july 2024, comparing the Rev. 2 of the chapeau to the zero draft
Lead author: Ishaan Shah
The co-facilitators of the Summit of the Future, Germany and Namibia, released the zero-draft of the Pact for the Future on 26 January 2024, which was meant to serve as a starting point for intergovernmental negotiations. Rev. 2 of the Pact for the Future was released on 17 July 2024.
This bulletin will focus on the Chapeau, which only featured in the Zero Draft and now in Rev.2. It was not included in the compilation text or Rev.1. The co-facilitators decided that they would like delegations to focus on the substance of the Chapters before crafting the Chapeau, which is why it did not feature in Rev.1. The negotiations of the Chapeau in Rev.2 were held at the Permanent Representative/Ambassadorial level at the end of July and beginning of August 2024.
The Chapeau frames the Pact for the Future and contains language on the reaffirmation of international law, the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, three pillars of the UN, and the 2030 Agenda. It also sets the scene about the need for global transformation, recommitment to strengthening multilateralism, with the United Nations at the centre, international cooperation, eradicating poverty, mitigating CO2 emissions to keep temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius, and support developing countries to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change, and achieving gender equality. The Chapeau also contains language on the follow-up and review of progress on the implementation of the actions in the Pact and its Annexes.
Get the latest updates on the negotiations of the Chapeau in the following ICH bulletin.
related resources
Rev. 2 of the Pact for the Future
Rev. 1 of the Pact for the Future
Compilation text (as of 3 April 2024)
Zero draft of the Pact for the Future
Letter from the co-facilitators (dated 4 April 2024)