Informal Interactive Dialogue on the Implementation of the Pact for the Future – Means of Implementation - General Assembly, 79th session

I call to order the informal interactive dialogue of the Assembly on the implementation of the Pact for the Future on the subject of the means of implementation. As mentioned in my letters dated 17 January and 3 May 2025, I have convened this informal interactive dialogue to support the implementation of the Pact for the Future. Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Among my signature events for the 79th session, the implementation of the Pact for the Future is a major priority. Today is the first of three informal dialogues on this topic, beginning with the means of implementation. Our main aim is not only to maintain the momentum since the pact's adoption last September. More importantly, it is to accelerate its implementation by creating a platform for member states to exchange experiences, best practices, and ideas. The Pact for the Future is a shared commitment to a more just, sustainable, and secure world. But the promise is only meaningful when it has been translated into action. Delivering the pact will help us get back on track to achieve the sustainable development goals. Excellencies, as we examine the pact's implementation, we recognize the complexity ahead and unique challenges each country will face. Countries in special situations, including least developed countries, Landlocked developing countries and small island developing states require special attention. Therefore, implementation must reflect national context. This means tailored approaches that consider resource restraints and capacity gaps. To succeed, we must build an enabling environment through smart investments and right reforms. First, we must close the resource gap. Many developing countries are trapped in cycles of debt. For instance, in 2022 and 2023, more was paid on existing debt than received in new lending. And in the poorest countries, debt servicing has tripled and interest payments alone quadrupled over the past decade. This diverts funds from education, health care, infrastructure, and other key areas of sustainable development. Debt relief, restructuring, and innovative financing solutions are no longer optional, they are urgent. Second, trade policies must grant developing countries flexibility. Developing countries must be able to implement policies that support their economic aspirations free from unfair restrictions. And third, international cooperation must be strengthened through technical assistance, capacity building, and knowledge sharing. This is especially urgent in the digital space, where a widening divide worsens inequality. We must invest in infrastructure, technology transfer, and skills development. The Global Digital Compact provides a plan of action But we need deliver on our commitments to ensure no nation is left behind. We must also use technology to reduce inequality across gender, race, geography, and income. An intersectional and intergenerational approach is key to sustainable future. Empowering youth is essential for a sustainable future. It requires bold investment in education, infrastructure, and digital access to unlock their full potential and drive global progress. The Declaration on Future Generations and annex to the Pact for the Future is a compass we must use in this respect. Excellencies, as President of the General Assembly, I am committed to making the Pact for the Future a reality everywhere in the world. No government, organization, or sector can do it alone. All of us must learn to work together. We need bold policies, great investments, and stronger partnerships. Governments must lead with concrete, action-oriented strategies, and the private sector must invest in innovation and sustainability. The Fourth Conference on Financing for Development, the World Summit on Information Society, and the Second World Summit on Social Development will all be key moments to accelerate our efforts. the Pact's already agreed measures can help shape our outcomes. Excellencies, implementation at the national level is key to attaining the full potential of the Pact for the Future. I urge Member States to organize workshops and dialogues to raise awareness and engage all stakeholders. Let us use this dialogue to exchange best practices, identify challenges, and pursue bold solutions. I look forward to hearing the experiences and perspectives of member states. Let us prove that we can deliver. I thank you. I give the floor to His Excellency Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Mr. President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this important dialogue, the first of three in the coming months. From day one of the Pact for the Future's adoption, the President has been its active champion. I deeply appreciate your efforts, Mr. President, and your leadership. Excellencies, adopting the Pact was the beginning of the process, not the end. And today I want to focus on what we have done over the last six months and what we need to do. We face a long list of challenges. Conflicts and climate disasters are intensifying. Sustainable development goals are far off track. as is the funding required to achieve them, geopolitical divisions and mistrust are blocking effective action, with some actively questioning the value of international cooperation and the multilateral system itself. But let me be very clear. It is exactly because of these divides and this mistrust that the Pact for the Future And the two parallel documents are more important than ever. And the bigger the obstacles, the bigger will be my determination to make things move forward in line with the will expressed by member states in the summit of the future. Meanwhile, critical funding is being drastically cut for people in desperate need, with more reductions to come. Resources are shrinking across the board, and they have been for a long time. From day one of my mandate, we embarked on an ambitious agenda to become more effective and cost-effective across our organization. Earlier this month, I announced the UN80 initiative to continue this work and intensify it. We are reviewing efficiencies and improvements to current arrangements. the implementation of mandates handed down by Member States, and structural changes and programme realignment. All these will contribute for a more effective implementation of the Pact of the Future. Excellencies, we have wasted no time moving into the implementation phase of the Pact. From an operational perspective, we established a principal-level steering committee, which I chair, overseeing six working groups focused on action and reforms in key areas: Sustainable Development Goals acceleration; peace and security; international financial architecture; digital technologies; UN governance; and youth. We have created two task teams focusing on future generations and the need to look beyond GDP as a measure of progress and guide to policy-making. And we are establishing an internal tracking system to monitor our progress on Pact implementation. Today, I would like to report on our efforts since the Pact was adopted, and outline the work ahead in four areas. First, peace and security. United Nations peace operations help safeguard people and communities in some of the most desperate corners of the world. The Pact represents a commitment to strengthen tools to prevent and address conflict, to ensure that our peace efforts respond to new and emerging threats. In November, I issued a report on peacebuilding, which included concrete suggestions to strengthening the Peacebuilding Commission and Fund. And we are actively working on the second independent progress study on the positive contribution of young people to peace processes. And we are progressing on a review of all forms of peace operations, as requested in the Pact. Our recent proposals to the Security Council regarding 80 are a case in point where new approaches can be developed to complex security challenges. The review will be an opportunity to help adapt peace operations to today’s realities and ensure they are guided by clear and sequenced mandates that are realistic and achievable, with viable exit strategies and transition plans. It will also recognize the limitations of our operations where there is little or no peace to keep. We will also continue pushing forward on other peace-related priorities of the Pact, including disarmament commitments around nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, lethal autonomous weapons, and the growing weaponization of outer space. And we will continue advocating, including through intergovernmental negotiations process, for the Pact's call to make the Security Council more representative of today's world and more effective in the capacity to promote peace in the world. Second, finance for development. Since the Pact's adoption, we have taken on several fronts. For example, our Resident Coordinators and country teams are now mapping out how we can accelerate progress at the national levels in close cooperation with the governments. We have begun analyzing the impact of military expenditure on the achievement of the SDGs and our own work at the UN, with a final report out by September. The expert group called for in the Pact to develop measures of progress that go beyond gross domestic product will soon be announced. and will work throughout the year before an intergovernmental process takes over in 2026. And we have been working closely with the World Bank and the IMF to follow up on the Pact's action points, addressing improvements to the international financial system. Developing countries must be represented fairly in the governance of the very institutions they depend on. And we know the environment is not favorable, but we must not give up. Since the Pact's adoption, I have also established an expert group to identify practical steps for action on debt. In the coming weeks, they will propose a list of achievable outcomes and release a full report in June, in advance of the Financing for Development conference in Spain. Debt relief is a central issue if we want the implementation of the Pact of the Future a reality. At the same time, we will continue advocating to increase the lending capacity of multilateral development banks, to make them bigger and bolder. And this includes both stretching their balance sheets and recapitalization. And we must ensure that concessional finance is deployed where it is most needed. Many of these actions depend on decisions of other multilateral institutions and of member states, but we will not relent in our constant advocacy for what the Pact of the Future has clearly indicated as the way to pursue. Youth and future generations. Our efforts must deliver for young people and the generations to come. The Pact's central promise to young people is to listen to their concerns and ideas, and including them at the decision-making table. Following the establishment of the UN Youth Office in 2022, young people play the key role in shaping the Pact's priorities. With the Pact's adoption, we are now progressing towards establishing a youth investment platform to ensure that national funding mechanisms and investment platforms are focused on the needs of young people. And we are developing core principles to strengthen youth engagement across our work at the United Nations, including by broadening the representation of younger colleagues within our organizational structures. Through the Declaration on Future Generations, we are also looking to the generations yet to be born. We have established a strategic foresight network and community of practice to ensure our policies, programs, and field operations are based on long-term thinking. And later this year, I will appoint a Special Envoy for Future Generations to scale up these efforts.

Fourth, technology. We're implementing the Global Digital Compact's calls to close all digital divides and ensure all people benefit from a safe and secure digital space. Artificial intelligence is a particular focus. We're developing a report on innovative voluntary financing options for AI capacity building to help the Global South harness this technology, AI, for the greater good, taking into account the recommendations of my high-level advisory body. The zero-draft resolution to establish the International Independent Scientific Panel on AI and convene a global dialogue on AI governance was also circulated last week, thanks to the work of the co-facilitators, Spain and Costa Rica. I urge the General Assembly to act swiftly to establish this panel. and ensure that AI expertise and knowledge are available to all countries while supporting the global dialogue. The UN system stands ready to support this work. Excellencies, as we push for these priorities, we’re also improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our operations, as called for by the Pact. Last fall, we undertook a comprehensive assessment across UN entities to harness the potential of innovation, data analytics, digital transformation, and foresight across our work, as called for in the UN 2.0 initiative. We’re already seeing results. from speeding up disaster assessments in the Asia Pacific to strengthening social security programs in Malawi, to consolidating information technology functions across the UN system. This work, where data is an essential issue to ensure that we can better manage this data, this work must continue, especially in light of the funding challenges we must face. We’re counting on your support as we move forward. Excellencies. As we reshape the multilateral system for the challenges of today's world, the Pact for the Future is an essential part of this process of constant renewal. We cannot dilute our efforts. We need to sustain the same spirit and determination in which the pact was forged and adopted. We count on you to inform, inspire, and guide the implementation work ahead. Once again, thank you for your ideas and commitment.

I thank the Secretary General. We will first hear some scene-setting remarks from our distinguished speakers. Mr. Stephen Hines, CEO of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund; Ms. Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union; and Ms. Sherry Spiegel, Director of the Financing for Sustainable Development Office of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. I give the floor to Mr. Stephen Hines, CEO of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

