We Get the UN We Fund, Not the UN We Need
The concept of a
networked multilateralism, evidenced by a series of multistakeholder consultations throughout February and March 2022, describes deeper UN engagement with the private sector. It represents a trend that risks shifting the UN’s policies and approaches toward the interests of the private sector - profit-driven motives and market-based solutions - and away from what people and the planet need, argues Elena Marmo in her article for the
Global Policy Forum. She outlines trends in UN system-funding that have contributed to the rise in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) and highlights networked multilateralism as the latest manifestation of this. In this context, she emphasises the need to consider the potential risks and dangers of a multilateral system constrained by restricted, or earmarked, funding and an overreliance on corporate partners which are largely unaccountable to human rights and other sources of international law.
https://www.globalpolicy.org/sites/default/files/download/GPF-Multilateralism-and-Corp-Influence-V3c.pdf
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