Initiative brings together leaders from government, business and international organizations to advance practical pathways to unlocking AI’s potential
Dubai, 6 July 2026 — Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, Salesforce Chair and CEO Marc Benioff, and ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin today announced the launch of the AI for Good Global Commission.
The Commission brings together more than 40 Founding Members — including Heads of State and Government, industry CEOs and top executives, and Heads of UN agencies — to help define practical pathways to strengthen trust, expand access and unlock AI’s potential to solve real-world challenges at the speed the technology demands.
The newly formed Commission occupies a unique position in the global AI landscape. By connecting leaders who build technology, deploy it at scale, shape policy and represent communities, the Commission seeks to help forge responsible AI solutions across sectors and borders while ensuring the participation of developing countries.
“One thing is certain: technology is supposed to be a force for good, and we have a responsibility to use it accordingly,” said President Kagame, Co-Chair of the Commission. “Let us work together to reduce inequality, and allow more and more of our citizens to benefit from the good AI can deliver to all of us.”
“The promise of AI is built on not only incredible opportunities for the growth of our economy, but on the foundation of trust that is required for our shared success,” said Benioff, Commission Co-Chair.
With 2.2 billion people still offline, one-quarter of the world is cut off from AI advancements. A key focus of the AI for Good Global Commission will be to bridge digital divides and help ensure that AI becomes a tool for solving global challenges, not deepening inequalities.
The new AI for Good Global Commission builds on the foundation of the multi-stakeholder ITU/UNESCO Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, which helped shape global priorities for connectivity, digital inclusion and economic development.
“No organization can single-handedly put AI at the service of all humanity,” said Bogdan-Martin, Vice-Chair of the Commission. “It will take collective leadership and the
combined expertise of partners from across sectors to ensure AI benefits all people, everywhere.”
The AI for Good Global Commission will have its inaugural meeting during ITU’s AI for Good Global Summit 2026 (7-10 July) in Geneva, Switzerland. The Summit is part of Digital Week, a series of digital cooperation events taking place in Geneva from 6-10 July, which also includes the first UN-mandated Global Dialogue on AI Governance (6-7 July) and the WSIS Forum 2026 (6-10 July).
Founding Members of the AI for Good Global Commission include:
- Co-Chair: H.E. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda
- Co-Chair: Marc Benioff, Chair, CEO and Co-Founder of Salesforce
- Vice-Chair: Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General, ITU
- H.E. Alar Karis, President of the Republic of Estonia
- H.E. Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland
- H.E. Zhaslan Madiyev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Julie Sweet, Chair and CEO, Accenture
- Denis Machuel, CEO, The Adecco Group
- H.E. Lerato Dorothy Mataboge, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy, African Union
- Andy Jassy, CEO and President, Amazon.com
- Jack Clark, Co-founder and Head of Public Benefit, Anthropic
- Lakshmi N. Mittal, Executive Chairman, ArcelorMittal
- Jesper Brodin, Chair, The B Team, and Senior Advisor, IKEA Foundation
- Cécile Béliot, CEO, Bel Group
- Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises
- Aidan Gomez, Co-Founder and CEO, Cohere
- Vishal Talwar, President, FedEx Dataworks and Executive Vice President, Chief Digital and Information Officer, FedEx Corporation
- Lu Zhang, Founder and Managing Partner, Fusion Fund
- will.i.am, Founder and CEO, FYI.AI
- James Manyika, President for Research, Labs, Technology & Society, Google and Alphabet
- Anthony Tan, Co-founder and Group CEO, Grab
- Vivek Badrinath, Director-General, GSMA
- Father Eric Salobir, President, Human Technology Foundation and Expert to the Holy See
- David Schwimmer, CEO, LSEG
- Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President, Microsoft
- Ralph Mupita, CEO and Group President, MTN Group
- H.E. Emma Theofelus, Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Republic of Namibia
- H.E. Dr. Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO, NVIDIA
- Christel Heydemann, CEO, The Orange Group
- Dr. Albert Bourla, CEO and Chairman, Pfizer
- Cristiano Amon, CEO and President, Qualcomm Incorporated
- Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited
- André Hoffmann, Vice Chairman, Roche Holding AG
- Ren Ito, Co-Founder and Chairman, Sakana AI
- H.E. Josephine Teo, Minister for Digital Development and Information, Republic of Singapore
- Chamath Palihapitiya, Founder and CEO, Social Capital
- Alexander De Croo, Administrator, UNDP
- Khaled El-Enany, Director-General, UNESCO
- H.E. Cina Lawson, Minister of Public Sector Efficiency and Digital Transformation, Togolese Republic
- Margherita Della Valle, Group CEO, Vodafone
- Daren Tang, Director General, WIPO
- Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, WTO
- Xu Ziyang, CEO and Executive Director, ZTE
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