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Table of Contents
The Pact for the Future
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Sustainable development and financing for development
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Action 1. We will take bold, ambitious, accelerated, just and transformative actions to implement the 2030 Agenda,
achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and leave no one behind.
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Action 2. We will place the eradication of poverty at the centre of our efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda.
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Action 3. We will end hunger and eliminate food insecurity and all forms of malnutrition.
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Action 4. We will close the Sustainable Development Goal financing gap in developing countries.
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Action 5. We will ensure that the multilateral trading system continues to be an engine for sustainable development.
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Action 6. We will invest in people to end poverty and strengthen trust and social cohesion.
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Action 7. We will strengthen our efforts to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies for sustainable development,
provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels and uphold human
rights and fundamental freedoms.
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Action 8. We will achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls as a crucial contribution to
progress across all the Sustainable Development Goals and targets.
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Action 9. We will strengthen our actions to address climate change.
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Action 10. We will accelerate our efforts to restore, protect, conserve and sustainably use the environment.
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Action 11. We will protect and promote culture and sport as integral components of sustainable development.
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Action 12. We will plan for the future and strengthen our collective efforts to turbocharge the full implementation of the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by 2030 and beyond.
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II.
International peace and security
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Action 13. We will redouble our efforts to build and sustain peaceful, inclusive and just societies and address the root
causes of conflicts.
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Action 14. We will protect all civilians in armed conflict.
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Action 15. We will ensure that people affected by humanitarian emergencies receive the support they need.
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Action 16. We will promote cooperation and understanding between Member States, defuse tensions, seek the pacific
settlement of disputes and resolve conflicts.
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Action 17. We will fulfil our obligation to comply with the decisions and uphold the mandate of the International Court of
Justice in any case to which our State is a party.
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Action 18. We will build and sustain peace.
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Action 19. We will accelerate the implementation of our commitments on women, peace and security.
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Action 20. We will accelerate the implementation of our commitments on youth, peace and security.
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Action 21. We will adapt peace operations to better respond to existing challenges and new realities.
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Action 22. We will address the serious impact of threats to maritime security and safety.
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Action 23. We will pursue a future free from terrorism.
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Action 24. We will prevent and combat transnational organized crime and related illicit financial flows.
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Action 25. We will advance the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons.
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Action 26. We will uphold our disarmament obligations and commitments.
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Action 27. We will seize the opportunities associated with new and emerging technologies and address the potential risks
posed by their misuse.
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Science, technology and innovation and digital cooperation
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Action 28. We will seize the opportunities presented by science, technology and innovation for the benefit of people and
planet.
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Action 29. We will scale up the means of implementation to developing countries to strengthen their science, technology
and innovation capacities.
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Action 30. We will ensure that science, technology and innovation contribute to the full enjoyment of human rights by all.
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Action 31. We will ensure that science, technology and innovation improve gender equality and the lives of all women and
girls.
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Action 32. We will protect, build on and complement Indigenous, traditional and local knowledge.
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Action 33. We will support the Secretary-General to strengthen the role of the United Nations in supporting international
cooperation in science, technology and innovation.
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IV.
Youth and future generations
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Action 34. We will invest in the social and economic development of children and young people so that they can reach
their full potential.
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Action 35. We will promote, protect and respect the human rights of all young people and foster social inclusion and
integration.
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Action 36. We will strengthen meaningful youth participation at the national level.
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Action 37. We will strengthen meaningful youth participation at the international level.
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Transforming global governance
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Action 38. We will transform global governance and reinvigorate the multilateral system to tackle the challenges, and
seize the opportunities, of today and tomorrow.
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Action 39. We will reform the Security Council, recognizing the urgent need to make it more representative, inclusive,
transparent, efficient, effective, democratic and accountable.
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Action 40. We will strengthen our efforts in the framework of the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council
reform as a matter of priority and without delay.
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Action 41. We will strengthen the response of the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security
and its relationship with the General Assembly.
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Action 42. We will increase our efforts to revitalize the work of the General Assembly.
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Action 43. We will strengthen the Economic and Social Council to accelerate sustainable development.
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Action 44. We will strengthen the Peacebuilding Commission.
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Action 45. We will strengthen the United Nations system.
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Action 46. We will ensure the effective enjoyment by all of all human rights and respond to new and emerging challenges.
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Action 47. We will accelerate reform of the international financial architecture to address the challenges of today and
tomorrow.
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Action 48. We will accelerate reform of the international financial architecture to strengthen the voice and representation
of developing countries.
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Action 49. We will accelerate reform of the international financial architecture to mobilize additional financing for the
Sustainable Development Goals, respond to the needs of developing countries and direct financing to those most in need.
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Action 50. We will accelerate the reform of the international financial architecture so that countries can borrow
sustainably to invest in their long-term development.
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Action 51. We will accelerate the reform of the international financial architecture to strengthen its capacity to support
developing countries more effectively and equitably during systemic shocks and make the financial system more stable.
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Action 52. We will accelerate the reform of the international financial architecture so that it can meet the urgent challenge
of climate change.
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Action 53. We will develop a framework on measures of progress on sustainable development to complement and go
beyond gross domestic product.
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Action 54. We will strengthen the international response to complex global shocks.
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Action 55. We will strengthen our partnerships to deliver on existing commitments and address new and emerging
challenges.
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Action 56. We will strengthen international cooperation for the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes
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Annex I
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Global Digital Compact
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Objectives
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Principles
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Commitments and actions
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Objective 1. Close all digital divides and accelerate progress across the Sustainable Development Goals
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Objective 2. Expand inclusion in and benefits from the digital economy for all
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Objective 3. Foster an inclusive, open, safe and secure digital space that respects, protects and promotes human rights 46
Objective 4. Advance responsible, equitable and interoperable data governance approaches
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Objective 5. Enhance international governance of artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity
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Follow-up and review................................................................................................................................ 54
Annex II
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Declaration on Future Generations
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Preamble................................................................................................................................................... 56
Guiding principles
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Commitments
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Actions
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The Pact for the Future
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We, the Heads of State and Government, representing the peoples of the
world, have gathered at United Nations Headquarters to protect the needs and
interests of present and future generations through the actions in this Pact for
the Future.
2.
We are at a time of profound global transformation. We are confronted
by rising catastrophic and existential risks, many caused by the choices we
make. Fellow human beings are enduring terrible suffering. If we do not
change course, we risk tipping into a future of persistent crisis and
breakdown.
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Yet this is also a moment of hope and opportunity. Global transformation
is a chance for renewal and progress grounded in our common humanity.
Advances in knowledge, science, technology and innovation could deliver a
breakthrough to a better and more sustainable future for all. The choice is
ours.
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We believe that there is a path to a brighter future for all of humanity,
including those living in poverty and vulnerable situations. Through the
actions we take today, we resolve to set ourselves on that path, striving for a
world that is safe, peaceful, just, equal, inclusive, sustainable and prosperous,
a world in which well-being, security and dignity and a healthy planet are
assured for all humanity.
5.
This will require a recommitment to international cooperation based on
respect for international law, without which we can neither manage the risks
nor seize the opportunities that we face. This is not an option but a necessity.
Our challenges are deeply interconnected and far exceed the capacity of any
single State alone. They can only be addressed collectively, through strong
and sustained international cooperation guided by trust and solidarity for the
benefit of all and harnessing the power of those who can contribute from all
sectors and generations.
6.
We recognize that the multilateral system and its institutions, with the
United Nations and its Charter at the centre, must be strengthened to keep
pace with a changing world. They must be fit for the present and the future –
effective and capable, prepared for the future, just, democratic, equitable and
representative of today’s world, inclusive, interconnected and financially
stable.
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Today, we pledge a new beginning in multilateralism. The actions in this
Pact aim to ensure that the United Nations and other key multilateral
institutions can deliver a better future for people and planet, enabling us to
fulfil our existing commitments while rising to new and emerging challenges
and opportunities.
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We reaffirm our unwavering commitment to act in accordance with
international law, including the Charter of the United Nations and its purposes
and principles.
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We also reaffirm that the three pillars of the United Nations – sustainable
development, peace and security, and human rights – are equally important,
interlinked and mutually reinforcing. We cannot have one without the others.
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10. We recognize that sustainable development in all its three dimensions is
a central goal in itself and that its achievement, leaving no one behind, is and
always will be a central objective of multilateralism. We reaffirm our enduring
commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
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and its
Sustainable Development Goals. We will urgently accelerate progress towards
achieving the Goals, including through concrete political steps and mobilizing
significant additional financing from all sources for sustainable development,
with special attention to the needs of those in special situations and creating
opportunities for young people. Poverty in all its forms and dimensions,
including extreme poverty, remains the greatest global challenge and its
eradication is an indispensable requirement for sustainable development.
11. Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time, with
adverse impacts that are disproportionately felt by developing countries,
especially those that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of
climate change. We commit to accelerate meeting our obligations under the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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and the Paris
Agreement.
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12. To live up to our foundational promise to protect succeeding generations
from the scourge of war, we must abide by international law, including the
Charter, and make full use of all the instruments and mechanisms set out in
the Charter, intensifying our use of diplomacy, committing to resolve our
disputes peacefully, refraining from the threat or use of force, or acts of
aggression, respecting each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,
upholding the principles of political independence and self-determination, as
well as strengthening accountability and ending impunity. With challenges and
risks to international peace and security taking on more dangerous forms, in
traditional and new domains, our efforts must keep pace.
13. Every commitment in this Pact is fully consistent and aligned with
international law, including human rights law. We reaffirm the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
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and the fundamental freedoms enshrined
therein. The implementation of the Pact will enhance the full enjoyment of
human rights and dignity for all, which is a key goal. We will respect, protect,
promote and fulfil all human rights, recognizing their universality, indivisibility,
interdependence and interrelatedness, and we will be unequivocal in what we
stand for and uphold: freedom from fear and freedom from want for all.
14. We recognize that our efforts to redress injustice and to reduce
inequalities within and between countries to build peaceful, just and inclusive
societies cannot succeed unless we step up our efforts to promote tolerance,
embrace diversity and combat all forms of discrimination, including racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and all their
abhorrent and contemporary forms and manifestations.
15. None of our goals can be achieved without the full, safe, equal and
meaningful participation and representation of all women in political and
economic life. We reaffirm our commitment to the Beijing Declaration and
Platform for Action,
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to accelerating our efforts to achieve gender equality,
women’s participation and the empowerment of all women and girls in all
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Resolution
70/1.
United Nations,
Treaty Series,
vol. 1771, No. 30822.
Adopted under the UNFCCC in
FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1,
decision 1/CP.21.
Resolution
217 A (III).
Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4 –15 September 1995
(United
Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
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domains and to eliminating all forms of discrimination and violence against
women and girls.
16. We reaffirm our pledge, made on the occasion of the seventy-fifth
anniversary of the United Nations, to reinvigorate global action to ensure the
future we want and to effectively respond to current and future challenges, in
partnership with all relevant stakeholders. We recognize that the well-being of
current and future generations and the sustainability of our planet rests on our
willingness to take action. To that end, in this Pact we commit to 56 actions
in the areas of sustainable development and financing for development,
international peace and security, science, technology and innovation and
digital cooperation, youth and future generations, and transforming global
governance.
17. We will advance implementation of these actions through relevant,
mandated intergovernmental processes, where they exist. We will review the
overall implementation of the Pact at the beginning of the eighty-third session
of the General Assembly through a meeting at the level of Heads of State and
Government. We are confident that, by then, we will be well on course towards
the better and more sustainable future we want for ourselves, our children and
all the generations who will come after us.
I.
Sustainable development and financing for development
18. In 2015, we resolved to free the human race from the tyranny of poverty,
hunger and want and to heal and secure our planet. We promised that we
would leave no one behind. We have made some progress, but the
achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals is in peril. Progress on
most of the Goals is either moving too slowly or has regressed below the 2015
baseline. Years of sustainable development gains are being reversed. Poverty,
hunger and inequality have increased. Human rights are under threat, an d we
run the risk of leaving millions of people behind. Climate change, biodiversity
loss, desertification and sand and dust storms, pollution and other
environmental challenges pose serious risks to our natural environment and
our prospects for development.
19. We will not accept a future in which dignity and opportunity are denied to
half the world’s population or become the sole preserve of those with privilege
and wealth. We reaffirm that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
is our overarching road map for achieving sustainable development in all three
of its dimensions, overcoming the multiple, interlinked crises that we face and
securing a better future for present and future generations. We recognize that
eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty,
is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for
sustainable development. Sustainable development and the realization of
human rights and fundamental freedoms are interdependent and mutually
reinforcing. We reaffirm that gender equality and the empowerment of all
women and girls is an essential prerequisite for sustainable development. We
cannot achieve our shared ambitions for the future without addressing these
challenges with urgency and renewed vigour. We are committed to ensuring
that the multilateral system can turbocharge our aspirations to deliver for
people and planet, and we will place people at the centre of all our actions.
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Action 1. We will take bold, ambitious, accelerated, just and transformative
actions to implement the 2030 Agenda, achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals and leave no one behind.
20. We reaffirm that the Sustainable Development Goals are a
comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal
transformative Goals and targets. We reiterate our steadfast commitment to
achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and revitalize the global
partnership for sustainable development, working closely with all relevant
stakeholders. We recognize that the 2030 Agenda is universal and that all
developing countries, including countries in special situations, in particular
African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries
and small island developing States, as well as those with specific challenges,
including middle-income countries and countries in conflict and post-conflict
situations, require assistance to implement the Agenda. We will strengthen
our actions to address climate change. We reaffirm the principles of the Rio
Declaration on Environment and Development,
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including the principle of
common but differentiated responsibilities as set out in principle 7 thereof .
We decide to:
(a) Scale up our efforts towards the full implementation of 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda
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and
the Paris Agreement;
(b) Fully implement the commitments in the political declaration
agreed at the Sustainable Development Goals Summit in 2023;
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(c) Mobilize significant and adequate resources and investments from
all sources for sustainable development;
(d) Remove all obstacles to sustainable development and refrain from
economic coercion.
Action 2. We will place the eradication of poverty at the centre of our efforts
to achieve the 2030 Agenda.
21. Eradicating poverty, in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme
poverty, is an imperative for all humankind. We decide to:
(a) Take comprehensive and targeted measures to eradicate poverty by
addressing the multidimensional nature of poverty, including through rural
development strategies and investments and innovations in the social sector,
especially education and health;
(b) Take concrete actions to prevent people from falling back into
poverty, including by establishing well-designed, sustainable and efficient
social protection systems for all that are responsive to shocks.
Action 3. We will end hunger and eliminate food insecurity and all forms of
malnutrition.
22. We remain deeply concerned that one third of the world’s population
remains food-insecure, and we will respond to and tackle the drivers of food
insecurity and malnutrition. We decide to:
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Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de
Janeiro, 3– 14 June 1992,
vol. I,
Resolutions Adopted by the Conference
(United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigendum), resolution 1, annex I.
Resolution
69/313,
annex.
Resolution
78/1,
annex.
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(a) Support countries and communities affected by food insecurity and
all forms of malnutrition through coordinated action, including through the
provision of emergency food supplies, programmes, financing, support to
agricultural production, by building national resilience to shocks and by
ensuring that food and agriculture supply chains function, and markets and
trade channels remain free and accessible;
(b) Assist countries in debt distress to manage volatility in international
food markets and work in partnership with international financial institutions
and the United Nations system to support developing countries affected by
food insecurity;
(c) Promote equitable, resilient, inclusive and sustainable agrifood
systems so that everyone has access to safe, affordable, sufficient and
nutritious food.
Action 4. We will close the Sustainable Development Goal financing gap in
developing countries.
23. We are deeply concerned by the growing Sustainable Development Goal
financing gap facing developing countries. We must close this gap to prevent
a lasting sustainable development divide, widening inequality within and
between countries and a further erosion of trust in international relations and
the multilateral system. We note ongoing efforts to address the financing gap,
including through the Secretary-General’s proposal for a Sustainable
Development Goal stimulus. We decide to:
(a) Provide and mobilize sustainable, affordable, accessible,
transparent and predictable development finance from all sources and the
required means of implementation to developing countries;
(b) Continue to advance with urgency towards a Sustainable
Development Goal stimulus through the Secretary-General’s proposal at the
United Nations and in other relevant forums;
(c) Scale up and fulfil our respective official development assistance
commitments, including the commitment by most developed countries to
reach the goal of 0.7 per cent of gross national income for official
development assistance and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of gross national income
for official development assistance to least developed countries;
(d) Continue discussions on the modernization of measurements of
official development assistance, while adhering to existing commitments;
(e) Ensure that development assistance is focused on and reaches
developing countries, focused in particular on the poorest and most
vulnerable, and take further actions to strengthen its effectiveness;
(f) Create a more enabling environment at the global, regional and
national levels to increase the mobilization of domestic resources and
enhance the capacities, institutions and systems of developing countries at
all levels to achieve this goal, including through international support, to
increase investment in sustainable development;
(g) Implement effective economic, social and environmental policies
and ensure good governance and transparent institutions to advance
sustainable development;
(h) Strengthen ongoing efforts to prevent and combat illicit financial
flows, corruption, money-laundering and tax evasion, eliminate safe havens
and recover and return assets derived from illicit activities;
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(i) Promote inclusive and effective international tax cooperation, which
contributes significantly to national efforts to achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals, as it enables countries to effectively mobilize their
domestic resources, and stress that the current international tax governance
structures need improvements. We are committed to strengthening the
inclusiveness and effectiveness of tax cooperation at the United Nations,
while taking into consideration the work of other relevant forums and
institutions, and will continue to engage constructively in the process towards
developing a United Nations framework convention on international tax
cooperation;
(j) Explore options for international cooperation on the taxation of
high-net-worth individuals in the appropriate forums;
(k) Support developing countries to catalyse increased private sector
investment in sustainable development, including by promoting inclusive and
innovative finance mechanisms and partnerships and by creating a more
enabling domestic and international regulatory and investment environment,
and through the catalytic use of public financing;
(l) Scale up support from all sources for investment in increasing
productive capacities, inclusive and sustainable industrialization,
infrastructure and structural economic transformation, diversification and
growth in developing countries;
(m) Secure an ambitious outcome at the Fourth International
Conference on Financing for Development in 2025 to close the Sustainable
Development Goal financing gap and accelerate the implementation of the
2030 Agenda and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Action 5. We will ensure that the multilateral trading system continues to
be an engine for sustainable development.
