Summit Of The Future (SoF) Begins In NYC From September 22
This will bring world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future
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From coming September 22-23, Summit of the Future (SoF) will take place in New York, with an aim to achieve Multilateral Solutions for a Better Tomorrow before COP29 in Azerbaijan. President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Philemon Yang has made available an announcement of the co-chairs for the interactive dialogues to take place during the Summit, and lists of speakers for the interactive dialogues.
Co-chair for interactive dialogue on Transforming global governance and turbocharging the implementation of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development will be H.E. KP Sharma Oli, Prime Minister of Nepal.Co chair for interactive dialogue on Enhancing multilateralism for international peace and security will be H.E. Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone. Co-chair for interactive dialogue on Towards a Common Digital Future: strengthening inclusive innovation and cooperation to bridge the digital divides will be H.E. Mohamed Muizzu, President of the Republic of Maldives and H.E. Alar Karis, President of the Republic of Estonia.Co chair for interactive dialogue on The Future Starts Now: enhancing the global system for current and future generations • H.E. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica will be H.E. Evelyn Wever Croes, Prime Minister of Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands.
The Summit is a high-level event, bringing world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future. Effective global cooperation is increasingly critical to our survival but difficult to achieve in an atmosphere of mistrust, using outdated structures that no longer reflect today’s political and economic realities.
The aim of the Summit of the Future is twofold:
- Accelerate efforts to meet our existing international commitments
- Take concrete steps to respond to emerging challenges and opportunities
The Pact will be negotiated, and endorsed by countries in the lead-up to and during the Summit in September 2024.The result will be a world – and an international system – that is better prepared to manage the challenges we face now and in the future, for the sake of all humanity and for future generations.
The Summit will also offer interactive dialogues on the themes of:
- Transforming global governance and turbocharging the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
- Enhancing multilateralism for international peace and security;
- Towards a Common Digital Future: Strengthening inclusive innovation and cooperation to bridge the digital divides; and
- The Future Starts Now: Enhancing the global system for current and future generations.
Negotiations for the Pact for the Future have been co-facilitated by Germany and Namibia. Sweden and Zambia have co-facilitated the talks on the Global Digital Compact. Jamaica and the Netherlands are the co-facilitators of the intergovernmental process for the Declaration on Future Generations.
The goal of the Summit is to reinvigorate and restore trust in multilateralism. Described as a “once-in-a-generation opportunity… to mend eroded trust and demonstrate that international cooperation can effectively achieve agreed goals and tackle emerging threats and opportunities,” it is expected “to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future.”
The writer of this article is Dr. Seema Javed, an environmentalist & a communications professional in the field of climate and energy
