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On process

• Thanks to the co-facilitators for their diligent work for shepherding this important, comprehensive process; and for bringing us together today after the first round of discussions.

• Appreciate the efforts for having a transparent process. The second reading led to important first exchanges and provided us with a better understanding of where we stand.

Expectations on Rev1

• Dear co-facilitators, we trust in you now to synthesize the compilation text after these comprehensive, detailed exchanges and provide us with a political, results-oriented and concise text.

• This Pact should be a stepping stone, not the end of the journey.

• We are not negotiating a UN resolution, but a Pact for the Future with new commitments and new language. And new hope! A text that will be endorsed by our leaders to make global governance more efficient and effective.

• We should seize this opportunity to reinvigorate multilateralism and turbo-charge the SDGs. As you know, the EU has been continuously arguing for a balanced approach of the three mutually reinforcing pillars of the UN - fostering peace and security, and boosting sustainable development, and and safeguarding human rights.

• Dear co-facilitators, the text needs to reflect the world we want (our “what”), and identify concrete ways of “how” we can achieve our vision together. The multilateralism we want in other words.

WHAT

• We cannot merely re-litigate past agreements, but think of better ways to implement them.

• We must address today’s new challenges. This includes addressing the climate crisis, but also a fast-evolving digital world that needs to be effectively regulated, both promoting innovation for positive change and addressing potentially existential risks, including of Artificial Intelligence.

• In addition to proposing longer-term structural changes, effectively preventing and addressing future crises, peace stability and rights, more than anz on their own should also be a major focus of our work.

• The UN must be able to convince its members and citizens that it can collectively address crises that impact peace, stability and prosperity, and rights, more effectively than can any individual member state on its own. 

HOW

• Concrete new commitments and a forward-looking vision have to be accompanied with action-oriented measures, where possible.

• A dedicated section in the Pact, such as Chapter 5 (Transforming Global Governance), needs to focus, where possible, on the “how” for both old and new commitments.  

• We must ensure coherence with other processes and not duplicate efforts of ongoing discussions that are already taking place in other established fora.

• Finally, we must resist easy and forced polarization. When we talk about the future, we must refrain as much as possible from re-litigating the past. We must resist the temptation of pointing easy fingers, and strive instead to join hands. This may not always be easy. But if we approach each other from a position of respect and trust, we may succeed. We are convinced of this.

Conclusion

• The EU is fully committed to working constructively with all towards building consensus. We need a Pact that is ambitious and future-oriented for our leaders.

• Dear Co-facilitators, dear colleagues, I assure you have the EU’s full support with the difficult task ahead. ./.

• Thank you!