24. We are committed to a rules-based, non-discriminatory, open, fair,
inclusive, equitable and transparent multilateral trading system, with the
World Trade Organization at its core. We underscore the importance of the
multilateral trading system contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable
Development Goals. We reiterate that States are strongly urged to refrain from
promulgating and applying unilateral economic measures not in accordance
with international law and the Charter of the United Nations that impede the
full achievement of economic and social development, particularly in
developing countries. We decide to:
(a) Promote export-led growth in developing countries through, inter
alia, preferential trade access for developing countries, as appropriate, and
targeted special and differential treatment that responds to the development
needs of individual countries, in particular least developed countries, in line
with World Trade Organization commitments;
(b) Work towards concluding the necessary reform of the World Trade
Organization;
(c) Facilitate accession to the World Trade Organization, especially for
developing countries, and promote trade and investment liberalization and
facilitation.
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Action 6. We will invest in people to end poverty and strengthen trust and
social cohesion.
25. We express our deep concern at persistent inequalities within and
between countries and at the slow pace of progress towards improving the
lives and livelihoods of people everywhere, including people in vulnerable
situations. We must meet the Sustainable Development Goals for all
segments of society and leave no one behind, including through the
localization of sustainable development. We emphasize that guaranteeing
access to energy and ensuring energy security is critical for achieving the
Sustainable Development Goals, promoting economic development, social
stability, national security and the welfare of all nations worldwide. We decide
to:
(a) Secure an ambitious outcome at the World Social Summit entitled
“Second World Summit for Social Development” in 2025;
(b) Promote universal health coverage, increase access to quality,
inclusive education and lifelong learning, including in emergencies, and
improve opportunities for decent work for all, universal access to social
protection to eradicate poverty and reduce inequalities;
(c) Ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and
support developing countries to plan and implement just, safe, healthy,
accessible, resilient and sustainable cities;
(d) Accelerate efforts to ensure access to affordable, reliable,
sustainable and modern energy for all, including efforts for resilient and
secure cross-border energy infrastructure, and increase substantially the
share of renewable energy;
(e) Maximize the positive contribution of migrants to the sustainable
development of origin, transit, destination and host countries and strengthen
international partnerships and global cooperation for safe, orderly and regular
migration to comprehensively address the drivers of irregular migration and
ensure the safety, dignity and human rights of all migrants, regardless of their
migration status;
(f) Address and promote the prevention of water scarcity and build
resilience to drought to achieve a world in which water is a sustainable
resource and ensure the availability and sustainable management of clean
and safe water, sanitation and hygiene for all;
(g) Promote a disaster risk-informed approach to sustainable
development that integrates disaster risk reduction into policies, programmes
and investments at all levels.
Action 7. We will strengthen our efforts to build peaceful, just and inclusive
societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and
build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels and
uphold human rights and fundamental freedoms.
26. We reaffirm the need to build peaceful just and inclusive societies that
provide equal access to justice and that are based on respect for human rights,
on rule of law and good governance at all levels and on transparent and
effective and accountable institutions. We reaffirm that all human rights are
universal, indivisible, interrelated, interdependent and mutually reinforcing and
that all human rights must be treated in a fair and equal manner, on the same
footing and with the same emphasis. We decide to:
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(a) Respect, protect and fulfil all human rights and fundamental
freedoms, including the right to development, promote the rule of law at the
national and international levels and ensure equal justice for all and develop
good governance at all levels and transparent, inclusive, effective and
accountable institutions at all levels;
(b) Promote and protect human rights and the implementation of the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as interrelated and mutually
reinforcing, while recognizing that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development contains a pledge to leave no one behind and envisages a world
of universal respect for and promotion of human rights and human dignity, the
rule of law, justice, equality and non-discrimination.
Action 8. We will achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all
women and girls as a crucial contribution to progress across all the
Sustainable Development Goals and targets.
27. We recognize that the achievement of full human potential and
sustainable development is not possible if women and girls are denied full
human rights and opportunities. Sustained, inclusive and equitable economic
growth and sustainable development can only be realized when all women,
adolescent girls and girls have their full human rights respected, protected
and fulfilled. We decide to:
(a) Take bold, ambitious, accelerated, just and transformative actions
to ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental
freedoms by all women and girls;
(b) Urgently remove all legal, social and economic barriers to achieve
gender equality and ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal
opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political,
economic and public life;
(c) Take targeted and accelerated action to eradicate all forms of
violence and harassment against all women and girls, including sexual and
gender-based violence;
(d) Significantly increase investments to close the gender gap,
including in the care and support economy, acknowledging the linkage
between poverty and gender inequality and the need to strengthen support for
institutions in relation to gender equality and the empowerment of women;
(e) Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic
resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other
forms of property, financial services, inheritance, natural resources and
appropriate new technology, in accordance with national laws;
(f) Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and
reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of
the International Conference on Population and Development
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and the Beijing
Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences.
Action 9. We will strengthen our actions to address climate change.
28. We are deeply concerned at the current slow pace of progress in
addressing climate change. We are equally deeply concerned at the continued
growth in greenhouse gas emissions, and we recognize the importance of the
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September 1994
(United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1,
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means of implementation and support for developing countries, and the
increasing frequency, intensity and scale of the adverse impacts of climate
change, in particular on developing countries, especially those that are
particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. In pursuit of
the objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change and of the Paris Agreement, we reaffirm the importance of
accelerating action in this critical decade on the basis of the best available
science, reflecting equity and the principle of common but differentiated
responsibilities and respective capabilities, in the light of different national
circumstances and in the context of sustainable development and efforts to
eradicate poverty. We decide to:
(a) Reaffirm the Paris Agreement temperature goal of holding the
increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius
above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature
increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that
this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change, and
underscore that the impacts of climate change will be much lower at the
temperature increase of 1.5 degrees Celsius compared with 2 degrees Celsius
and resolve to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees
Celsius;
(b) Welcome the decisions adopted at the twenty-eighth session of the
Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change, including the decisions adopted under the UAE consensus,
which includes the outcome of the first global stocktake of the Paris
Agreement, at the fifth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the
Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement;
(c) Further recognize the need for deep, rapid and sustained reductions
in greenhouse gas emissions in line with 1.5 degrees Celsius pathways and
call on parties to contribute to the following global efforts, in a nationally
determined manner, taking into account the Paris Agreement and their
different national circumstances, pathways and approaches: tripling
renewable energy capacity globally and doubling the global average annual
rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030; accelerating efforts toward s
the phase-down of unabated coal power; accelerating efforts globally towards
net zero emission energy systems, utilizing zero- and low-carbon fuels well
before or by around mid-century; transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy
systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action in this
critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050 in keeping with the science;
accelerating zero- and low-emission technologies, including, inter alia,
renewables, nuclear, abatement and removal technologies such as carbon
capture and utilization and storage, particularly in hard-to-abate sectors, and
low-carbon hydrogen production; accelerating and substantially reducing non -
carbon dioxide emissions globally, including in particular methane emission s
by 2030; accelerating the reduction of emissions from road transport on a
range of pathways, including through development of infrastructure and rapid
deployment of zero- and low-emission vehicles; and phasing out inefficient
fossil fuel subsidies that do not address energy poverty or just transitions, as
soon as possible;
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(d) Recognize that transitional fuels can play a role in facilitating the
energy transition, while ensuring energy security;
(e) Further emphasize the importance of conserving, protecting and
restoring nature and ecosystems towards achieving the Paris Agreement
temperature goal, including through enhanced efforts towards halting and
reversing deforestation and forest degradation by 2030, and other terrestrial
and marine ecosystems acting as sinks and reservoirs of greenhouse gases
and by conserving biodiversity, while ensuring social and environmental
safeguards, in line with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity
Framework;
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(f) Reaffirm our resolve to set, at the twenty-ninth session of the
Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change, a new collective quantified goal from a floor of 100 billion
United States dollars per year, taking into account the needs and priorities of
developing countries;
(g) Reaffirm the nationally determined nature of nationally determined
contributions and article 4, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement, and
encourage parties to the Paris Agreement to come forward in our next
nationally determined contributions with ambitious, economy -wide emission
reduction targets, covering all greenhouse gases, sectors and categories and
aligned with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as informed by
the latest science, in the light of different national circumstances ;
(h) Significantly enhance international cooperation and the
international enabling environment to stimulate ambition in the next round of
nationally determined contributions;
(i) Recognize that adaptation finance will have to be significantly
scaled up to implement the decision to double adaptation finance, to support
the urgent and evolving need to accelerate adaptation and build resilience in
developing countries, while emphasizing that finance, capacity-building and
technology transfer are critical enablers of climate action and noting that
scaling up the provision and mobilization of new and additional grant -based,
highly concessional finance and non-debt instruments remains essential to
supporting developing countries, particularly as they transition in a just and
equitable manner;
(j) Further operationalize and capitalize the new funding
arrangements, including the Fund, for responding to loss and damage;
(k) Protect everyone on Earth through universal coverage of multi-
hazard early warning systems by 2027, including through the accelerated
implementation of the Early Warnings for All initiative.
Action 10. We will accelerate our efforts to restore, protect, conserve and
sustainably use the environment.
29. We are deeply concerned about rapid environmental degradation, and we
recognize the urgent need for a fundamental shift in our approach in order to
achieve a world in which humanity lives in harmony with nature. We must
conserve, restore and sustainably use our planet’s ecosystems and natural
resources to support the health and well-being of present and future
generations. We will address the adverse impacts of climate change, sea level
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decision 15/4,
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rise, biodiversity loss, pollution, water scarcity, floods, desertification, land
degradation, drought, deforestation and sand and dust storms. We decide to:
(a) Achieve a world in which humanity lives in harmony with nature,
conserve and sustainably use our planet’s resources and reverse the trends of
environmental degradation;
(b) Take ambitious action to improve the health, productivity,
sustainable use and resilience of the ocean and its ecosystems, and conserve
and sustainably use and restore seas and freshwater resources, as well as
forests, mountains, glaciers and drylands, and protect, conserve and restore
biodiversity, ecosystems and wildlife;
(c) Promote sustainable consumption and production patterns,
including sustainable lifestyles, and circular economy approaches as a
pathway to achieving sustainable consumption and production patterns, and
zero-waste initiatives;
(d) Accelerate efforts to address the pollution of air, land and soil, fresh
water and the ocean, including the sound management of chemicals, and work
towards the conclusion of an international legally binding instrument on
plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, with the ambition of
completing negotiations by the end of 2024;
(e) Implement the framework to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by
2030 and implement all multilateral environmental agreements;
(f) Protect our planet and address global environmental challenges by
strengthening international cooperation on the environment and by
implementing and complying with multilateral environmental agreements.
Action 11. We will protect and promote culture and sport as integral
components of sustainable development.
30. We recognize that culture as well as sport offer individuals and
communities a strong sense of identity and foster social cohesion. We also
recognize that sport can contribute to individuals’ and communities’ health and
well-being. Culture as well as sport therefore are important enablers of
sustainable development. We decide to:
(a) Ensure that culture as well as sport can contribute to more effective,
inclusive, equitable and sustainable development, and integrate culture into
economic, social and environmental development policies and strategies and
ensure adequate public investment in the protection and promotion of culture;
(b) Encourage strengthened international cooperation on the return or
restitution of cultural properties of spiritual, ancestral, historical and cultural
value to countries of origin, including but not limited to objets d’art,
monuments, museum pieces, manuscripts and documents, and strongly
encourage relevant private entities to similarly engage, including through
bilateral dialogue and with the assistance of multilateral mechanisms, as
appropriate;
(c) Promote and support intercultural and interreligious dialogue to
strengthen social cohesion and contribute to sustainable development.
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Action 12. We will plan for the future and strengthen our collective efforts
to turbocharge the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development by 2030 and beyond.
31. We remain steadfastly focused and committed to achieving the
Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. We will sustain our efforts to build
the future we want by addressing existing, new and emerging challenges to
sustainable development by 2030 and beyond. We decide to:
(a) Significantly advance progress towards the full and timely
achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by 2030,
including through strengthening the role of the high-level political forum on
sustainable development as the main platform for the follow-up and review of
the sustainable development agenda;
(b) Invite the high-level political forum, under the auspices of the
General Assembly, to consider in September 2027 how we will advance
sustainable development by 2030 and beyond, as a priority and at the centre
of our work.
II.
International peace and security
32. The global security landscape is undergoing profound transformation.
We are concerned about the increasing and diverse threats to international
peace and security, particularly violations of the purposes and principles of
the Charter, and the growing risks of a nuclear war which could pose an
existential threat to humanity. Amid this changing context, we remain
committed to establish a just and lasting peace. We reaffirm our commitment
to act in accordance with international law, including the Charter and its
purposes and principles, and to fulfil our obligations in good faith. We reaffirm
the imperative of upholding and promoting the rule of law at the inte rnational
level in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
and in this regard recall the importance of the Declaration on Principles of
International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among
States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.
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We reiterate our
full respect for the sovereign equality of all Member States, the principles of
equal rights and self-determination of peoples and our obligation to refrain
from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political
independence of any State, our commitment to settle international disputes
by peaceful means. We also reaffirm our commitment to the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.
33. The United Nations has an indispensable role in the maintenance of
international peace and security. Our efforts to urgently address accumulating
and diverse threats to international peace and security, on land, at sea, in the
air, in outer space and in cyberspace, should be suppor ted by efforts to rebuild
trust, strengthen solidarity and deepen international cooperation, including
through the intensified use of diplomacy. We take note of the New Agenda for
Peace.
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Action 13. We will redouble our efforts to build and sustain peaceful,
inclusive and just societies and address the root causes of conflicts.
34. We recognize the interdependence of international peace and security,
sustainable development and human rights and we reaffirm the importance
of the rule of law at international and national levels. We are concerned about
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annex.
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the potential impact that the global increase in military expenditures could
have on investments in sustainable development and sustaining peace. We
decide to:
(a) Strengthen resilience and comprehensively address the drivers and
root causes of armed conflict, violence and instability and their
consequences, including by accelerating investment in and the
implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals;
(b) Provide equal access to justice, protect civic space and uphold
human rights for all, including through promoting the culture of peace,
inclusion, tolerance and peaceful coexistence, eradicating religious
discrimination, countering racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia in all
their manifestations and by addressing the challenges to the survival,
livelihood and dignity of all people;
(c) Ensure that military spending does not compromise investment in
sustainable development and building sustainable peace and request the
Secretary-General to provide analysis on the impact of the global increase in
military expenditure on the achievement of the Sustainable Development
Goals by the end of the seventy-ninth session.
Action 14. We will protect all civilians in armed conflict.
35. We condemn in the strongest terms the devastating impact of armed
conflict on civilians, civilian infrastructure and cultural heritage, and we are
particularly concerned about the disproportionate impact of violence on
women, children, persons with disabilities and other persons in vulnerable
situations in armed conflict. Genocide, crimes against humanity and war
crimes, including deliberate attacks against civilians and civilian
infrastructure, are prohibited under international law. We reaffirm our
commitment to our obligations under international law, including international
humanitarian law, international human rights law and international refugee
law. We decide to:
(a) Take concrete and practical measures to protect all civilians in
armed conflict;
(b) Accelerate the implementation of our commitments under the
children and armed conflict agenda;
(c) Restrict or refrain from, as appropriate, the use of explosive
weapons in populated areas when their use may be expected to cause harm
to civilians or civilian objects, including essential civilian infrastructure,
schools, medical facilities and places of worship, in accordance with
international law;
(d) Enable safe, rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access and
assistance, and fully respect the humanitarian principles of humanity,
neutrality, impartiality and independence, in accordance with international
humanitarian law and in full respect of General Assembly resolution
46/182
of 19 December 1991 and its related resolutions on strengthening the
coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations;
(e) Respect and protect humanitarian personnel and United Nations
and associated personnel, including national and locally recruited personnel,
their facilities, equipment, transports and supplies, in accordance with our
obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law;
(f) Respect and protect journalists, media professionals and
associated personnel working in situations of armed conflict and reaffirm that
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they shall be considered as civilians in such situations, in accordance with
international humanitarian law;
(g) Redouble our efforts to end impunity and ensure accountability for
violations of international humanitarian law, most serious crimes under
international law, including genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity
and other atrocity crimes and other gross violations, such as the use of
starvation of civilians as a method of war and gender-based violence,
including conflict-related sexual violence;
(h) Invite Member States to enact national legislation, regulations and
procedures, where they do not already exist, to exercise control over the
international transfer of conventional arms and military equipment that
manage the risks that such transfers could facilitate, contribute or lead to
violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law, and to
ensure that such legislation, regulations and procedures are consistent with
the obligations of States under applicable international treaties to which they
are parties.
