The Future We Want The United Nations We Need Update on the Work of the Office on the Commemoration of the UN’s 75th Anniversary

September 2020 The Future We Want, the United Nations We Need Report of the UN75 Office 2020

Across the world, respondents of all origins, genders and age groups are remarkably unified in their fears and hopes for the future

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P.28 SECTION 2 Immediate priorities for P.06 recovery from EXECUTIVE the pandemic SUMMARY Written by the Office of the Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Preparations for the Commemoration of the UN’s 75th Anniversary. The methodology section of this report outlines the various partners who have supported the analysis presented in this report. P.90 Design by Buzz Brothers P.14 SECTION 4 Cover Photos: Members of the public who have participated in the UN75 initiative and who have shared photos with the UN75 Office. SECTION 1 International Contact: [email protected] Introduction cooperation and the UN © United Nations, New York, September 2020 we need

Data contained in the present report is organized by countries, territories and areas of origin as provided by the respondents. The report uses the country and area names and methodology used for statistical processing purposes and in its publications by the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. The designations employed and the presentation of material in this report do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on P.56 P.118 the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. SECTION 3 SECTION 5

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In January 2020, the United Nations launched a global consultation to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. Through surveys and dialogues, people from all walks of life were asked about their hopes and fears for the future, their priorities for international cooperation and for the United Nations in particular. Since January 2020, over one million respondents from all UN Member States and Observer States have thus far taken part in the consultations, including through representative polling of 50,000 people in 50 countries. The results are presented in this report.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TOP TEN KEY FINDINGS

While health is the most 3 pressing issue now, respondents were hopeful about this area improving. They also believe access to education and women’s When looking to the future, rights will improve. 4 respondents’ priorities corresponded to those areas Across the world, respondents of all origins, where they believe things will genders and age groups are remarkably unified in their fears and hopes for the future: get worse. Most participants across all regions are worried about the future impact of Amidst the current crisis, The next main priority climate change. Our inability 1 the immediate priority 2 is greater international to stem the climate crisis and of most respondents solidarity and increased the destruction of the natural everywhere is improved support to the places Other major priorities for environment is viewed by access to basic services: hardest hit by the 5 the future include ensuring respondents as the most healthcare, safe water and pandemic. This includes greater respect for human overwhelming medium- sanitation, and education. tackling poverty, rights, settling conflicts, and long-term concern. inequalities and boosting tackling poverty and employment. reducing corruption.

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When it comes to Looking to the past, six in ten 6 the future, younger 8 respondents believe the UN participants and those in has made the world a better Papua New Guinea, Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth many developing countries place. Looking to the future, tend to be more optimistic 74% see the UN as “essential” than those who are older, in tackling global challenges. Dialogue participants Participants in dialogues or living in developed At the same time, over half 9 overwhelmingly called for 10 also called for the UN to countries. still see the UN as remote the UN to be more inclusive innovate in other ways, from their lives and say they of the diversity of actors with stronger leadership don’t know much about it. in the 21st century. They and more consistency in 87% of those surveyed Moreover, while just under identified in particular exercising its moral authority 7 believe international half currently see the UN as the need for greater to uphold the UN Charter. cooperation is vital to deal contributing “somewhat” inclusion of civil society, There are calls for increased with today’s challenges. to advancing key global women, youth, vulnerable accountability, transparency And the majority of challenges, only about a third groups, cities and local and impartiality, including respondents believe the see the UN as contributing “ authorities, businesses, through better engagement COVID-19 crisis has made a lot” in this regard. The areas regional organisations and communication international cooperation where the UN is perceived and other international with communities, as even more urgent. to be contributing most are organisations. well as strengthening in upholding human rights implementation of and in promoting peace. programmes and operations.

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According to respondents, PRIORITIES for POST-COVID LONGER-TERM PRIORITIES, recovery are as identified by respondents are HEALTH CLIMATE CHANGE ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES POVERTY GLOBAL SOLIDARITY GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION INCLUSIVE ECONOMY CONFLICT/ VIOLENCE

Kuwait, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pacific, UN Pacific Jordan, UN Jordan Republic of Congo, UNIC Brazzaville in the State of Kuwait

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To share their hopes and fears. To learn from their experiences. In this 75th anniversary year, I want to provide as To spark ideas for building many people as possible the future we want and the chance to have a the United Nations we need. conversation with the United Nations. Together, we need to listen. And together, we need to act.

Secretary-General António Guterres 22 January 2020

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SECTION 1 Introduction

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INTRODUCTION TO THE UN75 INITIATIVE In January 2020, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres launched the UN75 initiative as the world’s largest conversation about current global challenges and the future we are headed towards .

Even before the COVID-19 the largest ever generation pandemic struck, the of young people. world faced the paradox of diminishing global The Secretary-General saw cooperation against the UN75 as an opportunity New York, UN Photo backdrop of rising global for the UN to listen to the challenges: the climate people it serves and to After the pandemic made For many, UN75 also took on Pew Research Center. More crisis and threats of nuclear identify their priorities and in-person gatherings larger significance, serving than 1,000 dialogues have weapons; changes in our suggestions for enhanced challenging in many parts as a means to engage been held in 82 countries populations and in the digital global cooperation. of the world, the initiative respondents who had strong across the world. In addition, sphere; growing geopolitical increased its efforts to reach concerns amid growing artificial intelligence analysis tensions and new forms and Through formal and informal people online, promoting uncertainty. By adding of social and traditional patterns of violence; and surveys, and dialogues held in a one-minute survey and questions on recovering from media was conducted in deepening inequalities with classrooms and boardrooms, social media outreach, and the pandemic, it was able to 70 countries, along with growing social unrest. city halls and with community encouraging dialogues to conduct the largest and most academic and policy research groups across the world, be shifted to online settings, diverse global survey to date mappings in all regions. These challenges put at risk the exercise was intended where possible. on post-COVID priorities. the hard-won gains of the to take stock of global At the same time, it put Together, they represent past 75 years, including in concerns and gain views more emphasis - and To date, over a million the UN’s most ambitious areas such as education, from the public on what resources - on reaching respondents have taken attempt to crowdsource gender equality, health and sort of global cooperation is those without internet the one- minute survey priorities and solutions tackling extreme poverty. needed to tackle them. It was access: working with UN in all UN Member and from the global public, They also co-exist with also intended to re-imagine offices and other partners Observer States. 50,000 providing unique insights immense opportunities - what role the United Nations on the ground, and through in 50 countries took part in into the “future we want such as those arising from might play in helping to telephone and SMS independent polling by either and the UN we need” at new technologies and from address global challenges. communications. Edelman Intelligence or the this challenging time. 16 17 16 17 The Future We Want, the United Nations We Need Report of the UN75 Office 2020

UN75 METHODOLOGY FIVE DATA STREAMS The UN75 initiative gathered data synthesised in this report through five By September 2020, over partnership with New York provided pro bono by Pew channels between January and August 2020. Below is a brief introduction a million respondents had University and the Graduate Research Center (see page taken the survey, from all Institute of International 23 for details). of each datastream and more details on methodology are in the annex. UN Member and Observer and Development Studies, States. This includes offline Geneva. As of 20 September 2020, responses through the UN75 more than a million people survey app, U-Report, SMS The Office further explored had responded to the UN75 and telephone/in-person public opinion through survey. This report contains polling, conducted through telephone and online polls the analysis of more than UN offices and other local conducted by Edelman 800,000 survey responses partners. It also includes Intelligence and nationally collected between 2 January responses through country- representative surveys and 1 September 2020. specific platforms.

Great efforts were placed on promoting the UN75 one-minute survey and dialogues to a wide global audience to ensure as South Sudan, Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth broad a representation as possible. Yet, as the 1. UN75 ONE-MINUTE priorities for the future, their changed their views on UN75 survey is voluntary, SURVEY perceptions of obstacles the importance of global it is not necessarily to achieving them and the cooperation. To ensure that representative. That said, a role of global cooperation in those not connected through broad and diverse sample The UN75 survey (www. furthering them. the internet are heard, the of respondents were un75.online) was key to survey was adapted for reached, permitting the hearing from as many people Since April, people worldwide offline data gathering via Office to analyse the data as possible. Launched in have been asked about a mobile application, and using quantitative analysis, January 2020, the survey is their priorities for recovering through integration with which has led to meaningful available in 64 languages. from the pandemic, and SMS and tools such as results. The Office analysed It captures respondents’ whether the pandemic has UNICEF’s U-Report. the survey data in Togo, UN Togo 18 19 18 19 The Future We Want, the United Nations We Need Report of the UN75 Office 2020

UN75 SURVEY BREAKDOWN OF RESPONDENTS The breakdown of UN75 survey respondents by gender, age and education is as follows:

Gender Age 6 % Survey % of survey Region* respondents respondents Under 15 16 to 30 CENTRAL & SOUTHERN ASIA 243,800 30% 31 to 45 46 to 60 EASTERN & SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA 81,205 10% 61 and Over 45% EUROPE 121,388 15% 50% Male 49% Female 1% Other LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN 61,599 7.6% Education NORTH AMERICA 29,184 3.6% Primary or Less NORTHERN AFRICA & WESTERN ASIA Finished Secondary 28% 64,694 8% Beyond Secondary OCEANIA & ANTARCTICA 14,598 1.8% 61% SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 190,624 23.5% 22% 15% NOT SPECIFIED 3,466 0.4% 17% 6 %

* The division of the world in regions throughout this report corresponds to the statistics methodology of the Depart- The UN75 team additionally analysed the data by education level, age and disability. ment of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA): https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/ The results were largely aligned with the global and regional findings. Where major For the purposes of the analysis, Northern Africa and Western Asia were grouped, following the UN Economic Commis- differences were observed, such as on the question of outlook for the future, these sion for Western Asia’s grouping of Arab States. Further, Central Asia was grouped with Southern Asia; Eastern Asia with differences were highlighted in the results. South-Eastern Asia; and Oceania with Antarctica.

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2. UN75 DIALOGUES trust between groups and governmental organisations, 3. SCIENTIFICALLY was conducted online and between 10 June and 3 sectors. schools and universities, SAMPLED SURVEY via telephone between 16 August 2020, weighted UN75 dialogues are To assist the holding cities and local authorities THROUGH EDELMAN June and 20 July 2020. The first to correct for unequal conversations – informal or of dialogues, the UN75 and businesses. INTELLIGENCE AND THE results were adjusted to selection probabilities and moderated – that enabled Office created a toolkit Working in partnership PEW RESEARCH CENTER reflect a nationally or online then to adjust for key socio- participants to explore (www.un.org/en/un75/ with New York University representative sample, demographic distributions the survey questions in join-conversation) as well and the Graduate Institute The Office worked with based on age, gender, to align as closely as more depth, and in line as feedback forms to of International and Edelman Intelligence and education level, income possible with reliable with the interests of their ensure key points were Development Studies, Pew Research Center on and region. Please see the population statistics. A total communities. In addition captured. As of 1 September Geneva, the Office read all independent, scientifically annex for a fuller description of 14,276 adults ages 18 and to gathering more detailed 2020, more than 1,000 dialogue summaries, and sampled surveys, to of methodology and list of older were interviewed for insights into priorities, dialogues have been held analysed them using social complement the UN75 countries covered. the study. Please see the concerns and solutions to in 82 countries by groups science qualitative analysis, survey findings. Between annex for a fuller description the challenges the world representing street children, to identify major themes the two independent Following the outbreak of of methodology and list of faces, each dialogue is also indigenous peoples, globally, and concerns, studies, 50 countries were COVID, the Pew Research countries covered. an opportunity to encourage grassroots activists, priorities and solutions covered , making the sample Center, a non-profit local action and build greater youth networks, non- within each region. geographically diverse organisation, had to scale and representative of the back plans to conduct pro populations within those bono polling in 50 diverse countries. countries and instead # of UN75 dialogue # of UN75 dialogue undertook polling in 14 Region summaries received Region summaries received Edelman, a global of the larger financial CENTRAL & SOUTHERN ASIA NORTH AMERICA communications firm, contributor states to the UN 55 110 surveyed 35,777 people on perceptions regarding EASTERN & NORTHERN AFRICA in 36 countries, on what international cooperation, SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA 42 & WESTERN ASIA 43 issues they see as the global priorities and EUROPE OCEANIA & ANTARCTICA most pressing - now and challenges, and perceptions 38 10 in the future - and the role of the United Nations. LATIN AMERICA SUB-SAHARAN of global cooperation in Nationally representative & THE CARIBBEAN 45 AFRICA 44 addressing them. Polling surveys were carried out

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4. TRADITIONAL AND 5. RESEARCH MAPPING includes a manual review SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYSIS IN SIX LANGUAGES of key findings and policy IN 70 COUNTRIES proposals published in most Acknowledging the consulted international To add further depth, substantial body of existing relations academic Edelman analysed the research and analysis journals, and published global media landscape globally that can support by key think tanks, policy to gain insights into how the UN75 initiative, one research institutes and megatrends are covered, of the five UN75 data the UN system. This was including the perceived role streams is a comprehensive undertaken by the Graduate of international cooperation mapping of academic and Institute of International – and specifically the policy research focused and Development Studies, UN – in addressing them. on multilateralism, the Geneva. They analysed print, United Nations, upgrading broadcast and online media the United Nations, and To ensure relevance and (including social media) key areas of the United regional representation, in 70 countries, covering Nations’ work. Organised the review focused on the period May 2019 to along each of the main articles published across May 2020, using a mix areas of action identified the past five years (for of automated tools for in the UN75 Political academic publications, quantitative analysis and Declaration (for this report, which often have longer local analysts in country for starting with those areas timelines), and two years for qualitative analysis. Please focused on the UN system), policy research. The review see the annex for a fuller the research mapping covered the most cited description of methodology journals published in the and list of countries following languages: Arabic, covered. Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

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SECTION 2 Immediate priorities, for recovering from the pandemic

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Immediate priorities for recovering from the pandemic, by region

NORTH AMERICA EUROPE 1. Access to healthcare 1. Access to healthcare 2. Tackle climate crisis 2. Rethink global economy 3. Access to safe water/sanit. 3. Tackle climate crisis 4. Address inequalities 4. Global solidarity 5. Global solidarity 5. Access safe water/sanit.

