Global Policy UN Watch 2024 No. 6
Global Policy UN Watch 2024 No. 6 – Global Policy Forum SOTF, UNSC, Human Rights, Debt, C5, UN Funding, QCPR, […]
Articles, GPUNW
QCPR
People-centered Multilateralism
UN Reform on the agenda in its 75th year
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
Briefings, Equitable Global Governance & UN reform, Sustainable development, social justice and sustainable peace
The UN development system: Can it catch up to the 2030 Agenda?
By Barbara Adams and Gretchen Luchsinger
The current model of UN development assistance—operating country by country, and issue by issue, with priorities heavily driven by individual donors and their interests—is no longer fit for its intended purpose. The ambitious vision of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development challenges the UN development system to fully respond to the inextricable links across countries and among social, economic and environmental concerns. This is not just an issue of greater efficiency and effectiveness within existing arrangements. It is a question of how the UN development system can meet the high demands of new commitments aimed at transforming the course of development so that it is equitable, sustainable and aligned with human rights, and remains within planetary boundaries. Read more…