Pact for the Future (A/RES/79/1)
Adopted at the 2024 Summit of the Future, the Pact for the Future and its annexes – the Global Digital Compact and Declaration on Future Generations – is the most wide-ranging international agreement in decades, designed to make the international system more inclusive, effective and fit for 21st-century challenges.
The Pact covers a broad range of themes, including peace and security, sustainable development, climate change, digital cooperation, human rights, gender, youth and future generations, and the transformation of global governance.
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The world pledged in 2015 to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure no one is left behind. Yet progress on the Sustainable Development Goals is stalling, with rising hunger, poverty, inequality and the worsening impacts of climate change and environmental degradation. This chapter reaffirms the 2030 Agenda as our shared roadmap and commits countries to act with urgency and renewed determination. It places human rights, gender equality and the…
The global security landscape is changing fast, with rising risks of conflict and even nuclear war. This chapter reaffirms the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, including sovereign equality, self-determination, respect for human rights, and the obligation to settle disputes peacefully. It highlights the UN’s indispensable role in maintaining international peace and security and calls for urgent action to address threats across land, sea…
Science and technology can transform our world – but only if the benefits are shared fairly. Billions of people still lack access to life-changing innovations, deepening inequality and leaving many behind. This chapter commits countries to bridging the digital divide, making breakthroughs affordable and accessible to all, and governing new technologies such as artificial intelligence responsibly. By working together, we can ensure that innovation…
Today’s generation of children and young people is the largest in history, with most of them living in developing countries. They are critical agents of positive change and we welcome the important contributions of young people to peace and security, sustainable development and human rights. However, across our world, millions of children and young people are deprived of the conditions they need to reach their full potential and fulfil their…
Today, our multilateral system, constructed in the aftermath of the Second World War, is under unprecedented strain. It has had remarkable achievements in the past 80 years. But we are not complacent about the future of our international order, and we know that it cannot stand still. We will take action to strengthen and reinvigorate multilateralism and deepen international cooperation. We reaffirm unwavering commitment to international law…
Digital technologies are dramatically transforming our world. They offer immense potential benefits for the well-being and advancement of people and societies and for our planet. They hold out the promise of accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. We can only achieve this through strengthened international cooperation that closes all digital divides between and within countries. We recognize the challenges that these…
The Pact includes the first-ever UN Declaration on Future Generations – a pledge to act today with responsibility toward those who will inherit the planet tomorrow. It reaffirms commitments to peace, human rights, gender equality and a sustainable environment, and calls for intergenerational solidarity, justice and equity as guiding principles.
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