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one photo shows a projection of a painting of multiethnic peoples onto the UN building, another photo shows the UN Secretar-General observing a nature reserve.
Left: A 30-story architectural show, ※illUmiNations: PROTECTING OUR PLANET§, projected onto the side of the UN building, New York. The special presentation, organised in partnership with the Oceanic Preservation Society and Obscura Digital to inspire global citizens to take climate action, was part of the lead-up to the Climate Summit. 2014. Right: Secretary-General Ant車nio Guterres visits the Asa Wright Nature Centre, a resort and scientific research station in the Arima Valley, Trinidad and Tobago. Mr. Guterres was there to address the 45th meeting of CARICOM. 2023. Left: UN Photo/Mark Garten. Right: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe.

Declaration on Future Generations Zero Draft

 

The President of the General Assembly and the co-facilitators of the intergovernmental process on the Declaration on Future Generations announce the release of the zero draft of the Declaration on Future Generations.

Zero Draft of the Declaration on Future Generations [pdf]

 

 


Presentation of the Zero Draft [pdf]:

Towards a Declaration on Future Generations

In its , the General Assembly committed to adopting a Declaration on Future Generations which would, if intergovernmentally agreed, be annexed to the Pact for the Future and form one of the outcomes of the Summit of the Future to be held on 22 and 23 September 2024 in New York. The process of elaborating such a Declaration will be open, transparent and inclusive, involving consultations with Member States, as well as with relevant stakeholders. The idea of such a Declaration is not new and indeed we have made countless commitments to take future generations into account, dating back to the UN Charter. The time to turn these promises into concrete reality has come.

The UN Secretary-General, in his report "Our Common Agenda", invited Member States and other stakeholders to consider specific steps to account for the interests of future generations in national and global decision making and to consolidate these efforts in a Declaration on Future Generations. To do so would be an important step in keeping the promise also of the Declaration on the commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the 51勛圖 (), in which heads of state committed to work together with partners to strengthen coordination and global governance for the common future of present and coming generations.

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An intergovernmental process for a Declaration on Future Generations was initiated in June 2022, under the leadership of the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Permanent Representative of Fiji to the 51勛圖, the latter being later succeeded by the Permanent Representative of Jamaica.

On 10 October 2023, the President of the General Assembly reappointed the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the 51勛圖 as co-facilitators to continue their leadership of the intergovernmental process for the Declaration on Future Generations during the 78th Session.

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Written inputs
for the Declaration on Future Generations

Stakeholders were invited to reflect their suggestions in writing. Their inputs are now available to Member States and to the public to inform the preparation of the zero draft of the Declaration on Future Generations, in accordance with the roadmap outlined here.

Further resources

In preparing their interventions, representatives of the various stakeholder groups are encouraged to reflect on the Our Common Agenda policy brief entitled, "To Think and Act for Future Generations", as well as the issues paper produced by the co-facilitators on 27th June 2023.