Action 15. We will ensure that people affected by humanitarian
emergencies receive the support they need.
36. We express grave concern at the unprecedented number of people
affected by humanitarian emergencies, including those experiencing forced
and increasingly protracted displacement and those afflicted by hunger, acute
food insecurity, famine and famine-like conditions. We decide to:
(a) Strengthen our efforts to prevent, anticipate and mitigate the impact
of humanitarian emergencies on people in need, while paying special attention
to the needs of persons in the most vulnerable situations;
(b) Address the root causes of forced and protracted displacement,
including the mass displacement of populations, and implement and facilitate
access to durable solutions for internally displaced persons, refugees and
stateless persons, including through equitable international burden- and
responsibility-sharing, and support to host communities, and with full respect
for the principle of non-refoulement of refugees;
(c) Eliminate the scourge of hunger, acute food insecurity, famine and
famine-like conditions in armed conflict now and for future generations,
deploying all the knowledge, resources and capacities at our disposal,
fulfilling our obligations under international humanitarian law, including by
complying with international humanitarian law obligations with respect to
removing obstacles to the provision of humanitarian assistance, and ensure
that people in need receive vital assistance, strengthening early war ning,
developing social protection systems, and taking preventive measures that
build the resilience of communities at risk;
(d) Significantly increase financial and other forms of support to
countries and communities facing humanitarian emergencies, including host
communities, inter alia, by scaling up timely and predictable funding and
innovative and anticipatory financing mechanisms, as well as by
strengthening partnerships with international financial institutions in order to
prevent, reduce and respond to humanitarian suffering and assist those in
need.
Action 16. We will promote cooperation and understanding between
Member States, defuse tensions, seek the pacific settlement of disputes
and resolve conflicts.
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37. We reaffirm our commitment to preventive diplomacy, the peaceful
settlement of disputes and the importance of dialogue between States. We
recognize the role of the United Nations in preventive diplomacy and the
peaceful settlement of disputes, and the importance of the United Nations
partnership with regional and subregional organizations to prevent and
resolve conflicts and disputes between Member States in accordance with the
Charter. We decide to:
(a) Reaffirm our obligations under international law, including the
Charter and its purposes and principles;
(b) Take effective collective measures, in accordance with the Charter,
for the prevention and removal of threats to international peace and security,
and revitalize and implement existing tools and mechanisms for the peaceful
settlement of disputes;
(c) Develop and implement mechanisms as required for the pacific
settlement of disputes, confidence-building, early warning and crisis
management, at the subregional, regional and international levels to address
new and emerging threats to international peace and security;
(d) Pursue and apply confidence-building measures to reduce tensions
and promote international peace and security;
(e) Intensify the use of diplomacy and mediation to ease tensions in
situations which may pose a threat to international peace and security,
including through early diplomatic efforts;
(f) Urge the Secretary-General to actively use the good offices of the
Secretary-General and ensure that the United Nations is adequately equipped
to lead and support mediation and preventive diplomacy and encourage the
Secretary-General to bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter
that may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security;
(g) Support the role of regional and subregional organizations in
diplomacy, mediation and the pacific settlement of disputes, and strengthen
the coordination and cooperation between these organizations and the United
Nations in this regard.
Action 17. We will fulfil our obligation to comply with the decisions and
uphold the mandate of the International Court of Justice in any case to
which our State is a party.
38. We recognize the positive contribution of the International Court of
Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, including in
adjudicating disputes among States. We reaffirm the obligation of all States
to comply with the decisions of the International Court of Justice in cases to
which they are parties. We decide to:
(a) Take appropriate steps to ensure that the International Court of
Justice can fully and effectively discharge its mandate and promote
awareness of its role in the peaceful settlement of disputes, while respecting
that parties to any dispute may also seek other peaceful means of their own
choice.
Action 18. We will build and sustain peace.
39. We recognize that Member States bear the primary responsibility for
preventing conflict and building peace in their countries, and that national
efforts to build and sustain peace contribute to the maintenance of
international peace and security. Adequate, predictable and sustained
financing for peacebuilding is essential, and we welcome the recent General
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Assembly decision to increase the resources available to the United Nations
Peacebuilding Fund. We decide to:
(a) Deliver on our commitment in the 2030 Agenda to significantly
reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere;
(b) Redouble our efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against all
women and girls;
(c) Combat racism and eliminate racial discrimination, xenophobia and
religious intolerance and all other forms of intolerance and discrimination
from our societies and promote interreligious and intercultural dialogue;
(d) Strengthen and implement existing national prevention strategies
and approaches to sustain peace, and consider developing them where they
do not exist, on a voluntary basis and in accordance with national priorities, to
address the root causes of violence and armed conflict;
(e) Provide assistance to States, upon their request, including through
the Peacebuilding Commission and the entire United Nations system, in full
conformity with national ownership and needs, to build national capacity to
promote, develop and implement their nationally owned prevention efforts
and address the root causes of violence and conflict in their countries,
including through sharing best practice and lessons learned;
(f) Address the risks associated with illicit trade in small arms and light
weapons, their parts and ammunition, or associated ammunition, including
through national prevention strategies and approaches;
(g) Address the risks to sustaining peace posed by disinformation,
misinformation, hate speech and content inciting harm, including content
disseminated through digital platforms, while respecting the right to freedom
of expression and to privacy and ensuring unhindered access to the Internet
in accordance with international law, domestic legislation and national
policies;
(h) Pursue stronger alignment between the United Nations,
international and regional financial institutions and the needs of Member
States affected by armed conflict and violence and the impacts of regional
conflict, to support their economic stability, national prevention and
peacebuilding efforts, in line with their respective mandates and in full
conformity with national ownership.
Action 19. We will accelerate the implementation of our commitments on
women, peace and security.
40. We recognize the role of women as agents of peace. The full, equal, safe
and meaningful participation of women in decision-making at all levels of
peace and security, including conflict prevention and resolution, mediation
and in peace operations, is essential to achieve sustainable peace. We
condemn in the strongest terms the increased levels of all forms of violence
against women and girls, who are particularly at risk of violence in armed
conflict, post-conflict situations and humanitarian emergencies. We decide to:
(a) Redouble our efforts to achieve gender equality and the
empowerment of all women and girls, including by preventing setbacks and
tackling the persistent barriers to the implementation of the women and peace
and security agenda, and ensure that initiatives to advance these efforts are
adequately financed;
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(b) Deliver on our commitments to ensure that women can fully, equally,
safely and meaningfully participate in all United Nations-led mediation and
peace processes;
(c) Take concrete steps to eliminate and prevent the full range of
threats and human rights violations and abuses experienced by women and
girls in armed conflict, post-conflict situations and humanitarian emergencies,
including gender-based violence and conflict-related sexual violence;
(d) Accelerate our ongoing efforts to ensure the full, equal, safe and
meaningful participation of women in peace operations.
Action 20. We will accelerate the implementation of our commitments on
youth, peace and security.
41. We recognize that the full, effective, safe and meaningful participation of
youth is critical to maintain and promote international peace and security. We
decide to:
(a) Take concrete voluntary measures to increase the inclusive
representation of youth in decision-making at all levels in prevention and the
resolution of conflict, including by increasing opportunities for them to
participate in relevant intergovernmental deliberations at the United Nations;
(b) Strengthen and implement existing youth, peace and security
national and regional road maps to deliver on our commitments, and develop
them where they do not exist, on a voluntary basis;
(c) Request the Secretary-General to carry out the second independent
progress study on youth’s positive contribution to peace processes and
conflict resolution by the end of the eightieth session.
Action 21. We will adapt peace operations to better respond to existing
challenges and new realities.
42. United Nations peace operations, understood as peacekeeping
operations and special political missions, are critical tools to maintain
international peace and security. They face increasingly complex challenges
and urgently need to adapt, taking into account the needs of all Member States
and troop- and police-contributing countries, and the priorities and
responsibilities of host countries. Peace operations can only succeed when
political solutions are actively pursued and they have predictable, adequat e
and sustained financing. We reaffirm the importance of enhanced
collaboration between the United Nations and regional and subregional
organizations, in particular the African Union, including their peace support
operations and peace enforcement authorized by the Security Council to
maintain or restore international peace and security. We decide to:
(a) Call on the Security Council to ensure that peace operations are
anchored in and guided by political strategies, deployed with clear, sequenced
and prioritized mandates that are realistic and achievable, exit strategies and
viable transition plans, and as part of a comprehensive approach to sustaining
peace in full compliance with international law and the Charter;
(b) Request the Secretary-General to undertake a review on the future
of all forms of United Nations peace operations, taking into account lessons
learned from previous and ongoing reform processes, and provide strategic
and action-oriented recommendations for the consideration of Member
States on how the United Nations toolbox can be adapted to meet evolving
needs, to allow for more agile, tailored responses to existing, emerging and
future challenges;
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(c) Ensure that peace operations engage at the earliest possible stage
in planning transitions with host countries, the United Nations country team
and relevant national stakeholders;
(d) Take concrete steps to ensure the safety and security of the
personnel of peace operations and improve their access to health facilities,
including mental health services;
(e) Ensure that peacekeeping operations and peace support
operations, including peace enforcement, authorized by the Security Council
are accompanied by an inclusive political strategy and other non -military
approaches and address the root causes of conflict;
(f) Encourage the Secretary-General to convene regular high-level
meetings with relevant regional organizations to discuss matters pertaining
to peace operations, peacebuilding and conflicts;
(g) Ensure adequate, predictable and sustainable financing for African
Union-led peace support operations mandated by the Security Council in line
with Security Council resolution
2719 (2023)
of 21 December 2023.
Action 22. We will address the serious impact of threats to maritime
security and safety.
43. We recognize the need to address the serious impact of threats to
maritime security and safety. All efforts to address threats to maritime
security and safety must be carried out in accordance with international law,
including particularly as reflected in the principles embodied in the Charter of
the United Nations and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the
Sea,
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taking into account other relevant instruments that are consistent with
the Convention. We decide to:
(a) Enhance international cooperation and engagement at the global,
regional, subregional and bilateral levels to combat all threats to maritime
security and safety, in accordance with international law;
(b) Promote information-sharing among States and capacity-building
to detect, prevent and suppress such threats in accordance with international
law.
Action 23. We will pursue a future free from terrorism.
44. We strongly condemn terrorism in all its forms and manifestations
committed by whomever, wherever, whenever. We reaffirm that all terrorist
acts are criminal and unjustifiable regardless of their motivation or how their
perpetrators may seek to justify them. We highlight the importance of putting
measures in place to counter the dissemination of terrorist propaganda,
preventing and suppressing the flow of financing and material means for
terrorist activities, as well as recruitment activities of terrorist organizations.
We reaffirm that terrorism and violent extremism conducive to terrorism
cannot and should not be associated with any religion, civilization or ethnic
group. We will redouble our efforts to address the conditions conducive to the
spread of terrorism, prevent and combat terrorism, build States’ capacity to
prevent and combat terrorism and strengthen the role of the United Nations
system. The promotion and protection of international law, including
international humanitarian law and international human rights law, and
respect for human rights for all and the rule of law are the fundamental basis
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of the fight against terrorism and violent extremism conducive to terrorism.
We decide to:
(a) Implement a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach
to prevent and combat terrorism and violent extremism conducive to
terrorism, including by addressing the drivers of terrorism, in accordance with
international law;
(b) Address the threat posed by the misuse of new and emerging
technologies, including digital technologies and financial instruments, for
terrorist purposes;
(c) Enhance coordination of the United Nations counter-terrorism
efforts and cooperation between the United Nations and relevant regional and
subregional organizations to prevent and combat terrorism in accordance
with international law, while considering revitalizing efforts towards the
conclusion of a comprehensive convention on international terrorism.
Action 24. We will prevent and combat transnational organized crime and
related illicit financial flows.
45. Transnational organized crime and related illicit financial flows can pose
a serious threat to international peace and security, human rights and
sustainable development, including through the possible links that can exist
in some cases between transnational organized crime and terrorist groups.
We decide to:
(a) Scale up efforts in addressing transnational organized crime and
related illicit financial flows through comprehensive strategies, including
prevention, early detection, investigation, protection and law enforcement,
tackling the drivers, and engagement with relevant stakeholders;
(b) Strengthen international cooperation to prevent and combat
transnational organized crime in all its forms, including when committed
through the use of information and communications technology systems, and
we welcome the elaboration of the draft United Nations Convention against
Cybercrime.
Action 25. We will advance the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons.
46. A nuclear war would visit devastation upon all humankind and we must
make every effort to avert the danger of such a war, bearing in mind that “a
nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought”. We will uphold our
respective obligations and commitments. We reiterate our deep concern over
the state of nuclear disarmament. We reaffirm the inalienable right of all
countries to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for
peaceful purposes without discrimination, in conformity with their respective
obligations. We decide to:
(a)
Recommit to the goal of the total elimination of nuclear weapons;
(b) Recognize that, while the final objective of the efforts of all States
should continue to be general and complete disarmament under effective
international control, the immediate goal is elimination of the danger of a
nuclear war and implementation of measures to avoid an arms race and clear
the path towards lasting peace;
(c) Honour and respect all existing security assurances undertaken,
including in connection with the treaties and relevant protocols of nuclear -
weapon-free zones and their associated assurances against the use or threat
of use of nuclear weapons;
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(d) Commit to strengthening the disarmament and non-proliferation
architecture and work to prevent any erosion of existing international norms
and take all possible steps to prevent nuclear war;
(e) Seek to accelerate the full and effective implementation of
respective nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation obligations and
commitments, including by adhering to relevant international legal
instruments and through the pursuit of nuclear-weapon-free zones to enhance
international peace and security and the achievement of a nuclear-weapon-
free world.
Action 26. We will uphold our disarmament obligations and commitments.
47. We express our serious concern at the increasing number of actions that
are contrary to existing international norms and non-compliance with
obligations in the field of disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation.
We will respect international law that applies to weapons, means and methods
of warfare, and support progressive efforts to effectively eradicate the illicit
trade in arms. We recognize the importance of maintaining and strengthening
the role of the United Nations disarmament machinery. Any use of chemical
and biological weapons by anyone, anywhere and under any circumstances is
unacceptable. We call for full compliance with and implementation of relevant
treaties. We reaffirm our shared determination to exclude completely the
possibility of biological agents and toxins being used as weapons and to
strengthen the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production
and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on
Their Destruction.
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We decide to:
(a) Revitalize the role of the United Nations in the field of disarmament,
including by recommending that the General Assembly pursue work that could
support preparation of a fourth special session devoted to disarmament
(SSOD-IV);
(b) Pursue a world free from chemical and biological weapons and
ensure that those responsible for any use of these weapons are identified and
held accountable;
(c) Address emerging and evolving biological risks through improving
processes to anticipate, prevent, coordinate and prepare for such risks,
whether caused by natural, accidental or deliberate release of biological
agents;
(d) Identify, examine and develop effective measures, including
possible legally binding measures, to strengthen and institutionalize
international norms and instruments against the development, production,
acquisition, transfer, stockpiling, retention and use of biological agents and
toxins as weapons;
(e) Strengthen measures to prevent the acquisition of weapons of
mass destruction by non-State actors;
(f) Redouble our efforts to implement our respective obligations under
relevant international instruments to prohibit or restrict conventional weapons
due to their humanitarian impact and take steps to promote all relevant
aspects of mine action;
(g) Strengthen our national and international efforts to combat, prevent
and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects;
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(h) Address existing gaps in through-life conventional ammunition
management to reduce the dual risks of unplanned conventional ammunition
explosions and the diversion and illicit trafficking of conventional ammunition
to unauthorized recipients, including to criminals, organized criminal groups
and terrorists.
Action 27. We will seize the opportunities associated with new and
emerging technologies and address the potential risks posed by their
misuse.
48. We recognize that rapid technological change presents opportunities
and risks to our collective efforts to maintain international peace and security.
International law, including the Charter, will guide our approach to addressing
these risks. We decide to:
(a) Advance further measures and appropriate international
negotiations to prevent an arms race in outer space in all its aspects, which
engage all relevant stakeholders, consistent with the provisions of the Treaty
on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of
Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies;
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(b) Advance with urgency discussions on lethal autonomous weapons
systems through the Group of Governmental Experts on Emerging
Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems with the
aim to develop an instrument, without prejudging its nature, and other possible
measures to address emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous
weapons systems, recognizing that international humanitarian law continues
to apply fully to all weapons systems, including the potential development and
use of lethal autonomous weapons systems;
(c) Enhance international cooperation and capacity-building efforts in
order to bridge the digital divides and ensure that all States can safely and
securely seize the benefits of digital technologies;
(d) Continue to assess the existing and potential risks associated with
the military applications of artificial intelligence and the possible
opportunities throughout their life cycle, in consultation with relevant
stakeholders;
(e) Request the Secretary-General to continue to update Member
States on new and emerging technologies through the report of the Secretary-
General on current developments in science and technology and their
potential impact on international security and disarmament efforts.
III.
Science, technology and innovation and digital cooperation
49. Science, technology and innovation have the potential to accelerate the
realization of the aspirations of the United Nations across all three pillars of its
work. We will only realize this potential through international cooperation to
harness the benefits and take bold, ambitious and decisive steps to bridge the
growing divide within and between developed and developing countries and
accelerate progress on the 2030 Agenda. Billions of people, especially in
developing countries, do not have meaningful access to critical life-changing
technologies. If we are to make good on our promise to leave no one behind,
sharing science, technology and innovation is essential. Innovations and
scientific breakthrough that can make our planet more sustainable and our
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countries more prosperous and resilient should be affordable and accessible to
all.
