UNITED NATIONS—The UN General Assembly adopted a “Pact for the Future” to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Now comes the hard part: uniting the world’s divided nations to move quickly to implement its 56 actions.
Mexico’s Foreign Secretary Alicia Bárcena speaks at the United Nations General Assembly during the Summit of the Future on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, at U.N. headquarters.
The 42-page pact was adopted at Sunday’s opening of a two-day “Summit of the Future,” which continues Monday. Among leaders slated to address the summit are Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin.Whether the pact would be adopted was still a question when the assembly meeting began on Sunday.
Assembly President Philémon Yang then put the pact to a vote and banged his gavel, signifying the consensus of all UN member nations that was required for approval—to vigorous applause. “This pact should not become another futile exercise, but must garner political will and commitment across all levels of global leadership to pragmatically address current issues and lay a foundation for solutions for our future global progress and challenges,” he said.
Guterres singled out a number of key provisions in the pact and its two accompanying annexes, a Global Digital Compact and Declaration on Future Generations.
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