Summit of the Future: Critical opportunity for safer, more sustainable and equitable world [Video]

“We need greater global solidarity today and with future generations, better management of critical issues of global concern and an upgraded United Nations that can meet the challenges of a new era,” he said at the Summit of the Future Global Call event, emphasising that current institutions can not keep up with the changing times.

At the landmark summit, Member States are expected to conclude negotiations ahead of adopting the Pact for the Future, which aims to chart a path toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and respond to emerging challenges and opportunities. It will include a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration on Future Generations.

The SDGs are an internationally agreed set of targets to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity.

While the summit is just days away, scheduled to take place on 22 and 23 September, it has taken years of effort to get to this point, Mr. Guterres …