United Nations activities we are watching:
The UN Summit for the Future, September 22-23 2024: this is expected to be the next major meeting at the UN discussing their progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
second revision of the UN’s Pact for the Future was released July 17th
May 14, 2024 version of the UN Pact for the Future, with highlights of the most relevant sections:
May 14, 2024 version of the UN Pact for the Future, original version:
https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/sotf-pact-for-the-future-rev.1.pdf
May 15, 2024 version of the Global Digital Compact:
Declaration on Future generation, Rev 1
Policy Briefs
At the invitation of Member States, the Secretary-General is now issuing a series of Policy Briefs to provide more detail on certain proposals contained in Our Common Agenda and to support them in their deliberations as they prepare for the Summit of the Future. These briefs will include an analysis of the proposals’ impact on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, and will be informed by the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, with gender equality as a cross-cutting theme.
HLAB-Report, High-Level advisory board on effective multilateralism
In 2022, the United Nations Secretary-General appointed a High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism (HLAB) to identify concrete, actionable recommendations that support a radical shift in international cooperation for the resolution of shared global challenges and the advancement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This report is the result of these efforts.
The United Nations Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response (PPPR)
On September 20th, 2023, the UN President of the General Assembly approved the UN’s Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response (PPPR). There were 11 nations which objected in a formal letter, thus the Political Declaration was approved, but not by consensus.
Read the analysis by Michael Nevradakis at the Defender
Read James Roguski’s overview article
Read the analysis from Global Research
UN: Countering Disinformation
UN Document from August 2022 – proposing censorship to “protect human rights.”
UN Pages on Countering Disinformation (aka censorship)
The UN Common Agenda
The UN Common Agenda is how the UN plans to “turbocharge” action on the Sustainable Development Goals.
Within the UN Common Agenda are 11 policy briefs, one of which is the Emergency Platform described above. These documents outline the future plans of the UN.
The Sustainable Development Goals
