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.