UN75 ONE-MINUTE CENTRAL & SOUTHERN ASIA SURVEY Q1 NORTHERN AFRICA 1. Access to healthcare What should the & WESTERN ASIA 2. Support hard hit places 3. Education & youth international community 1. Access to healthcare prioritise to recover better 4. Global solidarity EASTERN 2. Support hard hit places 5. Access to safe water/sanit. from the pandemic? 3. Global solidarity & SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA 4. Education & youth 1. Global solidarity LATIN AMERICA 5. Access to safe water/sanit. 2. Access to healthcare Each respondent could & CARIBBEAN 3. Address inequalities select up to three 1. Access to healthcare 4. Access to safe water/sanit. 5. Support hard hit places responses. 2. Address inequalities SUB- SAHARAN AFRICA 3. Access safe water/sanit. 1. Support hard hit places Base: 729,550 respondents (as of 4. Rethink global economy 5. Support hard hit places 2. Access to healthcare 22 April), Central & Southern Asia 3. Education & youth (234,576), Eastern & South-Eastern 4.Global solidarity Asia (75,182), Europe (100,916), Latin 5. Address inequalities OCEANIA & ANTARCTICA America & Caribbean (49,591), North 1. Access to healthcare America (21,207), Northern Africa 2. Support hard hit places & Western Asia (56,888), Oceania 3. Education & youth & Antarctica (13,405), Sub-Saharan 4. Access to safe water/sanit. Africa (174,397). 5. Address inequalities

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Key finding 1

Amidst the current crisis, the immediate priority of most respondents, everywhere, is improved access to basic services: healthcare, water, sanitation and education

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KEY FINDING 1 Respondents see access to basic services as the major priority: healthcare, water, sanitation and education, as well as 274225 UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE broader investment in youth 198019 INCREASE SUPPORT TO HARDEST HIT PLACES 192161 STRENGTHEN GLOBAL SOLIDARITY 181552 INVEST MORE IN EDUCATION AND YOUTH 162100 UN75 ONE-MINUTE UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO SAFE WATER/SANITATION SURVEY Q1 157455 What should ADDRESS INEQUALITIES the international st 153743 community prioritise RETHINK THE GLOBAL ECONOMY to recover better 138708 from the pandemic? TACKLE THE CLIMATE CRISIS 126670 Each respondent PREVENT AND REDUCE CONFLICT VIOLENCE could select up to 112481 1 MAKE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRAL three responses. Access to basic 101516 services: healthcare, UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO DIGITAL TECH New York, UN75 water, sanitation 100146 & education MODERNIZE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Base: 729,550 (all respondents as of 22 April); 1,898,776 responses.

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KEY FINDING 1 The demand for access to basic services resonates across all regions

CENTRAL & EASTERN & SOUTH- LATIN AMERICA & NORTH NORTHERN AFRICA & OCEANIA & SUB-SAHARAN EUROPE SOUTHERN ASIA EASTERN ASIA CARIBBEAN AMERICA WESTERN ASIA ANTARCTICA AFRICA st Top Access to Global Access to Access to Access to Access to Access to Support hard 1 ranked healthcare solidarity healthcare healthcare healthcare healthcare healthcare hit places Access to basic 2nd Support hard Access to Rethink global Address Tackle climate Support hard Support hard Access to services, including hit places healthcare economy inequalities crisis hit places hit places healthcare healthcare, water, sanitation and education rd 3 Education Address Tackle climate Access to safe Access to safe Global Education Education & youth inequalities crisis water/sanit. water/sanit. solidarity & youth & youth

Access to safe Access to safe th Global Global Rethink global Address Education Global 4 solidarity water/sanit. solidarity economy inequalities & youth water/sanit. solidarity

Access to safe Access to safe Access to safe th Support hard Support hard Global Address Address 5 water/sanit. hit places water/sanit. hit places solidarity water/sanit. inequalities inequalities

UN75 one-minute survey Q1 Base: 729,550 respondents (as of 22 April), Central & Southern Asia (234,576), Eastern & South-Eastern Asia What should the international community prioritise to recover better (75,182), Europe (100,916), Latin America & Caribbean (49,591), North America (21,207), from the pandemic? Each respondent could select up to three responses. Northern Africa & Western Asia (56,888), Oceania & Antarctica (13,405), Sub-Saharan Africa (174,397). 36 37 The Future We Want, the United Nations We Need Report of the UN75 Office 2020

“Short-term economic “A lot of vulnerable groups programs for developing under normal circumstances countries, especially those have difficulty accessing focusing on developing some basic and fundamental trade and healthcare human rights—education, services will positively healthcare, water and contribute to diminishing sanitation—and with the negative effects of the pandemic we have seen pandemic… Insufficiently that deepen so much.“ Trinidad and Tobago, UN Trinidad and Tobago strong health care systems Mohammed Sabo Keana, Almajiri are negatively contributing Child Rights initiative, Nigeria, UN75 to the economic crisis amid dialogue participant the global pandemic.” UN75 dialogue, Georgia KEY FINDING 1 BOOST ACCESS In UN75 dialogues, participants TO BASIC SERVICES MORE BROADLY discussed the need for strong global Access to basic services, including healthcare, health systems, and broader access drinking water and to basic services both as an immediate education, was considered critical for pandemic need and as a longer-term priority response efforts. This emerged strongly in dialogues held in Central INVEST IN AND BUILD A STRONG GLOBAL HEALTH SYSTEM and Southern Asia, Participants in dialogues held across Central and Southern Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Northern Caribbean, Northern Africa Africa and Western Asia and Oceania and Sub-Saharan Africa called on the and Western Asia, North international community to invest in and build a strong global health system: America and Sub-Saharan prioritising citizen health and well-being, working towards universal access Africa, as well as in online, Zimbabwe, Executive Office of Deputy Secretary-General to healthcare, and investing more in healthcare technology and equipment. international dialogues.

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Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa called for education reform, including a more equitable shift to digital and online education, solutions for continuing international education amid the pandemic, and for sustainable financing of Brazil, Rotary Youth Brazil schools.

“The virus has taken away jobs, interactions, education and peace. Fear is everywhere, and people KEY FINDING 1 are not responding well to it. Students who have Students who have They also discussed worked so hard to get an education might not get worked so hard the need for more equitable a job, people who don’t to get an education access to education for have access to technology can’t move forward in a might not get a job all and investment in youth society that now depends heavily on it, workers who are supporting their ENSURE EQUITABLE As education systems and families have lost their jobs ACCESS TO ONLINE practices underwent rapid, and it doesn’t seem like “There is an urgent need EDUCATION AND SECURE forced transformation in life will be back to normal for education connected SUSTAINABLE FINANCING the wake of the pandemic, anytime soon, so people to teaching about FOR SCHOOLS participants in UN75 are stressed, anxious and tolerance and respect, dialogues, particularly in depressed because they building awareness and Central and Southern Asia, fear the future.” collaboration.” Latin America and the - UN75 dialogue, Mexico - UN75 dialogues, Afghanistan

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Key finding 2

The next priority of respondents is greater international solidarity and increased support to the places hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic

This includes tackling poverty and inequalities and boosting employment

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274225 UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE 198019 INCREASE SUPPORT TO HARDEST HIT PLACES Republic of Korea, PyeongChang Peace Forum 2020 Lesotho, UN Lesotho 192161 STRENGTHEN GLOBAL SOLIDARITY 181552 INVEST MORE IN EDUCATION AND YOUTH 162100 UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO SAFE WATER/ KEY FINDING 2 SANITATION 157455 ADDRESS INEQUALITIES Respondents are calling for 153743 RETHINK THE GLOBAL ECONOMY global solidarity and support 138708 to the hardest hit places nd TACKLE THE CLIMATE CRISIS 126670 PREVENT AND REDUCE CONFLICT VIOLENCE 112481 UN75 ONE-MINUTE SURVEY Q1 MAKE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRAL What should the international community 101516 prioritise to recover better from the pandemic? 2 UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO DIGITAL TECH 100146 Each respondent could select up to three responses. Global solidarity & support MODERNIZE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS to hardest hit places Base: 729,550 (a ll respondents as of 22 April); 1,898,776 responses.

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KEY FINDING 2 These are priority issues in all regions

CENTRAL & EASTERN & SOUTH- LATIN AMERICA & NORTH NORTHERN AFRICA & OCEANIA & SUB-SAHARAN EUROPE SOUTHERN ASIA EASTERN ASIA CARIBBEAN AMERICA WESTERN ASIA ANTARCTICA AFRICA

nd Top Access to Global Access to Access to Access to Access to Access to Support hard 2 ranked healthcare solidarity healthcare healthcare healthcare healthcare healthcare hit places 2nd Support hard Access to Rethink global Address Tackle climate Support hard Support hard Access to Global solidarity hit places healthcare economy inequalities crisis hit places hit places healthcare & support to hardest hit places rd 3 Education & Address Tackle climate Access to safe Access safe Global Education & Education youth inequalities crisis water/sanit. water/sanit. solidarity youth & youth

Global Access safe Global Education & Global th Rethink global Address Access safe 4 solidarity water/sanit. solidarity economy inequalities youth water/sanit. solidarity

Access to safe Access to safe Global Access safe th Support hard Support hard Address Address 5 water/sanit. hit places water/sanit. hit places solidarity water/sanit. inequalities inequalities

UN75 one-minute survey Q1 Base: 729,550 respondents (as of 22 April), Central & Southern Asia (234,576), Eastern & South-Eastern Asia What should the international community prioritise to recover better (75,182), Europe (100,916), Latin America & Caribbean (49,591), North America (21,207), Northern Africa & from the pandemic? Each respondent could select up to three responses. Western Asia (56,888), Oceania & Antarctica (13,405), Sub-Saharan Africa (174,397). 46 47 The Future We Want, the United Nations We Need Report of the UN75 Office 2020

In particular, dialogue participants discussed the role that the United Nations and Member States can play to foster cooperation and collaboration, through:

• Increased dialogue between countries and all stakeholders, including NGOs • Identifying common purposes between communities, and across societal and generational divides • Better coordination with government and donor agencies • Encouraging social responsibility • More partnerships with local communities and relevant stakeholders

Uzbekistan, UN Uzbekistan • Engagement with volunteers, and investment in initiatives that scale up volunteer efforts

KEY FINDING 2 This was in addition to “The lesson we learnt communities that suffered calls for more investment from the pandemic is that the most. For that to Participants in UN75 in, and coordination at the literally no one is safe unless happen, participants in this international level (through everyone is safe, telling event firmly believed that dialogues held across international agreements us about the necessity international organisations the world discussed the urgent if necessary) of, research to of leaving no one behind must be modernised to understand the causes and in the process. Most of deliver better results and need for greater international effects of the pandemic, the participants thought put solidarity to the core of cooperation in response Member State pandemic that rethinking the global the cooperation.” response policy implications, economy is central to - UN75 dialogue, Albania to the pandemic and to facilitate the the re-launch after the development of a COVID-19 pandemic. Such process vaccine and treatment, and should happen by prioritising ensuring equal access to it. help distribution to the

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KEY FINDING 2 Following access to basic services and global solidarity, respondents most want to see the international 274225 UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE community address inequalities 198019 and to rethink the global economy INCREASE SUPPORT TO HARDEST HIT PLACES 192161 STRENGTHEN GLOBAL SOLIDARITY 181552 INVEST MORE IN EDUCATION AND YOUTH 162100 UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO SAFE WATER/SANITATION 157455 ADDRESS INEQUALITIES UN75 ONE-MINUTE SURVEY Q1 153743 What should the international rd RETHINK THE GLOBAL ECONOMY community prioritise to recover better 138708 from the pandemic? TACKLE THE CLIMATE CRISIS 126670 Each respondent could select up PREVENT AND REDUCE CONFLICT VIOLENCE to three responses. 112481 3 MAKE HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRAL 101516 Address inequalities UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO DIGITAL TECH and rethink 100146 the global economy MODERNIZE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 51

Base: 729,550 (all respondents as of 22 April); 1,898,776 responses

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KEY FINDING 2 They call for the international community to address inequalities and re-think the global economy across most regions CENTRAL & EASTERN & SOUTH- LATIN AMERICA & NORTH NORTHERN AFRICA & OCEANIA & SUB-SAHARAN EUROPE SOUTHERN ASIA EASTERN ASIA CARIBBEAN AMERICA WESTERN ASIA ANTARCTICA AFRICA rd Top Access to Global Access to Access to Access to Access to Access to Support hard 3 ranked healthcare solidarity healthcare healthcare healthcare healthcare healthcare hit places Address 2nd Support hard Access to Rethink global Address Tackle climate Support hard Support hard Access to inequalities hit places healthcare economy inequalities crisis hit places hit places healthcare & rethink the global economy rd 3 Education & Address Tackle climate Access to safe Access safe Global Education & Education youth inequalities crisis water/sanit. water/sanit. solidarity youth & youth

Global Access safe Global Education & Global th Rethink global Address Access safe 4 solidarity water/sanit. solidarity economy inequalities youth water/sanit. solidarity

Access to safe Access to safe Global Access safe th Support hard Support hard Address Address 5 water/sanit. hit places water/sanit. hit places solidarity water/sanit. inequalities inequalities

UN75 one-minute survey Q1 Base: 729,550 respondents (as of 22 April), Central & Southern Asia (234,576), Eastern & South-Eastern Asia What should the international community prioritise to recover better (75,182), Europe (100,916), Latin America & Caribbean (49,591), North America (21,207), Northern Africa & 52 from the pandemic? Each respondent could select up to three responses. Western Asia (56,888), Oceania & Antarctica (13,405), Sub-Saharan Africa (174,397). 53 The Future We Want, the United Nations We Need Report of the UN75 Office 2020