50. At the same time, we must responsibly manage the potential risks posed
by science and technology, in particular the ways in which science, technology
and innovation can perpetuate and deepen divides, in particular the gender
gap and patterns of discrimination and inequality within and between
countries and adversely impact the enjoyment of human rights and progress
on sustainable development. We will deepen our partnerships with relevant
stakeholders, especially the international financial institutions, the private
sector, the technical and academic communities and civil society, and we will
ensure that science, technology and innovation is a catalyst for a more
inclusive, equitable, sustainable and prosperous world for all, in which all
human rights are fully respected.
51. Digital and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, play a
significant role as enablers of sustainable development and are dramatically
changing our world. They offer huge potential for progress for the benefit of
people and planet today and in the future. We are determined to realize this
potential and manage the risks through enhanced international cooperation,
engagement with relevant stakeholders, and by promoting an inclusive,
responsible and sustainable digital future. We have annexed a Global Digital
Compact to this Pact in this regard.
Action 28. We will seize the opportunities presented by science, technology
and innovation for the benefit of people and planet.
52. We will be guided by the principles of equity and solidarity, and promote
the responsible and ethical use of science, technology and innovation. We
decide to:
(a) Foster and promote an open, fair and inclusive environment for
scientific and technological development and cooperation worldwide,
including through actively building trust in science and global collaboration on
innovation;
(b) Increase the use of science, scientific knowledge and scientific
evidence in policymaking and ensure that complex global challenges are
addressed through interdisciplinary collaboration;
(c) Encourage talent mobility and circulation, including through
educational programmes, and support developing countries to retain talent
and prevent a brain drain while providing suitable educational and working
conditions and opportunities for the workforce.
Action 29. We will scale up the means of implementation to developing
countries to strengthen their science, technology and innovation
capacities.
53. Science, technology and innovation are critical to support and enable
sustainable growth and climate action and accelerate the implementation of
the 2030 Agenda. It is imperative that we collaborate to bridge the science,
technology and innovation gap within and between developed and developing
countries, to support developing countries to peacefully harness science,
technology and innovation to achieve sustainable development, particularly
those in special situations, as well as those facing specific challenges. We
reiterate the need to accelerate the transfer of environmentally sound
technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on
concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed. We decide to:
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(a) Ensure that science, technology and innovation contribute to our
efforts to eradicate poverty in all its forms and dimensions and hunger, and to
reduce inequalities, in addition to areas such as food security and nutrition,
health, education, social protection, water and sanitation, energy, climate and
environment;
(b) Increase efforts to support developing countries, in particular by
developed countries and those developing countries in a position to do so,
with capacity-building in science, technology and innovation through policy
exchanges, knowledge-sharing, technical assistance, financing, joint
international research and personnel training tailored to specific needs,
policies and priorities of developing countries;
(c) Support the development, deployment and sustainable use of
emerging and open-source technologies and support policies towards open
science and open innovation and know-how for the achievement of the
Sustainable Development Goals, especially in developing countries;
(d) Strengthen North-South cooperation, South-South and triangular
cooperation, while taking into account different national circumstances, to
build capacity for and improve access to science, technology and innovation,
and to increase resources for the implementation of technical and scientific
initiatives;
(e) Scale up financing from all sources for scientific research and
research infrastructure that supports sustainable development and increase
opportunities for research cooperation, especially in developing countries;
(f) Attract and support private sector investment in science,
technology and innovation, and deepen public-private partnerships by
fostering a conducive environment in developing countries that encourages
investment and entrepreneurship, develops local innovation ecosystems and
promotes decent work, and by ensuring that innovation can reach global
markets;
(g) Promote and maintain stable and resilient global supply chains to
make scientific and technological products and services more accessible to
all.
Action 30. We will ensure that science, technology and innovation
contribute to the full enjoyment of human rights by all.
54. We recognize the opportunities and risks presented by science,
technology and innovation to promoting, protecting and fulfilling all human
rights. We decide to:
(a) Ensure that all scientific and technological research is conducted in
a responsible and ethical manner that protects and promotes all human rights
and protects the autonomy, freedom and safety of scientific researchers;
(b) Integrate a human rights perspective into regulatory and norm-
setting processes for new and emerging technologies and call on the private
sector to respect human rights and uphold ethical principles in the
development and use of new and emerging technologies;
(c) Ensure that those in vulnerable situations benefit from and fully and
meaningfully participate in the development and application of science,
technology and innovation;
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(d) Seize on opportunities provided by new and emerging technologies
to empower and advance equity for persons with disabilities, including
through promoting the availability of assistive technologies.
Action 31. We will ensure that science, technology and innovation improve
gender equality and the lives of all women and girls.
55. Science, technology and innovation can improve gender equality and
women’s and girls’ lives. We are gravely concerned about the gender digital
divide and that rapid technological change can exacerbate existing gender
inequality and present serious risks to all women and girls. We decide to:
(a) Address barriers to full, equal and meaningful access to and
participation and leadership in science, technology and innovation for all
women and girls, including through improving education, employment and
research opportunities for women and girls in areas such as science,
technology, innovation, mathematics and engineering;
(b) Address gender-related risks and challenges emerging from the use
of technologies, including all forms of violence, including sexual and gender -
based violence, trafficking in persons, harassment, bias and discrimination
against all women and girls that occur through or are amplified by the use of
technology, including against women migrant workers.
Action 32. We will protect, build on and complement Indigenous, traditional
and local knowledge.
56. We recognize the need for science, technology and innovation to be
adapted and made relevant to local needs and circumstances, including for
local communities, traditional Afrodescendent populations, and Indigenous
Peoples, in line with the principle of free, prior and informed consent, as
appropriate. We decide to:
(a) Foster synergies between science and technology and traditional,
local, Afrodescendent and Indigenous knowledge, systems, practices and
capacities.
Action 33. We will support the Secretary-General to strengthen the role of
the United Nations in supporting international cooperation in science,
technology and innovation.
57. We recognize the critical role of the United Nations in science,
technology and innovation. We take note of the establishment of the
Secretary-General’s Scientific Advisory Board to provide independent
scientific advice. We request the Secretary-General to:
(a) Strengthen the capacities of the United Nations to leverage science,
technology and innovation in the work of the Organization, including planning,
futures thinking and foresight, and to monitor and measure ongoing global
progress to bridge the science and technology gap within and between
developed and developing countries;
(b) Support national Governments to leverage science and technology
for sustainable development, including by exploring ways to strengthen the
capacity and expertise of United Nations country teams.
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IV.
Youth and future generations
58. 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 human rights,
especially those in vulnerable situations. Children and young persons
continue to live in extreme poverty, without access to critical, basic services
and respect for their fundamental rights. We recognize that, together with
future generations, they will live with the consequences of our actions and our
inaction. We will invest in and promote engagement by young people at
national and international levels to secure a better future for all.
59. We recognize that children and youth are distinct groups from future
generations. We must ensure that decision-making and policymaking today
takes greater account of the needs and interests of the generations to come,
and that they are balanced with the needs and interests of current
generations. We have annexed a Declaration on Future Generations to the Pact
for the Future that details our commitments in this regard.
Action 34. We will invest in the social and economic development of
children and young people so that they can reach their full potential.
60. We stress the importance of investing in, and ensuring equitable access
to, essential services for all children and young people, especially health,
education and social protection, to advance their social and economic
development. To fulfil their full potential and secure decent, productive work
and quality employment, young people must have access to safe, inclusive,
equitable and quality education opportunities, including in emergencies,
throughout their lives that equip them with the knowledge, skills and capabilities
they need to thrive in a rapidly changing world. We decide to:
(a) Scale up investment from all sources in essential services for young
people and ensure that their specific needs and priorities are integrated in
national, regional and international development strategies, ensure that
services are accessible to all young persons and invite the Secretary-General
to update Member States on the proposal for a Global Youth Investment
Platform to attract and better finance youth-related programming at the
country level;
(b) Accelerate efforts to achieve universal health coverage to ensure
that all young people enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and
mental health, including immunizations and vaccinations and sexual and
reproductive health, and address all the challenges faced by developing
countries in achieving these goals;
(c) Support developing countries to significantly increase investment
from all sources in education and skills, especially early childhood and girls’
education and skills, to build inclusive, accessible and resilient education
systems and lifelong learning opportunities that are tailored to the needs of
young people and children today and in the future by enhancing curricula,
improving teachers’ professional development, harnessing digital
technologies and improving access to technical and vocational train ing to
help young people to contribute to their societies;
(d) Create decent jobs and livelihoods for youth, especially in
developing countries and particularly for young women and young people in
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vulnerable situations, while dismantling inequalities in the care economy, and
establish and ensure young people’s access to universal, adequate,
comprehensive, sustainable and nationally owned social protection systems;
(e) Empower, encourage and support young people to pursue
entrepreneurship and innovation and transform their ideas into viable
business opportunities;
(f) Implement family-friendly and family-oriented policies that support
the social and economic development of children and young people so that
they can reach their full potential and enjoy their human rights.
Action 35. We will promote, protect and respect the human rights of all
young people and foster social inclusion and integration.
61. We reaffirm the importance of ensuring the full enjoyment of the rights
of all young persons, protecting them from violence and fostering social
inclusion and integration, especially of the poorest, those in vulnerable
situations, including Afrodescendent populations, and those who face
discrimination in multiple and overlapping ways. We decide to:
(a) Step up our fight against all forms of racism, racial discrimination,
xenophobia and all forms of intolerance that impact young people and hinder
their ability to fulfil their potential, and counter religious hatred that
constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence;
(b) Intensify international, regional and national efforts to take
immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern
slavery and trafficking in persons, especially women and children, and
eliminate all forms of child labour;
(c) Address the challenges faced by all young women and girls,
including by combating gender stereotypes and negative social norms and
eliminating discrimination, harassment, all forms of violence against young
women and girls, including sexual and gender-based violence, and harmful
practices, including female genital mutilation and child, early and forced
marriage;
(d) Enhance inclusion and eliminate all barriers that hinder young
persons with disabilities from attaining and maintaining maximum autonomy,
independence and full inclusion and participation in all aspects of life and invest
in assistive technologies that can promote their full, effective and meaningful
participation in society;
(e) Address the adverse impact of climate change and other
environmental challenges that constitute threats to the ability of young
persons to enjoy their human rights and a clean, healthy and sustainable
environment;
(f) Strengthen intergenerational partnerships and solidarity among
generations by promoting opportunities for voluntary, constructive and regular
interaction between young and older persons in their families, workplaces and
in society at large.
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Action 36. We will strengthen meaningful youth participation at the national
level.
62. We commend the important contributions that young people are already
making to the advancement of peace and security, sustainable development
and human rights in their own countries. We can only meet the needs and
aspirations of all young people if we systematically listen to them, work with
them and provide them with meaningful opportunities to shape the future. We
decide to:
(a) Encourage and support the establishment of mechanisms at the
national level, where they do not exist, to consult with young people and
provide them with meaningful opportunities to engage in national
policymaking and decision-making processes supported, upon request, by the
United Nations system, in line with national legislation and policies;
(b) Consider fostering intergenerational dialogues to build stronger
partnerships between individuals of different age groups, including youth, and
between Governments and youth;
(c) Address the challenges and remove barriers that prevent full,
meaningful and effective participation of all youth, including for young
women, young persons with disabilities and young persons of African descent
and those in vulnerable situations, in national policymaking and decision-
making, and improve their representation in formal political structures;
(d) Support youth-led and youth-focused organizations, in particular
through capacity-building.
Action 37. We will strengthen meaningful youth participation at the
international level.
63. We welcome the progress made in promoting the meaningful
engagement of youth in the United Nations. We are determined to accelerate
this work by ensuring more youth engagement in the work of the United
Nations and by increasing the representativeness, effectiveness and impact
of youth engagement at the United Nations. We decide to:
(a) Promote meaningful, inclusive and effective engagement of young
people in relevant United Nations intergovernmental bodies and processes,
where appropriate and in accordance with the rules of procedure and
established practice, taking into account the principles of gender parity and
balanced geographical representation and non-discrimination;
(b) Encourage the inclusion of youth, including youth delegates, in
national delegations to the United Nations;
(c) Call for contributions to the United Nations Youth Fund in order to
facilitate the participation of youth representatives from developing countries
in the activities of the United Nations, taking into account the need for greater
geographical balance in terms of youth representation, and in this regard
request the Secretary-General to take appropriate action to encourage
contributions to the Fund, including by raising awareness of the Fund;
(d) Request the Secretary-General to continue to develop core
principles, in consultation with Member States and young people, for
meaningful, representative, inclusive and safe youth engagement in relevant
intergovernmental processes and across the work of the United Nations, for
the consideration of Member States.
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V.
Transforming global governance
64. 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,
including the Charter, to address global challenges, some of which could
overwhelm and threaten all of humanity. A transformation in global
governance is essential to ensure that the positive progress we have seen
across all three pillars of the work of the United Nations in recent decades
does not unravel. We will not allow this to happen.
65. We must renew trust in global institutions by making them more
representative of and responsive to today’s world and more effective at
delivering on the commitments that we have made to one another and our
people. We renew our commitment to multilateralism and international
cooperation, guided by the Charter and the principles of trust, equity, solidarity
and universality. We will transform global governance and strengthen the
multilateral system to help us to achieve a world that is safe, peaceful, jus t,
equal, inclusive, sustainable and prosperous.
Action 38. We will transform global governance and reinvigorate the
multilateral system to tackle the challenges, and seize the opportunities, of
today and tomorrow.
66. We resolve to make the multilateral system, with the United Nations at
its centre, more:
(a) Effective and capable of delivering on our promises, with
strengthened accountability, transparency and implementation mechanisms
to ensure that our commitments are met and to rebuild trust in global
institutions;
(b) Prepared for the future, building capabilities and harnessing
technology and data to anticipate risks, seize opportunities, act early and
manage uncertainty;
(c) Just, democratic, equitable and representative of today’s world to
ensure that all Member States, especially developing countries, can
meaningfully participate in global decision-making in multilateral institutions
and better integrating the voice of developing countries in global decision-
making;
(d) Inclusive, to allow for the meaningful participation of relevant
stakeholders in appropriate formats, while reaffirming the intergovernmental
character of the United Nations and the unique and central role of States in
meeting global challenges;
(e) Interconnected, to ensure that the multilateral system can draw
together existing institutional capacities, work better as a system, overcome
fragmentation and comprehensively address multidimensional, multisectoral
challenges, while maximizing efficiencies;
(f) Financially stable, by ensuring adequate, sustainable and
predictable financing for the United Nations, and to that end we commit to
meet our financial obligations in full, on time and without conditions.
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Action 39. We will reform the Security Council, recognizing the urgent need
to make it more representative, inclusive, transparent, efficient, effective,
democratic and accountable.
67. In response to the growing urgency to increase the effectiveness of the
ability of the United Nations to maintain international peace and security as
set out in the Charter, we agree on the following guiding principles identified
in the intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable
representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and
other matters related to the Council in accordance with General Assembly
decision 62/557 of 15 September 2008 as parameters for reform:
(a) Redress the historical injustice against Africa as a priority and, while
treating Africa as a special case, improve the representation of the
underrepresented and unrepresented regions and groups, such as Asia-
Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean;
(b) Enlarge the Security Council in order to be more representative of
the current United Nations membership and reflective of the realities of the
contemporary world and, taking into account our commitments of Sustainable
Development Goal 16.8, increase representation of developing countries and
small- and medium-sized States;
(c) Continue discussions on the issue of representation of cross-
regional groups, taking into account that small island developing States, Arab
States and others, such as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, have been
mentioned in the discussions of the intergovernmental negotiations;
(d) Intensify efforts to find an agreement on the question of the
categories of membership, taking into account the discussions held in the
intergovernmental negotiations process;
(e) The total number of members of an enlarged Council should ensure
a balance between its representativeness and effectiveness;
(f) The working methods should ensure the inclusive, transparent,
efficient, effective, democratic and accountable functioning of an enlarged
Council;
(g) The question of the veto is a key element of Security Council reform.
We will intensify efforts to reach an agreement on the future of the veto,
including discussions on limiting its scope and use;
(h) As part of a comprehensive reform, the inclusion of a review clause
should be considered to ensure that the Security Council continues over time
to deliver on its mandate and remains fit for purpose.
Action 40. We will strengthen our efforts in the framework of the
intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform as a matter of
priority and without delay.
68. We support the Member States-driven nature of the reform of the
Security Council, and will intensify efforts for the reform through the
intergovernmental negotiations in accordance with General Assembly
decision 62/557 and other relevant resolutions and decisions of the General
Assembly, such as resolution
53/30
of 23 November 1998. Building on the
recent progress achieved in the intergovernmental negotiations, including
through more transparency and inclusivity and by enhancing its institutional
memory, we decide to:
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(a) Encourage the submission of further models and the revision of
already presented models by States and Groups of States for the structured
dialogues with a view to developing a consolidated model in the future based
on convergences on the five clusters, and the models presented by Member
States.
Action 41. We will strengthen the response of the Security Council for the
maintenance of international peace and security and its relationship with
the General Assembly.
