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Revised Draft of Declaration on Future

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12 June 2024

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS

The second reading commenced on 10 June and will continue on 14 June.

REV2 will be issued on 17 June, with the third reading scheduled for 26 June.

The co-facilitators of the intergovernmental process on a Declaration on Future

Generations have released a revised draft of the Declaration. It is the co-facilitators’
belief that the text “successfully addresses the needs and interests of future generations
while reflecting the priorities and actions envisioned by Member States.”

In a letter dated 31 May 2024, Permanent Representative of Jamaica Brian Christopher

Manley Wallace and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands Yoka Brandt thank
all delegations for their active engagement in the first reading of the zero draft on 14
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May, with the compilation document used as a resource. “The collaborative
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sustainable and inclusive future for all,” they state.

Annexed to the letter is the revised draft (REV1), which “has been carefully crafted to
reflect the collective insights, written inputs, general comments, and interventions made
by Member States to date.”

An explanatory note describes the co-facilitators’ working methodology in progressing

from the zero draft to the revised version. The note explains that the revised draft is
based on written submissions and oral interventions made during the first reading. It
further notes that, per Member States’ guidance, the co-facilitators “continued to aim
for a succinct, action-oriented document following a three-pronged approach,”
following which:

Adjustments were made to the text to reflect language and phraseology common to
the UN system;

The co-facilitators prioritized identifying areas of clear consensus, added a paragraph

to adequately address the specific interests and rights of persons with disabilities, and
sought to promote unified language; and

To avoid duplication with other parallel processes, new language proposals that
included elements already being negotiated in detail in the context of the Pact for the
Future and/or the Global Digital Compact were not brought forward.

The second reading of the Declaration on Future Generations commenced on 10 June

when Member States and Observers began paragraph-by-paragraph negotiations of the
text. The second reading will continue on 14 June.

According to the co-facilitators’ roadmap, REV2 will be issued on 17 June, with the
third reading scheduled for 26 June.
 If intergovernmentally agreed, the Declaration on Future Generations would form one
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of the outcomes of the Summit of the Future in September 2024, along with the Pact
for the Future and the Global Digital Compact. [Letter from Co-facilitators Dated 31
May 2024]

RELATED EVENTS

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SDGS

10. REDUCED INEQUALITIES

17. PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS

ISSUES

Governance, Sustainable Development, Human Rights & Indigenous Peoples, International

Negotiations, Stakeholder Participation

ACTORS

UN Intergovernmental Body

REGIONS

Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Caribbean, SIDS, Caribbean

TAGS

Our Common Agenda

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