March 16, 2023 – Our Common Agenda Policy Brief 2: An Emergency Platform and Informal consultations on the Summit of the Future
Lead author: Jebilson Raja Joslin
The Emergency Platform, as proposed by the Secretary-General (SG) in his policy brief, will allow the SG to convene Member States (MS), the UN system, key country groupings, International Financial Institutions, regional bodies, civil society, the private sector, subject-specific industries or research bodies, and other experts, in the event of crises of sufficient scale and magnitude, regardless of the type or nature of the crisis involved. Informal consultations on the proposed Emergency Platform happened on 16 March 2023, where MS requested additional information and differing views on the activation criteria and relationship with the General Assembly, among others, were expressed. Stakeholder consultations were organized on the same day with presentations from the Executive Office of the SG. Catch all that happened related to the Emergency Platform in the ICH bulletin here.
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16 March 2023: Informal Consultations with Member States on the Policy Brief on the Emergency Platform; (video recording)