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and our weaknesses were painfully brought home to us: our dependence on Russian oil and gas, a Since our inception, we have made it our mission feeling of powerlessness in the face of human to advocate for the rights and well-being of rights violations and war crimes and, finally, the future generations. [...] The Future for Life on Earth O U R P O N T R E S I N A D E C L A R AT I O N One of the key outcomes of our Annual We deliver clear demands to policymakers General Meeting was the Pontresina and make concrete proposals for a fair, Declaration, which emphasises how sustainable transformation for the future in important healthy civil societies and the following six categories: democracies are for our. [...] A reinvigorat- example is the official call by the United tive engagement leading towards the ed energy is led by young people who Nations to establish a Special Envoy for establishment of a UN Envoy for Future have the authority to represent future Future Generations at the Summit of the Generations and that the voices of future generations, yet are connected through Future in 2024. [...] *The purpose of the forum was to consult on a People’s Pact for the Future that includes agreed civil society positions and proposals ahead of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Summit in 2023 and the UN Summit of the Future in 2024. [...] The programme has a strong focus calling for the restoration of peace and interna- on the abolition of nuclear weapons and tional law and following this up with international other weapons of mass destruction, and the advocacy, especially at the United Nations and shifting of military budgets and investments the Organization for Security and Co-operation towards supporting human security and in Eu.