THE

SUMMIT OF
THE FUTURE
IN 2024

Bangladesh Initiative for

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Connecting, Empowering & Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication
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Amplifying Unified Voices on
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the Future Summit for the Future
In September 2021, responding to a request from the
General Assembly in its UN75 declaration, the
Secretary-General released his Our Common Agenda
report.

Our Common Agenda is the Secretary-General's

vision for the future of global cooperation.

It calls for inclusive, networked, and effective

multilateralism to better respond and deliver for
the people and planet and to get the world back
on track by turbocharging action on
the Sustainable Development Goals.

It outlines possible solutions to address the gaps

and risks that have emerged since 2015, calling
for a Summit of the Future that will be held in
2024.
 Key Proposals |
Key proposals
from the Our
Common Agenda
report
across the 12
commitments
made by Member
States in the
UN75 declaration
In the Declaration on the Commemoration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the United Nations, Heads of State
and Government, guided by the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, and the goal to ensure the future we
want, and the United Nations we need, announced the following commitments:

1. We will leave no one behind 7. We will improve digital

2. We will protect our planet cooperation
3. We will promote peace and 8. We will upgrade the United
prevent conflict Nations
4. We will abide by international 9. We will ensure sustainable
law and ensure justice financing
10. We will boost partnerships
5. We will place women and girls
11. We will listen to and work
at the center with youth
6. We will build trust 12. We will be prepared
The Summit
Major global shocks in recent years – including
the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ukraine war, and the triple
planetary crisis, among others – have challenged our

of the Future
international institutions. Unity around our shared
principles and common goals is both crucial and
urgent.

in 2024: The Summit of the Future is a once-in-a-generation

opportunity to enhance cooperation on critical

Multilateral
challenges and address gaps in global governance,
reaffirm existing commitments including to
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and

solutions for
the United Nations Charter, and move towards a
reinvigorated multilateral system that is better
positioned to positively impact people’s lives.

a better Building on the SDG Summit in 2023, Member

States will consider ways to lay the foundations for

tomorrow
more effective global cooperation that can deal with
today’s challenges as well as new threats in the future.
2015 | 2030 Agenda
Road to the Summit of the Future 2024
The 2030 Agenda is agreed by UN Member States as a plan of action for people, planet, prosperity and peace outlined through 17 Sustainable
Development Goals and related targets.

2020 | UN75 Declaration

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Member States issued the UN75 Declaration that included 12 overarching commitments along with a request
that the Secretary-General report back to the General Assembly with recommendations to address current and future challenges.

2021| Our Common Agenda

The Secretary-General responded to this call with Our Common Agenda, a wake-up call to speed up the implementation of the SDGs as well as
recommendations to address strategic gaps in global governance arrangements. It called for a Summit of the Future to forge a new global consensus
on multilateral solutions to current and future problems.

2023 | SDG Summit

Marking the mid-point of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the SDG Summit in 2023 will be convened on 18-19 September 2023 to “mark the
beginning of a new phase of accelerated progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals”.

2022-2024 | Summit of the Future

Having welcomed the submission of Our Common Agenda, the General Assembly passed a resolution in 2022 (A/RES/76/307) to hold the Summit on
22-23 September 2024. Practical consultations on preparations for the Summit begin in February 2023 and a Ministerial meeting will take place this
year.

2024 |Pact for the Future

An action-oriented Pact for the Future will be endorsed by Heads of State/Government at the Summit, showcasing global solidarity for current and
future generations.
Basis of the Summit
The 75th Anniversary of the
United Nations was marked
in June 2020 with
a declaration by Member
States that included 12
overarching commitments
along with a request to the
Secretary-General for
recommendations to address
both current and future
challenges. In September
2021, the Secretary-General
responded with his
report, Our Common Agenda,
a wake-up call to speed up
the implementation of the
Sustainable Development
Goals and propel the
commitments contained in
the UN75 Declaration.
In some cases, the
proposals addressed
gaps that emerged since An action-
2015, requiring new
intergovernmental oriented Pact
agreements. The report, for the Future is
therefore, called for
a Summit of the Future to expected to be
forge a new global
consensus on readying
agreed by
ourselves for a future that Member States
is rife with risks but also
opportunities. The
through
General Assembly intergovernmen
welcomed the
submission of the “rich tal negotiations
and substantive” report on issues they
and agreed to hold the
Summit on 22-23 decide to take
September 2024, forward.
preceded by a ministerial
meeting in 2023.
Areas of Potential Action
Member States will ultimately decide the outcome of the Summit of the Future, but the Secretary-General has outlined an ambitious
agenda for their consideration. These are further elaborated in the Secretary-General’s Our Common Agenda Policy Briefs.

1. Account for the future: practical steps to take account of the long-term impact of our decisions,
fulfilling a long-standing commitment Member States have made to future generations;
2. Better respond to global shocks: put in place a stronger international response playbook for
complex global shocks, maximizing the use of the Secretary-General’s convening power in the
form of an Emergency Platform;
3. Meaningfully include young people: systematically include young people in global decision-
making;
4. Measure human progress more effectively: agree on metrics beyond GDP so that decisions on
debt relief, concessional funding, and international cooperation take account of vulnerability, well-
being, sustainability, and other vital measures of progress.
5. Agree on a vision of digital technology as a motor for human progress that can deliver full
benefits while minimizing potential harm;
6. Commit to integrity in public information: achieve an information ecosystem (notably online)
that is inclusive and safe for all, perhaps via a code of conduct;
7. Reform the international financial architecture: to ensure it delivers more effectively
and fairly for everyone and particularly the Global South, including through objectives that
are aligned with the SDGs, debt sustainability, a global financial safety net, and more;
8. Advance the peaceful and sustainable use of outer space: update norms governing the
use of and behaviour in space so that it is peaceful, secure and sustainable for the benefit of
all;
9. Agree a new agenda for peace: update our understanding of all forms and domains of
threats and adapt our toolbox to prevent and manage hostilities on land, at sea, in space,
and in cyberspace;
10. Transform education: achieve a fundamental shift in how education is seen and treated
including in relation to the purpose of education; the learning environment; the teaching
profession; harnessing digital transformation; investing in education; and multilateral
support for quality education for all.
11. UN 2.0: adapt basic UN practices on data, communications, innovation, strategic foresight,
performance and results, and more, so it is better positioned to support all the above and
face the challenges of tomorrow.
Reference is made to the letter dated 18 October 2022 from the President of the General Assembly,
H.E. Mr. Csaba Kőrösi, informing Member States of his decision to appoint us as co-facilitators to lead the
intergovernmental consultations on to lead the Summit of the Future during the 77th Session.

Antje Leendertse Neville Melvin Gertze

Co-Facilitator Co-Facilitator
Permanent Permanent
Representative of Representative of
Germany to the Namibia to the United
United Nations Nations
 Roadmap for the Preparatory Process of the
Summit of the Future

Intergovernmental Consultations on the

Preparatory Process of the Summit of the
Future Tentative Timetable for Roadmap (as
of March 30) February – September 2023

https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/roadmap_for_the_preparatory
_process_of_the_summit_of_the_future.pdf
MINISTERIAL MEETING on the
Summit of the Future

Decides to hold the

preparatory ministerial
meeting for the Summit of
the Future on 21
September 2023