On 3 April 2023, PFI and the Global Challenges Foundation convened an Informal Dialogue on the report of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism (HLAB) at New York University School of Law.

In his report entitled “Our Common Agenda”, the Secretary-General called for strengthening international cooperation through effective multilateralism. He established a High-level Advisory Board (HLAB) that is tasked to provide independent advice that can assist UN Member States in preparing the 2024 Summit of the Future in New York. In support of this objective, HLAB has prepared an independent report, which is to be delivered to the UN Secretary-General on 18 April 2023.

At the Informal Dialogue, Permanent Representatives to the United Nations from the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and the African Group had a unique opportunity to hear a briefing and discuss the main findings of the report with HLAB members - Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter and Ms. Ilona Szabó de Carvalho, as well as members of the HLAB Secretariat, Dr. David Passarelli and Dr. Adam Day. The meeting facilitated an exploration of support for certain proposals of the High-Level Advisory Board relating to the six transformational shifts identified in the report, in advance of formal consultations at the United Nations.