Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 6:00PM The President of the UN General Assembly has written to Permanent Representatives in New York, forwarding the letter from the co-facilitators, Ambassadors Anna Enström of Sweden and Chola Milambo of Sweden and the zero draft of the Global Digital Compact.
Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 9:42PM Ambassadors Antje Leendertse and Nevill Gertze, co-facilitators for the Summit of the Future, wrote to the other Ambassadors in New York on 4 April 2024, about the preparatory process for the Summit of the Future. The letter informed them that the second reading of the Pact for the Future concluded on 3 April, with it having “deepened understanding between delegations and fostered convergence on many issues.”
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 9:50AM An email has been received by Commat from one of the advisers to the co-facilitators for the Declaration on Future Generations, reiterating that a broad consultative process has been underway since January “to garner the oral and written inputs for the zero draft from a wide range of stakeholder groups.”
Monday, April 1, 2024 at 9:40AM The UN Secretary-General has circulated a letter from Ambassadors Brian Wallace, of Jamaica and Yoka Brandt, of the Netherlands, co-facilitators on the Declaration on Future Generations.
Saturday, March 30, 2024 at 6:53PM The Zero draft for the Declaration on Future Generations has been released. It comprises a Preamble, Guiding Principles and Commitments and Implementation, institutionalization and monitoring.
Preamble
Friday, March 29, 2024 at 6:30PM The registration deadline has been extended to 5 April 2024, by 12 p.m. Eastern Time. Due to limited space at the UNON, Nairobi, Kenya, registration may close earlier.
Monday, March 25, 2024 at 12:51PM The UN Department of Global Communications has launched the website for the 2024 UN Civil Society Conference “Shaping a Future of Global and Sustainable Progress”. The Conference will be held in Nairobi, Kenya on 9 – 10 May and will provide civil society organizations (CSOs) with an opportunity for multi-stakeholder engagement ahead of the Summit of the Future (SOTF) and a venue for them to participate in the preparatory process. In addition it will give CSOs an additional platform to speak out and share ideas that could contribute to future Pact for the Future negotiations.
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 3:03PM The 2024 UN Civil Society Conference “Shaping a Future of Global and Sustainable Progress”,
Will be held on 9 - 10 May 2024 at the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON), Kenya.
You can register here
Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 6:23PM Ambassadors Anna Karin Eneström of Sweden and Chola Milambo of Zambia, Co-facilitators for the Global Digital Compact (GDC), in their letter of 23 February provided information on the second informal consultations to be convened on Thursday 29 February with Member States and observers, and on Friday 1 March with stakeholders.
Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 5:48AM In their letter of 26 January 2024, Ambassadors Leendertse and Gertze, Co-facilitators for the Summit of the Future (SOTF) set out the process for Major Groups and other Stakeholders (MGoS) and Civil Society (CSO) representatives to share their feedback on the zero draft of the Pact for the Future (Pact), following its presentation on 29 January 2024.