The Un Summit Of The Future A Fight At The End Of The Tunnel

An article by Richard Gowan for Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Ongoing crises keep multilateralism in turmoil, but ambitious reforms are still on the table. What to expect from the September 2024 UN Summit of the Future? Germany faces a tough task trying to build consensus among members of the United Nations on how to strengthen multilateralism in the year ahead. The German mission in New York is working with Namibia to facilitate preparations for the Summit of the Future, an event that will take place during the annual high-level week of UN meetings in... UN Secretary-General António Guterres originally proposed this summit in 2021 as an opportunity for presidents and prime ministers to debate improvements to the global system in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

But with arguments over Ukraine and Gaza simmering at the UN, diplomats fear it will be hard to make new agreements on international cooperation this year. Guterres and his advisers argue that it is necessary to take a hard look at the state of multilateralism for three main reasons. Firstly, it is clear that existing international institutions lack the mechanisms and authority necessary to deal with challenges such as pandemics and climate change effectively. Secondly, there are as yet no serious global regimes to regulate new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), which the Secretary-General predicts will profoundly reshape societies, economies and international relations. Lastly, many non-Western countries feel that they lack real influence at the UN and in other international organizations, where the U.S. and European countries often still dominate decision-making.

Ongoing crises keep multilateralism in turmoil, but ambitious reforms are still on the table. What to expect from the 2024 UN Summit of the Future? Author: Richard Gowan, UN Director, International Crisis Group Germany faces a tough task trying to build consensus among members of the United Nations on how to strengthen multilateralism in the year ahead. The German mission in New York is working with Namibia to facilitate preparations for the Summit of the Future, an event that will take place during the annual high-level week of UN meetings in... UN Secretary-General António Guterres originally proposed this summit in 2021 as an opportunity for presidents and prime ministers to debate improvements to the global system in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

But with arguments over Ukraine and Gaza simmering at the UN, diplomats fear it will be hard to make new agreements on international cooperation this year. Guterres and his advisers argue that it is necessary to take a hard look at the state of multilateralism for three main reasons. Firstly, it is clear that existing international institutions lack the mechanisms and authority necessary to deal with challenges such as pandemics and climate change effectively. Secondly, there are as yet no serious global regimes to regulate new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), which the Secretary-General predicts will profoundly reshape societies, economies and international relations. Lastly, many non-Western countries feel that they lack real influence at the UN and in other international organizations, where the U.S. and European countries often still dominate decision-making.

In a best-case scenario, the Summit for the Future would be an opportunity for UN members to tackle these challenges simultaneously, reforming existing institutions to make them more inclusive and effective, and establishing new... Guterres has, for example, floated the idea of establishing a new international agency to regulate the uses of A.I., as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) oversees the uses of nuclear power. The UN Summit of the Future: A Fight at the End of the Tunnel? “Germany faces a tough task trying to build consensus among members of the United Nations on how to strengthen multilateralism in the year ahead. The German mission in New York is working with Namibia to facilitate preparations for the Summit of the Future, an event that will take place during the annual high-level week of UN meetings in... Many saw the UN Summit of the Future as the moment of truth for the United Nations and its plans for the world.

Joris Larik, Assistant Professor of Comparative, EU and International Law, explains the results. War, inequality, poverty, climate change: the world faces pressing problems that call for good global cooperation and agreements. With the eyes of the international community turned to the UN, will it ever manage to take the lead and bring about positive change? Sunday 22 and Monday 23 September were an important litmus test: the UN Summit of the Future in New York Joris Larik specialises in global governance and EU external relations law. He is also a co-founder of the Global Governance Innovation Network (GGIN).

He and researchers from the US think tank Stimson Center wrote a report and policy recommendations for the summit. ‘This Summit of the Future was the culmination of a process that has been underway for four years, a moment of truth for the United Nations and global governance. That process began in 2020 with the UN’s 75th Anniversary Declaration, followed a year later by the “Our Common Agenda” report, in which Secretary-General António Guterres came with concrete proposals for making the world... A bold move. ‘At the Summit of the Future this year, the 193 UN member states had to flesh out these proposals into a plan, a kind of roadmap for the future of the international community: the... Mind you, this is a political document and not an international treaty.’

