Description
Renewed support for global cooperation could not be more urgent. To mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations in 2020, the UN@75 campaign will invite people worldwide to participate in a series of global dialogues – physical and online -- to explore how renewed commitment to collective action can secure the world we want in 2045, when the UN reaches its 100th anniversary.
Tackling issues such as the climate crisis, poverty and inequality, protracted conflict, migration and displacement, and the rapid changes in demography and technology will require effective cooperation across borders, sectors and generations. Failure to do so will have far-reaching consequences for the welfare of our children and grandchildren — and our planet itself.
Yet just when we need bold collective action more than ever, multilateralism is being called into question by powerful governments. Unilateralism is on the rise, as the world becomes more multipolar but also more polarized. In many parts of the world, there is a growing disconnect between people and institutions.
Participants will be invited to discuss how we can collectively navigate the gap between the future we need and where we are headed, if current global trends confronting humanity are left unchecked. What new forms of global cooperation will we need to shape the future we want?
Join us in this session if care about: democratic people-centered multilateralism, rule of law, UN reform, civic space, transforming asymmetrical power relations, connecting the local to the global, supporting inclusive and participatory governance
Welcome Remarks
Alison Smale, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications
Moderator
Poonam Kumar, Capital City News, SLCtv
Speakers
- Maruxa Cardama, Chair, the 68th United Nations Civil Society Conference; Secretary General, Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT)
- Uzma Gul, Asia Pacific Regional Head, The Commonwealth Youth Network for Peace
- Fergus Watt, Coordinator, UN2020 Campaign
- Maher Nasser, Director, Outreach Division, UN Department of Global Communications
- Fabrizio Hochschild, United Nations Secretary-General's Special Adviser on the Preparations for the Commemoration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the United Nations