69. We will continue to improve and democratize the working methods of the
Security Council and strengthen its relationship with the General Assembly, in
accordance with and with full respect for their respective functions, authority,
powers and competencies as enshrined in the Charter, with the understanding
that this should not substitute for the reform of the Security Council outlined in
action 39. We decide to:
(a) Fully implement and adhere to all provisions of the Charter of the
United Nations as they relate to the decision-making process in the Security
Council, including Article 27 (3) of the Charter;
(b) Support credible, timely and decisive action by the Security Council,
in exercise of its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international
peace and security, to prevent or end the commission of genocide, crimes
against humanity or war crimes;
(c) Actively reinforce the ongoing efforts of the Security Council to
review and enhance its working methods, including, inter alia, penholding and
co-penholding arrangements, and strengthen the cooperation and
communication between the Security Council and the General Assembly and
its subsidiary bodies, including the Peacebuilding Commission, as well as the
Economic and Social Council and regional and subregional arrangements,
including by continuing to fully implement and make use of Assembly
resolutions
377 A (V)
of 3 November 1950 on uniting for peace and
76/262
of
26 April 2022 on the veto initiative;
(d) Improve the participation in and access to the work of the Security
Council and its subsidiary organs for all members of the General Assembly, to
enhance the Council’s accountability to the membership and increase the
transparency of its work.
Action 42. We will increase our efforts to revitalize the work of the General
Assembly.
70. We reaffirm the central position of the General Assembly as the chief
deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations. We
decide to:
(a) Further enhance and make full use of the role and authority of the
General Assembly to address evolving global challenges, in full compliance
with the Charter;
(b) Enhance ways in which the General Assembly can contribute to the
maintenance of international peace and security, in particular by taking action
in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations;
(c) Stress the need for the selection and appointment process of the
Secretary-General to be guided by the principles of merit, transparency and
inclusiveness and with due regard to gender balance and regional rotation and
take into account during the next and in subsequent selection and
appointment processes the regrettable fact that there has never been a
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woman Secretary-General, and we encourage Member States to consider
nominating women as candidates.
Action 43. We will strengthen the Economic and Social Council to accelerate
sustainable development.
71. We commit to strengthening the work of the Economic and Social
Council as a principal organ for coordination, policy review, policy dialogue
and recommendations on issues of economic and social development,
recognizing the key role of the Council in achieving a balanced integration of
the three dimensions of sustainable development and supporting the
implementation of the 2030 Agenda. We decide to:
(a) Continue to strengthen cooperation between the Economic and
Social Council and the Peacebuilding Commission and between the Economic
and Social Council and the international financial institutions, in accordance
with their respective mandates;
(b) Facilitate more structured, meaningful and inclusive engagement of
non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and
Social Council in the activities of the Council, in line with Council resolution
1996/31 of 25 July 1996;
(c) Support the youth forum of the Council to enhance youth
engagement, ensuring that the forum is a platform for youth from across all
regions to continue to share their ideas and engage in dialogue with Member
States;
(d) Request the Council, through an inclusive intergovernmental
process with the participation of all Member States, to explore options, in the
context of the forthcoming thirtieth anniversary of the Fourth World
Conference on Women, to revitalize the Commission on the Status of Women
to promote the full and effective implementation of the Beijing Declaration
and Platform for Action, to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of
all women and girls, and promote and protect their human rights and to ens ure
that the Commission is fit for purpose, while reaffirming the mandate of the
Commission, and consider options, as required, to strengthen other subsidiary
organs of the Council.
Action 44. We will strengthen the Peacebuilding Commission.
72. We affirm our commitment to strengthening the Peacebuilding
Commission through the 2025 review of the peacebuilding architecture to
bring a more strategic approach and greater coherence and impact to national
and international peacebuilding and sustaining peace efforts. We decide to:
(a) Enhance the role of the Commission as a platform for building and
sustaining peace, including through sharing good practices among Member
States and mobilizing political and financial support for national prevention,
sustaining peace and peacebuilding efforts, in particular to avoid possible
relapse into conflict, in accordance with the mandate of the Commission;
(b) Make greater use of the Commission to support Member States’
progress in their nationally owned and nationally-led peacebuilding,
sustaining peace and prevention efforts, and strengthen the advisory, bridging
and convening role of the Commission, and encourage the Commission to
consult with civil society, non-governmental organizations, including women’s
organizations, and the private sector engaged in peacebuilding activities, as
appropriate, in line with the mandate of the Commission;
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(c) Establish more systematic and strategic partnerships between the
Commission and international, regional and subregional organizations,
including the international financial institutions, to strengthen peacebuilding
and sustaining peace efforts and to mobilize financing for sustaining peace
and to help to align national development, peacebuilding and prevention
approaches;
(d) Ensure that the Commission plays a vital support role to countries
during and after the transition of a peace operation, in cooperation with the
Security Council and supported by United Nations country teams, upon the
request of the country concerned.
Action 45. We will strengthen the United Nations system.
73. We underline the importance of the United Nations system remaining
effective, efficient and impactful. We decide to:
(a) Achieve a more agile, responsive and resilient United Nations, in
particular by enhancing the Organization’s capabilities in innovation, data
analytics, digital transformation, strategic foresight and behavioural science
to better support Member States and deliver on its mandates;
(b) Commit to fully support and continue to strengthen the United
Nations development system, including the resident coordinator system, to
make it more strategic, responsive, accountable, collaborative and integrated
in supporting developing countries in the achievement of the 2030 Agenda
and addressing current, new and emerging challenges to sustainable
development, in accordance with the Charter, and in support of national
priorities and policies, including through United Nations Sustainable
Development Cooperation Frameworks, and call for increased adequate,
predictable and sustainable funding to achieve these goals;
(c) Ensure accessibility for persons with disabilities and disability
inclusion at the United Nations to allow their full, meaningful and effective
participation and equality in all aspects of the work of the United Nations;
(d) Stress the need for the selection and appointment process of United
Nations executive heads and senior positions to be guided by the principles
of transparency and inclusiveness, and carried out in accordance with all the
provisions of Article 101 of the Charter of the United Nations, with due regard
for recruiting staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible and gender
balance, and adhere to the general rule that there should be no monopoly on
senior posts in the United Nations system by nationals of any State or group
of States.
Action 46. We will ensure the effective enjoyment by all of all human rights
and respond to new and emerging challenges.
74. Following the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights and the thirtieth anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and
Programme of Action,
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we remain committed to promoting and protecting all
human rights and fundamental freedoms, including civil, political, economic,
social and cultural rights. This includes the right to development. We
recommit to realizing our respective obligations to respect, protect and fulfil
human rights and to implement all relevant international human rights
instruments. All human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and
interrelated. Human rights are mutually reinforcing and must be treated in a
fair and equal manner, on the same footing and with the same emphasis. The
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Sustainable Development Goals seek to realize the human rights of all.
Individuals and civil society institutions, including non-governmental
organizations, groups and national human rights institutions, where they exist,
engaged in the promotion and protection of all human rights and fundamental
freedoms for all, in accordance with national legislation consistent with the
Charter of the United Nations and international human rights law, must be
protected from any form of intimidation and reprisals, both online and offline.
We must continue to uphold human rights in the future by strengthening our
capabilities to respond to existing, new and emerging challenges to the
enjoyment of human rights. We decide to:
(a) Recall the mandate of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights, as outlined in resolution
48/141
of 20 December 1993, and
request the Secretary-General to assess the need for adequate, predictable,
increased and sustainable financing of the United Nations human rights
mechanisms, including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights, for efficient and effective mandate delivery to enable them
to respond to the range of human rights challenges facing the international
community with impartiality, objectivity and non-selectivity;
(b) Enhance coordination and cooperation among United Nations
entities working on human rights and avoid duplication of activities, within
their existing mandates, including through closer coordination with the Office
of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Action 47. We will accelerate reform of the international financial
architecture to address the challenges of today and tomorrow.
75. Reform of the international financial architecture is an important step
towards building greater trust in the multilateral system. We commend
ongoing reform efforts and call for even more urgent and ambitious action to
ensure that the international financial architecture becomes more efficient,
more equitable, fit for the world of today and responsive to the challenges
faced by developing countries in closing the Sustainable Development Goal
financing gap. The reform of the international financial architecture should
place the 2030 Agenda at its centre, with an unwavering commitment to
investing in the eradication of poverty in all its forms and dimensions. We
decide to:
(a) Continue to pursue deeper reforms of the international financial
architecture to turbocharge implementation of the 2030 Agenda and achieve
a more inclusive, just, peaceful, resilient and sustainable world for people and
planet, for present and future generations.
Action 48. We will accelerate reform of the international financial
architecture to strengthen the voice and representation of developing
countries.
76. We acknowledge the important role of the United Nations in global
economic governance, recognizing that the United Nations and the
international financial institutions have complementary mandates that make
the coordination of their actions crucial, while fully respecting existing
governance mechanisms and mandates independent of the United Nations
that preside over specific organizations and rules. We note with appreciation
the initiative to convene a biennial summit at the level of Heads of State and
Government to strengthen existing and establish more systematic links and
coordination between the United Nations and the international financial
institutions and we stress the importance of inclusive participation. We
recognize the importance of continuing to pursue governance reforms at the
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international financial institutions and multilateral development banks. We
underscore the need to enhance the representation and voice of developing
countries in global economic decision-making, norm-setting and global
economic governance at international economic and financial institutions,
including the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, to deliver more
effective, credible, accountable and legitimate institutions. We welcome steps
to improve the voice and representation of developing countries, and the
creation of a twenty-fifth chair on the International Monetary Fund Executive
Board for sub-Saharan Africa and recent changes to quotas and voting power.
We underscore the importance of improving diversity and gender
representation in the executive boards, senior management and staff
positions. These steps can equip these institutions to better address global
challenges. We decide to:
(a) Encourage the Board of the International Monetary Fund to take
further steps to continue to support a strong, quota-based and adequately
resourced institution and improve the voice and representation of developing
countries, in particular through the ongoing work of the Executive Board of the
Fund to develop by June 2025 possible approaches as a guide for further
quota realignment, including through a new quota formula, under the
seventeenth general review of quotas, while protecting the quota shares o f the
poorest members;
(b) Urge the governing bodies of the World Bank and other multilateral
development banks to take further steps to achieve robust and broader
representation, voice and participation of developing countries, while fully
recognizing ongoing efforts in this regard.
Action 49. We will accelerate reform of the international financial
architecture to mobilize additional financing for the Sustainable
Development Goals, respond to the needs of developing countries and
direct financing to those most in need.
77. Developing countries require enhanced access to financing from all
sources to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Flows of capital to
many developing countries are falling, and more capital is leaving many
developing countries than is coming in. Multilateral development banks play a
vital role in supporting sustainable development and the achievement of the
Goals and are critical to increasing countries’ access to finance on more
affordable terms and helping to unlock private sector investment. We welcome
ongoing reform efforts of the multilateral development banks to mobilize
greater financing for the 2030 Agenda, recognizing that further reforms of the
banks are urgently needed, in addition to the strengthening of domestic
resource mobilization and domestic policy and regulatory environments. We
decide to:
(a) Deliver a robust and impactful twenty-first replenishment of the
International Development Association that includes contributions and strong
policy commitments from both new and existing donors that significantly
increase the resources of the Association, and work towards establishing a
pathway to significantly and sustainably increase the Association by the 2030
replenishment;
(b) Urge multilateral development banks to accelerate the pace of
reforms to their missions and visions, incentive structures, operational
approaches and financial capacity, and to consider additional steps to
increase the availability of finance, provide policy support and technical
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assistance to developing countries to address global challenges and to
achieve the Sustainable Development Goals;
(c) Urge multilateral development banks’ governing boards and
management to enable additional finance from the banks’ own balance sheets
by fully implementing, where relevant and appropriate, the recommendations
from the Group of 20 independent review of multilateral development banks’
capital adequacy frameworks, including reflecting the value of callable capital
in multilateral development bank capital adequacy frameworks and issuing
hybrid capital at scale, while ensuring financial sustainability of res pective
multilateral development banks;
(d) Encourage the boards of multilateral development banks to
consider scheduling further general capital increases, while recognizing
recent capital contributions, if needed;
(e) Invite the multilateral development banks, in consultation with the
Secretary-General, to present options and recommendations on new
approaches to improve access to concessional finance for developing
countries, with full respect for the independent mandate and authorities of the
respective governing body of each multilateral development bank and request
the Secretary-General to update Member States on progress;
(f) Note the work of the international financial institutions,
international organizations and multilateral development banks to consider
structural vulnerability and invite them to consider using the multidimensional
vulnerability index, as appropriate, as a complement to their existing practices
and policies in line with their respective mandates;
(g) Call on multilateral development banks to provide timely support to
developing countries by increasing and optimizing long-term concessional
finance, including lending in local currencies, as well as the design, financing
and scaling up of country-owned and -driven innovative mechanisms.
Action 50. We will accelerate the reform of the international financial
architecture so that countries can borrow sustainably to invest in their
long-term development.
78. Borrowing is vital for countries to invest in their long-term development.
Countries must be able to borrow sustainably, and have access to credit on
affordable terms, while ensuring full transparency. We are deeply concerned
by the emergence of unsustainable debt burdens and vulnerabilities in many
developing countries, and the constraint this imposes on their development
progress. We recognize the importance of strengthening the safeguards to
prevent these situations from occurring. We underline the importance of
reforms to existing multilateral processes to facilitate collective action to
prevent debt crises, and facilitate debt restructuring and debt relief, when
appropriate, taking into account evolving trends in the global debt landscape.
We decide to:
(a) Strengthen the multilateral response to support countries with high
and unsustainable debt burdens, with the meaningful participation of the
countries concerned and all relevant actors, ensuring an approach that is
more effective, orderly, predictable, coordinated, transparent and timely to
enable those countries to escape debt overhang and prioritize government
expenditure on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals;
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(b) Invite the International Monetary Fund to undertake a review of
ways to strengthen and improve the sovereign debt architecture, building on
existing international processes, in collaboration with the Secretary -General,
the World Bank, the Group of 20 and major bilateral creditors, and debtors, and
request that the Secretary-General update Member States on progress and
present proposals on this issue;
(c) Take note of the Secretary-General’s efforts to engage with credit
rating agencies on their role in sustainable development and request the
Secretary-General keep Member States updated on these discussions;
(d) Improve and continue to implement the Group of 20 Common
Framework for Debt Treatments to enable effective, predictable, coordinated,
timely and orderly restructuring processes and encourage steps to ensure
comparability of treatment of sovereign and private creditors;
(e) Promote, where appropriate, the use of state-contingent clauses in
lending, including climate-resilient debt clauses when lending to developing
countries vulnerable to hazards, including the adverse impact of climate
change;
(f) Promote greater use of debt swaps for the Sustainable
Development Goals, including debt swaps for climate or nature, to developing
countries, as appropriate.
Action 51. We will accelerate the reform of the international financial
architecture to strengthen its capacity to support developing countries
more effectively and equitably during systemic shocks and make the
financial system more stable.
79. The growing frequency and intensity of global economic shocks has set
back progress on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. We
recognize the role of special drawing rights in strengthening the global
financial safety net in a world prone to systemic shocks, and their potential
contribution to greater global financial stability. We welcome the pledges to
rechannel over 100 billion dollars worth of special drawing rights, or
equivalent contributions, to developing countries while stressing the urgency
of delivering on these pledges to developing countries as rapidly as possible.
We decide to:
(a) Call on countries that are in a position to do so to voluntarily
rechannel special drawing rights from the 2021 allocation, and for those
countries to also consider rechannelling at least half of their special drawing
rights, including through multilateral development banks, while respecting
relevant legal frameworks and preserving the reserve asset character of
special drawing rights;
(b) Encourage the International Monetary Fund to explore all options to
continue to strengthen the global financial safety net to support developing
countries to better respond to macroeconomic shocks and consider the
feasibility of expediting issuances of special drawing rights and facilitating
prompt, voluntary rechannelling to developing countries during future
financial crises and systemic shocks;
(c) Welcome the ongoing review by the International Monetary Fund of
its surcharge policy;
(d) Promote financial stability through international cooperation on,
and consistent regulation of, banks and other financial service entities.
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Action 52. We will accelerate the reform of the international financial
architecture so that it can meet the urgent challenge of climate change.
80. Climate change and biodiversity loss exacerbate many of the challenges
facing the international financial architecture and can undermine progress
towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Developing countries should
have access to finance to be able to pursue their interrelated objectives of
achieving sustainable development, including poverty eradication and
promoting sustainable, inclusive, resilient economic growth, and addressing
climate change. Investment in sustainable development and climate act ion is
essential. The international financial architecture should continue to channel
and increase additional financing towards both sustainable development and
climate action. Developing countries face increasing financing needs,
especially those particularly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate
change, leading to a growing demand for finance. We decide to:
(a) Call on multilateral development banks and other development
finance institutions to increase the availability, accessibility and impact of
climate finance to developing countries, while safeguarding the additionality
of climate finance, to support developing countries to implement their
national plans and strategies to address climate change;
(b) Call on multilateral development banks to mobilize additional
financing to support adaptation and deploy and develop renewable, low- and
zero-emission and energy-efficiency technologies in line with existing
commitments;
(c) Call on international financial institutions and other relevant entities
to improve the assessment and management of risks, including climate -
related financial risks, support steps to address the high cost of capital for
developing countries and provide policy support to help to better manage and
reduce risks;
(d) Encourage the private sector, especially large corporations, to
contribute to sustainability and protecting our planet and the achievement of
the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, including through
partnership-based approaches, to scale up support to developing countries
and enable climate action.
Action 53. We will develop a framework on measures of progress on
sustainable development to complement and go beyond gross domestic
product.