Andrey Kortunov, member of the Russian International Affairs Council. The delegates are taking part in the UN Summit of the Future in New York, the US, on September 22, 2024. Photo: AFP The Pact for the Future is not just a document; it is a vow to the future and ... The significance of the Summit of the Future is a somewhat tricky to convey. On the one hand, it is hard to overstate how much of a big deal the Summit of the Future for the United Nations, which bills it as a “once-in-a-generation opportunity.” On the other...

Not yet, at least. The Summit of the Future is a two day confab that kicks off the 79th United Nations General Assembly on September 22 and 23. It is truly an occasion to revitalize the UN in a time of great global turmoil and restore trust in international cooperation as a means of solving common global challenges. That may sound impractically idealistic, but the Summit itself is the culmination of years of discussions, negotiations and diplomacy around concrete policies and reforms intended to make the UN more responsive to future global... Today’s episode of our To Save Us From Hell podcast is entirely devoted to the Summit of the Future and some of the specific UN reforms on the table. Co-host Anjali Dayal and I have an in-depth conversation with Richard Ponzio from the Stimson Center about the significance of the Summit and what to expect from its three major outcome documents.

These include the ‘Pact for the Future,’ which enshrines the agreed-upon reforms from the Summit; the ‘Global Digital Compact,’ which aims to create a new framework for leveraging digital technologies for the common good;... This episode is freely available across all podcast listening platforms including Spotify and Apple Podcasts. You can also listen directly in Substack. But we need your support to keep this up! To Save Us From Hell is entirely funded through our amazing community. Please purchase a subscription to join the fun!

The transcript is available immediately here. Last month, world leaders gathered for the UN Summit of the Future, an event focused on addressing global challenges and finding solutions for a better and more sustainable present and future. The summit adopted a Pact for the Future, including a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration on Future Generations. The pact is the widest-ranging agreement in years, representing a commitment from nations, organizations, and civil society to cooperate and collaborate on solutions that work to ultimately ensure a sustainable and equitable world. The key objectives of the pact largely pertained to these three subjects: equitable development and education, global peace and security, and sustainable development. The entire pact is designed to accelerate the implementation of the sustainable development goals by creating the most detailed agreement in reforming international financial architecture.

This serves as a way to better represent and serve developing nations, addressing climate change and finding ways to promote sustainable practices. The pact confirmed the need to reduce global warming, setting an ambitious goal for the countries to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, and emphasizing transitioning away from fossil fuels in... Jerry Guo, a junior and member of Westminster’s Model UN team, explained how these goals are helpful. “Having cooperation between nations and having that ability to hold each other accountable, for example, if one nation is doing well on their part and meeting their goal for carbon neutrality or for sustainability,... Global leaders also agreed on a change for how to properly finance the SDG– sustainable development goals– trying to align financial systems with these goals in order to obtain the necessary resources to ensure... UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the preparatory ministerial meeting for the Summit of the Future.

| Credit: UN Photo/Laura Jarriel. - Photo: 2024 Ongoing crises keep multilateralism in turmoil, but ambitious reforms are still on the table. What to expect from the 2024 UN Summit of the Future? NEW YORK | 28 January 2024 (IDN) — Germany faces a tough task trying to build consensus among members of the United Nations on how to strengthen multilateralism in the year ahead. The German mission in New York is working with Namibia to facilitate preparations for the Summit of the Future, an event that will take place during the annual high-level week of UN meetings in...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres originally proposed this summit in 2021 as an opportunity for presidents and prime ministers to debate improvements to the global system in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. But with arguments over Ukraine and Gaza simmering at the UN, diplomats fear it will be hard to make new agreements on international cooperation this year. Guterres and his advisers argue that it is necessary to take a hard look at the state of multilateralism for three main reasons. Firstly, it is clear that existing international institutions lack the mechanisms and authority necessary to deal with challenges such as pandemics and climate change effectively. Secondly, there are as yet no serious global regimes to regulate new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), which the Secretary-General predicts will profoundly reshape societies, economies and international relations. Lastly, many non-Western countries feel that they lack real influence at the UN and in other international organizations, where the U.S.

and European countries often still dominate decision-making.

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