Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Summit of the Future at the UN General Assembly at their headquarters in New York. The two-day summit started on Sunday and the Prime Minister addressed the meeting on the final day of his three-day visit to the US. This comes a day after the UN General Assembly approved a 42-page plan to unite the world to fix problems such as climate change, AI, war, inequality and poverty.
The summit, which brings together leaders from around the world, will focus on how to attain sustainable development goals which are also inclusive and equitable. A declaration for future generations is also expected to be adopted during the summit.
In his five-minute speech at the UN, he urged countries to prioritise “humanity” and adopt a human-centric approach to ensure sustainable development.
“Today, I am here to bring here the voice of the one-sixth of the humanity… We have elevated 250 million people out of poverty in India and we have shown that sustainable development can be successful. We are ready to share this experience of success with Global South,” he added.
“Terrorism remains a serious threat to global peace; areas such as cyber, maritime & space are emerging as new theatres of conflict,” he noted.
The Summit of the Future followed by the annual General Assembly high-level week comes in the midst of the Israel-Hamas conflict and the Ukraine war as well as challenges of climate change, inequality and deep geopolitical divides. The Pact’s five broad focus areas include sustainable development; international peace and security; science and technology; youth and future generations and transforming global governance. It lays the groundwork for actions and commitment by member states towards a safer, more peaceful, sustainable and inclusive world for tomorrow’s generations.
The Summit concluded with the adoption of an outcome document – A Pact for the Future, along with two annexes, Global Digital Compact and A Declaration on Future Generations.