Thank you very much. Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor to be with you today for this interactive dialogue on the means of implementation for the Pact of the Future. We are living in an age of unprecedented turbulence. 184 violent conflicts are destroying lives and livelihoods across the globe, more than at any time in the last three decades. Escalating great power competition threatens to trigger great power confrontation. The accelerating climate crisis is causing real-time loss of life physical and economic devastation, and turbocharging forced displacement and migration. In a time of growing need for public sector services and investment, debt levels across the globe have reached record highs. History is often told as a story of turbulence, but what distinguishes this period in human history is the dynamic confluence of forces political, geostrategic, economic, social, environmental, and technological that fuel the turbulence we are experiencing today. In addition, many of the causes and consequences of present day turmoil are transnational or even global in nature. Furthermore, humankind is facing three simultaneous existential threats, the climate crisis, a new nuclear arms race, and the advent of potentially hyper-disruptive technologies that hold much promise for humanity, but also the possibility of great peril. The systems that have guided global problem solving since 1945 are clearly inadequate for addressing the challenges of this century. They are inefficient, ineffective, non-adaptive. and in some cases, simply obsolete. We are operating with outmoded assumptions and anachronistic logic. And as the management theorist Peter Drucker observed in 1980, "The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence itself, rather, it is acting with yesterday's logic." A logic for the future must recognize the twin realities of global interdependence and multipolar pluralism. It must abandon anthropocentrism for a fuller appreciation of the entire community of life on our planet. A new logic will recognize the benefits of a more equitable distribution of power and models of collaborative sovereignty. It will favor positive-sum solutions and advance in economics of human and planetary well-being. I commend the President of the General Assembly for his deep support of the Pact for the Future, and the Secretary-General for launching our common agenda and organizing the Summit of the Future last September. After arduous negotiations, adoption of the Pact for the Future was an important milestone that risks being underappreciated in the swirl of today’s geopolitics and our fragmented and easily manipulated information environment. The Summit was an audacious undertaking, and the Pact reflects a holistic approach that is broadly consistent with the much-needed logic for the future I have summarized. It provides a powerful reaffirmation of international law and multilateral problem-solving. It offers the boldest commitments to Security Council reform since 1963, and it stresses the necessity for cooperative governance of technological advancements to maximize benefits while mitigating risks. The pact projects a long-term perspective and promotes intergenerational equity. But as with any consensus document, the pact falls short in key areas. and is less concrete than our turbulent times demand. Perhaps most significantly, the pact lacks detailed enforcement and accountability mechanisms to ensure timely and effective implementation of the 56 actions that have been agreed. And we must acknowledge that even as the UN approaches its 80th anniversary, it faces significant political and financial uncertainty that has only intensified in the six months since the Pact was adopted. This will make Pact implementation more difficult, but even more important. I commend the Secretary-General for the energetic way he has organized a whole-of-UN implementation mechanism to activate decisive progress from vision to implementation. But as we know, the member states are directly and entirely responsible for the implementation of some 80% of the pact's provisions, and it is imperative that the members quickly take ownership of all of the commitments to which they have agreed. Achieving the full promise of the pact will require continuous innovation, plenty of experimentation, considered risk-taking, and course corrections all along the way. Pact implementation must be effectively coordinated with ongoing UN initiatives such as the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Climate Agreement, and intergovernmental processes like the Peacebuilding Architecture Review, the Financing for Development Conference, UN at 80, and work underway to make the UN more efficient and effective. I hope that the pact will provide meaningful connective tissue among these numerous initiatives, so that the overall result is greater than the sum of their parts. To truly meet the moment, the UN and its member states must boldly engage civil society and the private sector in polylateral mechanisms to support implementation, provide accountability, and develop ideas for increased global ambition. You have ready partners in think tanks, academic centers, foundations, movements, and business, and I urge you to actively enlist their collaboration. Your Excellencies, as we look to the challenges and opportunities of this century and beyond, we must keep our focus on the North Star, a future with less violent conflict, more broadly shared prosperity, and a sustainable planet. Let us reject the false choice between preserving the past and surrendering to the chaos of the present. We must take advantage of the progress achieved in adopting the pact and work with unflagging energy to build the multilateral system we need to prevent the age of turbulence from becoming the age of catastrophe. Thank you very much.

I thank Mr. Hines. I now give the floor to Ms. Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary General of the International Telecommunications Union.

Thank you, Mr. President, Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. It's an honor to be here to help set the scene for this dialogue on implementing the Pact of the Future, and in particular, on the means that we need to get the job done. It's been six months since its adoption, and the world is looking to us to deliver, to bring hope, and to bring opportunity as outlined in the Pact. This conversation comes at a critical moment. Innovative approaches to funding, financing, and partnerships for development are essential at a time when one third of humanity, 2.6 billion people, remain offline and left out of the brighter future for all envisaged by the Pact. With over 70% of SDG targets able to accelerate With over 70% of SDG targets that can be accelerated by investing in digital technology, we must close that digital gap. And as you, Mr. President, have just noted, widening digital divides actually advance inequalities. Universal connectivity and sustainable digital transformation, which are also ITU's strategic goals, are key to realizing the promises of the Pact and its global digital compact. They are investments in our present and in our future for prosperity, for people, for planet, and for peace. But what does implementation look like in practice? In the farming community of Villanueva, Honduras, it looks like 10-year-old Samantha experiencing online learning for the first time. Samantha's school is part of the Giga Initiative, born of a partnership between ITU and UNICEF, which aims to connect every school on Earth to the internet by 2030. Giga's work in Honduras actually provides a useful case study on how local and international cooperation can mobilize resources with local businesses, leveraging school connectivity to expand their digital markets. This model fosters sustainability, shared prosperity, and long-term commitment, all crucial for the pact implementation. Every school brought online boosts quality education, decent work, and economic growth. Implementation also looks like ASMAN. a driver for a digital ride-hailing service getting more work, despite living in one of Indonesia's most remote islands. Asman is one of 45 million people in rural Indonesia connected through a public-private partnership for satellite broadband. The kind that's connected through the Digital Infrastructure Investment Initiative, together with development finance institutions, as well as our partner to connect, digital Coalition that has mobilized over 70 billion US dollars towards meaningful connectivity and sustainable digital transformation. And implementation also means equipping people with digital skills, the digital skills that they need to thrive, like Anieri. She's a single mother learning digital skills at a STEM training center in South Sudan. Skills that are helping her to discover new income opportunities, benefit from digital health care and education services, and introduce her children to a world of opportunity for their future. Our AI Skills Coalition brings partners together to support people like Anieri to upskill, to reskill at a time when 40% of global employment is changing due to artificial intelligence. The Pact for the Future and its Global Digital Compact provide a boost to the SDGs and can help scale such stories, transforming the lives of millions, millions of people like Samantha, Osman, and Eniri. But significant challenges persist. Economic trends, infrastructure investment, skills, and policy gaps, and sustainability challenges threaten the momentum. That's why PACT implementation cannot remain aspirational. We must focus on delivering tangible results at scale and to achieve this fast. Technical standards are key to making sure that technology is accessible and affordable to all, and policy objectives can be met in an agile, swift, and flexible manner, keeping up with private sector innovation. We also need to make sure that we leverage our work in different areas to give life to the promises of the Pact, and 2025 offers unique opportunities to redouble our efforts in this regard. The upcoming fourth International Conference on Financing for Development brings the opportunity to include a focus on digital infrastructure investment. The second World Summit for Social Development can leverage the potential of digital and emerging technologies across the three pillars of social development, including through a focus on digital capacity development. And through the 20-year review of the World Summit on the Information Society, there is an opportunity to strengthen the multi-stakeholder implementation framework that ensures that digital will drive development with a people-centered, human-centric approach. We hope to see you at the WSIS+20 high-level event in Geneva in July that runs back-to-back with our AI for Good Summit. All of the initiatives and the platforms I have just mentioned bring key stakeholders together to deliver on the promises of the Pact by boosting infrastructure, skills, knowledge base, as well as policy development. Another key example is the Joint SDG Fund led by the UN Deputy Secretary General, which brings the UN family together around transformational transitions. 2025 also marks both the 160th anniversary of my organization and, of course, the 80th anniversary of the United Nations. It provides a moment for us to reflect on where we are, where we want to go, and how we can get there together. Let us use such milestones to work together and to maintain the momentum to ensure success stories like Samantha, Asman, and Anieri, that those stories actually become the norm for billions rather than the exception. Excellencies, the ITU, stands firmly committed to supporting Member States as you translate the Pax vision into reality, including by co-leading, as the Secretary General just described, as part of his steering committee, the Working Group on Digital Technologies, together with the Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies. With our sister agencies in the UN Group on the Information Society, we have mapped our digital work streams directly to the SDGs, to the WSIS action lines, and to the Global Digital Compact to turn commitments into coordinated action. By strengthening political will, advancing innovative partnerships and investments in areas such as digital infrastructure, skills, and policy development, We can turn digital divides into opportunities, transforming the Pact of the Future and its Global Digital Compact from ambition into achievement. Thank you very much.

I thank Ms. Bogdan-Martin. I give the floor to Ms. Shari Spiegel. Director of the Financing for Sustainable Development Office, Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Excellencies, thank you so much for having the Financing for Sustainable Development Office of UN DESA give some comments in today's discussion. As noted last year in the Financing for Sustainable Development Report and also recognized in the Pact, At the heart of the sustainable development crisis are really in many ways are financing issues there at the core. And those challenges have become, as already mentioned, even more critical since 6 months ago when the pact was agreed on. Major donors have cut their ODA budgets, as you all know, and there are increasing challenges in international trade, making it harder for financing for development goals to be implemented. But the pact really calls for first, for closing the financing gap, and particularly through reforms in the international financial architecture in four areas. First, to strengthen the voice and representation of developing countries. To mobilize additional financing for sustainable development goals, for countries to be able to borrow sustainably, to invest in their long-term development, and that includes 2 aspects. One is to address debt burdens, and the other is to address the high cost of borrowing that many countries face. And fourth, to support developing countries more effectively during systemic shocks and to make the financial system more stable. This is in addition to several specific action points in the pact on IFA reform. In many ways, member states have already begun to take these actions forward, particularly through the negotiations for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development to be held in Seville, Spain, in June. The first draft has already of the outcome document has been shared by the co-facilitators, and negotiations on that have already begun. And many of the actions in the draft provide recommendations to that advance the commitments, particularly on IFA reform in the pact. In general, the outcome, of course, recognizes that, as I said, the world is in a sustainable development crisis with financing challenges and a financing divide at the heart of many of those crisis. The solutions put forward in the outcome, which again really speak to the cause in the pact and add some specificity to some of the ideas already put forward in the pact. Our first, as really already highlighted by the Secretary General, the first draft really calls for and underscores the importance of a multilateral response to global challenges and for FFD4 to be a statement on strengthening multilateralism. The second is in terms of filling the financing gap, many of the recommendations in the draft outcome document can be categorized as being part of an impact-focused, large-scale, sustainable development investment push. And the third is for ambitious reforms of the international financial architecture. In terms of the investment push, I just want to highlight a few of the elements of it. First, of course, is that it's large scale, that we need trillions of dollars to fill the gap. And the first draft actually acknowledges a $4 trillion gap in financing for development, annual gap. But second, it really emphasizes that this is not the billions to trillions agenda we talked about 10 years ago. That the agenda has to focus on development and sustainable development impact. The question is, of course, how many dollars we have, but also how those dollars are used. To ensure that the dollars are used well, it also, the investment push, it notes that it has to be, if it's going to address public goals, it has to be publicly led. But it has to be a publicly led investment push, leveraging private finance. It's very much a public-private agenda. I think that, and as somebody who was very involved in the discussions 10 years ago in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, the understanding of private investment and private finance has grown significantly since 10 years ago in public and international discussions. And there's really an understanding now that for the private sector to be aligned with public goals, that private investment needs to incentivize and incentives that focus on SDG impact. And so, member states have put forward many ideas in the first draft of the FFD outcome document to enhance and to incentivize greater private investment to be aligned with the public sector and public goals. And this, again, is very much in line with the goal of the calls in the pact of giving more concrete ideas to of ways to fill the investment gap as called for in the pact for the future. In terms of the ambition architectural reform, there are three main areas. The first is to facilitate the investment push. You really need to have affordable finance and the international financial architecture to date. Has not been able to facilitate that, so there are ideas that are put forward in the first draft that are meant to lower the cost of borrowing, including a facility to help countries with high borrowing costs and high debt burdens to lower the cost of borrowing that could be housed at an international financial institution. The second is to, as called for in the pact, to address shocks to the system. And the third, of course, is governance reform so that everybody in all countries in the world have an equal voice that represents the structure of the global financial system today and the global economy today. So with those comments, I really, we're all, as we're supporting the negotiations going forward to the fourth conference in FFD. We really see in many ways the ideas being put forward and discussed right now really are steps to implement the agreements already put forward in the pact, and we look forward to all of you engaging and moving forward for a very ambitious outcome in Seville. So thank you very much.