We need to KEY FINDING 2 rethink the global Tackling inequalities and economy making sure re-thinking the global economy that human rights were also prominent in UN75 are a central element , dialogues held across the world and having the primary goal [be] to address inequalities... Sweden, Margaux Dietz

Participants in 19 dialogues across six “We need to rethink the Participants in 10 dialogues “The COVID-19 economic regions discussed the need for the interna- global economy making focused on the need shock is the deepest since tional community to address poverty and sure that human rights for the international WWII and the broadest inequalities, and to prioritize protection and are a central element, and community, including since 1870. The global support to vulnerable populations. They having the primary goal [be] the United Nations, to economy is likely to contract also called on Member State to invest in and to address inequalities... we lead the fight against by 5% this year—a threshold use research and solutions that will lead to need to reshape the way COVID-19-related that research shows is more effective policy solutions to eradicate we measure success and discrimination and foster correlated with a much inequalities. growth in our companies inclusivity, including higher risk of conflict.” and countries, going for vulnerable groups beyond GDP and going in society. – Sarah Cliffe, Director, New York beyond profit margins.” University’s Center on International Cooperation. – Thalita Gelenske Cunha, CEO of Blend Edu, Brazil, which offers training and education on diversity and inclusion in the private sector (UN75 dialogue) 54 55 The Future We Want, the United Nations We Need Report of the UN75 Office 2020

SECTION 3 Longer-term priorities for the future we want

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Longer-term priorities for the future we want, by region

NORTH AMERICA EUROPE 1. Environmental protection 1. Environmental protection 2. Respect for human rights 2. Respect for human rights 3. Sustainable consumption/production 3. Sustainable consumption/production UN75 ONE-MINUTE SURVEY Q2 Taking a longer view, if you picture the world you want in 25 years, what three things CENTRAL & SOUTHERN ASIA would you most want to see? NORTHERN AFRICA 1. Environmental protection & WESTERN ASIA 2. Better healthcare access 3. Better education access Each respondent could select 1. Respect for human rights EASTERN 2. Less conflict up to three responses. 3. Environmental protection & SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA 1. Environmental protection Base 807,092 respondents: Central & LATIN AMERICA 2. Less conflict Southern Asia (243,800), Eastern & South & CARIBBEAN 3. Respect for human rights -Eastern Asia (81,205), Europe (121,388), 1. Environmental protection Latin America & Caribbean (61,599), 2. Better education access North America (29,184), Northern Africa SUB- SAHARAN AFRICA 3. Sustainable consumption/ & Western Asia (64,694), Oceania & Antarctica production 1. Better healthcare access (14,598), Sub-Saharan Africa (190,624). 2. More employment opportunities 3. Less conflict OCEANIA & ANTARCTICA 1. Better healthcare access 2. Environmental protection 3. More employmen t opportunities

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Key finding 3

While health is the most pressing issue now, respondents are hopeful about this area improving in the future

Respondents also believe access to education and women’s rights will improve

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% who think things will be better / the same / worse in 2045 KEY FINDING 3 BETTER THE SAME WORSE

Whilst health appears 52 % 24 % 17% to be a priority now, ACCESS TO EDUCATION 50 % 29 % 13% it is actually one of the areas WOMEN’S RIGHTS that many expect will improve 47 % 25 % 21 % over the next 25 years ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE 39 % 29 % 23 % FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION 36 % 23 % 28 % THE GLOBAL ECONOMY EDELMAN SURVEY Q4 33 % 29 % 33 % At the global level, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES how do you think each 25 % 33 % 31 % of the following things INCOME INEQUALITY will be in 2045 compared 24 % 25 % 41 % to how they are today? % POVERTY 22 % 30 % 49 % CONDITION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT 72 22 % 18 % 34 % VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY Access to healthcare 21 % 30 % 33% will be the same or FORCED MIGRATION get better 18 % 27 % 41 % GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION

Base: All respondents (35,777). Percentage of respondents answering “don’t know” not included.

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Key finding 4

When looking to the future, respondents’ priorities corresponded to those areas where they believe things will get worse.

Most respondents across all regions are most worried about the future impact of climate change

Our inability to stem the climate crisis and the destruction of the natural enviornment is respondents’ most overwhelming medium- and long-term concern

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% who think things will be better / the same / worse in 2045 KEY FINDING 4 BETTER THE SAME WORSE

Issues relating to the environment, 22 % 18 % 49% poverty, corruption, violence CONDITION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT 24 % 25 % 41% & employment many polled in developing POVERTY countries expect to worsen 18 % 27 % 41 % GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION 22 % 30 % 34 % VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY 33 % 25 % 33 % EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES % % % % 21 % 30 % 33 % 49 41 41 34 FORCED MIGRATION 25 % 33 % 31 % The environment will Poverty will Government Violence in the INCOME INEQUALITY get WORSE get WORSE corruption will community will 36 % 23 % 28 % get WORSE get WORSE THE GLOBAL ECONOMY 39 % 29 % 23 % FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION 47 % 25 % 21 % % % ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE 52 % 24 % 17% 33 33 ACCESS TO EDUCATION

Employment Forced migration will 50 % 29 % 13 % WOMEN’S RIGHTS opportunities will get WORSE get WORSE Edelman Polling Q4. At the global level, how do you think each of the following things will be in 2045 compared to how they are today? Base: All respondents (35,777). Percentage of respondents answering “don’t know” not included.

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419913 CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES New York, Thomas Xavier Christiane New York, UN75 279687 RISKS RELATED TO HEALTH 215569 ARMED CONFLICT AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE 182491 KEY FINDING 4 RISKS ARISING FROM NEW TECHNOLOGIES 181071 Respondents across all regions WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 164887 are most worried about what climate RAPID CHANGES IN OUR POPULATIONS change will do to our future 163257 BREAKDOWN IN RELATIONS BETWEEN COUNTRIES 161625 CYBER WARFARE AND NEW FORMS OF WEAPONS UN75 ONE-MINUTE SURVEY Q3 st 161338 Which of these global trends FORCED MIGRATION AND DISPLACEMENT do you think will most affect our future? 114482 RISK OF TERRORISM Each respondent could select up 109082 to three responses. 1 ORGANISED CRIME Climate change Base: All (810,558) respondents; 2,153,402 responses. & environmental issues

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In Central and Southern “Current global climate The effects of climate Asia, participants discussed change as a result of change are known, but it is the risks posed by climate environmental pollution necessary to make visible change on exacerbating is putting individuals and to the whole world, those conflict, as well as the whole populations at countries and communities impact of unsustainable increased risk, predisposing that are being strongly consumption on natural all to natural disasters.” affected by this.” resources depletion and - UN75 youth dialogue, China - UN75 dialogue, Argentina Afghanistan, United Nations New York, UN75 Assistance Mission in Afghanistan access to basic needs, (translated from original Spanish including water and food. In North America, text) participants discussed the Concern about the impact impact of climate change of climate change on on health, including mental the lives of the poor and health. In Latin America and These global vulnerable also resonated in Central and Southern Asia, KEY FINDING 4 Eastern and South-Eastern participants discussed the problems Participants in 269 UN75 dialogues held Asia and Latin America and mass migration that will affect the Caribbean. be brought about due to around the world discussed their concerns climate change. the most Participants in those for what climate change and regions were also greatly “These global problems vulnerable environmental issues will do to our future concerned about climate affect the most vulnerable populations change causing major populations to a greater environmental disasters extent because they do not to a greater THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES and ruin, including floods, have adequate resources. Participants in Central and Southern Asia, Northern droughts, hurricanes, Generally, they settle in extent… Africa and Western Asia, Oceania and Sub-Saharan fires, new diseases linked places of high natural risk Africa focused their concerns on increasing pollution to ecosystems and that do not ensure a good levels and rising temperatures. desertification. quality of life.

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KEY FINDING 4 Participants discussed ideas for action to address the climate crisis and environmental issues

Burundi, Global Peace Venezuela, UN Venezuela

HOPE FOR ADDRESSING renewable energy sources Proposals for action This is a time sensitive issue, THE CLIMATE CRISIS and to manage ecological included: countries with so we must do all that we In Northern Africa and threats. major carbon footprints can now to engage others Western Asia and Sub- taking greater action; in the processes needed to Saharan Africa, participants “The more widespread our sanctions against polluters; effect change.” Similar to ending believed that greater climate knowledge, the more funding towards - UN75 dialogue, United States of environmental awareness more of us will act. And tackling the climate crisis; America the pandemic, would lead to greater action the more our peers act, the and more attention to on the climate crisis and easier it is to make personal protection and conservation “Similar to ending the one country that environmental issues, as sacrifices.” of natural resources. Many pandemic, one country well as to more sustainable - Jennifer Griggs, UN75 youth essay supported the Secretary- that is doing well will not is doing well will lifestyles. competition on “The Future We General stepping up mitigate climate change Want, The UN We Need.” advocacy for Member alone. We need to work not mitigate climate In Central and Southern States to take urgent action together; the climate crisis change alone. Asia, Northern and Western IDEAS FOR ACTION on climate change. will not come to an end Africa and Sub-Saharan Participants in dialogues when the pandemic does.” We need to work Africa, participants saw across the world echoed “A collaborative effort - UN75 youth dialogue, United Arab hope in new technology, the need for urgent action is crucial so that we can Emirates together... tools and information for on the climate crisis and combat the negative effects more sustainable use of environmental issues. of climate change.

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Key finding 5

Other major priorities for the future include: Ensuring greater respect for human rights, settling conflicts, tackling poverty, and reducing corruption

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KEY FINDING 5 In the long-term, people also want to see respect for human rights, better access to basic services and less conflict 295896 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 250133 BETTER HEALTHCARE ACCESS st nd rd th 247640 RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 234898 BETTER EDUCATION ACCESS 219954 1 2 3 4 LESS CONFLICT Environmental Access to basic Respect for Less conflict 201614 protection services, including human rights SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION/PRODUCTION healthcare, 197520 MORE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITES and education 148933 MORE EQUALITY ACROSS COUNTRIES 145097 UN75 ONE-MINUTE SURVEY. MORE EQUALITY WITHIN COUNTRIES Taking a longer view, if you picture the world you want 127712 in 25 years, what three things would you most want to see? GREATER GENDER EQUALITY 102327 Each respondent could select up to three responses. BETTER MIGRATION MANAGEMENT

Base: All (810,558) respondents; 2,171,724 responses.

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KEY FINDING 5 Beyond environmental protection, st nd rd th regional priorities are more nuanced 1 2 3 4 Environmental Access to basic services Respect for Less protection (healthcare, education) human rights conflict

OCEANIA & EASTERN & SOUTH- CENTRAL & LATIN AMERICA & NORTHERN AFRICA & SUB-SAHARAN NORTH EUROPE ANTARCTICA EASTERN ASIA SOUTHERN ASIA CARIBBEAN WESTERN ASIA AFRICA AMERICA

Top Better Environmental Environmental Environmental Environmental Respect for Better Environmental Healthcare Protection Protection Protection Protection Human Rights Healthcare Protection ranked Access Access

nd Environmental Better Respect for Better More Respect for 2 Less Conflict Less Conflict Protection Healthcare Human Rights Education Employment Human Rights Access Access Opportunities

More rd Better Sustainable Sustainable Sustainable 3 Employment Respect for Environmental Education Consumption/ Consumption/ Less Conflict Consumption/ Opportunities Human Rights Protection Access Production Production Production

UN75 one-minute survey Q2. Base: 807,092 respondents: Central & Southern Asia (243,800), Eastern & South-Eastern Asia (81,205), Taking a longer view, if you picture the world you want in 25 years, what three things would you Europe (121,388), Latin America & Caribbean (61,599), North America (29,184), most want to see? Each respondent could select up to three responses. Northern Africa & Western Asia (64,694), Oceania & Antarctica (14,598), Sub-Saharan Africa (190,624).

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KEY FINDING 5 Other issues respondents believe

will affect their future vary by region Findings from Edelman in developing regions showed and levels of affluence more emphasis on:

Beyond climate and health, the Pew Research Center found respondents in 14 of the larger financial 1.POVERTY contributor states to the UN placed greater emphasis on : 2.CORRUPTION 1.TERRORISM 3.VIOLENCE IN THE COMMUNITY 2.CYBER ATTACKS 3.NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Germany, Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic Guinea Bissau, UN Guinea Bissau Belarus, UN Belarus Rwanda, UN Rwanda of Germany to the United Nations in New York

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A MORE EQUAL AND 3 INCLUSIVE WORLD: • A more equal world, with equal opportunities for all, 85 dialogues, 22 youth dialogues, all regions • A world without discrimination based on race, gender, origin, religion or health, 76 dialogues, 37 youth dialogues, seven regions • A world with gender equality, A WORLD WITH EQUAL ACCESS 55 dialogues, 20 youth dialogues, 1 TO BASIC SERVICES: all regions • A world with equal access to education and reformed education A WORLD WITH HUMAN RIGHTS systems, 114 dialogues, 40 youth 4 FOR ALL: dialogues, all regions • Child rights, freedom of expression • A world with equal access to other and religious association, 58 basic services (food, water, health, dialogues, 19 youth dialogues, Suriname, UN Suriname shelter, electricity), 93 dialogues, seven regions 40 youth, all regions A WORLD FREE OF POVERTY 5 AND UNEMPLOYMENT, A MORE SECURE 58 dialogues, 27 youth dialogues, KEY FINDING 5 2 AND PEACEFUL WORLD: seven regions • A world with societal and Participants institutional cooperation between countries, 95 dialogues, 25 youth in UN75 dialogues dialogues, all regions • A more secure and peaceful world, highlighted free of violence, conflict and terrorism, 91 dialogues, 35 youth dialogues, similar priorities all regions

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Key finding 6

When it comes to the future, youth and people in developing countries tend to be more optimistic

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MEN WOMEN OTHER GENDER IDENTITY

BETTER

.75

.5

.25 Lesotho, UN Lesotho Iran, UN Iran

SAME

-.25 KEY FINDING 6

The young are generally more optimistic -.5 than older generations, and men are in 2045 People of Welfare Perceived generally more optimistic than women -.75

UN75 ONE-MINUTE SURVEY Q6 WORSE Overall, do you think that people in 2045 will be better off, worse off, the same as you are today? 15 or younger 16-30 31-45 46-60 61+ Age of surveyed, years

Base: 798,224 respondents, excludes responses collected through mobile phone applications.

