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Outcome document: Pact for the Future
World leaders adopt a Pact for the Future that includes a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration on Future Generations (A/RES/79/1). The Pact covers a broad range of themes, including peace and security, sustainable development, climate change, digital cooperation, human rights, gender, youth and future generations, and the transformation of global governance.
- Pact for the Future [pdf]
- Press release
- Statements
- Summit overview [pdf]
- Pact for the Future deck [pdf]
Summit and related events
Action Days
Links to recorded webcasts
UN Headquarters, New York
20 - 21 September 2024
Summit of the Future
Links to recorded webcasts
- Pre-Opening segment
- Opening and Plenary segment
- Additional recordings, including the Interactive Dialogues
UN Headquarters, New York
22 - 23 September 2024
Action Days
The Summit of the Future Action Days, held September 20-21, successfully gathered thousands of diverse stakeholders, including representatives from Member States, civil society, the private sector, academia, local and regional authorities, and youth.
Towards a Pact for the Future
Learn about some of the key themes of the Pact for the Future and its annexes; a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration on Future Generations.
Key elements of the PactPact for the Future deck [pdf]
News and media
We must Act Now for #OurCommonFuture
We are at a pivotal moment in history. The choices we make today will have a profound impact on current and future generations. This is our once-in-a-generation opportunity to come together as one world and create a future worth living for.
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UN Assembly President urges nations to sustain momentum from Summit of the Future
Addressing the closing session of the Summit following the adoption of the landmark Pact for the Future on Sunday, Philémon Yang, President of the 79th session of the General Assembly, expressed hope that the ideas exchanged would inspire further initiatives at national, regional and the global levels.
“As we close the Summit of the Future, I urge all Member States to continue to push for decisive action and to create meaningful progress,” he said.
He reminded delegates not to lose sight of ongoing global challenges like poverty, hunger, and the suffering of those caught in conflicts, violence, and deprivation.
World leaders adopt pivotal UN Pact for the Future
World leaders are at UN Headquarters in New York where they adopted the potentially game-changing Pact for the Future by consensus - with a small group of just seven countries holding out, having failed to pass a last-minute amendment. The centrepiece of the Summit of the Future is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reimagine the multilateral system and steer humanity on a new course to meet existing commitments and solve long-term challenges.
UN News: Pact for the Future: World leaders pledge action for peace, sustainable development
Youth lead the way ahead of UN Summit of the Future
Hundreds of youth, celebrities and world leaders converged at UN Headquarters in New York for the Action Days. Young people took centre stage in the lead-up to the Summit of the Future – an unprecedented opportunity for world leaders to address current and emerging global challenges, and reform outdated international institutions.
UN News: New, bold ideas thrive towards the UN Summit of the Future
UN News: Youth lead the way ahead of UN Summit of the Future
UN WebTV: Action Days summary video
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Act Now for Our Common Future
We've surpassed our goal of 1 Million Actions ahead of the Summit of the Future in September. Keep the momentum going and join the challenge!
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We did it! 1 Million Actions for Our Common Future
World Leaders: It’s Time to Let #YouthLead
Sign the open letter, open to both youth and allies. Learn more via the dedicated microsite.
We can't build a future for our grandchildren with a system built for our grandparents.”
ANTÓNIO GUTERRES, United Nations Secretary-General
What is the Summit of the Future?
The Summit of the Future is a high-level event held at United Nations headquarters in New York, 22-23 September 2024. The Summit focused on forging a new international consensus on delivering a better present and safeguarding the future.
Effective global cooperation is increasingly critical to our survival but difficult to achieve in an atmosphere of mistrust, using outdated structures that no longer reflect today’s political and economic realities. This once-in-a-generation opportunity aimed to mend eroded trust and demonstrate that international cooperation can effectively achieve agreed goals and tackle emerging threats and opportunities
At the Summit of the Future on 22 September, world leaders adopted the Pact for the Future and its annexes the Global Digital Compact and Declaration on Future Generations.
More about the Summit
Key documents
- Common Agenda Policy Briefs
- Scope of the Summit of the Future
- Modalities for the Summit of the Future
- Summit Overview [PDF]