81. We recognize that sustainable development must be pursued in a
balanced and integrated manner. We reaffirm the need to urgently develop
measures of progress on sustainable development that complement or go
beyond gross domestic product. These measures should reflect progress on
the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable
development, including in the consideration of informing access to
development finance and technical cooperation. We decide to:
(a) Request the Secretary-General to establish an independent high-
level expert group to develop recommendations for a limited number of
country-owned and universally applicable indicators of sustainable
development that complement and go beyond gross domestic product, in
close consultation with Member States and relevant stakeholders, taking into
account the work of the Statistical Commission, building on the global
indicator framework for the Sustainable Development Goals and targets of the
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2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to present the outcome of its
work during the eightieth session of the General Assembly;
(b) Initiate a United Nations-led intergovernmental process following
the completion of the work of the independent high-level expert group in
consultation with relevant stakeholders, including the Statistical Commission,
international financial institutions, multilateral development banks and
regional commissions, in line with their respective mandates, on measures of
progress on sustainable development that complement or go beyond gross
domestic product, considering the recommendations of the Secretary -
General’s high-level expert group.
Action 54. We will strengthen the international response to complex global
shocks.
82. We recognize the need for a more coherent, cooperative, coordinated and
multidimensional international response to complex global shocks and the
central role of the United Nations in this regard. Complex global shocks are
events that have severely disruptive and adverse consequences for a
significant proportion of countries and the global population, and that lead to
impacts across multiple sectors, requiring a multidimensional and whole -of-
government, whole-of-society response. Complex global shocks have a
disproportionate impact on the poorest and most vulnerable people in the
world and usually have disastrous consequences for sustainable
development and prosperity. An armed conflict does not by itself constitute a
complex global shock, but conflict could, in some cases, lead to impacts
across multiple sectors. The principles of national ownership and consent,
equity, solidarity and cooperation will guide our future responses to complex
global shocks, with full respect for international law, including the Charter and
its purposes and principles, and existing mandates for United Nations
intergovernmental bodies and processes, United Nations system entities and
specialized agencies. We will uphold the Secretary-General’s role to, inter alia,
convene Member States, promote the coordination of the whole multilateral
system and engage with relevant stakeholders in response to crises. We
request the Secretary-General to:
(a) Consider approaches to strengthen the United Nations system
response to complex global shocks, within existing authorities and in
consultation with Member States, that supports, complements and does not
duplicate the response of the United Nations principal organs, relevant United
Nations entities, United Nations coordination entities and mechanisms, and
specialized agencies mandated to respond to emergencies, and with full
respect for the mandated coordination role of the United Nations in response
to humanitarian emergencies.
Action 55. We will strengthen our partnerships to deliver on existing
commitments and address new and emerging challenges.
83. We recognize the importance of the United Nations engagement with
national parliaments and relevant stakeholders, while preserving the
intergovernmental character of the Organization. The challenges we face
require cooperation not only across borders but also across the whole of
society. Our efforts must involve Governments as well as parliaments, the
United Nations system and other international institutions, local authorities,
Indigenous Peoples, civil society, business and the private sector, faith -based
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organizations, the scientific and academic communities, and all people to
ensure an effective response to our common challenges. We decide to:
(a) Ensure that relevant stakeholders can meaningfully participate
,
in
their respective roles and responsibilities, in accordance with relevant rules of
procedure, in relevant United Nations processes and that Member States have
access to the views and expertise of those partners;
(b) Leverage existing channels and strengthen communication
between United Nations intergovernmental bodies and civil society, allowing
for ongoing dialogue and exchange of information;
(c) Encourage the contribution of the private sector to addressing
global challenges and strengthen its accountability towards the
implementation of United Nations frameworks;
(d) Deepen United Nations engagement with national parliaments in
United Nations intergovernmental bodies and processes, in accordance with
national legislation, including through building on the efforts of the United
Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union to engage parliamentarians to
maintain support for the implementation of relevant United Nations
agreements and resolutions;
(e) Request the Secretary-General to provide recommendations on how
engagement with local and regional authorities could advance the 2030
Agenda, particularly the localization of the Sustainable Development Goals, by
the end of the seventy-ninth session for Member States’ consideration;
(f) Enhance cooperation between the United Nations and regional,
subregional and other organizations, within their respective mandates, which
will be critical to maintaining international peace and security, promoting and
protecting human rights and achieving sustainable development.
Action 56. We will strengthen international cooperation for the exploration
and use of outer space for peaceful purposes and for the benefit of all
humanity.
84. The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 identifies the exploration and use of
outer space as the province of all humankind. Humanity’s reliance on space is
increasing day by day and the Outer Space Treaty must be recognized as the
cornerstone of the international legal regime governing outer space activities.
We are living through an age of increased access to and activities in outer
space. The growth in the number of objects in outer space, the return of
humans to deep space, and our expanding reliance on outer space systems
demand urgent action. The safe and sustainable use of space plays a critical
role in the achievement of the 2030 Agenda. The opportunities for people and
planet are enormous, but there are also risks that must be managed. We
encourage the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space to further
consult on the proposal to hold a fourth United Nations Conference on the
Peaceful Exploration of Outer Space (UNISPACE IV) in 2027. We decide to:
(a) Reaffirm the importance of the widest possible adherence to and
full compliance with the 1967 Outer Space Treaty and discuss the
establishment of new frameworks for space traffic, space debris and space
resources through the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space;
(b) Invite the engagement of relevant private sector, civil society and
other relevant stakeholders, where appropriate and applicable, to contribute
to intergovernmental processes related to the increased safety and
sustainability of outer space.
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Annex I
Global Digital Compact
1.
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.
2.
We can only achieve this through strengthened international cooperation
that closes all digital divides between and within countries. We recognize the
challenges that these divides pose for many countries, in particular
developing countries, which have pressing development needs and limited
resources.
3.
We recognize that the pace and power of emerging technologies are
creating new possibilities but also new risks for humanity, some of which are
not yet fully known. We recognize the need to identify and mitigate risks and
to ensure human oversight of technology in ways that advance sustainable
development and the full enjoyment of human rights.
4.
Our goal is an inclusive, open, sustainable, fair, safe and secure digital
future for all. This Global Digital Compact sets out the objectives, principles,
commitments and actions we undertake to achieve it in the non-military
domain.
5.
We have strong foundations on which to build. Our digital cooperation
rests on international law, including the Charter of the United Nations,
international human rights law and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development.
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We remain committed to the outcomes of the World Summit
on the Information Society reflected in the Geneva Declaration of Principles
and Plan of Action
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and the Tunis Agenda for the Information Society.
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The
United Nations provides a critical platform for the global digital cooperation
we need, and we will harness existing processes to do so.
6.
Our cooperation must be agile and adaptable to the rapidly changing
digital landscape. As Governments, we will work in collaboration and
partnership with the private sector, civil society, international organizations,
the technical and academic communities and all other stakeholders, within
their respective roles and responsibilities, to realize the digital future we seek.
Objectives
7.
To achieve our goal, we will pursue the following objectives:
1.
Close all digital divides and accelerate progress across the
Sustainable Development Goals;
2.
Expand inclusion in and benefits from the digital economy for all;
3.
Foster an inclusive, open, safe and secure digital space that
respects, protects and promote human rights;
4.
Advance responsible, equitable and interoperable data governance
approaches;
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Resolution
70/1.
See
A/C.2/59/3,
annex.
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A/60/687.
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5.
Enhance international governance of artificial intelligence for the
benefit of humanity.
Principles
8.
Our digital cooperation will be guided by the purposes and principles of
the Charter of the United Nations and the following cross-cutting and mutually
reinforcing principles:
(a) The inclusive participation of all States and other stakeholders is
the cornerstone of this Compact. Our cooperation will close the digital divides
within and between States and advance an equitable digital environment for
all;
(b) This Compact is development-oriented and rooted in the 2030
Agenda. Our cooperation will harness technologies to fast-track progress,
eradicate poverty and leave no one behind. This includes targeted efforts to
address the needs of developing countries, in particular the least developed
countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing
States, as well as the specific challenges facing middle-income countries;
(c) This Compact is anchored in international law, including
international human rights law. All human rights, including civil, political,
economic, social and cultural rights, and fundamental freedoms, must be
respected, protected and promoted online and offline. Our cooperation will
harness digital technologies to advance all human rights, including the rights
of the child, the rights of persons with disabilities and the right to
development;
(d) Gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls and
their full, equal and meaningful participation in the digital space are essential
to close the gender digital divide and advance sustainable development. Our
cooperation will empower all women and girls, encourage leadership of
women, mainstream a gender perspective and counter and eliminate all forms
of violence, including sexual and gender-based violence that occurs through
or is amplified by the use of technology;
(e) Digital technologies unlock new capabilities and opportunities for
advancing environmental sustainability. Our cooperation will leverage digital
technologies for sustainability while minimizing their negative environmental
impacts;
(f) Equitable and meaningful inclusion in the digital economy requires
tackling existing concentrations of technological capacity and market power.
Our cooperation will aim to ensure that the benefits of digital cooperation are
fairly distributed and do not exacerbate existing inequalities or impede the full
achievement of sustainable development;
(g) Accessible and affordable data and digital technologies and
services are essential to enable every person to participate fully in the digital
world. Our cooperation will promote digital accessibility for all and support
linguistic and cultural diversity in the digital space;
(h) Digital systems that communicate and exchange are critical
catalysts for development. Our cooperation will advance interoperability
between digital systems and compatible governance approaches;
(i) Safe, secure and trustworthy emerging technologies, including
artificial intelligence, offer new opportunities to turbocharge development.
Our cooperation will advance a responsible, accountable, transparent and
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human-centric approach to the life cycle of digital and emerging technologies,
which includes the pre-design, design, development, evaluation, testing,
deployment, use, sale, procurement, operation and decommissioning stages,
with effective human oversight;
(j) Creativity and competition drive digital advances. Our cooperation
will foster innovation and the potential for societies and businesses,
regardless of size or origin, to reap the benefits of digitalization and thrive in
the digital economy;
(k) Governments, the private sector, civil society, the technical
community, academia and international and regional organizations, in their
respective roles and responsibilities, are essential to advance an inclusive,
open, safe and secure digital future. Our cooperation will be multi-stakeholder
and harness the contributions of all;
(l) We will enhance partnerships to ensure the provision of the required
means of implementation to developing countries, including the mobilization
of financial resources, capacity-building and the transfer of technology on
mutually agreed terms;
(m) The digital world is evolving at pace. Our cooperation must be
forward-looking and capable of identifying, anticipating, assessing,
monitoring and adapting to emerging technologies so that we can seize
opportunities and respond to new and emerging risks and challenges.
Commitments and actions
9.
We commit to pursue meaningful and measurable actions to achieve our
objectives.
Objective 1. Close all digital divides and accelerate progress across the
Sustainable Development Goals
Connectivity
10. We acknowledge the pivotal role of universal and meaningful
connectivity and affordable access in unlocking the full potential of digital and
emerging technologies. We commit to connect all persons to the Internet. We
recognize that this will require strong partnerships and increased financial
investments in developing countries from Governments and other
stakeholders, in particular the private sector. We affirm the important role of
the International Telecommunication Union in advancing universal and
meaningful connectivity and invite it to further continue its efforts. We
recognize that innovative solutions can help deliver high-speed connectivity
to, inter alia, underserved, remote and rural areas.
11. We commit, by 2030, to:
(a) Develop and strengthen targets, indicators and metrics for universal
meaningful and affordable connectivity, building on existing work, and
integrate these into international, regional and national development
strategies (SDG 9);
(b) Develop innovative and blended financing mechanisms and
incentives, including in collaboration with Governments, multilateral
development banks, relevant international organizations and the private
sector, to connect the remaining 2.6 billion people to the Internet and to
improve the quality and affordability of connectivity. We will aim for entry-level
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broadband subscription costs that are accessible to the widest section of the
population (SDGs 1 and 9);
(c) Invest in and deploy resilient digital infrastructure, including
satellites and local network initiatives, that provide safe and secure network
coverage to all areas, including rural, remote and “hard-to-reach” areas, and
promote equitable access to satellite orbits, taking into account the needs of
developing countries. We will aim for universal access at affordable rates and
at sufficient speeds as well as reliability to enable meaningful use of the
Internet (SDGs 9 and 11);
(d) Map and connect all schools and hospitals to the Internet, building
on the Giga initiative of the International Telecommunication Union and the
United Nations Children’s Fund, and enhance telemedicine services and
capabilities (SDGs 3 and 4);
(e) Promote sustainability across the life cycle of digital technologies,
including context-specific measures to increase resource efficiency and to
conserve and sustainably use natural resources and that aim to ensure that
digital infrastructure and equipment are sustainably designed to address
environmental challenges in the context of sustainable development and
efforts to eradicate poverty (SDGs 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13 and 14);
(f) Include the needs of people in vulnerable situations and those in
underserved, rural and remote areas in the development and implementation
of national and local digital connectivity strategies (SDGs 10 and 11);
(g) Mainstream a gender perspective in digital connectivity strategies
to address structural and systematic barriers to meaningful, safe and
affordable digital connectivity for all women and girls (SDG 5).
Digital literacy, skills and capacities
12. To fully harness the benefits of digital connectivity, we must ensure that
people can meaningfully and securely use the Internet and safely navigate the
digital space. We recognize the importance of digital skills and lifelong access
to digital learning opportunities, taking into account the specific social,
cultural and linguistic needs of each society and persons of all ages and
backgrounds. We recognize the need to scale up international cooperation
and financing for digital capacity development in developing countries and to
support the development of local content and content relevant to local
realities online and retain talent.
13. We commit, by 2030, to:
(a) Establish and support national digital skills strategies, adapt teacher
training and education curricula and provide for adult training programmes for
the digital age. Our aim is maximum coverage of basic digital skills for as many
as possible, while also advancing intermediate or advanced digital skills (SDGs
4 and 5);
(b) Increase the availability, accessibility and affordability of digital
technology platforms, services, software and educational curricula in diverse
languages and formats, as well as accessible user interfaces for persons with
disabilities (SDGs 4 and 10);
(c) Target and tailor capacity-building for women and girls, children and
youth, as well as older persons, persons with disabilities, migrants, refugees
and internally displaced persons, Indigenous Peoples and those in vulnerable
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situations, and ensure their meaningful engagement in the design and
implementation of programmes (SDGs 5 and 10);
(d) Develop and undertake national digital inclusion surveys with data
disaggregated by income, sex, age, race, ethnicity, migration status, disability
and geographical location and other characteristics relevant in national
contexts, to identify learning gaps and inform priorities in specific contexts
(SDGs 5 and 10);
(e) Prioritize and set targets for the development of digital
competencies of public officials and institutions to enact, develop and
implement strategies and policies for inclusive, secure and user -centred
digital public services, including the development of skills and capacity to
ensure the safe, secure and resilient functioning of digital systems, networks
and data (SDG 16);
(f) Develop vocational, upskilling and reskilling training for workers in
occupations impacted by digitalization and automation to mitigate potential
negative consequences for workforces and promote decent work (SDG 8);
(g) Develop interoperable digital competency frameworks and training
standards to facilitate pooling of training resources, the mobilization of public
and private funds in support of capacity-building and its continuous
adaptation to address rapid technological change and the prevention of brain
drain (SDGs 4 and 17);
(h) Support efforts to provide opportunities for quality and inclusive
science, technology, engineering and mathematics education and research
and promote women’s and girls’ participation in all roles and at all levels (SDG
4).
Digital public goods and digital public infrastructure
14. We recognize that digital public goods, which include open-source
software, open data, open artificial intelligence models, open standards and
open content that adhere to privacy and other applicable international laws,
standards and best practices and do no harm, empower societies and
individuals to direct digital technologies to their development needs and can
facilitate digital cooperation and investment.
15. Resilient, safe, inclusive and interoperable digital public infrastructure
has the potential to deliver services at scale and increase social and economic
opportunities for all. We recognize that there are multiple models of digital
public infrastructure, and that each society will develop and use shared digital
systems according to its specific priorities and needs. Transparent, safe and
secure digital systems and user-centred safeguards can promote public trust
and use of digital services.
16. We consider such digital public goods and digital public infrastructure to
be key drivers of inclusive digital transformation and innovation. We recognize
the need to increase investment in their successful development with the
participation of all stakeholders.
17. We commit by, 2030, to:
(a) Develop, disseminate and maintain, through multi-stakeholder
cooperation, safe and secure open-source software, open data, open artificial
intelligence models and open standards that benefit society as a whole ( SDGs
8, 9 and 10);
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(b) Promote the adoption of open standards and interoperability to
facilitate the use of digital public goods across different platforms and
systems (all SDGs);
(c) Develop and decide on a set of safeguards for inclusive,
responsible, safe, secure and user-centred digital public infrastructure that
can be implemented in different contexts (SDG 16);
(d) Exchange and make publicly available best practices and use cases
of digital public infrastructure to inform Governments, the private sector and
other stakeholders, building on existing United Nations and other repositories
(SDGs 16 and 17);
(e) Increase investment and funding towards the development of
digital public goods and digital public infrastructure, especially in developing
countries (SDG 17);
(f) Encourage the formation of partnerships that bring together
Governments, the private sector, civil society, technical and academic
communities and international and regional organizations to design, launch
and support initiatives that leverage digital public goods and digital public
infrastructure to advance solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDG 17).
Objective 2. Expand inclusion in and benefits from the digital economy for
all
18. We recognize that equitable and affordable access to digital
technologies can unlock the potential of the digital economy for every society.
We recognize digital access to encompass opportunities for the acquisition
and development of knowledge, research and capacity as well as technology
transfers on mutually agreed terms.
