{"id":23774,"date":"2024-09-23T06:01:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T06:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=23774"},"modified":"2024-09-23T06:01:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T06:01:39","slug":"un-adopts-landmark-pact-for-the-future-towards-more-effective-multilateralism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2024\/09\/un-adopts-landmark-pact-for-the-future-towards-more-effective-multilateralism\/","title":{"rendered":"UN adopts landmark \u201cPact for The Future\u201d towards more effective multilateralism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MONITORING (SW) &#8211; The United Nations has adopted a landmark \u201cPact for the Future\u201d designed to address a wide range of 21st-century challenges, including climate change, conflict, and human rights.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pact was passed on Sunday despite last-minute objections led by Russia, marking the start of the UN\u00a0General Assembly\u2019s\u00a0high-level week.<\/p>\n<div id=\"vid-container0\">\n<div id=\"avantisContainer0\" class=\"avnts-show\">\n<div id=\"brw-vid-elmnts-wrpr\" class=\"avntsFloating avnts-orientation\">\n<div id=\"aniPlayer_0\">\n<div id=\"aniPlayer_0gui\">\n<div id=\"av-caption\">Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who championed the \u201cPact for The Future\u201d and its components, billed them as \u201clandmark agreements \u2014 a step-change towards more effective, inclusive, networked multilateralism.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As an opener for the annual high-level week of the UN General Assembly, which begins on Tuesday, dozens of heads of state and government gathered for the adoption, which faced last-minute opposition from Russia and its allies.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders pledged to bolster the multilateral system to \u201ckeep pace with a changing world\u201d and to \u201cprotect the needs and interests of current and future generations\u201d facing \u201cpersistent crisis.\u201d \u201cWe believe there is a path to a brighter future for all of humanity,\u201d the document says.<\/p>\n<p>The pact outlines 56 \u201cactions,\u201d including commitments to multilateralism, upholding the UN Charter and peacekeeping, reported wires.<\/p>\n<p>It also calls for reforms to international financial institutions and the UN Security Council, along with renewed efforts to combat climate change, promote disarmament, and guide the development of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>The adoption of the text faced a brief delay when Russia\u2019s deputy minister of foreign affairs, Sergey Vershinin, introduced an amendment emphasizing the \u201cprinciple of non-interference in the internal affairs of states\u201d and urging the UN to avoid duplicating efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s objections were backed by allies Belarus, North Korea, Iran, Nicaragua and Syria, but its amendment was overwhelmingly dismissed in a motion to take no action.<\/p>\n<p>Despite criticism of the pact, it is still \u201can opportunity to affirm our collective commitment to multilateralism, even in the difficult current geopolitical context,\u201d one diplomat said, emphasizing the need to rebuild trust between the Global North and South.<\/p>\n<h6><em><strong>ENDS<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations has adopted a landmark \u201cPact for the Future\u201d designed to address a wide range of 21st-century challenges, including climate change, conflict, and human 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