I thank Ms. Pigel. I now open the floor for an interactive dialogue. and invite participants to make comments and pose questions. I would like to remind delegations that there is no established list of speakers for the meeting. Delegations wishing to speak are requested to press the microphone button. To allow maximum participation by all, members are requested to limit their interventions to three minutes. when speaking in their national capacity, and five minutes when speaking on behalf of a group of States. Time limit will be strictly enforced through an automatic microphone cut-off. Delegations may also submit their full-length written statements through e-mail to e-statements@un.org, which will be posted in the United Nations journal. I thank you for your cooperation. I now give the floor to the European Union, to the – I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of the European Union. Okay.

Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, distinguished colleagues, I deliver this statement on behalf of the EU and its member states. The candidate countries North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Georgia, as well as Armenia, align themselves with this statement. Thank you, Mr. President, for convening us here today to discuss the Pact for the Future's implementation. And I also thank the Secretary General for briefing the membership on the work of the UN in this regard. Today, six months after the Pact's adoption, we continue to witness interconnected challenges, all the more acute in the shifting geopolitical context. As multilateralism is under severe strain, the Pact is our guiding light. The Pact showcased the ability of the international community to come together and set out a vision and a pathway to address the multitude of challenges we are facing today. Showcasing our political will, global solidarity, and focus on impact and results, we must act together towards implementation by making use of existing national, regional, and multilateral processes as much as possible. And we should engage in dialogue and cooperate with all stakeholders to ensure its effective implementation. This must be a joint effort. The EU and its member states are walking the talk. Since the Pact's adoption, we have prioritized Pact implementation as part of our daily work, and we will continue to do so. We worked tirelessly to follow up on Pact actions in various formats, and we promoted its implementation through relevant multilateral processes, also outside the halls of this building. Here in New York, the EU and its Member States have organized themselves through dedicated action champions to advance work on the Pact's implementation. And you will hear from several of them today, providing concrete examples on how we can transform the Pact's commitments into actionable policies and outcomes. Allow me to focus on the following three areas of the Pact. On sustainable development. As the biggest and most reliable financial contributor to development and to the UN, the EU will continue to collaborate with other regions and intensify our outreach efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. As a major contribution to Agenda 2030, Team Europe is mobilizing up to 300 billion euro of investments in global gateway projects. Across continents, we leverage public and private investments and work with our partners to tackle the most pressing global challenges. We align these goals with the Pact's ambitions. Not shying away from tackling systemic challenges, we are also committed in finding ambitious, durable, and realistic solutions at the upcoming fourth Financing for Development Conference. We cannot address these challenges without mobilizing all sources of finance and enhancing partnerships. On peace and security, concrete implementation is well underway. We witness a clear cross-regional commitment to work together to strengthen our instruments for peace and security through various reform processes. Sharing best practices, for instance, on national prevention strategies or providing technical assistance for peace mediation, all are crucial efforts. To reinforce these efforts, we are working to establish a Group of Friends on Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention. The EU continues to put a clear emphasis on strengthening regional cooperation. Tying regional organizations closer together strengthens our global stability. We are currently in the process of reinforcing the EU-UN strategic partnership on peace and security, investing in conflict prevention and sustainable peace. And yesterday, the AU and EU launched celebrations to mark 25 years of their unique partnership, which continues to drive impactful change. Mr. President, none of our goals can be achieved without the full, equal, and meaningful participation of women. Efforts to uphold human rights continue unabashed. And as a crucial step, we look forward to the Secretary-General’s assessment for adequate, predictable, increased, and sustainable financing for the UN’s human rights pillar, as per the Pact. Distinguished colleagues, concrete first steps towards PACT implementation and means to do so are tangible, but we are only at the beginning. We hope that the UN, civil society, our citizens, will not only support Member States in this process, but also hold us accountable. And we welcome future opportunities to discuss these efforts and tangible results. As we turn our attention to the UN80 initiative this year, we will continue to be a staunch supporter of multilateralism with the UN and its Charter.

I thank the distinguished representative of the European Union. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Indonesia, who will speak on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

Thank you, Mr. President. I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of ASEAN. In the interest of time, this is a shortened version, while full text will be available online. ASEAN looks forward to effective implementation of the outcomes of the Summit of the Future in addressing present and future challenges. Mindful of the challenges and opportunities of the rapidly evolving global environment, ASEAN is committed to progress towards the future by building our Community Vision 2045 for a resilient, innovative, dynamic, and people-centered ASEAN. We recognize that current challenges are becoming more frequent, interconnected, and multidimensional, often exhibiting the inability of the multilateral system to respond. These include the shortfall of the 2030 Agenda, compounded by inadequate means of implementation. In this regard, we wish to underline three key points. First, we must work to ensure our future. We must work to ensure our world is future-ready. A renewed framework of financing for development is crucial, one that ensures affordable, accessible, and predictable financing. Scale-up financing for developing countries is fundamental, and ASEAN continues to underline the importance for developed country partner to fulfill their commitment on means of implementation. Second, technological advancement and digital transformation are key to sustainable and inclusive future. And to that end, means of implementation need to be geared towards closing the digital divide, enhance interconnectivity, and tap the full benefits of digital transformation in promoting inclusive and sustainable growth. And third, we share the PAX vision that a comprehensive reform of multilateral system is needed. not only of the UN, but also of the global financial system, to improve the readiness of global macroeconomic response, as well as effectiveness and relevance of the system's governance. Moreover, ASEAN believes that strengthening cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations is among the foundational steps for the reform. Now allow me to deliver a brief remarks in Indonesia's national capacity. Indonesia sees the PAC as a catalyst that guides us forward in reforming global governance towards a sustainable and inclusive future. On means of implementation, I wish to highlight three key areas. First, closing the financing gap in developing countries, where the PAC has provided us with policy options for an improved global financing framework by advancing the IFR reform along with timely and effective resources mobilization. Second, ensuring fair and equitable access to technology, including artificial intelligence. And this includes advancing equitable access to digital technologies and AI, investment in digital public goods, and mandates for a strong and inclusive AI governance. And third, investing in human capital. To conclude, Mr. President, we must ensure that the Pact is not just a declaration of intent, but a concrete framework for actions, and this requires transforming the Pact into collective actions towards an inclusive and sustainable future for all. I thank you.

I thank the distinguished representative of Indonesia. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Palau, who will speak on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States.

Mr. President, I have the honour to deliver the following remarks on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States. At the outset, AOSIS would like to express our appreciation to you for convening this dialogue and for the opportunity to discuss the implementation of the Pact for the Future and its means of implementation. During the Summit of the Future last year, AOSIS highlighted that multilateralism is not just a principle; it is a practical necessity for addressing the challenges before us. For SIDS, these challenges are ever increasing. The climate crisis, environmental degradation, sea level rise, unsustainable debt burdens, and global economic uncertainty require decisive action. We need a clear path that ensures that the commitments made by the international community translate into tangible and sustained action. Mr. President, AOSIS will focus on three areas for today's dialogue. First, we must address financing. The Pact clearly recognizes the need for adequate and predictable financial resources in addressing climate vulnerabilities and advancing sustainable development. However, for SIDS, the lack of access to finance remains a persistent barrier. The financing commitments made under the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement, as agreed at the Conference of Parties, must be honored and scaled up. We urge developed countries to meet their finance pledges, particularly focusing on the provision of highly concessional finance and grants, rather than loans that burden our economies. We also call for the international financial institutions to use the MVI to better assess assess the needs of SIDs and to unlock access to concessional financing and other means of implementation. We also emphasize the urgent need to address correspondent banking relationship challenges faced by SIDs. Despite compliance with international standards, financial exclusion through de-risking activities continue to threaten trade, remittances, and essential services. As committed in the Pact for the Future, we need concrete mechanisms that ensure fair access to global financial systems for all nations, especially SIDS. Secondly, the Pact for the Future specifically addresses the need for comprehensive and inclusive financing solutions to address the debt burdens of our vulnerable countries. Many SIDS face unsustainable levels of debt, which limit their ability to invest in climate resilience and development. This indebtedness is compounded by the fact that SIDS are disproportionately impacted by external shocks, none of which are of their own making. In this regard, ISUS calls for support to operationalize the SIDS Debt Sustainability Support Service as a key solution to both immediate and long-term debt vulnerabilities. Together, this initiative can facilitate support for debt sustainability and resilience building in SIDS. Lastly, the Pact for the Future, including the Global Digital Compact, emphasizes the importance of technology transfer and capacity building to empower countries to achieve their development goals. For SIDS, the gap in technology access remains a significant barrier to achieving our sustainable development ambitions. The latest technologies, including AI, are essential for addressing our unique challenges and vulnerabilities. To ensure that the means of implementation are directed to those on the ground, the CID Center of Excellence, which serves as a hub for knowledge sharing and capacity building, can play a vital role in facilitating technology transfer and specialized training aligned with the needs of small island developing states. In conclusion, Mr. President, EOSIS emphasizes that achieving the overall objective of the Pact for the Future, that is turbocharging the implementation of the SDGs, hinges on addressing these pressing issues. The international community must act swiftly and decisively to ensure that states have the necessary resources, tools, and fiscal space to achieve resilient prosperity. We call on all to honor their commitments and act in solidarity to meet this objective. Only through robust, effective, and inclusive means of implementation can we turn the promises of the Pact for the Future into the reality of today. I thank you.

I thank the distinguished representative of Palau. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Venezuela, who will speak on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defense of the United Nations Charter.

Mr. President, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has the honor to take the floor on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations. Mr. President, While the documents contained in General Assembly resolution 79/1, commonly referred to as the Pact for the Future, does not set obligations of a legally binding nature on States, it certainly constitutes, despite its shortfalls and the unconventional manner in which it was negotiated and adopted, an important political declaration in which our leaders have jointly agreed to take action aimed at urgently accelerating the achievement of the goals foreseen in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. We cannot overemphasize in this context our firm commitment to the 2030 Agenda, which continues to be our common compass for the attainment of SDGs as well as for the full and effective realization of sustainable development in its three dimensions, particularly within the context of the current Decade of Action and in the five remaining years ahead of us, in which we ought to get back on track in the interest of the well-being and prosperity of both present and future generations. Mr. President, many of the challenges currently faced by developing countries stem from colonial and neo-colonial mindsets in the development world, which has failed to honor its commitments in terms of means of implementation for making the right to development of our peoples a reality and ensuring that truly no country, no one is left behind. The significant reduction in terms of official assistance Artificial development aid is a clear example, as is the lack of progress with regard to the much-awaited and needed reform of the international financial architecture, and the continuation of illegal practices such as unilateral coercive measures, today constitute the greatest obstacle to the development of nations illegally subjected to such policies of aggression. All these proven facts only serve the interests of the developed world, as it attempts to deceive us with nice words. while in fact, it only seeks to perpetuate a system of subjugation that serves its interests of domination. Mr. President, addressing poverty, hunger, and inequalities remains a paramount priority, especially as the developmental gap between and among northern and southern countries continues to widen. This disparity is further exacerbated by the growing digital and artificial intelligence divides, which threaten to leave developing nations behind. in technological advancements. In compounding these challenges, unilateral coercive measures significantly hinder developing countries' efforts to achieve their national development strategies in pursuance of the SDGs. Mr. President, the upcoming fourth International Conference on Financing for Development provides a good opportunity for concrete actions that would ultimately unlock those means of implementation we all are talking about today, whether through the mobilization of resources, a deepening of international cooperation and solidarity, or an enhancement of capacity building, technical assistance, and knowledge sharing. To conclude, We emphasize, on the one hand, the need for a reinvigorated and more inclusive multilateralism, with the United Nations at its core, in order to ensure the success of our common endeavors, and on the other hand, that when it comes to the implementation of the Pact of the Future and its annexes, we are committed to do so through relevant, mandated intergovernmental processes. with mandates where they exist, under a States-led approach addressing the needs, programmes and levels of development of different countries, especially developing countries, as agreed by our leaders, in line with the intergovernmental nature of our Organization. I thank you, Mr. President.

