comprehensive review of United Nations peacebuilding to be conducted in 2025 H.E. Mr. Osama Mahmoud Abdelkhalek Mahmoud, (Egypt)

H.E. Mr. Samuel Žbogar, (Slovenia)

2 September 2025 Co-Chairs of the informal ad hoc working group  on the mandate implementation review; A/Res/79/571 H.E. Mr. Brian Wallace, (Jamaica)

H.E. Ms. Carolyn Schwalger,  (New Zealand)

Intergovernmental Processes in 79th Session- See List Here

Invitation to Member States to express their interest in serving as co-chair or co-facilitators during 80th Session.