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Summit of the Future: Addressing humanity's forthcoming challenges
The Summit of the Future (22-23 September) is a high-level event bringing together world leaders to forge a new international consensus on delivering a better present and safeguarding the future. Effective global cooperation is critical to our survival but difficult to achieve in an atmosphere of mistrust, using outdated structures that no longer reflect today’s political and economic realities. The Summit will adopt three agreements: a Pact for the Future, a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration on Future Generations. Follow the live coverage on our website, UN Web TV and UN News.
Afghanistan: No future without women’s participation
23 September 2024 — Afghan women earned the right to vote more than a century ago. Today, under Taliban rule, they are practically erased from public life and even banned from singing.
...Dramatic uptick in violence as Guterres voices grave alarm at Lebanon-Israel escalation
23 September 2024 — Tensions continued to ratchet up in the Middle East on Monday with reports of scores of retaliatory Israeli strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon which have...
World leaders adopt pivotal UN Pact for the Future
22 September 2024 — World leaders are at UN Headquarters in New York this Sunday where they adopted the potentially game-changing Pact for the Future by consensus, with a small group of just seven...