I thank the distinguished representative of Venezuela. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Angola.

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, distinguished colleagues, thank you for giving me the floor. Let me congratulate you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting to discuss the means of implementation of the Pact for the Future. We thank the Secretary General for briefing us on the implementation of the Pact. Let me start by quoting an ancient African proverb: "If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. This proverb teaches us that sustainable and lasting progress can only be achieved through cooperation and global solidarity. The Pact for the Future represents a historic opportunity to reaffirm this principle. However, to make it truly transformative, we must recognize an inescapable reality. Without adequate financing and fair global financial system, the commitments we have made will only remain out of reach for many nations. Therefore, Angola would like to highlight four points. First, a fairer financial system is crucial. Many developing countries spend more money paying debt services than investing in critical infrastructure projects. to foster economic and social development. My delegation firmly believes that there is no real discussion about global development without addressing the needs of the most vulnerable countries. The upcoming fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, FFD-4, will be decisive in ensuring that commitments made in the Pact for the Future will definitely take us to a better future. Second, Technology and innovation must be accessible to all. The Global Digital Compact must be more than just a good document. It needs to provide clear funding and action plans. For Angola, digital transformation should bring people together and provide shared benefits, not create new and more divisions. Third, we must place the most vulnerable population at the center of our actions. My delegation urges a stronger commitment to ending poverty, making it a priority in every part of this pact. No country should have to choose between paying its debt and feeding its people. Fourth, peace and security must be recognized as indispensable components to achieve sustainable development. We need to invest more in preventive diplomacy, mediation, and the peaceful settlement of disputes. Achieving this is impossible without a long overdue reform of the UN Security Council, one that addresses historical injustice and ensures Africa’s fair representation with two permanent seats and two additional non-permanent seats. To conclude, Mr. President, this Pact for the Future will only.

I thank the distinguished representative of Angola. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Austria.

Thank you, Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Excellencies. Thank you, President Philemon Young, first of all, for convening this important dialogue. At the onset, I want to say, of course, that Austria is fully aligning with the statement of the European Union earlier. Just two days ago, our new Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger stressed in her statement at the Security Council that we need the United Nations more than ever. And Austria certainly supports the necessary reforms, the efforts put forward, and thank you for your proposals today, Mr. Secretary General, to make the UN fit for purpose. We look forward to further concrete proposals in the framework also of the UNAD initiative. The Pact plays an important role in this regard. Implementation requires not just ambition, but a clear roadmap for action. This is especially true for peacebuilding and peace operations. Firstly, The peacebuilding architecture review is at the heart of these efforts. We need to define the how, how we strengthen peacebuilding financing, how we improve coordination between UN actors, and how we ensure that peacebuilding efforts are both inclusive and sustainable. Sustainable and predictable financing is essential. The gap between ambition and resources, and we've heard something already today. The gap between ambition and resources remains one of the great obstacles to effective peacebuilding. We need to be cooperative in addressing this. We also need strong integration across the UN system in achieving effectiveness, and we support strengthening the Peacebuilding Commission in this context. We need strengthened and deepened partnerships with regional organizations, as mentioned here today as well. We look forward to review of all forms of UN peacekeeping operations, as our Foreign Minister has underlined strongly that we need to ensure peacekeeping and special political missions are fit for purpose. And it is very important to have the effectiveness of current peace operations enhanced in adapting to evolving conflict dynamics, including new and emerging threats. Strengthened partnerships were mentioned. Peace operations can also contribute more directly to sustaining peace if we look into stronger synergies. And last but not least, the IGN process, we recognize the significant progress made through Article 39. We will continue to pursue.

I thank the distinguished representative of Austria. I now give the floor to distinguished representative of Albania.

Thank you, Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General. Excellencies, I would like to start by thanking the PGE for this initiative to discuss with the membership the implementation of the Pact for the Future. The Pact represents an important achievement for multilateralism. It has paved the path towards enhanced global cooperation by taking forward each of the 56 agreed actions, which are crucial to a sustainable and equitable future. Albania has fully supported the Pact, recognizing the interconnectedness of global challenges and the need for strengthened multilateralism. Translating the broad commitments into concrete actions that can build trust and deliver for people around the world will require active and sustained engagement by a wide range of actors, including strong partnerships between national government, civil society, private sector. Regional organization and UN agencies, Albania, as many member states, is interested in ensuring the Pact is fully implemented, and we strongly believe that national-level engagement, implementation, and accountability will be essential in achieving the transformative changes envisioned by the Pact. Every member state must take ownership of the Pact commitments and adapt them to its specific context. To this end, we must focus on actionable pathways that are concrete, measurable, and adapted to the realities of each country. Political will is a cornerstone of this transformation. In Albania, we'll understand that commitment from all levels of government is essential for successful implementation. This means not only creating ambitious policies, but also ensuring that political leadership is backed by accountability, transparency, and inclusivity. Albania has already incorporated the SDGs in our national strategies, focusing on poverty reduction, gender equality, and environmental sustainability. To make the PACTS commitment a reality, we must also recognize that global solidarity is vital. No country can tackle these challenges alone. International collaboration and mutual responsibility are crucial in supporting countries with fewer resources, particularly in the areas of climate change, poverty reduction and gender equality. Next, mobilizing the necessary resources, financial, technological, capacity building, and institutional, is key. Financial commitments, including climate finance, must be met to support the most vulnerable communities. The development of green technologies must be a priority, ensuring that these solutions are accessible and relevant for all. In conclusion, Albania remains committed to the principles of inclusivity, sustainability, and global cooperation and stands ready to working together to turn ambition into action, to leave no one behind, and ensure a prosperous future for all. I thank you.

I thank the distinguished representative of Albania. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Egypt. After that, it will be Australia.

Thank you very much, Mr. President. I like that creative way of setting the stage and grateful to the SG for availing us that opportunity and yourself to have that wonderful discussion. Now, more than ever, Mr. Secretary General, we need to uphold the multilateral system. We need to empower the UN more and more. At the heart of that is the operationalization of the Pact of the Future. The Pact, as we all recall, was endorsed via an all-inclusive intergovernmental process. It's our collective will indeed to reposition the UN to work and operate for the betterment of all humanity, for a world where every country grows and prosper, where every challenge is being addressed, where every country had an equal opportunity to development and to have stability and security. Where global solidarity can really make a difference, we need to capitalize on the Pact of the Future, fully operationalize it, full support to the SDGs task forces and work streams, and the UN 80 initiative. It's very commendable. I fully subscribe to my Austrian colleague's remarks on the peacebuilding as one of the co-factors of the PBR. He has covered the issue brilliantly. Of course, we need to put that peacebuilding at the heart of what the UN is doing, for the whole UN system to embrace peacebuilding, not to limit it. To empower the system, as he has brilliantly said, the FFD4 is a very important duty station in mobilizing resources for the whole challenges facing. humanity, debt restructuring feature very high on that important FFD4. This is what I wanted to say in brief. Of course, very happy with the progress on the artificial intelligence of the GDC, that issue of putting the UN with the beauty of the convening power.

Of the UN at the heart of.

Finding a brilliant formula for the governance of the AI to benefit everyone and all the parties that developing wells and so on. This cannot happen anywhere else, Secretary General, and we're happy with the momentum you have created with the Pact of the Future. Full endorsement, full support. Thank you very much for availing that opportunity, Mr. President.

I thank the distinguished representative of Egypt. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Australia, and after that you'll be Cuba.

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, thank you. The Pact for the Future reflects our collective commitment to ensure the UN continues to advance peace, human rights and development supported by reform. For 80 years, the UN has tackled enormous global challenges and continues to deliver services for the benefit of citizens. It guards against the spread of nuclear weapons. It sets the standards that keep food safe. It delivers aid to people in need. The UN's mandates and work indicate that member states see the UN as critical to helping solve the world's most complex problems. But the UN is facing an extremely challenging global environment where resources are rapidly shrinking across the board as needs increase. As Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld acknowledged after the first review of UN mandates in 1954, there is only so much the UN can effectively deliver within limited resources. Over time, duplication and inefficiencies have arisen across the UN system, and this needs to be addressed systematically. Member States, particularly smaller States, are struggling to engage across the breadth of work. With changed funding and global circumstances, the status quo is unsustainable. Mr. President, as we implement the Pact in this context, we need to be bold and do things differently. The Secretary-General is right that the UN should be subject to rigorous and regular scrutiny to ensure it is fit for purpose. Australia very much welcomes the Secretary-General’s UNAD initiative and the UN progressing the initiative at pace. We stand ready to support rigorous and urgent reforms to the UN system. Amid the worsening liquidity crisis, the UN must be laser focused on its core mandates, look for efficiencies and assure best value for money. The UN must look for opportunities to consolidate and address overlapping mandates and functions across agencies. President, the challenge ahead is daunting. The review of mandates and implementing deeper reforms will take sustained commitment from us, with equal opportunities for Member States to meaningfully engage. As Member States, we must ensure the multilateral agenda focuses on the most pressing global challenges. More predictable, sustainable and flexible financial arrangements are critical for the UN to effectively tackle global challenges and deliver on the purpose of the UN Charter. Australia will be a constructive partner in shaping a more effective multilateral system that delivers for citizens. I thank you.

I thank the distinguished representative of Australia. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Cuba. And after that, it will be the Republic of Korea.

Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, our delegation subscribes to the statement made by Venezuela on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter and Palau on behalf of developing countries. We would also like to make the following comments in our national capacity: The negotiation of the Pact for the Future led to significant It was the result of significant efforts by negotiators to reach a final result. While this document reflects the value of multilateralism, we hope that translating it into practice will contribute to accelerating the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. As we reflect on the third question contained in the conceptual note on this event regarding to the possible pathways to crystallize the transformative spirit of this pact, we recall our intervention on the 7th of October of last year when we debated item 123 in the General Assembly, where we proposed a five-plan plan – five-point plan to ensure achieving of the goals of the pact. Specifically, first of all, it’s necessary to make tangible the commitments reflected in the pact and to advance urgently discussions regarding the SDG stimulus. No actions envisioned in the pact can be implemented without due financial support. We consider that under the authority of the President of the General Assembly, structured conversations should begin regarding this initiative. Secondly, we need the report requested of the Secretary-General in the Pact of the Future on how sustainable development will be affected by an increase in military expenditures. Contrary to what is envisioned in the Pact, the current narrative of the past few weeks points to rearmament rather than financing for development. As a third point, it is essential to receive proposals from the Secretary-General to strengthen the capacities of the United Nations to reduce the digital gap and to support national governments in taking advantage of science and technology for development. As a fourth point, we request the Secretary-General to provide us with a roadmap with possible timetables and outcomes with regard to his projected contacts with multilateral development banks, credit rating agencies, and international financial institutions. As a fifth and last point, we'd like to highlight the need for establishing multilateral governance of artificial intelligence and establish a global fund for promoting these technologies, as established in the Global Digital Pact. Developing countries cannot be excluded from this new technological revolution. Thank you very much.

I thank the distinguished representative of Cuba, and I give the floor to the distinguished representative of the Republic of Korea. After that, it will be Croatia.