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World Better Off in 2045 KEY FINDING 6 Respondents in countries with a lower human development index ranking are generally more optimistic about the future CENTRAL & than those in countries with higher human SOUTHERN ASIA development index rankings

SUB-SAHARAN UN75 ONE-MINUTE SURVEY Q6 EASTERN AFRICA & SOUTH- Overall, do you think that people in 2045 will be better off, worse off, EASTERN ASIA the same as you are today? Lower NORTHERN AFRICA Higher HDI & WESTERN ASIA HDI OCEANIA & NORTH ANTARCTICA AMERICA LATIN AMERICA EUROPE & CARIBBEAN

World Worse Off in 2045

Base: All respondents (810,558). Cross analysed with Human Development Index ranking averages for each region. The x-axis measures the average HDI value of each region (scale ranges from .38 to .95). The y-axis measures average perception of the world in 2045 on a 3-point scale ranging from Worse (-1) to Better (+1), Stay the same (0). Countries without a value for HDI have imputed values based upon the country’s regional average.

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SECTION 4 International cooperation and the UN we need

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Key finding 7

87% of those surveyed believe international cooperation is vital to deal with today’s challenges

The majority of respondents believe the COVID-19 crisis has made international cooperation even more urgent

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KEY FINDING 7 VERY IMPORTANT/ESSENTIAL FAIRLY IMPORTANT NOT VERY IMPORTANT 87% of respondents believe international 95 % 94 % cooperation is very important or essential 87 % for addressing global challenges. This perception remains high across regions, with some variation GLOBAL EASTERN & NORTH AMERICA SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA

94 % 92 % 92 % UN75 ONE-MINUTE SURVEY Q4 How important do you feel it is for countries to work together to address global trends? % OCEANIA & EUROPE LATIN AMERICA ANTARCTICA & CARIBBEAN

89 % 88 % 87 82 % Believe international cooperation is very important or essential for addressing global challenges SUB-SAHARAN CENTRAL & NORTHERN AFRICA AFRICA SOUTHERN ASIA & WESTERN ASIA

Base (807,092) NET Essential/very important

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ESSENTIAL

VERY

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FAIRLY

KEY FINDING 7

Across all age groups, women see NOT VERY a greater need for countries to work together than men Cooperation International of Importance

UN75 ONE-MINUTE SURVEY Q6 NOT AT ALL How important do you feel it is for countries to work together to address global trends? 15 or younger 16-30 31-45 46-60 61+ Age of surveyed, years

Base: 798,224 respondents, excludes responses collected through mobile phone applications.

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Key finding 8

Looking to the past, six in ten respondents believe the UN has made the world a better place. Looking to the future, 74% see the UN as “essential” in tackling global challenges

However, over half see the UN as remote from their lives and say they don’t know much about it

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KEY FINDING 8 62% Agree that 74% Agree that the UN is an essential the UN has made organization for helping tackle the world a better place the biggest issues the world faces today

85 % 82 % 78 % 76 % 75 % 72 % 73 %

61 % 62 % 60 % 56 %

45 %

NORTHERN SUB-SAHARAN LATIN AMERICA EASTERN & CENTRAL & EUROPE NORTHERN SUB-SAHARAN LATIN AMERICA EASTERN & CENTRAL & EUROPE AFRICA & AFRICA & CARIBBEAN SOUTH-EASTERN SOUTHERN ASIA AFRICA & AFRICA & CARIBBEAN SOUTH-EASTERN SOUTHERN ASIA WESTERN ASIA ASIA WESTERN ASIA ASIA

Edelman Survey Q17 Edelman Survey Q17 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the United Nations? NET Strongly/ To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the United Nations? NET Strongly/ Somewhat agree. Base: All aware of the UN (33768), Northern Africa & Western Asia (5819), Sub-Saharan Africa (7688), Somewhat agree. Base: All aware of the UN (33768), Northern Africa & Western Asia (5819), Sub-Saharan Africa (7688), Latin America & Caribbean (6058), S/SE Asia (4759), C/S Asia (3557), Europe (5887). Latin America & Caribbean (6058), S/SE Asia (4759), C/S Asia (3557), Europe (5887).

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KEY FINDING 8 …and 40% on people More than 50% see the positive the respondents know impact the United Nations personally is having on their country or them personally… 50% 40% Agree the UN has Agree the UN improved the lives of has improved the lives of people in my country people I know personally

68 % 71 % 61 % 54 % 53 % 42 % 41 % 39 % 35% 32 % 32 % 29 %

Northern Sub-Saharan Latin America Eastern & Central & Europe Northern Sub-Saharan Latin America Eastern & Central & Europe Africa & Africa & Caribbean South-Eastern Southern Asia Africa & Africa & Caribbean South-Eastern Southern Asia Western Asia Asia Western Asia Asia

Edelman Survey Q17 Edelman Survey Q17 To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the United Nations? NET Strongly/ To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the United Nations? NET Strongly/ Somewhat agree. Base: All aware of the UN (33768), Northern Africa & Western Asia (5819), Sub-Saharan Africa (7688), Somewhat agree. Base: All aware of the UN (33768), North Africa & Western Asia (5819), Sub-Saharan Africa (7688), Latin America & Caribbean (6058), S/SE Asia (4759),C/S Asia (3557), Europe (5887) Latin America & Caribbean (6058), S/SE Asia (4759),C/S Asia (3557), Europe (5887)

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87M mention conflict & violence 3% reference UN

Botswana, UN Botswana 44M mention tech opportunities & threats 2% reference UN KEY FINDING 8 23M mention climate Four in ten respondents & environment say they know little 7% ref. UN 18M or nothing about the UN mention inequalities Analysis of the media undertaken in 29M 4% ref. UN 70 countries indicates that media coverage mention health of the UN is low, with media coverage associating 18% reference UN the UN most frequently with conflict and health. Source: Edelman Intelligence 815K Discovery+ | Global | All languages mention shifting | Date range: May 2019 demographics – May 2020 10% reference UN

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KEY FINDING 8 A LOT SOMEWHAT NOT AT ALL Most respondents to the polling % saying the UN is succeeding a lot/somewhat/not at all in selected developing countries indicate in tackling/addressing the following [top 10 shown] the UN is addressing global issues 32 % 46 % 14 % in some way PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOM 32 % 45 % 13% SUPPORTING EDUCATION AND LITERACY

31 % 48 % 12 % EDELMAN SURVEY Q18 RESPONDING TO NATURAL DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES To what extent do you think the United Nations is succeeding in tackling / addressing the following? 30 % 42 % 19 % ADDRESSING WORLDWIDE PANDEMICS SUCH AS COVID-19

29 % 45 % 17 % PREVENTING AND RESOLVING INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS BETWEEN COUNTRIES

28 % 44 % 15 % EMPOWERING GIRLS AND WOMEN

28% 41 % 20 % STOPPING COUNTRIES FROM USING NUCLEAR WEAPONS

27 % 46 % 16 % IMPROVING HEALTHCARE AND LIFE EXPECTANCY

27 % 43 % 19 % TACKLING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

26 % 48 % 17 % TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE AND SAFEGUARDING THE ENVIRONMENT

Base: All aware of the UN (33768)

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Key finding 9

Other major concerns Dialogue participants for the future include : overwhelmingly called for Greater respect for human rights the UN to be more Settling conflict inclusive of the diversity of Tackling poverty actors in the 21st century Reducing corruption

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INVOLVE MORE WOMEN, ADVOCATE FOR REGIONAL AND 1 youth and vulnerable groups in 5 GLOBAL COOPERATION decision-making (61 dialogues (40 dialogues from all eight regions) in seven regions) ESTABLISH A MULTISTAKEHOLDER PROVIDE YOUTH WITH A STRONGER 6 COORDINATION mechanism and 2 VOICE AND GREATER AGENCY involve a more diverse range through creation of a youth forum/ of stakeholders (19 dialogues in seven network (58 dialogues from all eight regions) regions) WORK WITH MORE DIVERSE WORK MORE WITH AND LISTEN 7 RANGE OF CULTURAL goodwill 3 TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES ambassadors who can foster cultural Fiji, Office of the President of the General Assembly /COMMUNITIES, including rural empathy/communication, and and remote, to adopt bottom up cultural considerations (12 dialogues approaches and adapt programmes in six regions) to local settings, cultures and needs (55 dialogues in seven regions) WORK MORE WITH BUSINESS 8 ACTORS, including start-ups KEY FINDING 9 INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR and entrepreneurs to develop 4 ”WE THE PEOPLES“ to be heard and more innovative policy solutions In UN75 dialogues many ideas foster dialogue with civil society/non- (10 dialogues in six regions) governmental organisations, through were offered on how to make a people’s network or appointment of a civil society representative (47 the United Nations more dialogues from all eight regions) inclusive of the diversity of actors in the 21st century

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KEY FINDING 9 The importance of inclusion as discussed by people in UN75 dialogues

YOUTH: REGIONAL AND LOCAL ACTORS: “The average age in parliament is 53 years old when almost half the global population is under 30 years of “We believe that the age, meaning young people are never at the center of UN could act by making political decision making. It is the UN’s duty to lower greater engagements the ladder down to unheard voices, and it can do this with regional and local by using young people’s greatest tool: technology.” actors, investing in the - Maisie Zheng, the UN75 essay competition “The Future We Want, future by providing the UN We Need” means that foster the development of the “Young have been disproportionately affected by autonomy of social actors COVID-19 through disrupted education and foregone operating at the sub- opportunities – even more so for the 90% of young national level.” people in developing countries. If before we had the - UN75 youth dialogue, Brazil greatest vested interest in a greener future, now our interest will be even stronger. If before we were keen to embark on green careers, now our resolve will be even stronger. If before we were the most ambitious, now we will have even greater ambition in turning the future we want into a reality.” - Jennifer Griggs, the UN75 essay competition, “The Future We Want, The UN We Need” Eswatini, UN Eswatini 112 113 The Future We Want, the United Nations We Need Report of the UN75 Office 2020

Key finding 10

Participants in dialogues called for the United Nations to innovate in other ways, with stronger leadership and more consistency in exercising its moral authority to uphold the UN Charter

There are calls for increased accountability, transparency and impartiality including through better engagement and communication with communities, as well as strengthening implementation of programmes and operations

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FOSTER GREATER GLOBAL COOR- PROVIDE STRONG LEADERSHIP 1 DINATION, collaboration and coo- 4 AND ADVOCATE FOR MEMBER peration not only among Member STATES to cooperate and work States, but also through working in together; serve as a moral authority partnership with other actors across to call on Member States to uphold all areas of the United Nations’ work the principles and values of the UN (in the vast majority of dialogues Charter/agreements administered across all regions) by UN (42 dialogues in seven regions)

INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY, REGULARLY COMMUNICATE and 2 TRANSPARENCY within the United 5 engage in dialogue with publics Nations, and boost UN impartiality around the world about the UN’s ini- (53 dialogues, 8 regions) tiatives and programmes, particularly in countries where the UN is most UPGRADE THE UNITED NATIONS active, and encourage feedback. 3 (43 dialogues, 8 regions) Engage more through traditional • UN Security Council reform that and social media (27 dialogues in makes the Council more representative seven regions) Geneva, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and re-considers the veto • Bolster peacekeeping efforts, for 6 BOLSTER IMPLEMENTATION, example, by focusing on conflict through improved monitoring, prevention and women-led evaluation and review of programmes, peacebuilding adapt programmes and policies KEY FINDING 10 • Continue with structural and so that they are more data and management reforms, particularly evidence-based, and make better In dialogues participants to reduce bureaucracy and boost use of research to inform programme inter-agency collaboration design (24 dialogues in six regions) are calling for • Create transparent follow-up mechanisms to monitor and evaluate the United Nations to: reform implementation

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SECTION 5 Annexes

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Annex 1

UN75 contributions by other groups

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YOUTH A number of key stakeholder groups carried out large UN75 dialogues CIVIL SOCIETY or curated responses from their CITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS networks to the UN75 survey and PRIVATE SECTOR produced detailed inputs: SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES

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through a just transition towards decarbonisation, quality education and lifelong learning, the rule of law and fighting corruption, addressing macroeconomic issues such as debt, environmental governance and ecosystem conservation and food security. Republic of Congo, UNIC Brazzaville Mauritius, UN Mauritius Pacific, UN Pacific Finally, they felt that while the UN is working to address many issues of concern, it could do more to engage and address ANNEX 1 The top three priorities that on the need and rights the priorities of young emerged were: of marginalised youth people. Specific proposals The UN Youth Envoy’s Office organised • recovering from COVID-19, groups, and on tackling included: the creation of a youth townhall bringing together preparedness, building inequalities - between and a youth agency or youth resilient systems and within countries, and in framework overseeing over 2,000 young people from all regions societies; relation to gender-based the state of youth at the • peace and security, violence, racial segregation, regional and country level; settlement of ongoing xenophobia, migrants and more meaningful youth On May 13th, the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth conflict, preventive refugees, and descent- involvement in UN policy- organised a townhall in partnership with the Permanent diplomacy, non-proliferation based and other types of making and delivery on the Missions of Qatar and Sweden, the Office of the President and disarmament; and discrimination. ground beyond tokenistic of the General Assembly, the Major Group on Children • climate change, events; and greater use and and Youth and the International Coordination Meeting oceans and sustainable Young people also felt more sharing of technology and of Youth Organizations. The meeting brought together consumption. emphasis should be given innovation towards design, over 2,000 young people from all regions. In addition, to employment and decent delivery and feedback on more than 600 young people from 110 countries provided There was a strong call jobs, social protection progress of international written responses. The main findings are included below. to strengthen the focus systems, clean energy frameworks.

