UN General Assembly approves Pact for the Future

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to the United Nations General Assembly during the Summit of the Future at UN headquarters (Frank Franklin II/AP)

The UN General Assembly has approved a blueprint to bring the world’s increasingly divided nations together to tackle 21st-century challenges from climate change and artificial intelligence to escalating conflicts and increasing inequality and poverty.

The 42-page Pact for the Future challenges leaders of the 193 UN member nations to turn promises into real actions that make a difference to the lives of the world’s more than eight billion people.