“Despite Russia’s objections: the UN reform plan was adopted at the New York summit At the Future Summit in New York, 143 UN countries approved the “Future Pact”. The document contains intentions to solve global problems and reform the UN, despite Russia’s attempts to introduce amendments.”, — write on: unn.ua
Details
It is about the main document of the Future Summit – “Future Pact”.
The document contains a list of countries’ intentions to solve global problems – from military conflicts and climate change to artificial intelligence and reforming the UN and global institutions.
The entire pact is laid out on 42 pages and divided into sections: “Sustainable development and development financing”, “International peace and security”, “Science, technology, innovation and digital cooperation”, “Youth and future generations”.
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In particular, the chapter on peace and security states: “The scourge of war is taking on new and more dangerous forms. We are closer to nuclear confrontation today than at any time since the end of the Cold War.”
The countries undertake to act “collectively to maintain and restore international peace and security on land, sea, in space, in cyberspace and in other new areas, to more effectively counter interconnected global threats and fulfill the promises contained in the UN Charter.”
Addition
It is noted that Russia tried to introduce its own amendments, threatening to refuse to support the consensus document. In particular, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Serhii Vershinin put to the vote an amendment that would provide for the “principle of non-intervention”, which is supposedly important for the countries of the Global South, so that the “collective West” does not impose its will on them.
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a Russian diplomat called the project “hypocritical” and criticized Secretary General António Guterres for allegedly not taking into account all the proposals in the project.
However, Russia’s amendments were rejected by 143 votes. Therefore, the president of the General Assembly, Philemon Young, declared the Pact approved and signed it.
We will remind
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy approved the composition of the Ukrainian delegation to participate in the work of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, which included 10 high-ranking officials, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybigu as the head of the delegation.