19. Advancing digital inclusion requires a predictable and transparent
enabling environment that encompasses policy, legal and regulatory
frameworks that support innovation, protect consumer rights, nurture digital
talent and skills, promote fair competition and digital entrepreneurship, and
enhance consumer confidence and trust in the digital economy. Such
environments, at international and national levels, enhance productivity,
facilitate the growth of e-commerce, improve competitiveness, accelerate
digital transformation and support investment and the transfer of digital
technologies on mutually agreed terms to developing countries.
20. We consider that robust standards and capacity to ensure the safe,
secure and resilient functioning of digital systems, networks and data are also
essential to facilitate commercial transactions and enable safe, secure and
trustworthy online environments.
21. We commit by, 2030, to:
(a) Foster an open, fair, inclusive and non-discriminatory digital
environment for all that enables micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises
to access and compete in the digital economy (SDG 9);
(b) Support international, regional and national efforts to develop
enabling environments for digital transformation, including predictable and
transparent policy, legal and regulatory frameworks, and sharing of best
practices (SDGs 10 and 16);
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(c) Conduct national and regional assessments to inform actions to
address gaps and needs in digital transformation and strengthen the
collection and use of data to inform decision-making (all SDGs);
(d) Call on all stakeholders, where requested, to provide technical
assistance to developing countries, in line with national digital transformation
policies and priorities (SDG 17);
(e) Maintain stable and resilient supply chains of global digital
products and services (SDGs 8 and 9);
(f) Promote knowledge-sharing and technology transfer initiatives on
mutually agreed terms (SDG 17);
(g) Encourage North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation,
including among universities, research institutes and the private sector to
accelerate digital knowledge development and access to research capacity
(SDG 17);
(h) Exchange knowledge and best practices on digital enterprise to
support innovation programmes and local technological solutions in
developing countries (SDG 9);
(i) Foster innovation and entrepreneurship, including among women,
youth, and other underrepresented entrepreneurs with the goal of increasing
the number of digital start-ups and micro-, small and medium-sized
enterprises in developing countries and facilitate their access to markets
through the use of digital technologies (SDGs 8 and 9);
(j) Promote capacity-building to ensure the safe, secure and resilient
functioning of digital systems, networks and data in digital transformation
efforts (SDG 9).
Objective 3. Foster an inclusive, open, safe and secure digital space that
respects, protects and promotes human rights
Human rights
22. We commit to respect, protect and promote human rights in the digital
space. We will uphold international human rights law throughout the life cycle
of digital and emerging technologies so that users can safely benefit from
digital technologies and are protected from violations, abuses and all forms
of discrimination. We recognize the responsibilities of all stakeholders in this
endeavour and also call on the private sector to apply the United Nations
Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
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23. We commit to:
(a) Ensure that the development and implementation of national
legislation relevant to digital technologies is compliant with obligations under
international law, including international human rights law (all SDGs);
(b) Establish appropriate safeguards to prevent and address any
adverse impact on human rights arising from the use of digital and emerging
technologies and protect individuals against violations and abuses of their
human rights in the digital space, including through human rights due
diligence and establishing effective oversight and remedy mechanisms (all
SDGs);
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(c) Strengthen legal and policy frameworks to protect the rights of the
child in the digital space, in line with international human rights law, including
the Convention on the Rights of the Child
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(all SDGs);
(d) Refrain from imposing restrictions on the free flow of information
and ideas that are inconsistent with obligations under international law (all
SDGs).
24. We acknowledge the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights’ ongoing efforts to provide, through an advisory service on
human rights in the digital space, upon request and within existing mandate
and with voluntary resources, expert advice and practical guidance on human
rights and technology issues.
25. We call on:
(a) Digital technology companies and developers to respect
international human rights and principles, including through the application of
human rights due diligence and impact assessments throughout the
technology life cycle (all SDGs);
(b) Digital technology companies, developers and social media
platforms to respect human rights online, be accountable for and take
measures to mitigate and prevent abuses, and to provide access to effective
remedy in line with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and
Human Rights and other relevant frameworks (SDGs 5, 10 and 16).
Internet governance
26. We recognize that the Internet is a critical global facility for inclusive and
equitable digital transformation. To fully benefit all, it must be open, global,
interoperable, stable and secure.
27. We recognize that Internet governance must continue to be global and
multi-stakeholder in nature, with the full involvement of Governments, the
private sector, civil society, international organizations, technical and
academic communities and all other relevant stakeholders in accordance with
their respective roles and responsibilities. We reaffirm that Internet
governance should continue to follow the provisions set forth in the outcomes
of the summits held in Geneva and Tunis, including in relation to enhanced
cooperation.
28. We acknowledge the importance of the Internet Governance Forum as
the primary multi-stakeholder platform for discussion of Internet governance
issues.
29. We commit to:
(a) Promote an open, global, interoperable and reliable Internet and
take concrete steps to maintain a safe, secure and enabling online
environment for all (SDG 9);
(b) Support the Internet Governance Forum, including through
continued efforts to increase diverse participation from Governments and
other stakeholders from developing countries and the provision of voluntary
funding also to this end (SDGs 9 and 10);
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(c) Promote international cooperation among all stakeholders to
prevent, identify and address risks of fragmentation of the Internet in a timely
manner (SDG 16);
(d) Refrain from Internet shutdowns and measures that target Internet
access (SDG 16).
Digital trust and safety
30. We must urgently counter and address all forms of violence, including
sexual and gender-based violence, which occurs through or is amplified by the
use of technology, all forms of hate speech and discrimination,
misinformation and disinformation, cyberbullying and child sexual
exploitation and abuse. We will establish and maintain robust risk mitigation
and redress measures that also protect privacy and freedom of expression.
31. We commit by, 2030 to:
(a) Create a safe and secure online space for all users that ensures
their mental health and well-being by defining and adopting common
standards, guidelines and industry actions that are in compliance with
international law, promote safe civic spaces and address content on digital
platforms that causes harm to individuals, taking into account work under way
by United Nations entities, regional organizations and multi-stakeholder
initiatives (SDGs 3, 5, 9, 10, 16 and 17);
(b) Prioritize the development and implementation of national online
child safety policies and standards, in compliance with international human
rights law, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child (SDGs 3, 5 and
10);
(c) Establish regular collaboration between national online safety
institutions to exchange best practices and develop shared understandings of
actions to protect privacy, freedom of expression and access to information
while addressing harms (SDG 17);
(d) Ensure that laws and regulations on the use of technology in areas
such as surveillance and encryption are in compliance with international law
(SDGs 10 and 16);
(e) Develop, in consultation with all relevant stakeholders, effective
methodologies to measure, monitor and counter all forms of violence and
abuse in the digital space (SDGs 5 and 16);
(f) Monitor and review digital platform policies and practices on
countering child sexual exploitation and abuse which occurs through or is
amplified by the use of technology, including distribution over digital
platforms of child sexual abuse or child sexual exploitation material, as well
as solicitation or grooming for the purpose of committing a sexual offence
against a child (SDG 3).
32. We further urgently:
(a) Call on digital technology companies and developers to engage with
users of all backgrounds and abilities to incorporate their perspectives and
needs into the life cycle of digital technologies (SDGs 5 and 10);
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(b) Call on digital technology companies and developers to co-develop
industry accountability frameworks, in consultation with Governments and
other stakeholders, that increase transparency around their systems and
processes, define responsibilities and commit to standards as well as
auditable public reports (SDGs 9 and 17);
(c) Call on digital technology companies and social media platforms to
provide online safety-related training materials and safeguards to their users,
and in particular, related to children and youth users (SDG 3);
(d) Call on social media platforms to establish safe, secure and
accessible reporting mechanisms for users and their advocates to report
potential policy violations, including special reporting mechanisms adapted
to children and persons with disabilities (SDG 3).
Information integrity
33. Access to relevant, reliable and accurate information and knowledge is
essential for an inclusive, open, safe and secure digital space. We recognize
that digital and emerging technologies can facilitate the manipulation of and
interference with information in ways that are harmful to societies and
individuals, and negatively affect the enjoyment of human rights and
fundamental freedoms as well as the attainment of the Sustainable
Development Goals.
34. We will work together to promote information integrity, tolerance and
respect in the digital space, as well as to protect the integrity of democratic
processes. We will strengthen international cooperation to address the
challenge of misinformation and disinformation and hate speech online and
mitigate the risks of information manipulation in a manner consistent with
international law.
35. We commit, by 2030 to:
(a) Design and roll out digital media and information literacy curricula
to ensure that all users have the skills and knowledge to safely and critically
interact with content and with information providers and to enhance resilience
against the harmful impacts of misinformation and disinformation (SDGs 3
and 4);
(b) Promote diverse and resilient information ecosystems, including by
strengthening independent and public media and supporting journalists and
media workers (SDGs 9 and 16);
(c) Provide, promote and facilitate access to and dissemination of
independent, fact-based, timely, targeted, clear, accessible, multilingual and
science-based information to counter misinformation and disinformation
(SDGs 3, 4, 9 and 16);
(d) Promote access to relevant, reliable and accurate information in
crisis situations, to protect and empower those in vulnerable situations (SDG
10);
(e) Encourage United Nations entities, in collaboration with
Governments and relevant stakeholders, to assess the impact of
misinformation and disinformation on the achievement of the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDG 17).
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36. We further urgently:
(a) Call on digital technology companies and social media platforms to
enhance the transparency and accountability of their systems, including terms
of service, content moderation and recommendation algorithms and handling
of users’ personal data in local languages, to empower users to make
informed choices and provide or withdraw informed consent (SDGs 9 and 10);
(b) Call on social media platforms to provide researchers access to
data, with safeguards for user privacy, to ensure transparency and
accountability to build an evidence base on how to address misinformation
and disinformation and hate speech that can inform government and industry
policies, standards and best practices (SDGs 9, 16 and 17);
(c) Call on digital technology companies and developers to continue to
develop solutions and publicly communicate actions to counter potential
harms, including hate speech and discrimination, from artificial intelligence -
enabled content. Such measures include incorporation of safeguards into
artificial intelligence model training processes, identification of artificial
intelligence-generated material, authenticity certification for content and
origins, labelling, watermarking and other techniques (SDGs 10, 16 and 17).
Objective 4. Advance responsible, equitable and interoperable data
governance approaches
Data privacy and security
37. We recognize that responsible and interoperable data governance is
essential to advance development objectives, protect human rights, foster
innovation and promote economic growth. The increasing collection, sharing
and processing of data, including in artificial intelligence systems, may
amplify risks in the absence of effective personal data protection and privacy
norms.
38. We recognize the urgent need for strengthened data governance
cooperation at all levels with the effective, equitable and meaningful
participation of all countries and in consultation with relevant stakeholders to
unlock the full potential of digital and emerging technologies. We recognize
that this will require capacity-building for developing countries and the
development and implementation of data governance frameworks at all levels
that maximize the benefits of data use while protecting privacy and securing
data. We call on the United Nations system to play a role in promoting
capacity-building for responsible and interoperable data governance.
39. We commit, by 2030, to:
(a) Draw on existing international and regional guidelines on the
protection of privacy in the development of data governance frameworks (all
SDGs);
(b) Strengthen support to all countries to develop effective and
interoperable national data governance frameworks (all SDGs);
(c) Empower individuals and groups with the ability to consider, give
and withdraw their consent to the use of their data and the ability to choose
how those data are used, including through legally mandated protections for
data privacy and intellectual property (SDGs 10 and 16);
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(d) Ensure that data collection, access, sharing, transfer, storage and
processing practices are safe, secure and proportionate for necessary, explicit
and legitimate purposes, in compliance with international law (all SDGs);
(e) Develop skilled workforces capable of collecting, processing,
analysing, storing and transferring data safely in ways that protect privacy
(SDGs 8 and 9).
Data exchanges and standards
40. We acknowledge that data divides, including gender and geographical
data gaps, can lead to inequitable distribution of benefits, the misuse and
misinterpretation of data and biased results.
41. We recognize that common data standards and interoperable data
exchanges can increase the accessibility and sharing of data and help close
data divides. We will enable open data initiatives that are created and
managed by all stakeholders, including communities and individuals, to utilize
and leverage data for their development and well-being.
42. We commit, by 2030, to:
(a) Develop data and metadata standards designed to prevent and
address bias, discrimination or human rights violations and abuses
throughout the data life cycle, including through regular data auditing (SDGs
3, 5, 10 and 16);
(b) Develop basic definitions and data classifications to promote
interoperability and facilitate data exchanges (all SDGs);
(c) Develop common definitions and standards on the use and reuse of
data for public benefit (all SDGs).
Data for the Sustainable Development Goals and for development
43. We consider that safe and secure data systems and capacity are critical
for evidence-based policymaking and the delivery of public services.
Underinvestment in public data systems and statistical activities can hamper
progress in achieving sustainable development.
44. We recognize that quality data is critical for tracking, targeting and
accelerating progress across the Sustainable Development Goals as well as
responding effectively to crises. We commit to strengthen international
cooperation to close the current serious gaps on data for development and to
increase its public availability. We will champion the responsible use and
sharing of data within and between countries to advance progress across the
Sustainable Development Goals.
45. We commit, by 2030, to:
(a) Increase financing for data and statistics from all sources and
enhance efforts to build capacity in data and related skills, as well as
responsible data use, particularly in developing countries. We will scale up
predictable financing for sustainable development data (SDG 17);
(b) Strengthen efforts to collect, analyse and disseminate relevant,
accurate, reliable and disaggregated data for better monitoring and
policymaking to accelerate the achievement of the 2030 Agenda, while
respecting privacy and data protection. We will aim for a 50 per cent increase
in the data available to monitor the Sustainable Development Goals,
disaggregated by income, sex, age, race, ethnicity, migration status, disability
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and geographical location and other characteristics relevant in national
contexts (all SDGs);
(c) Develop open and accessible data systems to support effective
disaster early warning, early action and crisis response (SDGs 3 and 11).
Cross-border data flows
46. Cross-border data flows are a critical driver of the digital economy. We
recognize the potential social, economic and development benefits of secure
and trusted cross-border data flows, in particular for micro-, small and
medium-sized enterprises. We will identify innovative, interoperable and
inclusive mechanisms to enable data to flow with trust within and between
countries to mutual benefit, while respecting relevant data protection and
privacy safeguards and applicable legal frameworks (SDG 17).
47. We commit, by 2030, to advance consultations among all relevant
stakeholders to better understand commonalities, complementarities,
convergence and divergence between regulatory approaches on how to
facilitate cross-border data flows with trust so as to develop publicly available
knowledge and best practices (SDG 17).
Interoperable data governance
48. We will promote and support interoperability between national, regional
and international data policy frameworks. In this context, we request the
Commission on Science and Technology for Development to establish a
dedicated working group to engage in a comprehensive and inclusive multi-
stakeholder dialogue on data governance at all levels as relevant for
development. We encourage the working group to report on its progress to the
General Assembly, by no later than the eighty-first session, including on
follow-up recommendations towards equitable and interoperable data
governance arrangements, which may include fundamental principles of data
governance at all levels as relevant for development; proposals to support
interoperability between national, regional and international data systems;
considerations of sharing the benefits of data; and options to facilitate safe,
secure and trusted data flows, including cross-border data flows as relevant
for development (all SDGs).
49. We will continue discussions in the United Nations, building on those
outcomes and recognizing the ongoing work of other relevant bodies and
stakeholders, including the United Nations Statistical Commission, in our
efforts to pursue common understandings for data governance at all levels,
as relevant for development (all SDGs).
Objective 5. Enhance international governance of artificial intelligence for
the benefit of humanity
50. We recognize the need for a balanced, inclusive and risk-based approach
to the governance of artificial intelligence (AI), with the full and equal
representation of all countries, especially developing countries, and the
meaningful participation of all stakeholders.
51. We recognize international, regional, national and multi-stakeholder
efforts under way to advance safe, secure and trustworthy artificial
intelligence systems. We urgently need to inclusively assess and address the
potential impact, opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence systems on
sustainable development and the well-being and rights of individuals.
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International cooperation is required to promote coordination and
compatibility of emerging artificial intelligence governance frameworks.
52. We commit to advance equitable and inclusive approaches to harnessing
artificial intelligence benefits and mitigating risks in full respect of
international law, including international human rights law, and taking into
account other relevant frameworks such as the Recommendation on the
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence of the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization.
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53. We recognize the immense potential of artificial intelligence systems to
accelerate progress across all the Sustainable Development Goals. We will
govern artificial intelligence in the public interest and ensure that the
application of artificial intelligence fosters diverse cultures and languages
and supports locally generated data for the benefit of countries and
communities’ development. This includes, in particular, international
cooperation to support developing countries in building artificial int elligence
capacities as well as efforts to address potential negative impacts of
emerging digital technologies on labour and employment and on the
environment.
54. We consider that international governance of artificial intelligence
requires an agile, multidisciplinary and adaptable multi-stakeholder approach.
We recognize that the United Nations has an important role to play in shaping,
enabling and supporting such governance.
55. We have a unique opportunity, through this Compact, to advance
international governance of artificial intelligence in ways that complement
international, regional, national and multi-stakeholder efforts. We will:
(a) Assess the future directions and implications of artificial
intelligence systems and promote scientific understanding (all SDGs);
(b) Support interoperability and compatibility of artificial intelligence
governance approaches through sharing best practices and promoting
common understanding (all SDGs);
(c) Help to build capacities, especially in developing countries, to
access, develop, use and govern artificial intelligence systems and direct
them towards the pursuit of sustainable development (all SDGs);
(d) Promote transparency, accountability and robust human oversight
of artificial intelligence systems in compliance with international law (all
SDGs).
