From Email by Victor V. Motti: The United Nations Foundation, headquartered in Washington D.C., has conducted an analysis of submissions to the Zero Draft of the Pact for the Future from over 170 organizations focused on children, youth, and future generations. These recommendations, including some from The Millennium Project.

The UN Foundation is distributing “Aligning Visions for a Sustainable Future” as a Draft Input Document for the Pact for the Future which – after several more edits – will become the main Summit of the Future document. The document reports that the true value of these recommendations lies not only in their alignment with the existing draft but also in their potential to strengthen and enrich the next draft of the Pact.

It included concrete proposals by Jerome Glenn on behalf of The Millennium Project, such as:

• Joint UN General Assembly Resolution on AI: Proposing a UN Convention on AI and a UN AI agency co-chaired by major powers to govern AI technologies, offering a tangible initiative for managing emerging technology risks [where Glenn suggested that the joint, should be US-China].
• Establish a UN Agency for AI Governance: Formulate a convention to create a UN agency dedicated to the comprehensive governance of artificial intelligence, co-chaired by member states [where Glenn suggested that the Co-Chairs be US and China].
• Establishment of Collaborative Initiatives: Recommendations for NASA-like R&D program [where Glenn suggested to be lead by US and China and an Apollo-like goal] to combat global warming offer a tangible initiative that could be incorporated into the pact, highlighting the role of international partnerships in technological innovation for sustainability.