Thank you, Your Excellency, Mr. President. Thank you for convening us today. And we appreciate the Secretary General's enthusiastic efforts for the implementation of the Pact for the Future. The Korean government actively participated in the negotiations of the Pact for the Future, recognizing the urgent need to strengthen multilateralism and reform global governance in the current international landscape. Moving forward, we will continue to engage constructively and contribute to its implementation. Political will of all Member States is more than ever, important more than ever for the implementation too. In this light, we hope that this year's major high-level engagements, including the FFD4, World Social Summit, and COP30, will produce substantial and meaningful outcomes to advance the implementation. Meanwhile, as the Secretary-General's UN80 initiative is gaining momentum, the Pact for the Future should be implemented in a way that contributes to the UN reforms, focusing on the cost-effectiveness and organizational efficiency. In this regard, we look forward to tangible outcomes from the UN Reform Task Force this year. On the other hand, we hope that the actions taken by the Secretary-General for the implementation will be carried out transparently, engaging with Member States to gather their views. As for the Special Envoy for Future Generations, it should be carefully assessed whether the establishment of such a position is essential. If pursued, efforts should be made to minimize organizational expansion and costs. With respect to the IFI reforms, close engagement and balanced cooperation with the relevant institutions, Global South, and countries in special situations will be indispensable. The Pact for the Future is a hard-won achievement of our time, and the Korean Government is committed to its effective implementation. We look forward to working closely with all Member States throughout this process.

I thank you.

I thank the distinguished representative of the Republic of Korea. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Croatia. After that, you will be China.

Mr. President, thank you very much for organizing this informal interactive dialogue. We also thank the Secretary General and others for their briefings.

Croatia aligns itself with the statement delivered by the European Union, and I would like to add a few.

Points in my national capacity.

We have all reiterated many times the importance of the.

Pact for the Future that our heads of state and government adopted last September. This is our forward-looking roadmap to build a more resilient, sustainable, and equitable world for all.

But if we want it to not become just another document with limited real-life impact, we should act and implement it.

This is why this dialogue is so timely.

It enables us to hear from each other, our solutions and challenges in implementing the Pact, and partner with each other. We are all aware of the increasing geopolitical and geoeconomic challenges the world faces, as well as the impact and the consequences of climate change on our environment. By implementing the Pact, we will be putting back on track the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs.

But we will also be.

Working on prevention, peacebuilding, and sustaining peace, and making our environment more protected and our institutions better equipped.

To deal with the new and emerging challenges.

This is the time to double down on our efforts, not to walk away from them.

In this context, the Pact for the Future is not just an aspiration; it is an imperative.

Together, we must act with urgency, ambition, and unity to transform commitments into tangible progress for all. At the international level, we should focus not on merely strengthening, but revitalizing multilateralism. enhancing cooperation, fostering sustainable development, and ensuring that technological progress benefits all. Operationally, our multilateral institutions should be more efficient and effective, inclusive, and responsive when addressing emerging crises. Moreover, global peace and security depend on stronger partnerships, conflict prevention, and a renewed commitment to international law. Accelerating the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly on climate adaptation and green transitions, together with digital innovation, is surely dependent on financial commitments, but also on political and societal.

Buy-in at the national level.

In this regard, Croatia has adopted its National Development Strategy until 2030, underpinned with relevant legislation and regulations, to create an enabling environment for a competitive, innovative, and safe society with a recognizable identity and culture, a country with preserved resources, quality living conditions, and opportunities for all. Croatia's strategy is built on three main.

I thank the distinguished representative of Croatia. May I give the floor to distinguished representative of China? After that, it will be Ecuador.

Thank you, President. China aligns itself with the statement by Venezuela on behalf of the Group of Friends in defense of the Charter. We appreciate the efforts on part of the Secretary-General and the Secretariat in implementing the pact. Today, we are living in a changing and turbulent world, where hot spot issues continue unabated, various challenges keep emerging, and multilateralism faces mounting pressure. At this critical juncture, when we are about to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the UN, we must revitalize multilateralism and strengthen solidarity and collaboration. We must turn the Pact from a roadmap into a construction plan, translate our political commitment into substantive actions, and together, strive for world peace and development. To this end, we must first and foremost support the authority and role of the UN. We must safeguard the UN-centered international system and uphold the purposes and principles of the UN Charter. We must revisit the founding mission of this organization and stay committed to the peaceful settlement of disputes and the vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security. We must accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and bring development back to the center of the international agenda, so that all countries can share the dividends of development and achieve common prosperity. We must also further reform and improve global governance to make it more just and equitable. To do so, we must increase the representation and voice of the Global South. And as humanity continues to push the frontiers, we must support the UN's role as the main channel of governance in such emerging fields as artificial intelligence. President, China has always been a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and a defender of international order. President Xi Jinping has put forward the vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind and the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and Global Civilization Initiative. All these represent China's proposals to further reform and improve global governance. Last month, during China's Secret Council Presidency, we hosted a high-level meeting on practicing multilateralism, reforming and improving global governance. This week in Beijing, China held an international symposium themed "Strengthen the Role of the United Nations and Promote Multilateralism." All these are aimed to facilitate the implementation of the Pact for the Future and contribute to the improvement of global governance. We stand ready to work with all parties to build a community with a shared future and embrace and even brighter future for all. Thank you, President.

I thank the distinguished representative of China. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Ecuador. After that, it will be Malaysia.

Thank you, Mr. President. I'm grateful for the keynote speakers for their valuable statements. Ecuador welcomes the convening of this dialogue that allows us to renovate our – renew our collective will to take concrete actions to fulfill the commitments undertaken in the Pact for the Future, which implementation can no longer wait. The Pact for the Future is a historic opportunity to define the future of multilateralism and build more just, resilient, and sustainable societies. four areas defined by the Secretary General this morning, and it's in his initiative, UN 2.0, and others go very much in this direction and invite all of us to act in order to confront the challenges faced by multilateralism. Secretary General, you can count on our support. It's from this perspective that I will just focus on three points, given the lack of time. First of all, the political will should be expressed in coherent national and international leadership. The commitments of the Pact on Sustainable Development, Peace, Equity, and Justice will only be meaningful if they take shape by national inclusive policies as well as effective multilateral decisions such as cooperation against transnational organized crime that threatens democracy, development, and the future of young people around the world. Secondly, it's essential to raise financial resources in sufficient quantity, accessible, and predictable. At a time when the achievement of the SDGs runs serious risks, initiatives such as the fourth conference on the financing for development should be a turning point in this area, thirdly. Transfer of technologies and capacity building must be central axes of international cooperation. Digital transformation, energy transformation, and adaptation to climate change will not be possible without disinterested cooperation and equitable access to knowledge and innovation. Mr. President, distinguished colleagues, for Ecuador, the means of implementation are the bridge between aspiration and action. why we are committed to the task of making the vision of the Pact for the Future a reality. I trust that this dialogue will allow us to advance toward this goal. Thank you.

I thank the distinguished representative of Ecuador. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Malaysia. After that, it will be Morocco.

President, thank you for convening this important meeting. We also thank all the briefers for their insights. Malaysia aligns itself with the statement delivered by Indonesia on behalf of ASEAN. Here, we wish to highlight a few key points. First, financial mobilization is a crucial element for the successful implementation of the pact and the 2030 agenda. As many developing nations face fiscal constraints, It is essential that we look beyond traditional financing mechanisms and explore new, innovative ways to mobilize the necessary funding. In this regard, Malaysia is exploring sustainable investment models, such as green bonds, as well as intensifying public-private partnerships to attract the necessary capital to fund initiatives in clean energy, climate resilience, digital transformation, and sustainable development. Second, Malaysia underlines the importance of sharing best practices, lessons learned, and innovative solutions. At the national level, Malaysia has long focused on building local capacities through education, research, and innovation. We recognize that our greatest resource is human capital, and we continue to invest in training and empowering our citizens to become active participants in national development programs. Finally, while the SDGs are universal, the path to achieving them is far from uniform or standard. Countries in different regions face different challenges and opportunities. Therefore, the need for tailored, context-specific solutions, often through regional collaboration, is critical to ensure that no one is left behind. As Chair of ASEAN this year, Malaysia's commitment to the implementation of the Pact and the 2030 Agenda is clearly illustrated by our strong leadership in regional mechanisms and initiatives within the ASEAN framework. President Malaysia will continue to engage in meaningful dialogue and collaborate with all partners to ensure that the Pact for the Future and SDGs are realized in a way that benefits current and future generations. Thank you.

Thank you. I thank the distinguished delegate from Malaysia. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Morocco.

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Morocco expresses its sincere appreciation for convening this timely, informal, interactive dialogue to accelerate the implementation of the Pact for the Future. We fully align ourselves with the vision articulated by the President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General, emphasizing the urgent need to translate commitments into concrete actions. Recognizing the importance of tailored approaches highlighted by the PGA, Morocco underscores the following targeted proposal to ensure effective implementation of the Pact for the Future. First, establish a clear and detailed global implementation roadmap aligned with the 56 commitments outlined in the pact, as well as the Declaration on Future Generation and the Global Digital Compact, specifying clear objectives, responsibilities, specific timelines, and measurable indicators for progress. Second, create a dedicated, predictable, and sustainable financing mechanism specially designed to close investment gap and address external debt challenges faced by developing countries in line with action four of the pact. This mechanism should include urgent action on debt relief, restructuring, and innovative financing solution as emphasized by both the President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General. Third, operationalize an international platform to fulfill commitments within the Global Digital Compact, aiming at equitable technology transfer, innovation sharing, targeted investment in digital infrastructure, and robust capacity-building initiative to effectively bridge the digital divide and promote equitable access. Fourth, establish a specialized capacity-building program, particularly in critical areas highlighted in the pact, such as climate resilience, digital governance, and sustainable development, consistent with actions 9, 27, and 29 of the pact. Many developing countries may face challenges in implementing the pact's measure due to resource constraint or limited technical expertise. We need to provide targeted technical assistance and knowledge sharing platform to empower developing countries to fully engage in the implementation process. Fifth, further clarity is needed on how the UN Secretariat plan to ensure that member states are actively engaged in the working groups and can effectively contribute to the implementation process. Finally, Morocco remains fully committed to contributing actively to the successful implementation of the Pact for the Future, aiming toward sustainable development and prosperity for current and future generations. Thank you.

I thank the distinguished representative of Morocco. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Armenia. After that, it will be Malawi.

We thank the President of the General Assembly for initiating a series of informal interactive dialogues to reinforce the implementation of the Pact for the Future at this pivotal moment when challenges transcend the borders and the collective determination of shared responsibility and belief in unity requires renewed commitment. Mr. President, the delegation of Armenia would like to stress the following points. The Pact reiterates the imperatives of peaceful resolution of disputes through diplomacy, respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity, full adherence to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, protection and promotion of human rights. We support the UN system-wide approach as a guiding principle of the Pact that the three pillars of the United Nations – peace and security, sustainable development, and human rights – are equally important, interlinked, and mutually reinforcing. The international development and humanitarian assistance should become more accessible to people affected by conflicts and crisis, particularly forcibly displaced and refugees. As the funding gap continues to be a significant barrier for the majority of countries to achieve sustainable development, Armenia advocates for enhanced cooperation to mobilize stable, long-term, and adequate financing, especially for countries in special situations and middle-income countries. In light of continued policies of deliberate destruction, desecration, and appropriation of cultural or religious monuments, promotion and preservation of cultural diversity and cultural heritage requires an urgent action. Critical environmental challenges require effective measures to reduce disaster risk and building resilience, reverse the degradation of ecosystems, and ensure a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. As the next host of the Biodiversity COP 17, Armenia stands ready to actively engage in the context of environmental processes and deliberations to make sure that we collectively move the needle in our global efforts for addressing environmental challenges. We emphasize the importance of enhancing the UN's monitoring and reporting capacities, as well as capabilities and capacities to prevent conflicts, genocide, mass atrocities, and gross violations of fundamental human rights. With regard to the actions underway, I welcome the recently launched process of the establishment and functioning of the independent international scientific panel on artificial intelligence and the global dialogue on artificial intelligence governance as a first step towards the implementation of the GDC. Mr. President, In conclusion, we commend your efforts to initiate all the relevant processes stemming from the Pact and stand ready to engage constructively throughout this process.

