UN: First result – Pact for the Future (with a twist in the tale)
This was the first agenda item for the UN High Level week. It is a 30 page long document and I have not fully integrated it. With great fanfare, the resolution was adopted today with a vote of 143 in favor, 7 against and 15 abstained. The joyful announcement stated: “This key outcome of the Summit of the Future is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to steer humanity on a new course towards our common future.
Sounds very significant, does it not? Best thing ever since sliced cheese?
“World leaders are at UN Headquarters in New York this Sunday where world leaders have just adopted the 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. Watch the opening session here at UN Web TV, and UN News app users can follow our live coverage here. “
There is a twist in this tale.
Russia voted No and China Abstained. Iran voted No.
The three civilizational states did not trust this or did not want it. For that reason, I will consider this suspect, in the genre of “a new and improved washing soap”.
https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/sotf-pact-for-the-future-rev.4.pdf
Please see continuation: https://sovereignista.com/2024/09/22/russian-diplomat-slams-pact-for-the-future-as-serious-blow-on-un/
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