Bridging the gap between what is said and discussed at the UN headquarters and how that is translated into policy at the national and local levels remains a persistent challenge. Attention and querying at the...
79th UN General Assembly: Committees 2 & 3
Bridging the gap between what is said and discussed at the UN headquarters and how that is translated into policy at the national and local levels remains a persistent challenge. Attention and querying at the...
Press Release: Future of Global Governance: Perspectives from Global South
On the eve of the Summit of the Future to be held on September 22-23 at United Nations headquarters in New York, Global Policy Watch has launched today the Report “Future of Global Governance: Perspectives from...
Pact for the Future: Reform of UN Security Council?
The Pact for the Future, the proposed outcome of the Summit of the Future, will address Security Council reform in Chapter 5, on global governance. The Pact’s draft and process have a placeholder for input...
Zero Draft of the Pact for the Future
Member States have started negotiations on the Summit of the Future (SotF) outcome document: the Pact for the Future. The process kicked off on 29 January 2024 with the co-facilitators' presentation of the Zero Draft...
UNGA78 Second Committee: Countries in Special Situations
Two high-level conferences for countries in special situations are scheduled for 2024 and Preparatory Committees have begun their discussions at the UNHQ.
This Round Up focuses on central themes explored by the UNGA78 Second...
3rd UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries
The Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3) will be held on 18-21 June 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda at the highest possible level, including Heads of State and Government.
The main agenda for LLDC3 is...
2024 UN Summit of the Future
Considered a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to address inequities in global governance and reset international cooperation, the Summit of the Future (SoTF) will be a cornerstone among a series of high-level UN meetings in 2024. While Member...
UN General Assembly 2023: Shifting Dynamics of Global Governance
Many world leaders during the UN General Assembly High-level General Debate (19 to 26 September 2023) referenced the sorry state of multilateralism and the various alignments and groupings, some to counter the lack of agency...
ECOSOC HLPF on Sustainable Development 2023: Perspectives, Priorities and Positions
The UN ECOSOC High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), operating under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), has convened regularly since it was established by the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable...
2023 UN SDG Summit
At the half-way mark to fulfilling the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the UN "SDG Summit" is charged with igniting a correction course as the UN, Member States and numerous studies agree that the Sustainable...