So many issues that impact daily lives like climate emergencies, vaccine access, the cost of living to name a few […]
Barbara Adams (GPF) was a speaker at the Regional Meeting for Civil Society on Sustainable Development – Session I |
In This Issue The Fourth Financing for Development Conference (FFD4) is an opportunity for Member States to address systemic issues
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PRESS RELEASE — Southern perspectives on global governance On the eve of the Summit of the Future to be held
The Summit of the Future (SOTF) will take place on 22-23 September 2024 at UNHQ in New York and has
Global Policy UN Watch No.7 | 2024 Divergent views on the Ministerial Declaration for the High-Level Political Forum
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to development, Surya Deva, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
The GPW Team in collaboration with students from Julien J. Studley Graduate Programs in International Affairs at The New School.
In 2023, the HLPF took place from 10 – 19 July, and the main SDGs subjected to in-depth review were SDG 6 on clean water and sanitation, SDG 7 on affordable and clean energy, SDG 9 on industry, innovation and infrastructure, SDG 11 on sustainable cities and communities and SDG 17 on partnerships for the Goals. Read more
A key theme for the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), 10-20 July 2023, was the issue of the current international financial architecture (IFA) that disproportionality disservices low and middle-income countries. Read more
In this paper, Global Policy Forum explores current approaches to democratizing the UN and opportunities for rights-based progressive policy advocacy.
Bonn, Germany | 27 – 30 September 2022 Barbara Adams (GPF), Julie Kim (GPF), Roberto Bissio (Social Watch) The CSO
GPF presentation on 2023 events at the UN on sustainable development and the 2030 agenda.
Statement by Elena Marmo (GPF) on behalf of the Women’s Major Group (pdf) As the effects of the pandemic deepen
Against the backdrop of COVID-19’s ongoing impact on economies and societies worldwide, the United Nations is bringing the lens of COVID-19 recovery to its High level meetings. September saw the launch of the UN Secretary-General’s ‘Our Common Agenda on 12 September’, the opening of the UN General Debate on 14 September and a series of High-level meetings ranging from sustainable development to nuclear disarmament. Read more
By Elena Marmo
The UNGA began its 76th session in September 2021 with a series of High-level meetings—in both hybrid and in-person formats—under the theme of ‘Building Resilience through hope to recover from COVID-19, rebuild sustainably, respond to the needs of the planet, respect the rights of people, and revitalize the United Nations’. As the UN Decade of Action progresses, efforts to secure human, economic, and environmental health are vital. During the UNGA High-level week and throughout the month Member States focused on the need to create a more inclusive future and stronger global cooperation. Read more
By Elena Marmo and Alexa Sabatini
The Fifth UN Conference on the LDC5 will be held In Doha in January 2022. Preparations are already underway to negotiate the Outcome Document to be adopted in Doha, which will serve as a new 10-year Programme of Action for the LDCs.
On 20 May 2021, Co-Chairs of the LDC5 Preparatory Committee bureau–Rabab Fatima, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh and Bob Rae, Permanent Representative of Canada–facilitated a virtual consultation with CSOs, designed to address policy prescriptions that LDC5 must deliver to meet the needs of people and planet. Read more
The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) will discuss with Civil Society Reflection Group their key findings of its analysis of 2020 VNRs, highlighting the disconnect between the ambition of the agenda and the attention given to the transformative policies in such areas as productive capacities, pandemic preparedness, inequalities and sustainable consumption and production. Read more
By Bodo Ellmers
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations (UN) estimated that developing countries needed an extra US$ 2.5 trillion in external finance to cope with the consequences of the crisis. This vast sum is needed because additional spending needs – for example on health services and social protection – coincide with a simultaneous collapse of all traditional sources of development finance: tax revenue, export earnings, migrant remittances, foreign direct investment and, to a lesser extent, also official development assistance (ODA). Read more
By Elena Marmo
Following the opening of the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and a series of High-level meetings and events parallel to the General Debate, the UNGA plenary and committees have shifted to a pattern wherein the Member States debate and negotiate resolutions on a range of topics. Read more
By Barbara AdamsGlobal Policy Forum Download pdf version. Multilateral solidarity is gaining traction as the slogan for mobilizing support for