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• A high-level UN champion • A stronger Peacebuilding • A ban on lethal to empower, support Commission to support the autonomous weapons, and convene civil society. widely accepted shift from a building on existing crisis-oriented approach to instruments that • A UN youth council or longer-term engagement. banned dangerous new advisory body to provide technologies before they guidance and insights • People-centred were in use and able to to senior leadership. peacekeeping that wreak harm. increases local ownership, Merit-based, fair and effectiveness, support and A global push to support Zambia, UN Zambia • • transparent appointment accountability. entry into force of the Treaty processes to ensure UN on the Prohibition staff, and especially senior • An integrated approach of Nuclear Weapons. officials, are competent, to climate and security principled and respect and across the UN system reflect the people they serve. and partner organisations. ANNEX 1 This global movement of experts, practitioners, • Enhanced monitoring of The Together First activists and business leaders global commons to increase global movement held UN75 consultations accountability for violations in all regions and built an of planetary boundaries. held extensive online hub for public discussion on strengthening • A Security Council that consultations global governance and “acts or gets out of the tackling catastrophic risks. way”: existing powers to produce a and processes must be ten-point list The following proposals used more effectively. In for action were developed situations when this does of priorities for collectively, through online not occur, its duties must be discharged elsewhere in the and physical meetings: Japan, UNIC Tokyo the future international system.

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ANNEX 1 The UN2020 civil society coalition hosted a peoples’ forum to mark UN75 and transmitted a people’s declaration to the president of the General Assembly

Morocco, United Cities and Local India, Youth of India Governments

This large civil society ”This moment represents a responsibility need to take a to work together with our coalition organised dozens rare window of opportunity transformational approach governments, the United of UN75 dialogues and for humanity to imagine to global governance. This moment repre- Nations, and all people hosted a Peoples’ Forum to and create more effective to open a new chapter mark the 75th anniversary institutional arrangements The time has come to sents a rare window of partnership for peace, and enable grassroots through strengthened, launch an ambitious, justice, equality, dignity, groups to make their people-centered, and nonpartisan, transparent, of opportunity for and sustainability. voices heard. At the event, values-driven global and inclusive process to UN2020 presented a governance. To enable identify global governance humanity to imagine We therefore call on People’s Declaration and the future we want—to gaps and develop a Member States and the Plan for Global Action to prevent war and sustain coherent strategy to fill and create more United Nations to establish the President of the 74th peace, to facilitate them to better realise the a mandated post-2020 Session of the UN General sustainable development, vision of the UN Charter. effective institutional follow-up mechanism Assembly. Key points to end poverty, and The risks we face are too arrangements... to usher in a new compact from the declaration are to protect universal great for any segment of for more equitable, included below. human rights—those in society to address alone, inclusive and effective positions of authority and which is why we stand ready global governance.”

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The following 10 points • Promoting new citizenship summarise the vision pro- and freedoms for renewed duced: democracy, with human and civil rights as the • Guaranteeing public cornerstones of our services for all - from health societies, and data and AI to education, energy, used for the common good housing, water and access to the internet • Building Generation New York, UN75 Equality through gender • Adopting financial support sensitive planning, packages for relief and legislation and development create meaning, show Russia, Friends for Leadership Australia, UNRIC Canberra reconstruction, and for the and the full inclusion, solidarity and boost morale most vulnerable participation, protection and empowerment of • Nurturing an international • Fostering proximity women and girls system built on the force models of consumption of cities, local and regional and production to • Protecting those who governments ANNEX 1 rebalance the relationship work day-to-day to United Cities and Local Government between economic growth, provide basic services • Working towards Next environment and public to our communities and Generation Multilateralism conducted dialogues in all regions priorities valuing their contributions that brings together all to society - including the stakeholders and rests on and produced a vision for the future • Adopting a worldwide underpaid and unpaid care the principles of dialogue, green deal that makes our sector, mostly by women decentralisation and United Cities and Local Government, which has over 250,000 members communities more resilient subsidiarity to ensure the representing local governments of all sizes, metropolises and regions, and enables a return to full • Supporting culture as wants and needs of citizens worked with the UN75 Office to hold dialogues in all regions, engaging economic activity through an antidote to secondary are present within all hundreds of cities, towns and territories and their citizens. sustainable models effects of this crisis, to governance mechanisms

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The vast majority of budgets, urban commons and Cities of the World, humanity now lives in cities. and sustainable and to initiate a transition These cities are the nodes neighbourhoods. period installing of the world, connected representative bodies in transborder spaces of But they lack the means of cities and working flows that support global to adequately respond to with them in international mobility of goods, capital, the challenges they face, collaboration. services and people. caught up in global market Globalization is not merely processes and national Republic of Korea, PyeongChang Peace Forum 2020 internationalisation but an regulations. National and intercity system. international governance does not give space to All planetary challenges the urban world. Global are concentrated in cities negotiations and treaties and will have to be dealt remain in the hands of ANNEX 1 with in cities, from the national leaders. COVID-19 pandemic to Mayors and cities can climate change, inequality only observe. Online, FIA European The Global Parliament of Mayors and human mobility. Cities Rally Championship are superdiverse and On the occasion of the produced an open letter to creative. They are also on UN’s 75th anniversary, the UN Secretary-General for UN75 the frontline of tackling we ask the Organisation migration, education, clean to open a debate on a air, safe housing and basic renewed system of global Comprising dozens of mayors from all regions, services. governance, taking into the Global Parliament of Mayors produced consideration the real an open letter for the UN’s 75 anniversary, Close to their populations, structure of global societies, which includes the following points: they are innovating - including cities. We urge the in democratic decision- UN to consider becoming Uzbekistan, UN Uzbekistan making, participatory the United Nations

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ANNEX 1 The UN Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate social responsibility initiative, and the international employers organisation consulted their members and employees on priorities for the future Burundi, Ingo Magazine

UN Global Compact International Organisation of Employers (10 700 responses from member company employees) (Responses from 45 business federations globally)

Employees in large multinational companies are chiefly concerned The overriding feedback from employers is that and focused on preserving the climate and the wellbeing of our planet they are committed to helping to build a sustainable future that addresses for a sustainable future. current global environmental and human development challenges.

Expanding universal healthcare is the foremost priority for Survey results confirm that employers are extremely preoccupied recovering from the COVID 19 pandemic, together with addressing inequalities with global health risks at present. in the global economy.

More respect for human rights and better access to education In the longer-term, they emphasized their concerns about were prominent amongst their future aspirations. climate change and global inequalities. Based on the survey results, a Statement from Business Leaders for Renewed Global Cooperation in support of the UN was produced. The promotion of multilateral relations was deemed as essential.

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Annex 2

Research mapping

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The research mapping, summarized in this annex, included a manual review of key findings and policy proposals published in the most cited international relations academic journals and universities and by think tanks, covering six languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. The research overviews contained in this Annex are by no means exhaustive.

A full, complete dataset of publications identified in the research mapping will be made available to the public later in 2020. The research mapping team was coordinated by the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.

Six overviews are provided, presenting key academic and policy research pertaining to Multilateralism and Global Governance, and to five themes addressed in the UN75 Political Declaration (Upgrading the United Nations, Partnerships, Sustainable Financing of the United Nations, Trust in Institutions, and Digital Cooperation).

The themes focused on were selected as they pertain to the broad functioning of the United Nations system and global governance. Furthermore, multilateralism was examined more broadly given the significant emphasis placed thereon in the UN75 Political Declaration.

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ANNEX 2 POLICY RESEARCH/REPORTS America) 2016 Global Order and the New Regionalism. Research overview #1: Multilateralism • C entro de Implementación de Políticas • Commission on Global Security, Justice Públicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento and Governance (North America, Europe and global governance (Latin America) 2018 Global Governance & Global) 2015 Confronting the Crisis of in 2030: Prospective Scenarios on the Global Governance. Future of Politics. • R oyal United Services Institute (Europe) MEDIA & BLOG COMMENTARIES 2019 Which Rules? Why There is No Single ‘Rules-Based International System. • PassBlue (July 2020) “The UN’s 75th ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS RESOURCES & UN REPORTS • Institute for Security Studies and South Birthday: A Critical Chance for the Globe African Institute of International Affairs to Save Itself”. • Alynna Lyon et al (North America & • Secretary-General’s remarks, July 2020 (Africa) 2019 At the table or on the menu? • T he Guardian (July 2020) “What is the Europe) 2020 ‘The 75th Anniversary of “Multilateralism After COVID-19: What Africa’s agency and the global order. future of the UN in the age of impunity?”. the United Nations: Looking Back and kind of UN do we need at the 75th • T ogether First (Cross-regional) 2020 • W orld Economic Forum (July 2020) Looking Forward’. anniversary?” Stepping Stones for a Better Future: “We need multilateral cooperation and a • Kathryn Lavelle (North America) 2020 The • T ogether First, May 2018 Non-exhaustive 10 Ideas for World Leaders Who are reset to recover better”. Challenges of Multilateralism. reference list of International Strategic Serious about Building Back Better. • R eal Instituto Elcano (July 2020) • Mónica Hirst and Bernabé Malacalza, Frameworks and Recommendations from • Asian Development Bank Institute (East “Multilateralism has lost its way”. (Europe & Latin America) 2020 ‘Can International Commissions, with relevance Asia) 2018 A Comparison of Global • P roject Syndicate (July 2010) Less multilateralism be reinvented? The to GCRs and Risk Multipliers. Governance Across Sectors: Global Health, Globalization, More Multilateralism international order and the coronavirus’. • T he Elders (June 2020) Hope for a sea- Trade, and Multilateral Development • P assblue (June 2010) The Coronavirus • Karim Makdisi (Middle East) 2019 change – why multilateralism must Finance. vs. Multilateralism: Who Will Win? ‘Contested Multilateralism: The UN and reshape the world after COVID-19. • C enter for Strategic and International • W ashington Post (July 2020) COVID-19 the Middle East’. • Secr etary-General report (2003) A more Studies (North America) 2019 The WTO at is accelerating multilateralism in Africa. • Thomas G. Weiss (North America) 2018 secured world: our shared responsibility. a Crossroads. • V aldai Clun (July 2020) Could There Be Would the World Be Better Without the • Secr etary-General report (2004) In Larger • S timson Center (North America) 2020 UN Multilateralism Across Regional Integration UN? Freedom. 2.0: Ten Innovations for Global Governance Blocs? • Stewart Patrick (North America)2015 ‘The • A frica Union (October 2017) N’djamena – 75 Years Beyond San Francisco. • P roject Syndicate (July 2020) New Models New “New Multilateralism”: Minilateral Declaration on the Emerging Global Order, • Independen t Commission on for a New World. Cooperation, but at What Cost?’ Multilateralism and Africa. Multilateralism (North America & Global) • Aspen Ministers Forum (June 2020) • C ouncil of the European Union (June 2016 Pulling Together: The Multilateral Twenty-Seven Foreign Ministers Issue Call 2019) EU actions to strengthen rules- System and Its Future. for United Nations to Coordinate Global based multilateralism. Council on Foreign Relations (North COVID-19 Response. 140 •  141 The Future We Want, the United Nations We Need Report of the UN75 Office 2020

ANNEX 2 Shifting the management paradigm in the for the 2030 Agenda: Are the HLPF’s United Nations: ensuring a better future for all. Working Methods and Practices “Fit for Research overview #2: • Together First, May 2018 Non-exhaustive Purpose”? [Working Methods]. reference list of International Strategic • World Refugee Council (North America) 2019 Upgrade the United Nations Frameworks and Recommendations from A Call to Action: Transforming the Global International Commissions, with relevance to Refugee System. [Humanitarian Affairs]. GCRs and Risk Multipliers. • Overseas Development Institute (Europe) ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS Universal Periodic Review and Treaty • High-level Independent Panel on Peace 2018 The Capacity of UN Agencies, Funds Mao (Eastern & South-Eastern Asia) 2020 Bodies” International Studies Quarterly. •  Operations 2015 Report of the High-level and Programmes to Sustain Peace: an “António Guterres’ UN Reform Agenda and De Coning and Peter (Europe) 2019 United •  Independent Panel on Peace Operations Independent Review. [Peace Operations]. China’s Constructive Role” Global Review. Nations Peace Operations in a Changing on uniting our strengths for peace: politics, • Belfer Center for Science and International [Chinese]. World Order. partnership and people. [Peace Operations] Affairs (North America) 2018 Exponential Mégret & Alston, eds (Europe) 2020 The Adediran (Europe) 2018 “Reforming the •  •  2019) EU actions to strengthen rules-based Innovation and Human Rights. [Human Rights]. United Nations and Human Rights (2nd Security Council through a Code of Conduct: multilateralism. • Council on Foreign Relations (North edition). A Sisyphean Task?” Ethics and International America) 2017 Bolstering the UN Human • М.М. Лебедева, М.И. Устинова (Europe) Affairs. POLICY RESEARCH/REPORTS Rights Council’s Effectiveness. [Human 2020 “Humanitarian and Social Issues Jeangène Vilmer (Europe) 2018 “The •  Rights]. in the Security Council” ВЕСТНИК Responsibility Not to Veto: A Genealogy” • Together First (Cross-regional) 2020 • Independent Commission on Multilateralism МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫХ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЙ. Global Governance. Reforming the UN Security Council. [Security (North America) 2017 ICM Policy Paper: [Russian]. Harrington (Europe) 2016 “The Working •  Council] Humanitarian Engagements. [Humanitarian • Dai (Eastern and South-Eastern Asia) 2019 Methods of the United Nations Security • International Peace Institute (North Affairs]. “2020 Review: The Way Forward for UN Council: Maintaining the Implementation of America) 2020 Implementing the UN Human Rights Treaty Body System” Chinese Change” International & Comparative Law Management Reform: Progress and MEDIA & BLOG COMMENTARIES Review of International Law. [Chinese]. Quarterly. Implications for Peace Operations. [Peace • Browne (North America) 2019 UN Reform: • Sarah Deardorff-Miller (North America) 2019 Operations]. • Gateway House: Indian Council on Global 75 Years of Challenge and Change. “The global refugee regime and UN system- • International Peace Institute (North Affairs (Aug. 2020) “Failing to reform the UN”. • Mustafa (Northern Africa and Western Asia) wide reforms” World Refugee Council. America) 2020 Integrating Human Rights • The Standard (Jul. 2020) “The United 2019 Justifications for reform of the United into the Operational Readiness of UN Nations at 75 Remains the World’s Moral Nations in light of the growing international RESOURCES & UN REPORTS Peacekeepers. [Peace Operations]. Compass”. crises The Syrian crisis since 2011 is a model” • Security Council Report (North America) • PassBlue (Oct. 2017) “Four Easy Steps to The Academic Journal of Nawroz University. United Nations and World Bank 2018 •  2020 Prioritisation and Sequencing of Reform the UN Human Rights Council”. [Arabic]. Pathways for Peace: Inclusive Approaches Council Mandates: Walking the Walk? • OpenGlobalRights (Sept. 2017) “Reforming Carraro (Europe) 2019 “Promoting to Preventing Violent Conflict. [Peace •  [Peace Operations]. the UN Human Rights Council: a call for new Compliance with Human Rights: The Operations]. • German Institute for International and leadership”. Performance of the United Nations’ United Nations Secretary-General 2017 •  Security Affairs (Europe) 2020 UN Reforms 142 143 The Future We Want, the United Nations We Need Report of the UN75 Office 2020