I thank the distinguished representative of Armenia. I now give the floor to distinguished representative Malawi. After that, it will be Colombia.

PGN.

SG, DSG, Excellences, special speakers, I thank the P-5 for convening this dialogue that is very timely as the world is going through unprecedented times. I wish to express the Government of Malawi’s support in making the implementation of the Pact of the Future a strategic priority. I also wish to express Malawi’s support to the creation of the six working groups. I thank the Secretary-General for setting up a team to drive the Pact implementation in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General.

It is critical that the.

Team's work contributes to the acceleration of SDG implementation so that our countries achieve their localized SDGs. In line with the SDG principles of leaving no one behind and reaching the last mile, it is important that country-level implementation of the Pact of the Future is.

Aligned with national priorities.

Malawi supports the SG’s call to continue advocating for the facts goal of making the Security Council more representative, including addressing the urgent need to redress the historical injustice against Africa. In the area of peace and security, Malawi looks forward to the second independent progress study on the positive contributions to peace processes and requests the Secretary-General to keep.

Updated on the review of the future of all forms of the peace operations.

Malawi is also in agreement with the necessity to make the international financial system fit for purpose.

Within today's geopolitical complexities and responsive to the challenges faced by developing countries, as recognized in action 47 of the pact. We, however, call for an ambitious outcome of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development.

We thank the PGO office and co-facilitators for the ongoing intense consultations with member states.

Which will ensure consensus building. Noting the importance of digital transformation for a progressive and sustainable future for all, Malawi acknowledges the goal.

Of closing digital divides as a catalyst for accelerating the achievement of 2030 Agenda. We therefore look forward to the Secretary-General's report on voluntary financing options for AI capacity building. In conclusion, PGE, SG, Excellences, with the need to accelerate implementation of the Pact of the Future.

And the various action plans, including the Agenda 2030, Malawi recommends the adoption and scaling up of the innovative financing and portfolio programming approaches in the Resident Coordinator system.

To ensure coherence.

I thank the distinguished representative of Malawi. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Colombia. After that, it will be Mexico.

I thank the President of the General Assembly for the invitation to this informal dialogue to align efforts for the implementation of the Pact for the Future. I would like to reiterate that to advance in the implementation, it's essential to ensure synergies and complementarities between mechanisms and platforms already established with a mandate to address the various commitments contained in the Pact. The review of the architecture of peacebuilding is an opportunity to make operational the appeal in the Pact for the Future to have sufficient predictable, sustainable, and flexible funding for the achievement of peace. Colombia reaffirms that the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals are the main multilaterally agreed roadmap for the well-being of people on the planet, without prejudging the recognition of delay in its implementation, it's essential to advance in its implementation as the best way for a better future. We'd like to highlight that 2025 offers unique opportunities in advancing on the path towards implementing the Pact. The holding of the fourth International Conference of Financing for Development. We must move forward the reform of the international financial architecture and align the work of international financial institutions with the SDGs and the fight against climate change. The review of the World Summit of the Information Society+20 offers an institutional platform for the implementation of the Global Digital Pact. Furthermore, for Colombia, the upcoming Global Social Pact Summit will be essential in advancing on issues that are priority under the pact to ensure social investments and investments in people to eradicate poverty and ensure social inclusion. We must ensure an ambitious outcome that outlines concrete actions to reduce structural inequalities and in order to achieve true social development, especially for future generations and the most vulnerable groups. We attach the greatest possible importance to defining the modalities of the global dialogue and the Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence as a fundamental platform to advance an inclusive governance of this technology.

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Distinguished representative of Colombia, I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Mexico. After that, you will be Zimbabwe.

Thank you, President, for convening this meeting and for ensuring specific follow-up to the Pact for the Future. Mexico is also grateful for the presence of the Secretary General and his message. especially on UN80 and UN2.0. For my country, Pact for the Future represents a renewal of our collective commitment to multilateralism, which is essential in order to confront our current and future challenges. We also acknowledge that this year, as the UN will turn 80 years old, there are growing questions regarding the institution and the very effectiveness of multilateralism. The adoption of the pact demonstrated that multilateralism could overcome partial or nationalist visions and agree on the means of implementation on the basis of the principle of shared responsibilities, overcoming the inertia that normalizes injustice and inequality. Today, Mexico renews and recommits to this principle and joint commitment. This dialogue points to renewing global solidarity and launching discussions on the means of implementation of the Pact for the Future. Mexico is one of the co-facilitators of the outcome document of the fourth conference on financing for development, which will take place in Seville. this year, is committed to making sure that coherence is maintained between the agreements within the pact and the outcome of this conference. Mexico hopes to build on the agreements under the pact in order to strengthen the role of developing countries in economic governance, improve access to financing for development, and promote sustainable investment as essential steps to forge agreements, sound agreements that benefit all of us. We believe that in order to reduce the distance between ambition and the fulfillment of the commitments contained in the pact, it will be necessary to ensure follow-up in terms of specific actions. Lastly, Mexico is interested in serving as a champion of some of these actions, including questions related to the impact of military spending on the achievement of the sustainable development goals. other countries to lead as champions, as much as their capacities allow for it. Mr. President, you can count on Mexico to advance towards a more effective multilateralism that responds to the needs of all. Thank you.

I thank the distinguished representative of Mexico. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Zimbabwe. After that, it will be Nauru.

Thank you, Mr. President. Let me begin by thanking you for convening this important interactive dialogue on the Pact for the Future, with a particular focus on the means of implementation. We also thank the Secretary General and other briefers for their insightful remarks. Zimbabwe associates itself with the statement delivered by Venezuela on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter. And I wish to deliver this statement in a national capacity. Mr. President, I take this opportunity to reaffirm Zimbabwe's full commitment to the Pact for the Future. We believe that through this collective action, the Pact can help to accelerate progress towards the attainment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The grim reality is that we are significantly off track in terms of achieving the SDGs. And we are even regressing on some of the goals. These realities have been compounded by the ever widening financing gap, the growing digital divide, the debt crisis, persistent poverty, conflict, and for some countries such as Zimbabwe, the unjustified maintenance of unilateral coercive measures. With just under five years remaining, we must redouble our efforts to mobilize adequate means of implementing the pact. as this will help to bolster the attainment of the SDGs. My delegation wishes to share the following insights on how best we can collectively mobilize means to successfully implement the Pact for the Future. The upcoming fourth international conference on financing for development presents an opportunity for global leaders to not only demonstrate solidarity and political will, but to adopt an ambitious set of commitments aimed at bridging the financing gap. We also hope that the FFD4 will agree on concrete steps to be taken to reform the international financial architecture. to make it more equitable, representative of developing countries, particularly in decision making, and responsive to our development needs. Central to the FFD conversation is the need for developed countries to honor their commitments to upscale official development assistance. We believe that this will equip us to implement the Paris commitments in a timely manner. Second, The engagement of local authorities in planning for and reporting on development initiatives can only enrich the implementation of the Pact. Through the implementation of a devolution process aimed at leaving no one and no place behind, Zimbabwe has registered tremendous success in cascading national development plans to the provincial and local levels through the transformation of communities and the empowerment of vulnerable groups. We call for the establishment of multi-stakeholder country platforms that bring together central and local governments, the UN system, and the private sector to play a role.

Line and I thank the distinguished representative of Zimbabwe, and I'll give the floor to the distinguished representative of Nauru. After that, it will be Pakistan.

Mr. President, Nauru welcomes this opportunity to address the critical issue of the means of implementation for the pacts for the future. As a small developing state sits Access to finance is vital to our development, yet we continue to face systemic barriers. My delegation will highlight three key priorities: banking challenges, graduation challenges, and the urgent need for full implementation of the Multi-Dimensional Vulnerability Index. Nauru continues to suffer from financial exclusion due to correspondent banking loss and de-risking. Despite compliance with international standards, Debanking practices have isolated us from the global financial system, raising transaction costs, restricting investment, and making even basic financial operations difficult. The PAX recognizes that reforming the international financial architecture is necessary to improve financial access for developing countries. We urge the international community to take decisive action against unfair financial exclusion and to ensure that small island developing states like Nauru are not left behind. Nauru is soon to be classified a high-income country, yet we remain one of the five most vulnerable nations under the MVI framework. The graduation does not reflect our economic reality if GNI per capita is inflated by temporary resource revenues and long-term vulnerabilities are not taken into account. The Pact acknowledges the limitations of GDP as a sole measure of progress and calls for the use of alternative metrics to determine financial eligibility. While the Pact encourages MDBs and financial institutions to consider the MVI in decision-making, this must go beyond rhetoric. The MVI should be fully integrated into financing frameworks to ensure vulnerable countries, regardless of income classification, can access essential concessional finance and development support. Mr. President, if we are truly committed to leaving no one behind, we must act now to transform the global financial system into one that is fair, inclusive, and responsive to vulnerability. I thank you.

I thank the distinguished representative from Nauru. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Pakistan, and after that it will be Switzerland.

Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you for convening this informal interactive dialogue on implementation of the Pact for the Future. We appreciate your decision to focus first on the means of implementation, which is the most pressing issue for developing countries. The year 2015 saw the adoption of ambitious and far-reaching documents, such as the 2030 Agenda for Development, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, and the Paris Agreement. Yet, implementation of these landmark agreements did not live up to our ambitions. due in large part to a lack of means of implementation. The 56 actions of the Pact, if implemented, possess immense potential to turbocharge achievements of these frameworks. Progress has indeed been made on implementing some mandates from the Pact, such as on CSW revitalization. Yet progress on others, particularly those relating to the SDG financing gap and reform of the international financial architecture, is lagging behind. In this regard, allow me to highlight a few actionable steps required to operationalize the PAC's provisions on the means of implementation. First, the PAC requests the Secretary-General to: a) provide updates on options and recommendations on new approaches to improve access to concessional finance; b) establish an independent high-level expert group to develop recommendations for indicators to measure sustainable development beyond GDP; c) provide proposals on the review of the sovereign debt architecture; and, d) to provide an update on his engagement with the credit rating agencies. We appreciate the Secretary-General’s implementation of some of these mandates earlier today and emphasize the need for timely progress on the remaining. In particular, we welcome the update on the Working Group on Debt. Second, The pact contains various commitments for bridging the SDG financing gap, such as fulfilling ODA commitments, rechanneling 50% of the 2021 allocation of SDRs, including through MDBs, and enhancing developing countries' voice and representation in IFIs. We are deeply concerned that progress on all of these issues, in some cases, is moving backwards, such as on ODA. We believe that the upcoming fourth international conference on FFD provides a key opportunity to garner political momentum to reverse backtracking. Lastly, we are pleased to see progress on some of the commitments contained within the Global Digital Compact, in particular on the dialogue on AI governance and the scientific panel on AI. However, we hope to hear an update on the mandate for the Secretary-General to develop innovative voluntary financing options for artificial intelligence capacity building. I thank you very much, Mr. President.

I thank the distinguished representative from Pakistan and then give the floor to the distinguished representative of Switzerland. After that, it will be Germany.

