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Major global shocks and risks have increasingly underscored the vulnerabilities of the current governance systems.
As the UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated:
“The institutions and frameworks of global governance, from the Security Council to the Bretton Woods system, were created 80 years ago. We can’t build a future for our grandchildren with a system built for our grandparents.”
The Summit of the Future in September is a crucial opportunity to enhance cooperation on critical challenges and address gaps in global governance, reaffirm existing commitments, including to the SDGs and the UN Charter, assess and agree on action for a more coherent and effective international architecture, and move towards a reinvigorated multilateral system that is better positioned to positively impact people’s lives.
Given its critical role in amplifying the voices of the marginalized, disempowered and excluded at the local, national, regional and global levels, civil society is one of the key stakeholder groups to ensure a more inclusive multilateral system and greater accountability, and a major driving force for a transformative implementation of the SDGs.
This is why the UN SDG Action Campaign continually facilitates convening spaces and supports the engagement of civil society organizations and other key stakeholders in dialogues and meetings in the lead up to the Summit of the Future, featuring the latest updates in this special edition of our newsletter.
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