• United Nations High Commissioner for Case studies of the African Peer Review ANNEX 2 Refugees & Organization for Economic Mechanism (APRM), Open Government Cooperation and Development 2018 Partnership (OGP) and the Extractive Research overview #3: Engaging with Employers in the Hiring of Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Partnerships Refugees: A 10-point multi-stakeholder Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Tanzania. action plan for employers, refugees, • Independent Commission on governments and civil society. Multilateralism (North America) 2017 • High Level Panel of Experts on Food ICM Policy Paper: The New Primacy of Security and Nutrition 2018 Multi- Partnerships Between the UN, Regional stakeholder partnerships to finance and Organizations, Civil Society and the improve food security and nutrition in the Private Sector. ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS inchoate global institution” International framework of the 2030 Agenda. • German Institute for International Theory. and Security Affairs (Europe) 2017 • Andonova (Europe) 2019 Governance POLICY RESEARCH/REPORTS Partnerships for the 2030 Agenda for Entrepreneurs: International RESOURCES & UN REPORTS Sustainable Development: Transformative, Organizations and the Rise of Global • Global Challenges Foundation (Europe) Inclusive and Accountable? Public-Private Partnerships. • Sustainable Development Goals Fund, 2020 Multistakeholderism: Filling the • Danish Institute for International Studies • Reinsberg and Westerwinter (Europe) 2019 Concordia & International Peace Institute Global Governance Gap? (Europe) 2016 The Promises and Pitfalls “The global governance of international 2017 A New Way of Doing Business: • Chicago Council on Global Affairs (North of Global Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives. development: Documenting the rise of multi- Partnering for Peace and Sustainable America) 2019 Global Goals, Global Cities: stakeholder partnerships and identifying Development. Achieving the SDGs through Collective MEDIA & BLOG COMMENTARIES underlying theoretical explanations” The • United Nations Department for Economic Local Action. Review of International Organizations. and Social Affairs & The Partnership • International Crisis Group (Europe) 2019 A • PassBlue (Sept. 2019) “They Call it • Westerwinter (Europe) 2019 Initiative 2020 The SDG Partnership Tale of Two Councils: Strengthening AU- Multistakeholderism. Where Does that “Transnational public-private governance Guidebook: A practical guide to UN Cooperation. Leave the UN?” initiatives in world politics: Introducing a building high impact multi-stakeholder • International Peace Institute & Institute • Global Policy Watch (May 2018) new dataset” The Review of International partnerships for the Sustainable for Security Studies (North America & “Partnerships for Sustainable Organizations. Development Goals. Sub-Saharan Africa) 2019 Toward a More Development – inclusive and accountable • Beisheim and Simon (Europe) 2018 • United Nations Global Compact & DNV GL Effective UN-AU Partnership on Conflict or laissez-faire marketplace?” “Multistakeholder Partnerships 2020 Uniting Business in the Decade of Prevention and Crisis Management. • The Conversation (Feb. 2017) “The UN for the SDGs: Actors’ Views on UN Action: Building on 20 Years of Progress. • Democracy International & South African can save itself by working effectively with Metagovernance” Global Governance. • United Nations Department for Economic Institute for International Affairs (North outside partners”. • Raymond and DeNardis (Europe) 2015 and Social Affairs 2020 Registry of America & Sub-Saharan Africa) 2018 “Multistakeholderism: anatomy of an Partnerships. Multi-stakeholder initiatives in Africa: 144 145 The Future We Want, the United Nations We Need Report of the UN75 Office 2020

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Research overview #4: • United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund MEDIA & BLOG COMMENTARIES Sustainable financing Office & Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation 2019: Financing the UN Development • The Conversation (Apr. 2020): “Debate: System: Time for Hard Choices. It’s time for us all to fund the World Health • United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund Organization”. Office & Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation • The Conversation (Nov. 2019): “Why the 2018: Financing the UN Development UN’s financial crisis will hurt Africans more System: Opening Doors. than anyone else”. ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS • Nielson, Parks & Tierney (Europe) 2017: • High-Level Panel on Humanitarian International organizations and Financing 2016: Too important to fail— • Wan & Zhang (Eastern and South-Eastern development finance: Introduction to the addressing the humanitarian financing gap. Asia) 2019: Reform and Innovation of the special issue” The Review of International UN Development Financing Mechanism Organizations. POLICY RESEARCH/REPORTS and China’s Role in Multilateral Development Aid” International Economic RESOURCES & UN REPORTS • Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (Europe) Review. 2020: Staying the Course: Funding • Hüfner (Europe) 2019: Financing the • Inter-agency Task Force on Financing Effective UN Responses to COVID-19 United Nations – An Introduction. for Development 2020: Financing for While Protecting the 2030 Agenda. • Daugirdas & Burci (Europe) 2019: Sustainable Development Report 2020. • German Development Institute (Europe) Financing the World Health Organization: • United Nations Secretary-General 2020: 2020: Earmarking in the Multilateral What Lessons for Multilateralism” Financial situation of the United Nations. Development System: Many Shades of Grey. International Organizations Law Review. • United Nations Secretary-General 2019: • Overseas Development Institute & • Graham (Europe) 2017: Follow the Funding Compact. Association of European Development Money: How Trends in Financing are • United Nations Press Release 2019: Finance Institutions (Europe) 2019: Impact Changing Governance in International “United Nations in Several Financial Crisis, of development finance institutions on Organizations” Global Policy. Secretary-General Tells Fifth Committee sustainable development: An essay series. • Coleman (North America) 2017: Meeting on 2020 Budget, Stressing ‘Our • Center for Global Development (North Extending UN Peacekeeping Financing Work and Our Reforms Are at Risk’”. America): 2018 The International Beyond UN Peacekeeping Operations? • United Nations Secretary-General 2019: Development Finance Club and the The Prospects and Challenges of Reform” Roadmap for Financing the 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals: Impact, Global Governance. for Sustainable Development, 2019–2021. Opportunities and Challenges. 146 147 The Future We Want, the United Nations We Need Report of the UN75 Office 2020

ANNEX 2 Research overview #5: Trust in institutions

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS • Omrani (Northern Africa and Western • Affolder 2017: An Accountable United • Chicago Council on Global Affairs (North Asia) 2016: “The Responsibility of the Nations Development System for America) 2019: Leading Change in United • Dellmuth, Scholte & Tallberg (Europe) United Nations for the Actions of its the 21st Century (Study commissioned Nations Organizations. 2019: “Institutional sources of legitimacy Employees” al-Ḥaqīqah Journal [Arabic]. by the United Nations Economic and for international organisations: Beyond Social Council). MEDIA & BLOG COMMENTARIES procedure versus performance” Review of RESOURCES & UN REPORTS International Studies. POLICY RESEARCH/REPORTS • The Hill (Jan. 2020): “UN peacekeeping • Von Billerbeck (Europe) 2019: “’Mirror, • United Nations Secretary-General 2020: has a sexual abuse problem”. Mirror On the Wall:’ Self-Legitimation by “Tackling the Inequality Pandemic: A New • T20 Argentina (Latin America & • OpinioJuris (Oct. 2019): “International International Organizations” International Social Contract for a New Era” (Mandela Caribbean) 2020: Innovating Global Organizations Accountability Symposium: Studies Quarterly. Lecture). Governance: bottom-up, the inductive Reputation and Accountability” • Boon & Mégret, eds (Europe) 2019: • United Nations Department of Economic approach. • Pew Research Center (Sept. 2019): “United “Special Issue: The Accountability of and Social Affairs 2020: World Social • Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (Europe) Nations gets mostly positive marks from International Organizations” International Report 2020: Inequality in a Rapidly 2020: The Art of Leadership in the United people around the world”. Organizations Law Review. Changing World. Nations: Framing What’s Blue. • Hooghe, Lenz and Marks (Europe) 2018: • United Nations Joint Inspection Unit • Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (Europe) “Contested world order: The deligitimation 2020: Review of the state of the 2020: The United Nations: A Champion of international governance” The Review investigation function: progress made in for Youth? of International Organizations. the United Nations system organizations • Security Council Report (North America) • Tallberg, Bäckstrand & Scholte, eds in strengthening the investigation 2019: The Rule of Law: Retreat from (Europe) 2018: Legitimacy in Global function. Accountability. Governance: Sources, Processes, and Consequences.

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ANNEX 2 • ITU, Measuring digital development: Facts • Juma C.; Belfer Center for Science and Research overview #6: and figures 2019. International Affairs (2018): Exponential • African Union: The Digital Transformation Innovation and Human Rights. Digital cooperation Strategy for Africa (2020–2030), May 2020. • Nakicenovic N. et al.; The World in 2050 • United Nations’ Economic and Social (2019): The Digital Revolution and Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Sustainable Development: Opportunities Artificial Intelligence in Asia and the and Challenges. Pacific, November 2017. • Zolli A.; The Rockefeller Foundation (2020): Humanity and AI: Cooperation, ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS Revista de Relaciones Internacionales, POLICY RESEARCH/REPORTS Conflict, Co-Evolution. Estrategia y Seguridad, vol. 13, no. 2, • Milavonic, M. (2015): Human Rights 247–272. • Azmeh S. & Foster C.; South African MEDIA & BLOG COMMENTARIES Treaties and Foreign Surveillance: Privacy Institute for International Affairs (2018): in the Digital Age. Harvard International RESOURCES & UN REPORTS Bridging the digital divide and supporting • Buchser, M. & Mandal, R., Chatham Law Journal, vol 56, no. 1, 81–119. increased digital trade: Scoping study. House: “Can the UN Roadmap on Digital • Pollitzer E. (2018): Creating a better • Secretary-General’s Roadmap for digital • Bitar S.; Inter-American Dialogue (2020): Cooperation Improve our Digital Future?” future: Four scenarios for how digital cooperation: implementation of the El Futuro Del Trabajo en América Latina 12 June 2020. technologies could change the world. recommendations of the High-level Panel ¿Cómo impactará la digitalización y qué • Digital Watch Observatory: “Roadmap Journal o f International Affairs, vol. 72, no. on Digital Cooperation, A/74/821, June 2020. hacer?. for Digital Cooperation”. 1, 75–90. • Report of the UN Secretary-General’s • Cities Coalition for Digital Rights, • Kleinwächter, W.: “Für ein weltweit freies • Schia, N. N. (2018): The cyber frontier and High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation, Recommendations: Safeguard Digital Internet”. Frankfurter Allgemeiner Zeitung, digital pitfalls in the Global South. Third The Age of Digital Interdependence, Rights when Using COVID-19 Related 14 June 2020. World Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 5, 821–837. June 2019. Technologies. • Kurbalija, J.: “Digital Roadmap: • Skaletsky et al. (2016): Exploring the • USG Fabrizio Hochschild, “To fight • Digital Future Society (2019): Measuring The realistic acceleration of digital Predictors of the International Digital COVID-19, cyberattacks worldwide must the margins: A global framework for cooperation”. Divide. Journal of Global Information stop immediately”, 10 April 2020. digital inclusion. • Slaughter, A-M: “A new kind of Technology Management, vol. 19, no. 1, • Human Rights Council: Racial • Global Commission on the Stability multilateralism is on the horizon”. 44–67. discrimination and emerging digital of Cyberspace (2019): Advancing Financial Times, 18 September 2019. • Vila Seoane, M. F. (2018): Digitalización, technologies: a human rights analysis, Cyberstability. automatización y empresas A/HRC/44/57, June 2020. • Hernandez K. & Roberts T.; Institute of transnacionales de seguridad privada • UNCTAD, Implementing WSIS Outcomes: Development Studies (2018): Leaving No en áreas con capacidad estatal limitada. A Ten-Year Review, 2015. One Behind in a Digital World.

