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 Feru??, (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 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 and |
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) |
| 16 December 2025 | Co-facilitators to lead the intergovernmental negotiations to decide the scope and modalities of the high-level meeting on improving global road safety in 2026 in New York, in line with General Assembly resolution 76/294 of 30 June 2022 |
H.E. Mrs. Aida Kasymalieva, (Kyrgyz Republic) H.E. Mr. Peter Hulényi, (Slovak Republic) |
| 18 December 2025 | Co-facilitators of the review of the arrangements contained in the “Review of the implementation of on the strengthening of the Economic and Social Council and on the high-level political forum on sustainable development and the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level”. |
H.E. Mr. Fran?ois Jackman, (Barbados) H.E. Ms. Natasha Meli, (Malta) |
| 7 January 2026 | Co-facilitators in line with General Assembly resolution of 3 July 2023 entitled “The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy: eighth review”, by which the General Assembly decided to undertake, by June 2026, “an examination of the implementation of the Strategy by Member States, and to consider updating the Strategy to respond to changes”, |
H.E. Ms. Elina Kalkku, (Finland) H.E. Mr. Omar Hilale, (Morocco) |
| 5 February 2026 | Co-chairs in line with General Assembly resolutionof Steering Committee on Partnerships for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to “support the follow-up to existing and promote and advocate for the launching of new small island developing States partnerships”. |
H.E. Mr. Rui Vinhas, (Portugal) H.E. Ms. Janine Coye-Felson, (Belize) |
| 12 February 2026 | Co-facilitators to conduct consultations on the question of whether to maintain the status of the Human Rights Council as a subsidiary body of the General Assembly, in line with General Assembly resolution of 17 June 2011 entitled “Review of the Human Rights Council” |
H.E. Mr. Fergal Mythen, (Ireland) H.E. Mr. Coly Seck, (Senegal) |
| 16 February 2026 | Co-facilitators to conduct open, transparent and inclusive intergovernmental consultations with a view to agreeing on the Progress Declaration, preferably before the beginning of the second International Migration Review Forum in line with General Assembly resolution of 19 July 2019 entitled “Format and organizational aspects of the international migration review forums” |
H.E. Mr. Erastus Lokaale, (Kenya) H.E. Mr. Olivier Maes, (Luxembourg) |
| 9 March 2026 | Co-facilitators for the intergovernmental process on the modalities of the review of the outcome document of the second High-level United Nations Conference on South South Cooperation in accordance with General Assembly resolution . |
H.E. Mr. Lukman Abdulraheem Al Faily, (Iraq) H.E. Ms. Gergana Karadjova (Bulgaria) |
| 10 March 2026 | Co-facilitators to lead the negotiations on the modalities for the high-level meeting on HIV and AIDS to be held in 2026 in line with General Assembly Resolution . |
H.E. Mr. David Bakradze, (Georgia) H.E. Mr. Charles Masole, (Botswana) |
| 12 March 2026 | Co-facilitators to lead the intergovernmental negotiations on a concise and action-oriented progress declaration, to be adopted at the high-level meeting on improving global road safety on 20 and 21 July 2026 in accordance with of 10 March 2026. |
H.E. Mrs. Aida Kasymalieva, (Kyrgyz Republic) H.E. Mr. Peter Hulényi, (Slovak Republic) |
| 13 March 2026 |
Co-facilitators to lead the negotiations on the scope and modalities for the high-level meeting on universal health coverage to be held in 2027 in line with
|
H.E. Mr. Cherdchai Chaivaivid, (Thailand)
?
H.E. Mr. Joan Forner Rovira, Permanent (Andorra)
|
|
Co-facilitators to conduct consultations on possible further measures necessary to enhance the participation of Indigenous Peoples’ representatives and institutions in meetings of relevant United Nations bodies on issues affecting them, in line with 78/328 of 6 September 2024.
?
Advisers from Indigenous Peoples to assist the co-facilitators in conducting consultations on this topic during the eightieth session.
?
?
|
H.E. Mr. Stan Oduma Smith,? (The Bahamas)
H.E. Mr. Pendapala Andreas Naanda, (Namibia)
?
Ms. Sashia Leung, from North America region
Mr. Tuomas Aslak Juuso, from Arctic region. ?
|
|
| 23 March 2026 |
Co-facilitators to lead the intergovernmental negotiations on a concise and action-oriented political declaration ahead of the high-level meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response in line with
?
?
|
H.E. Mr. Paruyr Hovhannisyan, (Armenia)
H.E. Mr. Karoli Martin Ngoga, (Rwanda)
?
|
| 25 March 2026 |
Facilitator to conduct consultations with Member States and other relevant stakeholders regarding a possible update of the programme of activities for the implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent as contained in of 1 December 2014.
|
H.E. Mr. Domingos Estêv?o Fernandes, (Mozambique)
|
| 13 April 2026 |
Co-Chairs of the Working Group to continue the work of the Informal Ad Hoc Working Group on the Mandate Implementation Review in line with General Assembly resolution 80/251
|
H.E. Mr. Brian Christopher Manley Wallace (Jamaica)
?
H.E. Ms. Merete Fjeld Brattested, (Norway)
|
| 24 April 2026 |
Co-facilitators of the intergovernmental process on measures of progress on sustainable development that complement or go beyond gross domestic product, referred to as “Beyond GDP” in line with
|
H.E. Ms. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Permanent (Guyana)
?
H.E. Mr. Hector Gómez Hernández, (Spain)
|
| 27 April 2026 |
Co-facilitators for the consultations with all Member States with a view to adopting a concise and action-oriented political declaration as an outcome of the high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS to be convened on 22 and 23 June 2026 in accordance with .
|
H.E. Mr. Charles Masole, (Botswana)
?
H.E. Mr. David Bakradze, (Georgia)
|
| 13 May 2026 |
Co-facilitators to present options and modalities for the high-level meeting to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, as well as the political declaration. in line with
|
H.E. Mr. Taonga Mushayavanhu, (Zimbabwe)
?
H.E. Ms. Pengiran Hairani Pengiran Haji Tajuddin,
(Brunei Darussalam) |
| ? | 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 ?bogar, (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 | ? |
Related Letters:
Invitation to Member States -17 October 2026
PGA Letter-Invite- 6 May 2026