An overview of the Pact for the Future

UNESCO Chairs seminar hold on 5 March 2024 “The UN Summit of the Future: Multilateral Solutions for a Better Tomorrow”, New York, 22-23 September 2024, aims to enhance cooperation on critical challenges and address gaps in global governance, reaffirm existing commitments including to the Sustainable Development Goals and the United Nations Charter, and move towards a reinvigorated multilateral system that is better positioned to positively impact people’s lives. An action-oriented outcome document, “Pact for the Future”, is expected to be agreed by Member States through intergovernmental negotiations on issues they decide to take forward. This new series of UNESCO Chairs Seminars, “Towards a Pact for the Future”, will introduce the zero draft of the Pact, and explore the topics of its five chapters: (i) Sustainable development & financing for development; (ii) International peace and security; (iii) Science, technology, innovation and digital cooperation; (iv) Youth and future generations;