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Published on Mon, 2024-09-16 09:28
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 Global South” on views from developing countries on the key issue of the Summit, the reform of global governance, its rules and institutions. |
Published on Wed, 2024-10-09 00:00
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 national level on how concerns are being represented at the UN are integral to democratic global governance and accountability. |
Published on Mon, 2024-08-12 00:00
The second World Summit for Social Development (WSSD2) will take place in November 2025 in Qatar tasked with advancing social development and justice, and the implementation of and successor to the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development. This Summit together with the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) are central in the follow-up of the Summit of the Future (SOTF) in September 2024. Member State priorities and concerns on achieving social development and justice. |
Published on Tue, 2024-06-18 00:00
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 from the Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN), which is due by the end of June 2024. The linkage of on-going and decades-long Security Council reform with the September 2024 deadline for adopting the Pact for the Future has contributed to the intensity of engagement from all Member States and shaped alignments and alliances that criss-cross a number of Member State groupings and alliances within and outside the United Nations. |
Published on Thu, 2024-05-30 00:00
The 2024 Global South Study Week on Sustainable Human Development was coorganized by the Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND), Third World Network (TWN), Global Policy Forum and Social Watch and took place in Beirut, Lebanon in May 2024. |
Published on Mon, 2024-05-13 00:00
As part of the 2024 Global South Study Week on Sustainable Human Development, Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND), Third World Network (TWN), The Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship, Global Policy Forum and Social Watch invite you to a special session: “On the Way to the Summit of the Future: The Challenges of the Multilateral System.” This hybrid event will explore critical global issues and the efficacy of multilateralism in addressing them. |
Published on Mon, 2024-03-04 00:00
Roberto Bissio, Coordinator of Social Watch, spoke at the "Regional Meeting for Civil Society on Sustainable Development - On the Way to the Summit of the Future". The recording is here . The Arab NGO Network for Development in collaboration with the members of the Regional Sustainable Development Platform (ATUC, CAWTAR, HIC-HRLN, ARFPD, ANDE, CAWTAR and TI) organized the "Regional Meeting for Civil Society on Sustainable Development - On the Way to the Summit of the Future" on March 4, 2024 in Beirut. |
Published on Mon, 2024-02-12 21:11
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 of the Pact and Member States’ reactions to the Zero Draft. This Global Policy Watch Factsheet #5 on the Zero Draft of the Pact for the Future walks through a summary of the co-facilitators’ presentation on how they approached the Zero Draft, Member State reactions and useful links including to the Zero Draft and negotiations timetable. The previous GPW Factsheet #4 on SotF also provides valuable information on the process. |
Published on Mon, 2024-02-05 15:25
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 Committee (Economic and Financial)’s session on Groups of Countries in Special Situations, including debt distress and vulnerability, concessional funding and climate financing. Deliberations addressed the follow-up to LDC5 and the lead-up to the 2024 conferences, SIDS4 and LLDC3. |
Published on Thu, 2024-01-18 09:09
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 to finalize and adopt the new development agenda for the landlocked developing countries for the next decade, the successor to the Vienna Programme of Action in 2024. This Global Policy Watch briefing explores the pertinent issues and trajectory of the process, with the different priorities revealed in Member State statements. |
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