Mr. President, Switzerland thanks you for convening this meeting. We thank the Secretary General and all the speakers of this morning for their statements as well. The Pact for the Future is a key commitment to multilateralism, and we must sustain its momentum through concrete action. The means of implementation are at the heart of this first dialogue. In a global context marked by multiple crises and limited financial resources, we must demonstrate pragmatism and creativity to advance the objectives of the Pact. In this regard, allow me to emphasize three points that are essential to my delegation. First, we must leverage existing processes and mechanisms. The implementation of the Pact will be all the more effective if we integrate it into ongoing dynamics. It should be incorporated into frameworks such as the Peacebuilding Architecture Review and the upcoming Financing for Development Conference. Switzerland will make use of its seat on the Human Rights Council and ECOSOC, as well as its upcoming Voluntary National Review for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, to align our engagement with relative actions from the Pact. Second, we must mobilize all actors within the international system. The Pact for the Future should not be a document solely driven by the General Assembly. close collaboration, first within the UN system, but also with civil society, research institutions, the private sector, cities, regions, regional multilateral organizations, and development banks will be essential. Third, we must find a balance between efficiency and effectiveness. Switzerland is convinced that technological advancements, such as artificial intelligence, But also, innovative solutions must be leveraged for the implementation of the Pact. We are actively engaged in relevant discussions within the General Assembly and WSIS+20, which offers an ideally positioned framework for implementing the Global Digital Compact. However, the implementation of the Pact will still require financial investments. Some commitments entail new responsibilities for the UN or the strengthening of existing mandates. Switzerland is ready to support relevant budget requests and allocate the necessary resources. Mr. President, allow me to conclude with a question. The Secretary General has recently launched the UN80 initiative. How will this new initiative contribute to mobilizing resources for the implementation of the pact? And how will the Secretary General leverage synergies and avoid duplication?

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The distinguished representative of Germany, and after that it will be Cambodia.

Mr. President, Secretary General, Excellencies, Germany aligns itself with the statement of the EU. And, Mr. President, with the Pact of the Future, we gave ourselves a blueprint. for reinvigorating multilateralism. The adoption of consensus was a strong symbol of unity. We should jointly build on this. The follow-up to the Pact and the realization of the 2030 Agenda remain top priorities for Germany. They need to be implemented smartly, including the Global Digital Compact and the Declaration of Future Generations. Mr. President, let me highlight two focus areas of Germany's contributions to the follow-up of the Pact, while we, of course, remain committed to all areas of the implementation. First, on 13 and 14 May this year, Germany will host a Peacekeeping Ministerial in Berlin. This will be an important opportunity for participants to make pledges for peacekeeping. to underline their political commitment to effective multilateralism and to provide input to the SG's review on the future of all forms of peace operations, which was mandated by the Pact for the Future. Second, Germany remains convinced that investing in efforts to prevent violent conflict pays off. In the Pact for the Future, we agreed on strengthening peace-building objectives, including national prevention strategies and peace financing.

As Chair of the.

Peacebuilding Commission in 2025, and as the largest long-term donor to the Peacebuilding Fund, we will make sure to implement these objectives together with our Vice-Chairs and all PBC members. Mr. President, we need to maintain the momentum the Pact generated for reform, a reform towards a more just, representative, and effective UN system. This UN system needs to be as inclusive and transparent as possible, and fit to deliver on its core objectives, recalling its founding 80 years ago. Let me close by saying that Germany remains strongly committed to the Pact and is ready to move implementation forward with all the other delegations. Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, we commend both of you for your tireless efforts toward making the Pact's objectives become a reality. I thank you.

I thank the distinguished representative of Germany. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Cambodia. After that, it will be Italy.

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, distinguished delegate. Cambodia aligns itself with the statement delivered by Indonesia on behalf of ASEAN, and we appreciate the PGA for convening this timely and interactive dialogue on the implementation of the PAC for the future. Facing mounting global challenges, the PAC offers hope and a pathway to strengthening global solidarity and advancing multi-cooperation for sustainable development. Cambodia has been a strong supporter of the PAC since its inception and is committed to its successful implementation. In this spirit, my delegation would like to highlight three key priorities that are essential to ensuring the pact becomes a reality. First, strengthening partnership is fundamental to our collective success. Governments, private sector, and academia must unite effectively to close the implementation gap. The United Nations has a critical role to play in facilitating this collaboration, providing a platform to align efforts and foster cooperation across this diverse sector. Second, we must embrace innovative financing mechanisms like blended finance and sustainable bonds. Thus, we must develop we must urge developed countries to honor their commitment in closing $4 trillion SDG financial gap. and technology transfer and capacity building to support the most vulnerable nations and accelerate our collective progress toward the SDG. Third, turning commitment into action is imperative. The world cannot afford further delay in delivering tangible results. It is time for all of us to focus on concrete, transformative action. Mr. President, in line with this priority, Cambodia is proud to share its commitment as below: First, As we approach UNOC3 and FFD4, we emphasize the need for high-level political engagement and action-oriented outcomes to address both immediate challenges and future uncertainty. Cambodia is committed to becoming a high-income country by 2050, which requires sustained action focused on long-term prosperity. To achieve this, Cambodia has launched the Pentagon Strategy Phase 1, aligning with the PAC prioritizing inclusive economic growth, environmental sustainability, and digital transformation, amongst others. In conclusion, Cambodia remains deeply committed to working closely with all Member States and the UN system to turn the Pact into tangible outcomes in which no one is left behind. I thank you, Mr. President.

I thank the distinguished representative of Cambodia. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Italy, and after that you will be Saudi Arabia.

Thank you, Mr. President, for the timely convening of this meeting, and to the Secretary General and the other briefers for their remarks. Italy aligns itself with the statement delivered by the European Union. The Pact for the Future and its annexes represent an important milestone in our resolve to strengthen multilateralism with the United Nations at its center to face and solve today's intersecting crisis. The Pact is our guide through all the three pillars of the UN, maintaining key emphasis on the respect of the UN Charter, international law, and the rule of law. Since the implementation of the 2030 Agenda is still lagging behind, we need to implement the Pact for the Future more than ever. The Pact puts greater emphasis on the eradication of poverty and the fight against hunger and food insecurity. which remains crucial in our action to achieve the 2030 Agenda. We look forward to the UN Food Systems Summit stocktaking moment, UNFSS+4, as an important step also to implement the Pact of the Future, and in particular its section 3. Furthermore, the newly created group of Friends of Culture, Kochelba, Italy, Cyprus, Egypt, Mexico, and the United Arab Emirates, is another tangible step toward the implementation of the Pact, which clearly defines culture as an enabler of sustainable development. On peace and security, we should aim to increase integration between the peace building with a strong focus on conflict prevention based on the principle of national ownership. and peacekeeping, which over decades has demonstrated long-standing ability to overcome setbacks and to identify a set of principles shared by the membership, enshrined in Action for Peacebuilding and Action for Peacebuilding Plus. These principles are the common heritage on which new peace operations can be built. On global governance, the pact implementation should strengthen the multilateral response to crisis and global challenges and give a boost to reform efforts based on shared principles. As for IFA reform and FFD, we should continue to ensure that the pact's implementation is well contextualized and coordinating within the ongoing global efforts. Recognizing the transformative processes and instruments underway, we also need to ensure efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of resources from all channels to achieve the means of implementation required.

Thank you. I thank the distinguished representative of Italy. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Saudi Arabia. After that, it will be the Russian Federation.

Thank you, President. We thank the Secretary General and the briefers for their statements. We welcome the initiative to convene this meeting to take stock of the implementation of the Pact for the Future. Given the unprecedented challenges we face, this means we need unrelenting cooperation, staunch cooperation. In this regard, the Pact is a great framework for implementing the SDGs. We stand at a crossroads between action and ambition. We need to ensure that political action and international solidarity are brought to bear in order to implement the goals of the Pact. This will require a clear vision. It will also require feasible policies that can be implemented. That will require strong partnership among states. international organizations, and the private sector, one which is buoyed by the same sense of responsibility. For our success in the pact will be the success of everyone. We also recall that there is a need to hold the commitments taken vis-a-vis developing countries. Technology transfer is therefore necessary to provide the tools needed for sustainable solutions. Developed states need to facilitate such a technology transfer. There's also a need to bolster capacity for developing states to obtain human resources and the institutional capacity that they need. We'd like to emphasize that there are no one-size-fits-all solutions. They need to change depending on the national context of each state. It’s therefore necessary for resources to be allocated based on the context. In closing, we think that states should draw on regional and international fora in order to consolidate efforts and to ensure that these fora are means of exchanging best practices and changing ambition into action. Thank you.

Thank you, distinguished representative of Saudi Arabia. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of the Russian Federation. After that, it will be Qatar.

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, The Russian Federation endorses the statement delivered by the Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter, and we would like to note the following in our national capacity: We agree with your idea about the key role played by the means of implementation for the 2030 Agenda. These include political will and international solidarity, financing, capacity building, and technology transfers. Let’s not forget the long-overdue reform of international financial institutions either. The pact was designed to mobilize the political will of the international community, yet consensus was not reached on it. The negotiations were not transparent and they were not intergovernmental in nature. A number of states, including Russia, have not undertaken to be bound to implement it. The noble goals of mobilizing international financing and reforming the international financial architecture are not implemented in the pact. What ended up falling far short from the initial hopes of the Global South was the wording about trade, technology transfers, economic growth, easing the debt burden, developing infrastructure, industrialization, and energy security, as well as the implementation of aid commitments. Right now, The hopes of developing countries to change the negative trends in global financial inequality are linked with the preparation for the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Sevilla. Some decisions of the pact could contribute to this specialized intergovernmental process, but it won't – but the opposite won't be the case. Without strong partnership, it will be impossible to achieve the SDGs and mobilize financing. However, this work should be done through ECOSOC. That said, we note the promising decisions in the Pact and the Global Digital Compact, for example, to broaden the role of regional organizations for sustainable development. We call upon ECOSOC to implement these decisions, to establish direct dialogue with regional organizations systematically without limiting themselves to the to one particular section. In closing, I’ll say a few words about solidarity. Despite our disagreement with the defects in the development of the pact, from the very beginning we expressed our readiness to constructively engage with your presidency, with the G-77, and with other interested delegations in order to implement consensus-based provisions of the pact for the future, for example, in the Second Committee. On the other hand, however, many Western delegations who welcomed the Summit of the Future and its outcome documents, but in practice, they are completely reconsidering their financial commitments. In our view, before our very eyes, the major donors

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I thank the distinguished representative of the Russian Federation. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Qatar, after that you will Brazil.

Thank you, President, for convening this meeting. We also thank the Secretary General for his excellent statement on the efforts of the United Nations toward delivering on the Summit of the Future. A few points: We emphasize the effective and constructive role in the UN in supporting the efforts of the member states to deliver on the SDGs and prioritize international peace and security and human rights. We welcome the UN80 initiative of the Secretary General, and there’s a need to implement the proposals in this context in order for the UN to reach its goals. We support multilateralism, international cooperation, the strengthening of these mechanisms as well. In order to implement the 2030 Agenda while supporting international law and the UN Charter, we recall the need to support the UN in preventive diplomacy measures and to ensure post-conflict rehabilitation. We call for a strengthening of the international financial architecture. We call for the implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, and we call for a role to be played by the private sector. We also call for science and technology to be leveraged in order to bridge the gap between states, in particular for developing countries and LDCs.

Representative of Qatar, I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Brazil. After that, it will be Thailand.

