Summit of the Future Tracker
Update
Contributed by Global Governance Innovation Network
Posted 30 March 2023
Throughout this 78th UNGA session, we will track updates on the operational tracks feeding into the Summit of the Future in 2024, so please bookmark this page for the latest on resolutions, meetings, elements papers, and more!
Headlines
π Roadmap toward the Pact for the Future by Namibia and Germany
π£ Call for Civil Society inputs to consultation on December 13 by Namibia and Germany
Resources
- Our Common Agenda and Summit of the Future Policy Briefs
- UN's Summit of the Future Page and Summit of the Future Website
- Summit of the Future Information Clearing House Bulletin
- What would the Summit of the Future Deliver? 2-pager on SOTF by the Executive Office of the Secretary General
- Two page summaries of the Our Common Agenda and Summit of the Future Policy Briefs by the Executive Office of the Secretary General
- Interim People's Pact for the Future
2022-23 Archive
Headlines
πOne stop shop for all the President of the General Assembly appointed mandates (co-facilitators) this GA Session.
π Schedule of General Assembly Plenary and Related Meetings.
π£ New Agenda for Peace Policy Brief will be launched 20 July at 3pm New York time.
π£ Latest on the SDG Summit
π The Latest on Roadmaps and Letters
- Summit of the Future: Latest Letter from Co-Facilitators | website.
- New Agenda for Peace: Likely to see a draft in July | website.
- Future Generations negotiation track: Latest Letter from Co-Facilitators includes a summary of the expert dialogues | roadmap.
- Global Digital Compact negotiation track roadmap released here.
- Zero Draft of the SDG Summit Political Declaration.
- Read the Secretary General's marks on 13 Feb here.
π£ Policy Briefs are out and consultations are happening! See the links below.
Policy Briefs presented by Executive Office of the Secretary General in 2023:
- March 9: Thinking and acting on behalf of future generations (EOSG) [letter with recording of first consultation]
- March 9: Strengthening response to global shocks (Emergency Platform) (EOSG)
- April: Recommendations for meaningful youth engagement (OSGEY)
- April 18: High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism (HLAB) Report
- May 24: Global Digital Compact (SG's Tech Envoy)
- June: Achieving a metric beyond GPD (DESA, UNDP, UNCTAD)
- June: Integrity in public information (code of conduct) (Department of Global Communications)
- June: International Financial Architecture (DESA)
- June: Outer Space (OSAA, ODA, OLA)
- July: New Agenda for Peace (DPPA, DPO, ODA, OCT)
- TBD: Education
- TBD: UN 2.0
The SOTF Modalities:
- Latest Letter from Co-Facilitators on 13 May 2023 | website.
- The Summit of the Future Modalities Resolution has been adopted after a silence procedure went unbroken, on Thursday 8 September. Here's the latest from the Co-Facilitators, Oman and New Zealand.
- 18 Oct 2022: Amb. Antje Leenderste, UN Permanent Representative of Germany, and Amb. Neville Melvin Gertze, UN Permanent Representative of Namibia, appointed by President of the General Assembly Amb. Korosi, as the new Co-Facilitators to lead consultations on the Summit of the Future for the 77th session of the General Assembly. Fiji and Netherlands will continue to serve as co-facilitators for the process on the Declaration on Future Generations.
- 31 October 2022 saw the first in a series of informal consultations on the Summit of the Future lead by several Permanent Missions and in collaboration with the Present Future Institute.
- The Ministerial Forum in September 2023 will likely take place at the Minister of Foreign Affairs level.
- Civil Society Townhall by the President of the General Assembly will be 3-5pm EDT on 27 June, UN New York HQ.
- June 13: Informal Consultations on the Summit of the Future.
Declaration on Future Generations:
- Latest Letter from Co-Facilitators includes a summary of the expert dialogues, 15 May | roadmap.