56. We therefore commit to:
(a) Establish, within the United Nations, a multidisciplinary Independent
International Scientific Panel on AI with balanced geographic representation
to promote scientific understanding through evidence-based impact, risk and
opportunity assessments, drawing on existing national, regional and
international initiatives and research networks (SDG 17);
(b) Initiate, within the United Nations, a Global Dialogue on AI
Governance involving Governments and all relevant stakeholders which will
take place in the margins of existing relevant United Nations conferences and
meetings (SDG 17).
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57. We therefore request the President of the General Assembly to appoint
at the seventy-ninth session of the General Assembly co-facilitators, one from
a developed country and one from a developing country, to identify, through
an intergovernmental process and consultations with other relevant
stakeholders, the terms of reference and modalities for the establishment and
functioning of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and the
Global Dialogue on AI Governance for the adoption by the General Assembly.
58. We call on standards development organizations to collaborate to
promote the development and adoption of interoperable artificial intelligence
standards that uphold safety, reliability, sustainability and human rights (SDGs
3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 16 and 17).
59. We
systems
and that
systems
will promote safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence
that advance, protect and preserve linguistic and cultural diversity
take into account multilingualism throughout the life cycle of these
(SDGs 10 and 16).
60. We encourage the development of international partnerships on artificial
intelligence capacity-building to develop education and training programmes,
increase access to resources including open artificial intelligence models and
systems, open training data and compute, facilitate artificial intelligence
model training and development, and promote the participation of micro-,
small and medium-sized enterprises in the digital economy (SDGs 4 and 17).
61. We will leverage existing United Nations and multi-stakeholder
mechanisms to support artificial intelligence capacity-building to bridge
artificial intelligence divides, facilitate access to artificial intelligence
applications and build capacity in high-performance computing and related
skills in developing countries (all SDGs).
62. We will promote North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation to
support the development of representative high-quality data sets, affordable
compute resources, local solutions that reflect linguistic and cultural diversity
and entrepreneurial ecosystems in developing countries (SDGs 4, 9, 10 and
17).
63. We emphasize the importance of increased investment, particularly from
the private sector and philanthropy, to scale up artificial intelligence capacity -
building for sustainable development. We request the Secretary-General, in
consultation with potential contributors and the United Nations system, to
develop innovative voluntary financing options for artificial intelligence
capacity-building that take into account the recommendations of the High-
level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence on a Global Fund on AI and that
are complementary to relevant United Nations funding mechanisms and to
submit these for consideration by the General Assembly at the seventy -ninth
session.
Follow-up and review
64. We will implement the Global Digital Compact, within our own countries
and at regional and global levels, taking into account different national
realities, capacities and levels of development, and respecting national
policies and priorities and applicable legal frameworks.
65. These efforts can only succeed with the active engagement of the private
sector, technical and academic communities and civil society, whose
innovations and contributions to digitalization are fundamental and
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irreplaceable. We will strengthen our collaboration and leverage multi-
stakeholder cooperation to achieve the objectives set out in this Compact.
66. We invite international and regional organizations, the private sector,
academia, the technical community and civil society groups to endorse the
Compact and take active part in its implementation and follow-up. We request
the Secretary-General to put in place modalities for the voluntary endorsement
of this Compact, and to make this information public and accessible from
December 2024.
67. We recognize the importance of financing to unlock the full potential of
this Compact. Successful implementation will require public, private and
multilateral resources, including the pooling of investments in joint and
blended facilities for impact at scale, including through United Nations
mechanisms such as the Digital Window of the Joint SDG Fund and facilities
in multilateral development banks. We call on Governments to make support
to digital transformation integral to development assistance, incl uding
through increased allocations to digital and data initiatives. We invite private
sector and philanthropic actors to consider financial pledges in support of the
implementation of this Compact.
68. We will build on the processes and forums emanating from the World
Summit on the Information Society, in particular the Internet Governance
Forum and its national and regional initiatives, as well as the WSIS Forum, to
advance implementation of this Compact. We look forward to the WSIS+20
review in 2025 and invite it to identify how these processes and forums can
support the contribution of all stakeholders to implementation of the
Compact.
69. We recognize the contribution of all United Nations entities, agencies,
funds and programmes in advancing digital cooperation, including but not
limited to the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Development
Programme and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization, and invite them, as well as the Office of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights, to support, within their existing mandate s,
implementation of this Compact. We recognize the role of the United Nations
regional economic commissions and United Nations country teams in
supporting regional and national stakeholders to advance digital
transformation.
70. We recognize the role of the Commission on Science and Technology for
Development in reviewing follow-up on the implementation of the outcomes
of the World Summit on the Information Society and request it to consider how
it can contribute further to the implementation of the Compact.
71. To track and monitor progress, we request the Secretary-General to
provide a Compact implementation map for the consideration of Governments
and other stakeholders that reflects the contributions of the United Nations
system and other relevant stakeholders and to reflect this in the report of the
Secretary-General on progress made in the implementation of and follow-up
to the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society at the
regional and international levels ahead of the WSIS+20 review.
72. We recognize that further strengthening of system-wide coordination is
required to enable the United Nations to realize the inclusive platform for
digital cooperation set out in this Compact. To this end, we request the
Secretary-General, following consultations with Member States, to submit a
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proposal to the General Assembly during its seventy-ninth session for the
establishment of an office, building on and incorporating the activities and
resources of the existing Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on
Technology, to facilitate system-wide coordination, working closely with
existing mechanisms. This proposal should include detailed information on
operational functions, structure, location, mandate renewal, resources and
staffing.
73. We recognize the role of the high-level political forum on sustainable
development and the Economic and Social Council in reviewing progress of
the Compact in closing digital divides and accelerating achievement of the
2030 Agenda. We recognize the role of the Human Rights Council, within its
existing mandate, in fostering an inclusive, open, safe and secure digital space
for all.
74. The cross-cutting nature of digital technologies and the multiplicity of
actors involved in digital cooperation require synergies and aligned follow -up.
We commit to review the Compact to assess progress against its objectives
and to identify emerging opportunities and challenges for global digital
cooperation. We decide to convene a high-level meeting entitled “High-level
review of the Global Digital Compact”, to take place during the eighty-second
session of the General Assembly, based on a progress report by the Secretary-
General and with the input and meaningful participation of all stakeholders,
including the Commission on Science and Technology for Development, the
Internet Governance Forum and World Summit on the Information Society
action line facilitators. We request the President of the General Assembly to
appoint co-facilitators, one from a developing country and one from a
developed country, at the eighty-first session to facilitate open, transparent
and inclusive intergovernmental consultations to determine the modalities for
this high-level meeting.
Annex II
Declaration on Future Generations
Preamble
We, the Heads of State and Government and high representatives, having
met at the Summit of the Future at United Nations Headquarters on 22 and 23
September 2024,
Reaffirming our commitments to the purposes and principles of the
Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
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well as our respective obligations under international law,
Reaffirming also our commitments to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development,
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including the political declaration of the Sustainable
Development Goals Summit of 2023,
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and our pledge to future generations
as set out, inter alia, in the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development,
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Cognizant that future generations are all those generations that do not
yet exist, and who will inherit this planet,
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Resolution
217 A (III).
Resolution
70/1.
Resolution
78/1,
annex.
Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de
Janeiro, 3– 14 June 1992,
vol. I,
Resolutions Adopted by the Conference
(United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigendum), resolution 1, annex I.
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Observing that many existing national legal systems, as well as some
cultures and religions, seek to safeguard the needs and interests of future
generations and promote intergenerational solidarity, justice and equity,
Recognizing that the decisions, actions and inactions of present
generations have an intergenerational multiplier effect, and therefore
resolving to ensure that present generations act with responsibility towards
safeguarding the needs and interests of future generations,
Acknowledging that we must learn from our past achievements and
failures, and their consequences, in order to ensure a more sustainable, just
and equitable world for present and future generations, and understanding the
interconnectedness of past, present and future,
Recognizing children and youth as agents of change and the need for
intergenerational dialogue and engagement, including with and among
children, youth and older persons, to be taken into consideration in our policy
and decision-making processes in order to safeguard the needs and interests
of future generations,
Acknowledging that investing in building a strong foundation for lasting
international peace and security, sustainable development, the promotion of
universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental
freedoms for all and upholding the rule of law is the most effective way to
safeguard the needs and interests of future generations,
Recognizing the complex and interrelated opportunities, challenges and
risks faced by present generations, as well as the implications of projected
global demographic trends,
Further committing to build a stronger, more effective and resilient
multilateral system based on international law, with the United Nations at its
core, underpinned by transparency, confidence and trust, for the benefit of
present and future generations,
Declare the following:
Guiding principles
In order to seize the opportunity that present generations possess to leave
a better future for generations to come and to fulfil our commitment to meet
the demands of the present in a way that safeguards the needs and interests of
future generations, while leaving no one behind, we will observe the following
guiding principles:
1.
The maintenance of international peace and security, and the full respect
for international law, must be promoted in line with the purposes and
principles of the Charter of the United Nations.
2.
The pursuit and enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms
for all, encompassing civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights,
which includes the right to development, must be respected, protected and
promoted, without distinction or discrimination of any kind.
3.
The opportunity for future generations to thrive in prosperity and achieve
sustainable development must be ensured, including by eliminating the
intergenerational transmission of poverty and hunger, inequality and injustice,
and acknowledging the special challenges faced by the most vulnerable
countries, in particular African countries, least developed countries,
landlocked developing countries and small island developing States.
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4.
The promotion of intergenerational solidarity, as well as intergenerational
dialogue, and social cohesion is an indispensable part of the foundation for
the prosperity of future generations and, in this regard, the role of families and
family-friendly and family-oriented policies as contributors to sustainable
development must be recognized.
5.
A clean, healthy and sustainable environment, where humanity lives in
harmony with nature, must be created and maintained by urgently addressing
the causes and adverse impacts of climate change and scaling up collective
action to promote environmental protection.
6.
The promotion of the responsible and ethical use of science, technology
and innovation, guided by the principles of equity and solidarity, is necessary
to foster an open, fair and inclusive environment for scientific and
technological development and digital cooperation while bridging the
scientific, technological and innovation divides, including digital divides,
within and between countries.
7.
The achievement of gender equality, the empowerment of all women and
girls and the full enjoyment of their human rights and fundamental freedoms
without discrimination of any kind are necessary requirements for a
sustainable future.
8.
The full and equal participation of persons with disabilities of present
and future generations in society, including the opportunity for them to be
actively involved in decision-making processes, is critical to ensuring that no
one is left behind.
9.
The elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance, as well as the achievement of racial equality and the
empowerment of all people, are required for a prosperous and sustainable
future.
10. An inclusive, transparent and effective multilateral system is essential to
enhance international solidarity and cooperation, rebuild trust and create a
world that is safe, just and sustainable, where human dignity is ensured.
Commitments
Guided by these principles, we hereby pledge to:
11. Promote international stability, peace and security, whereby conflicts and
crises are resolved through peaceful means.
12. Ensure peaceful, inclusive and just societies, while addressing
inequalities within and among nations and the special needs of developing
countries, as well as people in vulnerable situations.
13. Implement policies and programmes to achieve gender equality and the
empowerment of all women and girls, eliminate all forms of discrimination
and violence, harassment and abuse against women and girls, including
sexual and gender-based violence, and ensure women’s full, equal and
meaningful participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of
decision-making in all spheres of society.
14. Eliminate all forms of persistent historical and structural inequalities,
including by acknowledging, addressing and taking effective measures to
remedy past tragedies and their consequences, and eradicate all forms of
discrimination.
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15. Honour, promote and preserve cultural diversity and cultural heritage, as
well as languages, knowledge systems and traditions, and foster intercultural
and interreligious dialogue, including through encouraging strengthened
international cooperation on the return or restitution of cultural properties of
spiritual, ancestral, historical and cultural value to countries of origin,
including but not limited to objets d’art, monuments, museum pieces,
manuscripts and documents, and strongly encourage relevant private entities
to similarly engage, including through bilateral dialogue and with the
assistance of multilateral mechanisms, as appropriate.
16. Recognize, respect, promote and protect the rights of Indigenous
Peoples, their territories, lands and ecosystems, while safeguarding their
traditions, spiritual beliefs and ancestral knowledge, strengthen their distinct
political, legal, economic social and cultural institutions, while retaining their
right to participate fully, if they so choose, in the political, economic, social
and cultural life of the State; and ensure their right to participation in decision-
making in matters which would affect their rights, as determined by law and
in accordance with international human rights obligations.
17. Undertake comprehensive and targeted strategies to achieve inclusive
economic growth and sustainable development, food security and the
eradication of poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme
poverty, and to combat the feminization of poverty, in order to meet the needs
of the present generations, achieve global resilience and establish a more
prosperous foundation for future generations.
18. Prioritize urgent action to address critical environmental challenges and
implement measures to reduce disaster risk and build resilience, reverse the
degradation of ecosystems and ensure a clean, healthy and sustainable
environment; and reaffirm the importance of accelerating action to address
climate change and its adverse impacts, based on the principle of common
but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities in the light of
different national circumstances, noting the importance for some of the
concept of “climate justice”.
19. Harness the benefits of existing, new and emerging technologies and
mitigate the associated risks through effective, inclusive and equitable
governance at all levels, scaling up collaboration to bridge the digital divides
within and between developed and developing countries, increasing capacity-
building efforts in the field of science, technology and innovation, and
promoting the transfer of technology on mutually agreed terms.
20. Strengthen cooperation among States in their response to demographic
trends and realities, such as rapid population growth, declining birth rates and
ageing populations, as well as in addressing the interlinkages between
population issues and development across all regions, taking into account the
needs and interests of present and future generations, including children and
youth, and the substantial contributions of older persons to sustainable
development efforts.
21. Strengthen cooperation among States to ensure safe, orderly and regular
migration between countries of origin, transit and destination, including
through enhancing and diversifying the availability and flexibility of pathways
for regular migration, while recognizing the positive contributions of migrants
to inclusive growth and sustainable development.
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22. Invest in accessible, safe, inclusive and equitable quality education for
all, including physical education and sport, and promote opportunities for
lifelong learning, technical and vocational training, and digital literacy,
allowing for the intergenerational acquisition and transfer of knowledge and
skills to advance the prospects of future generations.
23. Protect the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of
physical and mental health, through universal health coverage and
strengthened and resilient health systems, as well as equitable access to safe,
affordable, effective and quality medicines, vaccines, therapeutics and other
health products, to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for present
and future generations.
Actions
Acknowledging the primary role and responsibility of governments at all
levels, in line with their respective constitutional frameworks, towards
safeguarding the needs and interests of future generations, we will implement,
institutionalize and monitor the above commitments in national, regional and
global policymaking by:
24. Leveraging science, data, statistics and strategic foresight to ensure
long-term thinking and planning, and to develop and implement sustainable
practices and the institutional reforms necessary to ensure evidence-based
decision-making, while making governance more anticipatory, adaptive and
responsive to future opportunities, risks and challenges.
25. Ensuring inclusive and equitable access to knowledge, science and
information, while promoting innovation, critical thinking and life skills to
create generations of citizens that are agents of positive change and
transformation.
26. Strengthening our systems of national and global accounting, including
by promoting the use of forward-looking, evidence-based impact
assessments, developing stronger anticipatory risk analyses and encouraging
the use of measures of progress on sustainable development that
complement and go beyond gross domestic product.
27. Investing in capacity to better prepare for and respond to future global
shocks, crises and challenges, and using evidence-based planning and
foresight to avoid and mitigate risks, while ensuring that the poorest and most
vulnerable do not bear disproportionate costs and burdens of mitigation,
adaptation, restoration and resilience-building.
28. Undertaking a whole-of-government approach to coordination, including
at the national and local levels, on the assessment, development,
implementation and evaluation of policies that safeguard the needs and
interests of future generations.
29. Enhancing cooperation with stakeholders, including civil society,
academia, the scientific and technological community and the private sector,
and encouraging intergenerational partnerships, by promoting a whole -of-
society approach, to share best practices and develop innovative, long-term
and forward-thinking ideas in order to safeguard the needs and interests of
future generations.
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30. Equipping the multilateral system, including the United Nations, to
support States, upon their request, in their efforts to implement this
Declaration and embed the needs and interests of future generations and
long-term thinking in policymaking processes by fostering cooperation and
facilitating greater use of anticipatory planning and foresight, based on
science, data and statistics, and raising awareness of and advising on the
likely intergenerational or future impacts of policies and programmes.
31. Fostering an organizational culture that is future-oriented and
mainstreamed across the United Nations system in order to facilitate science -
and evidence-based decision-making by developing diverse capabilities,
including anticipatory planning, foresight and futures literacy, and
systematically promoting long-term and intergenerational thinking at all
levels.
32. Recognizing the important advisory and advocacy role that the United
Nations should play with respect to future generations, we:
(a) Take note of the Secretary-General’s proposal to appoint a Special
Envoy for Future Generations to support the implementation of this
Declaration;
(b) Decide to convene an inclusive high-level plenary meeting of the
General Assembly on future generations that will review the implementation
of this Declaration during the eighty-third session of the General Assembly
and provide updates on the actions taken to safeguard the needs and interests
of future generations;
(c) Request the Secretary-General to present a report on the
implementation of this Declaration for consideration at the high -level plenary
meeting to be held during the eighty-third session of the General Assembly.
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