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Pact Decoded
Imagine a future if world leaders get it right
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By Lewis Broadway and Harshani Dharmadasa
This article was first published on the UN Foundation website. To explore the full interactive version, including visuals and the complete Decoded experience:
Picture a future where world leaders make the right choices – where cooperation leads to real change, from tackling the climate crisis to reducing inequality and creating lasting peace. A future where young people are at the center of decision-making, driving progress in education, jobs, climate solutions, and other areas, especially in regions like Asia and Africa where over half the population is under 30.
At the 2024 Summit of the Future, world leaders adopted several new agreements with transformational potential. Taken together, the Pact for the Future, its annexes, represent an opportunity to rekindle hope and optimism for our common future, allowing us to imagine what our world could look like if we get it right.
Pact for the Future: Decoded
Young people deserve to be fully informed and engaged in global decisions that affect their lives and future. Pact Decoded provides interactive, easy-to-understand summaries of the key agreements made by world leaders at the Summit of the Future.
Here’s a snapshot of the key agreements summarized in the Pact Decoded series:
Pact for the Future: This groundbreaking plan, crafted by world leaders, aims to address climate change, inequality, and other pressing global issues while inspiring hope for a brighter tomorrow. It outlines 56 bold actions to ensure that no one is left behind and serves as a rallying cry for global cooperation, reminding us that together, we can build a more fair and peaceful world for generations to come.
Declaration on Future Generations: This bold vision aims to protect the rights of future generations and take urgent action against both current and upcoming challenges facing people and the planet. It’s a reminder that our choices today shape the world of tomorrow. Think of it as passing the baton in a relay race – we must ensure that the next generation inherits a safe, just, and opportunity-filled world.
Global Digital Compact: This agreement seeks to connect everyone to the digital world, ensuring that no one is excluded from the tech revolution. It also addresses the challenges posed by technology, such as privacy concerns and the ethical use of artificial intelligence. Imagine it as building bridges across the internet, enabling people from every corner of the globe to join the online community and harness the benefits of technology.
Political Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance: This declaration calls for immediate action against a critical health threat that could turn even simple infections into life-threatening conditions. It advocates for a united approach to combat AMR by emphasizing prevention, improved health practices, and responsible use of medicines. Picture a world where antibiotics fail; this declaration is our commitment to making sure that doesn’t happen.
With Pact Decoded, we want to make it easier to understand the global agreements shaping our world. Dive into each installment to reimagine how the UN thinks, plans, and acts for the future. Together, we can turn these commitments into action that benefits all generations.
“The UN was created for ‘the people’ so it’s vital that agreements, actions and articles are understood by us. Decoded is a way of breaking down bureaucracy and bringing clarity where it’s most needed. Once we understand, it will be easier for us to advocate, amplify, and act for our common future.”
Inés Yábar, a young changemaker
About Our Future Agenda
Our Future Agenda is a United Nations Foundation program dedicated to putting young people — especially from young countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America — at the heart of global decision-making and solving the world’s biggest challenges.
Learn more: www.ourfutureagenda.org