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Detailed methodology

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populations • Armed conflict and politically motivated violence • Risk of terrorism • Cyber warfare and new forms of weapons • Organised crime • Breakdown in relations between countries Online, India’s International Movement to United Nations Republic of Korea, Kim Journey Belgium, UNRIC Brussels • Risks related to health

3. How important – or not – is it for countries to work together to manage the above trends? ANNEX 3 Initially, the survey • Greater equality within • Better management of Methodology – comprised five questions countries international migration • Essential, Very important, – two multiple choice • Greater equality between Fairly important, Not very One-minute survey questions with answers countries 2. Which of these global important, Not important appearing in randomised • More respect for human trends do you think will at all order and the option of rights most affect our future? Se- The UN75 survey (www.un75.online) was developed adding your own; two • More environmental lect up to THREE 4. Overall, do you think in partnership with the SDG Action Campaign, sliding scale; and one protection that people in 2045 will be building on their expertise and lessons learned optional free text question: • More sustainable • Risks arising from new better off, worse off, the from the MYWorld survey carried out ahead of consumption and technologies same as you are today? the adoption of the SDGs in 2015. 1. If you picture the world production • Climate change and In addition, the UN75 Office sought advice you want in 25 years, what • More employment environmental issues • Better, Worse, Same from organisations including the Global Challenges THREE things would you opportunities • Nuclear weapons and Foundation, which runs regular surveys of global most want to see? • Better access to education other weapons of mass What would you advise the catastrophic risks, and polling experts such as • Better access to destruction UN Secretary-General to the Pew Research Center. • Less conflict healthcare • Forced migration and do to address these global • Greater equality between displacement trends? (OPTIONAL – 140 men and women • Rapid changes in our characters) 154 155 The Future We Want, the United Nations We Need Report of the UN75 Office 2020

ANNEX 3 Methodology – Methodology – Dialogues One-minute survey 2. Has COVID-19 changed your views on cooperation On 22 April, two questions were added in light between countries? Dialogue was at the heart of the UN75 initiative, with of the COVID-19 pandemic, in response to feedback a vision of conducting thousands of conversations – from stakeholders. The first was a multiple-choice • No – it has not changed from classrooms to boardrooms, parliaments to village question, with answers appearing in randomised my views halls – to glean more detailed insights into priorities order and the option of adding your own. The second • Yes – now in favour and concerns for the future, as well as solutions to the was a sliding scale question. of MORE cooperation global challenges, and to foster trust, partnerships and • Yes – now in favour action. of LESS cooperation A dialogue toolkit was developed in partnership with 1. What should the interna- • Prioritise universal access The survey has been the SDG Action Campaign, and with advice from tional community prioritise to healthcare translated into 64 organisations including Missions Publiques and IPSOS, to recover better from the • Invest more in education languages and adapted for which have conducted citizen assemblies. Formal pandemic? Select up to and youth programmes an offline survey app, SMS, piloting was conducted in nine countries in Africa, Asia THREE • Achieve universal access to U-Report and other tools. and Latin America by Paragon Partnerships. Informal safe water and sanitation By September 2020, over a piloting was conducted by UN country teams and civil • Strengthen solidarity • Tackle the climate crisis million people had taken the society groups in all regions – key intended users. between people and nations with greater urgency survey, from all UN Member • Increase support to the • Increase efforts to prevent and Observer States. The toolkit was updated in April 2020 to include more hardest hit countries and and reduce conflict and Data was analysed using information on online dialogues in light of COVID-19, communities violence quantitative and to simplify elements such as the dialogue registration • Modernise international • Rethink the global economy qualitative methods, and feedback form based on feedback received, and organisations to deliver • Make human rights central in partnership with to increase alignment with the one-minute survey to better results to recovery plans the Graduate Institute enable greater cross analysis of data. • Achieve universal and • Address inequalities that of International and Fiji, Office of the President of the affordable access to digital have deepened as a result Development studies, and General Assembly The toolkit can be accessed here: technologies of COVID-19 New York University. https://www.un.org/en/un75/join-conversation

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ANNEX 3 REPRESENTATION: 24 countries were sampled using national representation, i.e. representative Methodology – Edelman Polling of the demographic make up in that country, and the further 12 countries Between 16 June and 20 July 2020, Edelman conducted a 15-minute online survey were sampled using online representation, i.e. representative of those that have access in 29 countries, and a 20-minute telephone-assisted survey in seven countries. to the internet. A total of 35,777 individuals were surveyed across the 36 countries. They were screened for the survey based on a nationally or online representative sample based on their age, gender, education level, income level and region. Surveys were conducted in the preferred local language in each country.

Country Total surveyed Method Representation Country Total surveyed Method Representation ANGOLA 1,000 TELEPHONE NATIONAL MEXICO* 1,233 ONLINE NATIONAL ARGENTINA 1,000 ONLINE NATIONAL MOROCCO 1,000 ONLINE ONLINE BANGLADESH 1,002 TELEPHONE NATIONAL NIGERIA 1,001 ONLINE ONLINE BRAZIL 1,002 ONLINE NATIONAL NORWAY 1,001 ONLINE NATIONAL CAMEROON 1,000 TELEPHONE NATIONAL PAKISTAN 1,003 ONLINE ONLINE CHILE 1,001 ONLINE NATIONAL POLAND 1,000 ONLINE NATIONAL CHINA 1,001 ONLINE NATIONAL PORTUGAL 1,001 ONLINE NATIONAL COLOMBIA 1,003 ONLINE NATIONAL RUSSIA 1,001 ONLINE ONLINE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1,001 TELEPHONE NATIONAL SAUDI ARABIA 1,000 ONLINE ONLINE EGYPT 1,000 ONLINE ONLINE SENEGAL 1,000 TELEPHONE NATIONAL GABON 1,000 TELEPHONE NATIONAL SINGAPORE 1,001 ONLINE NATIONAL HUNGARY 1,000 ONLINE NATIONAL SOUTH AFRICA 1,000 ONLINE NATIONAL INDIA 1,000 ONLINE NATIONAL TANZANIA 1,000 ONLINE ONLINE INDONESIA 1,002 ONLINE NATIONAL TURKEY 1,000 ONLINE NATIONAL ISRAEL 1,002 ONLINE ONLINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1,007 ONLINE NATIONAL KENYA 1,000 ONLINE ONLINE UKRAINE 1,006 ONLINE ONLINE LEBANON* 504 ONLINE ONLINE UZBEKISTAN 1,000 TELEPHONE NATIONAL MALAYSIA 1,004 ONLINE NATIONAL VIETNAM 1,001 ONLINE ONLINE

*Note: Lebanon: Reduced sample size due to domestic situation at the time of surveying limiting the number of individuals available to take part. Mexico: Additional respondents took part in the survey due to over-sampling. Survey data was weighted down to 1,000 to be in line with other countries.

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Edelman Polling GROSS NATIONAL INCOME (GNI): High GNI Upper Middle GNI Lower Middle GNI THE GLOBAL DATA WAS FURTHER ANALYSED ON THE FOLLOWING CHILE ARGENTINA ANGOLA GROUPINGS: CZECH REPUBLIC BRAZIL BANGLADESH HUNGARY CHINA CAMEROON ISRAEL COLOMBIA EGYPT NORWAY DOMINICAN REPUBLIC INDIA POLAND GABON KENYA PORTUGAL INDONESIA MOROCCO REGIONS SAUDI ARABIA MALAYSIA NIGERIA SINGAPORE MEXICO PAKISTAN Northern UNITED ARAB EMIRATES RUSSIA SENEGAL Africa Eastern & Central SOUTH AFRICA TANZANIA & Western Sub-Saharan Latin America Southeastern & Southern TURKEY UKRAINE Asia Africa & Caribbean Asia Asia Europe UZBEKISTAN EGYPT ANGOLA ARGENTINA CHINA BANGLADESH HUNGARY VIETNAM ISRAEL CAMEROON BRAZIL INDONESIA INDIA NORWAY LEBANON GABON CHILE MALAYSIA PAKISTAN POLAND MOROCCO KENYA COLOMBIA SINGAPORE UZBEKISTAN PORTUGAL DEMOGRAPHICS DOMINICAN SAUDI ARABIA NIGERIA VIETNAM RUSSIA Gender Age Education level Income level* REPUBLIC MALE 18-30 YEARS PRIMARY SCHOOL OR BELOW HIGH TURKEY SENEGAL MEXICO UKRAINE FEMALE 31-45 YEARS FINISHED SECONDARY SCHOOL MEDIUM UNITED ARAB SOUTH AFRICA EMIRATES 46-60 YEARS BEYOND SECONDARY SCHOOL LOW TANZANIA 61 YEARS+

*Note: Income level was determined based on the average of all respondents surveyed in each country. Classification RNB tirée de la Banque mondiale: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ny.gnp.pcap.cd?year_high_desc=true

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ANNEX 3 ANNEX3 Edelman analysed the global media landscape to gain insights into how megatrends are covered, Methodology – Methodology – including the perceived role of international coope- Pew polling Edelman ration – and specifically the UN – in addressing them. They analysed print, broadcast and online media Media Analysis (including social media) in 70 countries, covering the period May 2019 to May 2020.

Pew Research Center, a non-profit organisation, conducted pro-bono polling in 1 Define issues and sub-issues top UN-donor countries on international cooperation, global priorities and challenges, Taking the megatrends covered by UN75 as the starting point, Edelman conducted and perceptions of the United Nations. The exercise forms part of its annual Global preliminary landscaping research to produce the taxonomy of global issues and sub- Attitudes Survey. issues below: Key issues Nationally representative surveys were carried out between 10 June and TECHNOLOGY CLIMATE CHANGE/ CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE SHIFTING DEMOGRAPHICS INEQUALITIES OPPORTUNITIES HEALTH 3 August 2020 in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, ENVIRONMENT AND THREATS Japan, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom Sub-topics and the United States. GLOBAL WARMING AND INEQUALITIES BETWEEN EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES – HEALTH SYSTEMS AND (INFRA) MAJOR POWER RELATIONS OVERPOPULATION BIOTECHNOLOGY, AI, BLOCKCHAIN, ITS CONSEQUENCES COUNTRIES ROBOTICS/AUTOMATION STRUCTURES (ACCESS TO) Results were obtained through telephone interviews conducted under the direction ACCESS TO INFORMATION NATURAL RESOURCES DOMESTIC ECONOMIC INE- WEAPONS AGEING POPULATION AND COMMUNICATIONS NEW DISEASES, PANDEMIC SCARCITY / SHORTAGE QUALITIES of Abt Associates and Gallup. The sample was weighted first to correct for unequal TECHNOLOGY selection probabilities and then to adjust for key socio-demographicdistributions BIODIVERSITY (WILDLIFE IDENTITY-BASED INEQUA- NON-COMMUNICABLE UNREST YOUTH POPULATION MISINFORMATION to align as closely as possible with reliable population statistics. The margin of error AND PLANTLIFE) LITIES DISEASES MIGRATION, INCLUDING ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES WATER, AIR AND SOIL varied by national sample from plus or minus 3.1 percentage points to plus or minus POLITICAL VIOLENCE LABOUR MIGRATION, RURAL (HEALTH, EDUCATION, WATER, CYBERCRIME/CYBER ATTACKS ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE POLLUTION 4.2 points. A total of 14,276 adults ages 18 and older were interviewed for the study. TO URBAN MIGRATION FOOD AND SANITATION) DISPLACEMENT – INCLUDING CHILD / SEXUAL EXPLOITA- RENEWABLE ENERGY ORGANIZED CRIME INTERNALLY DISPLACED ACCESS TO JUSTICE MENTAL HEALTH TION AND ABUSE More details about our international survey methodology and country-specific PERSONS AND REFUGEES VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN URBANIZATION – CITIES AND ACCESS TO DECENT WORK CHILD AND MATERNAL sample designs are available at: AND GIRLS MEGACITIES WITH FAIR AND EQUAL PAY MORTALITY https://www.pewresearch.org/methods/international-survey-research/ CYBER VIOLENCE (BULLYING, SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE INTIMIDATION AND HARAS- CARE, FAMILY PLANNING SMENT) AFFORDABLE VACCINES CYBER CONFLICT / WARFARE ANDMEDICINES EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS FOR GLOBAL HEALTH

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ANNEX 3 Methodology – local analysts. For each country, 120 articles For each article, analysts coded the fol- (20 per megatrend) were sampled, using lowing metrics: general sentiment, lens on Edelman Media Analysis the following criteria: issue (present or future), cause of the issue, - Articles hand-picked from top-tier publi- prioritisation and/or mention of 2 Develop, test and refine search queries (figures only), Critical Mention for broadcast cations solutions, mention of global cooperation to capture relevant data (figures only). Data pull spans May 2019 – - Articles receiving high engagement from (if so, which entities), mention of UN or Once finalised, each issue and sub-issue May 2020. readers (e.g. sum of likes, shares and com- UN bodies and associated sentiment, and was developed into a Boolean taxonomy ments) mention of key opinion leaders. to scrape publicly available online, print, 4 Analyse dedicated to international coo- - Articles selected from moments in time broadcast and social media outlets. The peration – and specifically the UN when there was a spike in conversations on taxonomies were tested and refined to en- Analysis performed at a global scale fo- a particular issue in the country. hance relevance while reducing non-perti- cused on how international cooperation, nent data (e.g. in the population sub-issue, specifically the United Nations but also to focus on articles about human other international organisations, is Middle population, not insect populations). They discussed and perceived. Key themes in- Latin Asia & East/North North were also translated and adapted to reflect cluded prominence of the UN and its lea- America Europe & Central Asia Australia Africa Sub-Saharan Africa America local language specifics by local analysts. dership in coverage, sentiment analysis, ARGENTINA ALBANIA MOLDOVA AFGHANISTAN EGYPT ANGOLA MAURITIUS CANADA and messaging around priorities such as BOLIVIA AUSTRIA NETHERLANDS AUSTRALIA ISRAEL BOTSWANA NAMIBIA USA 3 Collect the data from online, print and COVID-19 response, the Sustainable Deve- BRAZIL CZECH REPUBLIC NORWAY CAMBODIA LEBANON CAMEROON NIGERIA broadcast publications lopment Goals and UN 75th anniversary. CHILE FRANCE POLAND CHINA MOROCCO CÔTE D’IVOIRE SENEGAL HONG KONG, Data was collected in 70 countries, selec- COLOMBIA GERMANY PORTUGAL TUNISIA DRC SOUTH AFRICA CHINA ted on the basis of several discussions with 5 Analyse dedicated to megatrends – CUBA GREECE ROMANIA INDIA TURKEY ETHIOPIA TANZANIA polling experts as reflecting a broad global at a local, regional and global levels DOMINICAN HUNGARY RUSSIA INDONESIA GHANA UGANDA sample covering different regions, Quantitative analysis was performed REPUBLIC languages, geographic and population through automated figures based on meta MEXICO IRELAND SERBIA JAPAN KENYA ZIMBABWE sizes, and economic and human develop- data from tools, to show general aware- REPUBLIC OF PERU ITALY SPAIN ment levels. The feasibility of conducting ness, volume of conversation and KOREA the analysis was also a factor. Data collec- engagement levels. This was followed by VENEZUELA KAZAKHSTAN SWEDEN PHILIPPINES tion was performed through a mix of tools: qualitative analysis, which included pulling LATVIA UKRAINE SINGAPORE Talkwalker for online publications (figures a sampling of articles to enable a more UK THAILAND and content), Factiva for print publications granular understanding of coverage by VIETNAM

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Response numbers by region, country and territory

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Data contained in the present report is The designations employed and the organized by countries, territories and areas presentation of material in this report do of origin as provided by the respondents. not imply the expression of any opinion The report uses the country and area whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat names and methodology used for statistical of the United Nations concerning the legal processing purposes and in its publications status of any country, territory, city or area by the Statistics Division of the Department or of its authorities, or concerning the Malaysia, Malaysian CSO-SDG Alliance of Economic and Social Affairs of the United delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Germany, Punta Velo Nations Secretariat.