- Dialogue I: Expert Level Informal Exchange with Panelists on National, Regional and Multilateral Examples of Implementing the Commitment to Future Generations.
- Dialogue II: To Think and Act for Future Generations.
- Dialogue III: Youth Expert Panel on Safeguarding the Interests of Future Generations.
- High-level Committee on Programs' UN Common Principles on Future Generations
- 7 September 2022 saw an intergovernmental discussion on the elements paper for a Declaration on Future Generations. This paper was presented on September 9, 2022.
Global Digital Compact:
- GDC Deep Dive hosted by Rwanda and Sweden.
- Submit written inputs on the Global Digital Compact to the UN Tech Envoy's Office by 31 March 2023.
- 27 Oct: Amb. Claver Gatete, UN Permanent Representative of Rwanda, and Amb. Anna Karin EnestrΓΆm, UN Permanent Representative of Sweden, appointed by the President of the General Assembly Amb. Korosi, as the new Co-Facilitators to lead consultation on the Global Digital Compact for the 77th session of the General Assembly. Submit written inputs on the Global Digital Compact to the UN Tech Envoy's Office by 31 March 2023.
New Agenda for Peace:
- The UN Department for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs issues an open call for civil society and multistakeholder written inputs and ideas on a New Agenda for Peace before 15 January. Proposals should be shared here [email protected] in any of the six UN official languages.
- The Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) will be leading drafting of the New Agenda for Peace and have been encouraged to open up to stakeholder consultations.
- The New Agenda for Peace may not be an intergovernmentally-led process. The UN Chief Executive Board met on 27 October 2022 to discuss.
UN Youth Office:
- Read the terms of reference for the Assistant Secretary-General of Youth Affairs who will lead the UN Youth Office.
- Youth Briefing on Our Common Agenda on 17 Feb; outcomes here.
- The UN Youth Office Resolution was taken to the 5th Committee in early December 2022 for negotiation, read the G77 and China statement here, and speaker summary here.
- A consultation was held on 6 October 2022 with stakeholders and youth representatives on steps forward.
- The adoption of a groundbreaking resolution for a United Nations Youth Office.
UN Secretary-General's High-Level Advisory Board for Effective Multilateralism:
- The High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism (HLAB) report.
- Fifth Statement from the The Co-Chairs of The High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism.
- Fourth Statement of The Co-Chairs of The High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism
- Third Statement of The Co-Chairs of The High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism
- Second Statement of the Co-Chairs of the High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism and Launch of a Public Consultation
- First Public Statement of Co-Chairs of the High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism
Notes on other tracks:
- Zero Draft of the SDG Summit Political Declaration and letter from Co-Facilitators Qatar and Ireland. Informal consultations to be held June 7 [register here].
- 4 Nov 2022: Amb. Collen Vixen Kelapile, UN Permanent Representative of Botswana, and Amb. Olivier Maes, UN Permanent Representative of Luxembourg, appointed by President of the General Assembly Amb. Korosi, as the new Co-Facilitators for the High-Level Dialogue on the Addis Ababa Action Agenda for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development.
- 20 Oct 2022: Amb. Fergal Mythen, UN Permanent Representative of Ireland, and Amb. Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thani, UN Permanent Representative of Qatar, appointed by President of the General Assembly Amb. Korosi, as the new Co-Facilitators to lead consultations on the SDG Summit for the 77th session of the General Assembly.
- 18 Oct 2022: Amb. Michal Mlynar, UN Permanent Representative of Slovakia, and Amb. Tareq M.A.M Albanai, UN Permanent Representative of Kuwait, appointed by President of the General Assembly Amb. Korosi, as the new Co-Facilitators to lead intergovernmental negotiations on UN Security Council Reform for the 77th Session of the General Assembly.
- 16-19 September saw the Transforming Education Summit unfold, kicked off by a Youth Mobilization Day, followed by Solutions Day, and culminating with Leadership Day, which welcomed Heads of State to the table.
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