Participants not based in Brussels will have the possibility to participate remotely. Ahead of the public event, there will a reception starting at 17:00. Please reply to [email protected] to confirm your attendance by 3 November.
The current global order is under a larger-scale transformation: existential challenges emerging for the entire humankind, competing global strategies between great powers, fragilities of the multilateral system, and powerful disturbing triggers such as the Ukrainian war. A United Nations (UN) Summit for the Future to adopt a Pact for the Future with commitments about policy goals and about solutions to deliver them was convened by the UN Secretary General to take place in September 2024.
A preparatory process was launched counting on a High-Level Board of personalities from all continents and a plethora of contributions coming from Member States, regional organizations, civil society, and academia. In addition, think tanks around the world, such as the Washington DC-based Stimson Center specialized in global governance, are preparing ground-breaking research for reforming the multilateral system to support the process leading to the UN Summit of the Future. The Stimson Center’s report shows how a close coupling of justice and security imperatives can best drive the work needed to deal with critical global problems, underscoring twenty key ideas in support of effective multilateralism.
Speakers:
Introduction and Moderation: FEPS President Maria João Rodrigues
Report Presentation: Richard Ponzio – Director for Global Governance, Justice & Security Program at the Stimson Center and author of the report “Road to 2023. Our Common Agenda and the Pact for the Future”
Discussants:
- Ann Linde – Former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden
- Adam Day – Co-Lead to the High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism and Head of the United Nations University Geneva Office
- Jo Leinen – FEPS Senior Fellow, Former Member of the European Parliament, and Chair of Key Committees of the European Parliament