Country/territory/ UNICEF U Report/ 2030 geographical area UN75 survey UN75 dialogues Youth Force survey Kahoot! CENTRAL & SOUTHERN 243800 55 9440 16678 ANNEX 4 ASIA AFGHANISTAN 1221 12 4 Region/country/territory sample BANGLADESH 3893 2 59 BHUTAN 2717 for UN75 survey and dialogues INDIA 111970 14 14420 IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC 1198 1 93 In addition to survey responses collected an educational gaming platform called OF) through the global UN75 one-minute Kahoot!. Through playing eight different KAZAKHSTAN 30242 4 795 survey, the UN75 Office partnered with UN75 games, users have learned about the KYRGYZSTAN 17098 1 137 UNICEF’s U Report and 2030 Youth Force UN’s history and work. They could share MALDIVES 167 375 Vietnam, who gathered responses through a their ideas and thoughts on the future NEPAL 45682 5 45 slightly adapted version of the UN75 survey. of international cooperation. The UN75 PAKISTAN 1661 3 307 Kahoot! games have been played in 186 SRI LANKA 733 1 401 The UN75 initiative additionally engaged countries. All inputs from Kahoot! were TAJIKISTAN 767 1 hundreds of thousands of players through gathered anonymously. TURKMENISTAN 1548 1 2 UZBEKISTAN 24903 12 3440 40

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Country/territory/ UNICEF U Report/ 2030 Country/territory/ UNICEF U Report/ 2030 geographical area UN75 survey UN75 dialogues Youth Force survey Kahoot! geographical area UN75 survey UN75 dialogues Youth Force survey Kahoot! EASTERN & EUROPE 121388 38 101282 81205 42 14718 SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA ÅLAND ISLANDS 214 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 60 61 ALBANIA 4992 2 66 CAMBODIA 1671 133 ANDORRA 165 5 CHINA 16520 7 244 AUSTRIA 1611 8799 CHINA, HONG KONG BELARUS 1840 43 SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE 305 3 1229 REGION BELGIUM 1863 1 796 CHINA, MACAO SPECIAL BOSNIA AND HERZEGO- 21 17 1351 70 ADMINISTRATIVE REGION VINA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S BULGARIA 285 1 145 512 REPUBLIC OF KOREA CROATIA 181 143 INDONESIA 1722 1 3234 CZECHIA 378 1516 JAPAN 37148 2 232 DENMARK 496 7688 LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRA- ESTONIA 74 1 505 218 26 TIC REPUBLIC FAROE ISLANDS 2 10 MALAYSIA 1198 1843 FINLAND 366 5828 MONGOLIA 1312 22 FRANCE 6120 1 868 MYANMAR 863 133 GERMANY 5754 1 1897 PHILIPPINES 3061 2 1007 GIBRALTAR 9 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 11232 26 212 GREECE 8170 177 SINGAPORE 1576 2223 GUERNSEY/SARK 16 22 THAILAND 2603 2859 HOLY SEE 8 TIMOR-LESTE 533 2 HUNGARY 306 651 VIET NAM 650 6000 1241 ICELAND 202 112

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Country/territory/geo- UNICEF U Report/ 2030 Country/territory/ UNICEF U Report/ 2030 graphical area UN75 survey UN75 dialogues Youth Force survey Kahoot! geographical area UN75 survey UN75 dialogues Youth Force survey Kahoot! EUROPE 121388 38 101282 LATIN AMERICA 61599 45 16552 IRELAND 614 1982 & CARIBBEAN ISLE OF MAN 6 2 ANGUILLA 47 ITALY 20129 2 1416 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 32 1 1 JERSEY 371 25 ARGENTINA 6101 2 295 KOSOVO* 831 ARUBA 53 15 LATVIA 64 807 BAHAMAS 41 28 LIECHTENSTEIN 73 1 BARBADOS 94 19 LITHUANIA 148 1153 BELIZE 97 6 BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL LUXEMBOURG 220 53 537 625 STATE OF) MALTA 63 102 BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS 16 MONACO 23 6 AND SABA MONTENEGRO 7125 1 15 BOUVET ISLAND 8 NETHERLANDS 1469 2 14538 BRAZIL 10129 4 5474 NORTH MACEDONIA 2409 80 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 15 NORWAY 651 4519 CAYMAN ISLANDS 14 36 POLAND 310 1 4191 CHILE 7713 353 PORTUGAL 4466 1 673 COLOMBIA 6641 19 1978 REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 8398 44 COSTA RICA 1230 139 ROMANIA 1397 1 512 CUBA 65 RUSSIAN FEDERATION 6793 3 473 CURAÇAO 20 20 SAN MARINO 2 DOMINICA 23 10 SERBIA 6060 92 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 469 265 SLOVAKIA 383 2 91 ECUADOR 1025 442 SLOVENIA 377 1 55 EL SALVADOR 542 84 SPAIN 5973 3 5670 FALKLAND ISLANDS 7 SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN (MALVINAS) 8 ISLANDS FRENCH GUIANA 9 SWEDEN 5873 15666 GRENADA 22 2 SWITZERLAND 2596 4 4767 GUADELOUPE 37 2 UKRAINE 1138 461 GUATEMALA 1674 288 UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT 9015 13 14547 GUYANA 584 2 5 BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND HAITI 808 1 *References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of Security Council resolution 1244 (1999). 172 173 The Future We Want, the United Nations We Need Report of the UN75 Office 2020

Country/territory/ UNICEF U Report/ 2030 Country/territory/ UNICEF U Report/ 2030 geographical area UN75 survey UN75 dialogues Youth Force survey Kahoot! geographical area UN75 survey UN75 dialogues Youth Force survey Kahoot! LATIN AMERICA NORTH AMERICA 29184 110 72720 61599 45 16552 & CARIBBEAN BERMUDA 18 16 HONDURAS 743 39 CANADA 4953 1 10838 JAMAICA 133 61 GREENLAND 13 3 MARTINIQUE 21 1 SAINT PIERRE 5 MEXICO 6391 10 3274 AND MIQUELON MONTSERRAT 4 1 UNITED STATES OF 24195 109 61863 NICARAGUA 159 29 AMERICA NORTHERN AFRICA PANAMA 3349 1 68 64694 43 14793 & WESTERN ASIA PARAGUAY 426 15 ALGERIA 1872 38 PERU 3760 2718 ARMENIA 3963 24 PUERTO RICO 113 116 AZERBAIJAN 16536 7 93 SAINT BARTHÉLEMY 5 BAHRAIN 104 121 SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 27 2 CYPRUS 185 72 SAINT LUCIA 22 1 EGYPT 1817 1 145 SAINT MARTIN (FRENCH 3 1 PART) GEORGIA 1244 11 33 SAINT VINCENT AND THE IRAQ 672 1 31 11 2 GRENADINES ISRAEL 555 1541 SINT MAARTEN (DUTCH JORDAN 7049 67 24 PART) KUWAIT 435 194 SOUTH GEORGIA AND LEBANON 6269 16 55 THE SOUTH SANDWICH 11 ISLANDS LIBYA 265 6 SURINAME 776 3 MOROCCO 906 138 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 751 33 OMAN 308 205 TURKS AND CAICOS QATAR 239 206 7 9 ISLANDS SAUDI ARABIA 715 1 1358 UNITED STATES VIRGIN STATE OF PALESTINE 2420 11 27 ISLANDS SUDAN 256 26 URUGUAY 782 1 74 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 5526 7 VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN 6001 5 17 REPUBLIC OF)

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Country/territory/ UNICEF U Report/ 2030 Country/territory/ UNICEF U Report/ 2030 geographical area UN75 survey UN75 dialogues Youth Force survey Kahoot! geographical area UN75 survey UN75 dialogues Youth Force survey Kahoot! NORTHERN AFRICA OCEANIA & ANTARCTICA 14598 10 16058 64694 43 14793 & WESTERN ASIA PALAU 181 TUNISIA 3156 1 65 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5408 3 1 TURKEY 8614 3268 PITCAIRN 2 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1153 1 7083 SAMOA 107 9 WESTERN SAHARA 37 SOLOMON ISLANDS 176 YEMEN 398 6 TOKELAU 7 OCEANIA & ANTARCTICA 14598 10 16058 TONGA 52 AMERICAN SAMOA 139 TUVALU 33 3 ANTARCTICA 56 UNITED STATES MINOR 29 AUSTRALIA 2547 1 9333 OUTLYING ISLANDS CHRISTMAS ISLAND 6 VANUATU 326 COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS 6 WALLIS AND FUTUNA 8 COOK ISLANDS 21 2 ISLANDS FIJI 2957 2 4 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 190624 44 72930 1967 FRENCH POLYNESIA 9 ANGOLA 205 GUAM 25 4 BENIN 2298 1 HEARD ISLAND AND BOTSWANA 3720 2 9 MCDONALD ISLANDS BURKINA FASO 2270 KIRIBATI 1634 BURUNDI 491 2 2 MARSHALL ISLANDS 178 CABO VERDE 80 2 MICRONESIA (FEDERATED CAMEROON 43734 6 2 96 STATES OF) CENTRAL AFRICAN 232 NAURU 39 REPUBLIC NEW CALEDONIA 10 CHAD 1089 NEW ZEALAND 523 1 6705 CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO 112 NIUE 1 COMOROS 810 NORFOLK ISLAND 8 CONGO 3372 NORTHERN MARIANA CÔTE D’IVOIRE 2309 6 5 ISLANDS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 1938 10 OF THE CONGO

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Country/territory/ UNICEF U Report/ 2030 Country/territory/ UNICEF U Report/ 2030 geographical area UN75 survey UN75 dialogues Youth Force survey Kahoot! geographical area UN75 survey UN75 dialogues Youth Force survey Kahoot! SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 190624 44 72930 1967 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 190624 44 72930 1967 DJIBOUTI 214 SENEGAL 4849 1 12 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 27 SEYCHELLES 82 11 ERITREA 30 SIERRA LEONE 4747 1571 ESWATINI 165 2 SOMALIA 449 12 ETHIOPIA 1295 12 SOUTH AFRICA 3273 3 788 FRENCH SOUTHERN SOUTH SUDAN 839 3 8 TERRITORIES TOGO 27184 1 GABON 215 3 UGANDA 1500 1 29 GAMBIA 159 2627 2 UNITED REPUBLIC OF 1354 40 GHANA 1041 2 134 TANZANIA GUINEA 13202 2 3 ZAMBIA 40068 3 19 GUINEA-BISSAU 1057 ZIMBABWE 912 1 8 KENYA 3180 3 372 OTHER 3466 534 LESOTHO 411 6 MIXED/ONLINE 25 LIBERIA 287 1 GRAND TOTAL 810558 412 82370 255302 MADAGASCAR 655 32 MALAWI 786 25312 10 MALI 1134 MAURITANIA 249 7 MAURITIUS 911 39 MAYOTTE 9 MOZAMBIQUE 881 43420 6 NAMIBIA 427 9 NIGER 338 NIGERIA 5436 15 366 RÉUNION 32 3 RWANDA 10502 16 SAINT HELENA 7 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 49 1

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Funding partners

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MEMBER STATES • Republic of Turkey UN ENTITIES • United Arab Emirates • People’s Republic of China • United Kingdom UNI CEF • Kingdom of Denmark of Great Britain UNOCT • Republic of France and Northern Ireland WHO • Federal Republic of Germany FOUNDATIONS • Hungary • Republic of Iceland • Bill & Melinda Gates In addition to the efforts • Ireland Foundation of UN Member States • Republic of Italy • Fondation Pour Genève themselves, a large number • Kingdom of the • Ford Foundation of private sector and civil Netherlands • Global Challenges society organizations from • Kingdom of Norway Foundation all over the world made • Portuguese Republic • Open Society Foundations important contributions (Portugal) • Pew Research Center in outreach to ensure • State of Qatar • Robert Bosch Stiftung participation in the UN75 • Republic of Korea • Stiftung Mercator initiative. These critical • Democratic Socialist • United Nations Foundation partners will be fully • Republic of Sri Lanka • William and Flora Hewlett acknowledged in the • Kingdom of Sweden Foundation final report. • Swiss Confederation (Switzerland)

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