"Our times demand a new definition of leadership - global leadership. They demand a new constellation of international cooperation - governments, civil society and the private sector, working together for a collective global good."
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Speech at World Economic Forum Davos, Switzerland (29 January 2009)
Speech at World Economic Forum Davos, Switzerland (29 January 2009)
A New Global Institution
and World Forum
for the 21st Century
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The United Institutions is a new global
institution and coordination mechanism for international cooperation on peace and security, sustainable development, humanitarian assistance, human rights, and climate, being developed for the international community. |
Advancing
Global Change
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The world forum is being established with the aim to help strengthen, advance and accelerate global efforts in meeting global challenges and in achieving development goals, at local, national, regional and international levels.
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UNITED INSTITUTIONS
Global Cooperation and Partnerships
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The United Institutions will be the first ever permanent world forum for cooperation, partnerships and collective action for institutions and organizations in the public, private and civil sectors, introducing a new era of international cooperation.
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A Next Generation Global Institution
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The forum is a next generation global institution that will serve and support the international community in advancing the ideals and principles of the United Nations charter, and in establishing cohesive international cooperation and solidarity in the achievement of a sustainable, equitable, prosperous and peaceful world for people and planet, leaving no one behind.
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A World Forum for the Needs of Today's World
The United Institutions will support and enable stakeholders and the international community as a whole, to better address the complex interconnected challenges of the 21st Century and meet the integrated requirements of new globally agreed frameworks and agendas.
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An Institutional Home at the Global Level
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The world forum will serve as a global coordination mechanism and institutional home at the global level for multi-stakeholder engagement, cooperation and partnership between all stakeholder groups within the international community.
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A 'United Nations' for Institutions
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The United Institutions is a major infrastructure investment and will be a significant step forward for international cooperation at the global level. The platform will serve, support and provide institutions with a unifying strategic and institutional framework, an enabling environment, global forums in international affairs, and a permanent venue and secretariat, similar to the services provided to governments at the United Nations in New York.
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Strengthening Global Governance and the International Architecture
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The new global institution is being established to help address the need to modernize the international architecture and to strengthen global governance.
The UI will help ensure that the global system is strengthened at all levels, global, regional and national, and that it is equipped and 'fit for purpose' to realize the systemic and integrated requirements of the new global frameworks. |
Complementing Existing Mechanisms
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The United Institutions is developed to complement, strengthen and support the mandates, roles and efforts of existing mechanisms including the United Nations system, intergovernmental organizations, regional and national platforms, and multi-stakeholder partnerships.
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A Strategic Investment in Global Capacity
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The United Institutions is aimed at supporting the long term positioning, integration and collective capacity of the development, humanitarian, peace-building and human rights sectors.
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An Investment in Global Goals, Agendas and Frameworks
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The United Institutions is a strategic investment in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement, the Agenda for Humanity, the New Ways of Working, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, and United Nations Resolutions on Peacebuilding and Sustainable Peace.
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Advancing the Global Partnership and Means of Implementation
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The world forum is designed to advance and strengthen the global partnership for development and the means of implementation, within and across frameworks..
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United Institutions Global Strategic Framework
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The United Institutions Global Strategic Framework establishes the mandate, goals, functions and services of the new institution; its thematic coverage, operational areas and constituents; as well as its institutional framework and composition.
The framework sets out the rationale, requirements and key considerations for the institution, defines the strategic role it will fulfill within the international architecture and identifies its functional relationship with existing institutions, mechanisms and decision making processes at international, regional and national levels. |
Strategic Goals, Objectives and Functions
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The global framework identifies 50 strategic goals and over 100 objectives and functions of the new institution.
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Addressing Global Challenges and Development Goals
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The United Institutions will support and enable stakeholders to engage and work closely together on the full range of issues on the global development agenda, covering over 60 thematic areas.
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Addressing National, Regional and Global Issues
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The new world forum will strengthen and advance the capacity for stakeholders to address solutions, progress and challenges at the national level; coordinate international support for national development efforts, and address trans-boundary, regional and international dimensions.
The forum will further enable stakeholders to collaborate on the integration, alignment and harmonization of institutional, local, national, regional and global efforts. |
Achieving Systemic Change
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The United Institutions will support and enable institutions and the development, peace, humanitarian and human rights sectors to develop holistic and integrated approaches, and to adopt systemic thinking and related institutional capacities.
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Navigating Interlinkages
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The new global institution is developed to support stakeholders to navigate the complex interlinkages and interconnections between global challenges, address synergies and trade-offs between policies, and develop coherent and integrated implementation strategies.
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Strengthening the Development-Peace-Humanitarian-Human Rights Nexus
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Advancing International Cooperation
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The United Institutions will enable organizations to work closely together on a permanent and continuous basis; address root causes and immediate needs; engage in systemic problem solving; integrate economic, social and environmental dimensions; strengthen policy coherence, implementation and monitoring; enhance and strengthen cooperation and coordination; and improve development and aid effectiveness.
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Strengthening Existing Mechanisms
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The United Institutions is developed to strengthen institutional and sector-wide capacity; foster greater inclusion and participation; provide strategic support services; strengthen existing institutions and mechanisms; help sustain commitments and momentum, and to strengthen global team work, partnerships and collective action.
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A Universal Tool
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The United Institutions will serve as a universal tool, global hub and joint resource for institutions and mechanisms system-wide.
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Civil Society |
Private Sector |
National Level
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Regional Level
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Global Level
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An Integrator Platform at the Global Level
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The new world forum will function as a dedicated integrator platform at the global level, that will support and enable stakeholders to connect, coordinate, align and leverage their individual and collective contributions, knowledge, programs and efforts in a systemic and sustained manner.
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Building Strategic Relationships and Trust
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The United Institutions is aimed at building strong long-term strategic relationships and trust between institutions, organizations and stakeholders; between the public, private and civil sectors; and between the development, peace, humanitarian and human rights communities.
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Addressing Systemic and Structural Challenges
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The UI will support and enable stakeholders to address and tackle systemic and structural challenges within the international architecture that impede efforts on all issues, including fragmentation, entrenched silos, lack of coordination and insufficient engagement.
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Infrastructure for Cooperation
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The permanent forum will provide stakeholders and institutions with a comprehensive infrastructure for international cooperation.
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Permanent
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Program
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Secretariat
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Engagement with
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Coordination with
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Meeting and Conference Facilities
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Strategic Support Services
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Knowledge Network
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Global Connectivity
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A Systemic and Integrated Solution
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The United Institutions is a systemic and integrated global institution, developed specifically for the holistic and integrated needs of sustainable development, sustainable peace, humanitarian aid, human rights, climate action, disaster risk reduction, collective outcomes and systemic change.
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Thematic AreasSustainable Development
Peace and Security Humanitarian Aid Human Rights Climate Change Disaster Risk Reduction Governance |
StakeholdersPublic Sector
Civil Sector Private Sector |
Strategic FrameworkGoals
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Institutional FrameworkInfrastructure
Components Services Functions |
All Hands on Deck 365 Days a Year
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The UI is an all hands on deck system-wide approach to tackling global challenges. The United Institutions is designed to be a dynamic, agile and inclusive world forum, aimed at enabling organizations to work efficiently together on a permanent basis, every day of the year, with the urgency, comprehensiveness and shared global commitment that these issues need.
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Co-Creating the United Institutions
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The strategic goals, objectives and functions of the United Institutions, as well as its global forums, will be co-created by its stakeholder constituencies.
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