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Perspectives on the future of international cooperation in times of multiple crises

This new report Spotlight on Global Multilateralism offers critical analyses and presents recommendations for strengthening democratic multilateral structures and policies. Its contributors cover key areas such as peace and common security, reforms of the global financial architecture, calls for a New Social Contract, an inclusive digital future, the rights of future generations and the transformation of education systems. The report also identifies built-in deficiencies and weaknesses of current multilateral structures and approaches. This applies, inter alia, to concepts of corporate-influenced [...]

United Nations score success

The United Nations Financing for Development Forum 2023, which was recently held over four days in New York, was dominated by multiple crises. Setbacks to the 2030 Agenda have increased political pressure to make substan­tial progress on financing for development. The chapters in the outcome document on taxation and debt issues were particularly vigorously negotiated. African countries in particular want to further strengthen the UN’s work on taxation. With the escalating debt crisis, it is also becoming more important [...]

Punktsieg für die Vereinten Nationen

Das UN Financing for Development Forum 2023 stand ganz im Zeichen der multiplen Krisen. Die Rückschläge bei der Agenda 2030 haben den politischen Druck erhöht, substanzielle Fortschritte bei der Entwicklungsfinanzierung zu machen. Hart verhandelt wurden vor allem die Kapitel im Ergebnisdokument zu Steuern und zu Verschuldungsfragen. Besonders afrikanische Länder wollen die Arbeit der UN im Steuerbereich weiter stärken. Mit der eskalierenden Schuldenkrise wird es zudem wichtiger, effektive Institutionen zum Krisenmanagement zu schaffen, die allen Ländern zugänglich sind. 

Die größere Beteiligung [...]

How German Members of the European Parliament are adopting the demands of the business lobby for the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) offers a unique opportunity to prevent human rights violations and environmental damage in value chains of European companies and to finally give those affected a real chance to claim compensation. In February 2022, the EU Commission presented a proposal for a corresponding directive. It goes beyond the German Supply Chain Act in several respects. However, it also contains numerous loopholes, largely as a result of pressure from business lobby groups. In [...]

Angesichts der globalen Krisen und Konflikte rückt die Verwirklichung der Agenda 2030 und ihrer Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung (SDGs) in immer weitere Ferne. Die Vereinten Nationen wollen dem in den kommenden drei Jahren mit einem Bündel von Initiativen entgegenwirken. Im Zentrum werden eine Reihe von Gipfelkonferenzen stehen, bei denen sich die Regierungen mit verschiedenen Aspekten der gegenwärtigen Krisen und Schritten zu ihrer Überwindung befassen sollen.

Im September 2023 wird der zweite SDG-Gipfel der Vereinten Nationen eine Halbzeitbilanz der bisherigen Umsetzung [...]

Report on the eighth session of the UN open-ended intergovernmental working group on a legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (”treaty“)

Since 2014, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Coun­cil in Geneva has been negotiating an internationally binding agreement on business and human rights – also known as the UN Treaty. From October 24–28, 2022, the intergovernmental working group on a legally binding in­strument on transnational corporations and other busi­ness enterprises with respect to human rights (OEIGWG) met for the eighth time. The countries of the global South as well as the major industrialized nations were present at the meeting. New [...]

Zentrale Ergebnisse der G7- und G20-Prozesse 2022

Sowohl der G7- als auch der G20-Prozess sind 2022 mit ambitionierten Programmen angetreten. Im Nachklang der COVID-19-Pandemie standen besonders gesundheitspolitische Themen wie Pandemieprävention und Impfstoffversorgung auf den Prioritätenlisten der deutschen G7-Präsidentschaft sowie der indonesischen G20-Präsidentschaft. Darüber hinaus waren der Kampf gegen den Klimawandel und die Förderung der Energiewende
prominent auf den Agenden. Besonders die indonesische Regierung war bemüht, Themen von Relevanz für den globalen Süden im Rahmen ihrer G20-Präsidentschaft voranzutreiben. Unter dem Motto „shared prosperity“ sollten Fortschritte bei der Reform [...]

GPW Briefing #39

By Alexa Sabatini, Julie Kim, Barbara Adams, and Karen Judd

The UN established the category of least developed countries (LDCs) in 1971, as many developing countries were navigating a path to development in the post-colonial period. The classification identified specific development challenges faced by these countries. As the UN ECOSOC Committee for Development Planning (renamed in 1998 Committee for Development Policy – CDP) acknowledged in 1971:

“[w]hile developing countries as a group face more or less the same general problems [...]

GPW Briefing #38

By the GPW Team

In September 2022, heads of state and government spoke at the UN Headquarters on the theme “A watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges”.

Secretary-General António Guterres’s message was clear: “Our world is in peril and paralyzed". He launched the High-level General Debate bluntly: “Our world is in big trouble. Divides are growing deeper. Inequalities are growing wider. Challenges are spreading farther.” He urged, “We need action across the board.”

“Let’s have no illusions. We are [...]