UNITED NATIONS — UN members adopted a blueprint for the future Sunday to tackle the myriad wars, environmental threats and technological challenges facing humanity that the global organization hailed as 'groundbreaking,' but critics panned as unambitious.
UNITED NATIONS — UN members adopted a blueprint for the future Sunday to tackle the myriad wars, environmental threats and technological challenges facing humanity that the global organization hailed as 'groundbreaking,' but critics panned as unambitious.Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who championed the ' Pact for the Future,' hailed its 'landmark agreements — a step-change towards more effective, inclusive, networked multilateralism.
AFP PHOTO'I challenge you'Passage of the text was never a guarantee, and sources said Guterres had prepared three separate versions of his speech for the potential outcomes of the vote.During the negotiations phase, the UN Secretary-General had urged nations to show 'vision' and 'courage,' calling for 'maximum ambition' to strengthen international institutions that struggle to respond effectively to today's threats.
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