Summit of the Future No 15: Global Digital Compact first informal consultations – Monday 12 Feb and Tuesday 13 Feb

The Co-facilitators for the Global Digital Compact (GDC), Ambassadors Anna Karin Eneström and Chola Milambo, have provided the following information on the first informal consultations, in their letter of 2 February 2024:

In-person consultation for Member States and Observers

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Summit of the Future No 14: Zero draft of the Pact to be presented on Monday 29 January – Letter from Co-facilitators (26 January 2024)

In their letter of 26 January on the preparatory process for the Summit of the Future (SOTF) and presentation of the zero draft of the Pact for the Future (Pact), the Co-Facilitators thanked Major Groups and other  Stakeholders (MGoS), as well as representatives of CSOs, academia and the private sector, for their “active participation in the virtual consultation on 13 December 2023. They had received nearly 500 written inputs, of which all relevant ones will be posted on the SOTF website. 

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Summit of the Future No 13: Zero draft of the Pact for the Future released this week

As included in the road map, the zero draft will be circulated this week and it will be presented on Monday 29 January, as stated in the following message, that has been circulated on behalf of the co-facilitators, the UN Ambassadors of Germany and Namibia:

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Summit of the Future No 12: CSO written inputs for a Declaration on Future Generations, deadline 11.59 pm EST on 22 January

In their letter of 12 January 2024, Ambassadors Yoka M.G. Brandt and Brian Wallace, Permanent Representatives of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Jamaica respectively, invite stakeholders to submit their written inputs via the Summit of the Future website, using this link. 

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Summit of the Future No 11: Update on processes for CSO inputs for a Declaration on Future Generations

In their letter of 20 December 2023, Ambassadors Yoka M.G. Brandt and Brian Wallace, Permanent Representatives of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Jamaica respectively, again state their commitment to “ensuring open, transparent and inclusive consultations with Member States, as well as relevant stakeholders.”

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Summit of the Future No 10: Co-facilitators for a Global Digital Compact set out preparatory process

The co-facilitators for a Digital Compact, Ambassadors Anna Karin Eneström of Sweden and Chola Milambo of Zambia, appointed by the President of the UN General Assembly in October 2023, have sent a letter setting out the time frame for the negotiations on a Global Digital Compact (GDC). 

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Summit of the Future No 9: Co-facilitators for a Declaration on Future Generations set out preparatory processes

The President of the UN General Assembly wrote to the Permanent Representatives on 15 December to transmit the letter from the co-facilitators for a Declaration on Future Generations (DOFG), whom he appointed in October 2023, Ambassadors Ms Yoka M G Brandt of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Mr Brian Wallace of Jamaica, which sets out the roadmap for its consultation process. 

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Summit of the Future No 8: Co-facilitators for Summit of the Future set out preparatory processes

In their letter of 14 December 2023, noting that there is broad consensus around “the majority of the agreed elements of the Rev 3” as a starting point, the Co-facilitators for the Summit of the Future (SOTF) have set out the processes for the upcoming consultations, as they prepare the zero draft of the Pact for the Future.  

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Summit of the Future No 7: Reminder – submission of written inputs. Deadline 31 December 2023

Following the virtual consultation with the co-facilitators on 13 December, we would like to remind you that written inputs for the zero-draft of the Pact for the Future must be received by the deadline of 31 December 2023.

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Invitation to Participate in Virtual Consultation and Submit Written Inputs

On 10 October 2023, the President of the General Assembly announced the reappointment of Germany and Namibia as co-facilitators of the intergovernmental preparatory process of the Summit of the Future. As part of the consultative process, the United Nations Secretariat supports the co-facilitators in engaging civil society and other stakeholders.

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