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UNGBS14 - UN Governing Body Secretariats 14

1–2 Oct 2026
Europe/Zurich timezone

Provisional Agenda

Venue: WIPO Headquarters, Room NB 0.107

Thursday, October 1, 2026

8.30 – 9.00 a.m. Arrival and Registration
Welcome coffee and refreshments will be served.
9.00 – 9.25 a.m. Chair’s Welcome
  • Mr. Anil Murthy, Director, Diplomatic Engagement and Assemblies Affairs Division, WIPO
Introductory Remarks
  • Mr. Daren Tang, Director General, WIPO
9.25 – 9.30 a.m. Group Photo
9.30 – 11.30 a.m. Item 1: Update by Sub-group 1 – Effectiveness and Decision making

Suggested format: approximately 10 minutes per speaker, followed by Q&A.

  • BRS Convention – E-voting, mandate setting / review
  • CITES Secretariat, Haruko Okusu – Voting / E-voting
  • WMO – JIU governance evaluation and mandate review
  • ILO – Consensus building and voting, including e-voting
  • WHO – to be confirmed
11.30 – 11.45 a.m. Coffee break
11.45 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. Item 4: Capacity building for Diversity and Inclusion
  • UN Women – Gender, Diversity & Inclusion
  • Speaker 2 – to be confirmed
1.00 – 2.00 p.m. Lunch break
2.00 – 3.30 p.m. Item 3: UN80 process: implications for Governing Bodies
  • UN Women – Role of Executive Boards in structural changes
  • WMO – Organization and management of expert groups and subsidiary bodies of specialized agencies
3.30 – 3.45 p.m. Coffee break
3.45 – 5.15 p.m. Item 2: Update by Sub-group 2 – Artificial Intelligence
  • UNICEF – AI and Governance: intervention by Amb. Rein Tammsaar, Permanent Representative of Estonia to the United Nations and Co-Chair of the Global Dialogue on AI Governance
  • World Bank – Use of AI in Board’s systems, including Board records, research and transcripts
  • WIPO – AI-supported interpretation tools
5.15 – 5.30 p.m. Day 1 wrap up
Evening Reception and Dinner
WIPO HQ, 13th floor

Friday, October 2, 2026

8.30 – 9.00 a.m. Breakfast
9.00 – 10.30 a.m. Item 5: Future UNGBS meetings
  • Speaker 1 – to be confirmed
  • Tour de table
10.30 – 10.45 a.m. Coffee break
10.45 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Item 6: UN80 initiative
Intervention by Mr. Tomas Lamanauskas, Deputy Secretary-General of ITU, followed by Q&A.
12.30 – 1.00 p.m. Closing
1.00 – 2.00 p.m. Lunch
Afternoon Free afternoon