Thank you very much, Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General. Thank you very much for taking the time and brief the General Assembly on your efforts to help us implement the Pact for the Future. As you said, Mr. Secretary General, if the conditions are particularly difficult at this point in time, it only makes more necessary to implement the Pact.

And as the German delegation mentioned.

The Pact for the Future is a true blueprint for us in these times of questioning, of creating doubts.

It does help us keep course and collectively reach an important point.

As others have said, Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, the most immediate.

Vehicle, a tool we have to implement an important part of the pact, is FFD4.

And here, Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, it's still to be seen whether.

Speeches will be translated into action and into a far-reaching view of our collective interests and of our individual interests. We all know that there are pressing domestic issues caused by so many developments, but at the same time, the hope of my delegation is that we'll all see that in the medium and long term, it is our collective.

Interest and it's our national interest to properly fund.

Finance FFD, I mean, development, and therefore help.

Advance the most important parts, or some of the most important parts of the Pact for the Future.

I do hope that we will achieve in Sevilla.

Thank you very much.

I thank the distinguished representative of Brazil. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Thailand. After that, it will be Ukraine.

Thank you, Mr. President. Thailand welcomes the Pact for the Future, which identifies 56 critical actions. While most of these actions are not new, they reaffirm the priorities our leaders have pledged to advance. The political will exists. Now the responsibility lies with us to bridge the gap between ambition and action. To achieve this, we must focus on three key areas. First, we need to strengthen global solidarity in a time of divisions when many issues are increasingly politicized. The pact represents a global public good that benefits all and share aspiration that provide opportunities for cooperation. We must rise above narrow self-interest and work collectively to fulfill the pact's objectives. The UN and the pact should serve as models of inclusive and effective global governance. Second, we stress enhancing capacity and resources for those in need. Political will and global solidarity must be backed by adequate means of implementation. With the developing countries facing a staggering 4 trillion US dollars investment gap, developed countries must continue to take the lead and adhere to the principle of the Rio Declaration, including the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities. to tackle the most pressing global challenge, poverty. As a developing country, Thailand is committed to continue playing our part in this global effort through South-South and triangular cooperation, reinforcing the collective effort towards a more equitable future. Third, we must support expanding stakeholder engagement and building meaningful partnerships. The successful implementation of the pact requires contribution from all sides. Engaging all actors and demonstrating the tangible benefits of the pact will generate momentum and address gaps that governments alone cannot fill. Additionally, ensuring that our ally agencies are aligned with this goal is crucial in order to integrate the pact into their respective national implementations. In conclusion, in a time of intersecting crises, urgent challenges often overshadow long-term imperatives. Yet we cannot afford to prioritize immediate concern at the expense of the future. Change is difficult, but inaction will be far costlier. Thank you.

I thank the distinguished representative of Thailand. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of the Ukraine. And after that, it will be South Africa.

Mr. President, Ukraine aligns itself with the statement of the European Union. Let me begin with thanking you for convening this important dialogue. Ukraine strongly supported the adoption of the Pact of the Future, as it reinforces global solidarity, sustainable development, and the principles of international law and the UN Charter, values that are particularly crucial in today's complex geopolitical environment. The Pact rightly highlights peace and security, human rights, and sustainable development, all of which are essential to securing a just and prosperous future for all. Political will is crucial for the Pact's implementation. However, as we move forward, we must not lose sight on the fundamental principles of international law and the UN Charter, which remain the foundation of global peace and security. Ukraine firmly believes that sustainable development cannot be achieved without peace, and peace cannot be sustained without justice. That is why we emphasize the need for accountability for violations of international law and strengthening mechanisms for conflict prevention and resolution. Ukraine remains committed to international efforts on the effective implementation of this document. Even in the face of Russia's ongoing war of aggression, Ukraine continues to align its recovery and reconstruction efforts with SDGs, reinforcing resilience, innovation, and inclusivity in our national development strategies. Finally, we stress the importance of partnerships, financial mobilization, and technology transfer. in achieving the Pact’s objectives. Ukraine stands ready to collaborate with the international community to bridge implementation gaps, share best practices, and ensure that the Pact translates into tangible results. I thank you very much.

I thank the distinguished representative of Ukraine. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of South Africa. After that, it will be the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Thank you, Mr. President, for this interactive dialogue. We appreciate the statements and scene-setting provided by the Secretary-General and the other participants. Mr. President, 20 years ago, at the opening of the Make Poverty History campaign in Trafalgar Square in London, President Nelson Mandela said, and I quote: "Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings." And overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity.

It's an act of justice.

It is the protection of the fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life." Mr. President, poverty and inequality are not immutable. They are, as President Nelson Mandela said, a political choice. We have long had detailed blueprints for development, like the MDGs and the 2030 Agenda. but they have not yet brought the rapid progress we had hoped for. Last year, we adopted the historic Pact for the Future, a transformative framework aimed at reinforcing global solidarity to turbocharge the provision of the means of implementation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The Fourth Conference on Financing for Development is our last opportunity to chart a roadmap to deliver in concrete terms on this commitment. History is replete with examples of states moving mountains to provide the means of implementation when the political will exists. The reconstruction of Europe and Japan after World War II is just one such example. Those cases amply demonstrated that overcoming poverty, as President Nelson Mandela said, is not a gesture of charity. It is an investment in a more prosperous future that will enrich us all equally. The question that we really need to reflect on is what is stopping us from mobilizing the same political will to fight poverty and hunger today? Mr. President, South Africa is holding the G20 presidency under the theme solidarity, equality, and sustainability. Our theme is inspired by the African value system of Ubuntu. I am because you are, the belief in interconnectedness and interdependence. that a universal bond of sharing connects all humanity. Mr. President, poverty fuels due political fires. We know how much greater the cost of inaction will be.

I thank you.

I thank the distinguished representative of South Africa. Now I give the floor to the distinguished representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran. After that, it will be India.

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Mr. President, many thanks for the floor. We align ourselves to the statement delivered by the representative of Venezuela on behalf of the Friends of the Charter of the United Nations. I thank you, Mr. President, for convening your first informal interactive dialogue focusing on means of implementation, which is the most pressing issue for at least 134 countries. Thanks, Mr. Secretary General, for briefing us. We highlighted our position on Pact and its annexes before. Mr. President, to have a better world, we need to change our narratives, mindset, and actions to truly international cooperation, solidarity, and upholding multilateralism. purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, in which UN has its own central role. We need to bring development pillars back to our agenda and this organization. Progress has indeed been made on implementation of some of the mandate given to the pact, yet on others, particularly those relating to the SDGs financing gap and the reform of the international financial architecture, is lagging behind. The pact containing various commitment on addressing and removing our challenges, including poverty, hunger, inequality, and unilateral coercive measures, which remains a paramount priorities on this organization, especially as a developing gap between and among countries continue to widen. Among these challenges, unilateral coercive measures significantly hinders developing countries' efforts to achieve their sustainable development goals. Lateral sanctions have hindered progress towards sustainable development. Our President, Dr. Peshkian, here in the United Nations, proposed that the UN Secretary General, in collaboration with countries affected by unilateral coercive measures, present a comprehensive report on this matter to the General Assembly. This disparity is further exacerbated by growing digital and artificial intelligence divide with threatening to leaving developing countries behind in technological advancement. AI and technological governance must be our priorities. The upcoming first international conference on financing for development is a timely test for upholding multilateralism to provide adequate means of implementation needed to address real challenges of our time. Mr. President, let me close by saying that the Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to work with other countries at the regional and international level. Thank you.

I thank the distinguished representative of Iran. I will now give the floor to the distinguished representative of India, after that I will be Portugal.

Thank you, Mr. President, for convening this interactive dialogue. I also thank the Secretary General for his remarks. India reaffirms its commitment to the Pact as a significant milestone in our collective journey towards addressing global challenges. It represents substantial progress in articulating our shared priorities for sustainable development, international peace and security, digital cooperation, and youth engagement. Mr. President, we now must focus our attention on implementation mechanisms that are inclusive, transparent, and results-oriented. It’s important that we identify clear, measurable indicators for monitoring progress. On UN reforms, we seek greater clarity on the roadmap for implementing the Pact commitments. We look forward to understanding the concrete steps that will advance intergovernmental negotiations on this matter to fulfill the Pact’s promise of improving the Security Council’s effectiveness, and more importantly, its representativeness. After decades of dithering, what we need are text-based negotiations and commitment to a time frame to achieve our goals. Regarding peacekeeping, while we support the review on the future of all forms of UN peace operations, we await to hear the modalities of the exercise. In our view, any deliberation on the future of peacekeeping should be done through established intergovernmental processes, and in this case, it is the UN Special Committee on Peacekeeping C-34. Mr. President, of the 363 sub-actions in the PAC-291 are the primary responsibility of member states. This underscores the importance of national-level engagement, ownership, implementation, and accountability. In this regard, India is prepared to partner and share its experiences, technologies, and even its limited resources, where we have made significant advancements, such as in digital public infrastructure, digital literacy, renewable energy, disaster resilience, and poverty reduction. Resource constraints Remain and nations are reducing their ODA budgets and diverting resources to defense. The outcomes of COP29 on climate finance have been deeply disappointing. We must uphold the CBDRRC and the polluter pays principle for historical emissions. SG's UN80 initiative is a good start, and quick diagnosis must be followed through by swift action. For effective implementation of the pact, Mr. President, we suggest leveraging the UN Resident Coordinator system.

Resident coordinators are already monitoring progress on implementation of SDG agenda.

And can also be interested with monitoring of the implementation of appropriate and amenable elements of the pact. This existing infrastructure can provide member state, inter-agency, and interstate coordination and collaboration, technical support, monitoring of progress, and reporting on implementation without creating additional bureaucratic layers and additional expense. Mr. President, we remain committed to working with all stakeholders to ensure effective implementation of the Pact. Thank you, Mr. President.

I thank the distinguished representative of India. I will now give the floor to the distinguished representative of Portugal.

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, distinguished colleagues, Portugal aligns itself with the statement delivered by the European Union and would like now to offer a few brief reflections in our national capacity. The Pact for the Future represents a landmark commitment to revitalize multilateralism, and just as the Secretary General remind us all this morning, its adoption was just the beginning. Now, its implementation demands sustained political will and concrete delivery. Portugal is actively contributing to these efforts, notably as co-chair of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development's preparatory work. We see this process as a key avenue to operationalize the Pact's commitment to a more inclusive and effective international financial architecture, and to address what you, President, just remind us this morning as well of the need to address the resource gap. Portugal is also engaged in the follow-up to the review of the UN's peacebuilding architecture, where we support integrated, locally-led, and prevention-focused approaches. Our current chairmanship of the Sixth Committee further reflects our commitment to the legal frameworks that underpin international cooperation, which are essential for the implementation of this Pact. Portugal will continue to bring forward practical examples and multilateral initiatives, including in climate financing, ocean governance, and digital cooperation, in line with the Pact and its annexes, In this regard, we have just launched last year a capacity-building program on oceans and another one on digital cooperation, this one also with a view to help implement the Global Digital Compact. We are also developing debt-for-nature swap programs with some of our partners in Africa. We have ensured Portugal's place in the honor roll of UN contributors, underscoring our commitment to predictable and sustainable funding for our shared mandates. As we approach the UN 80 milestone, as well as discussions on budgetary efficiency, we remain staunch supporters of multilateralism and of adequate resourcing for all pillars of this organization. Finally, over the past five years, Portugal's official development assistance has increased by 24%, reflecting our commitment to supporting developing countries in areas such as education, health, water, and sanitation, by this also helping the pact's ambition to turbocharge the global goals. Let us continue working together to ensure this pact becomes a lasting catalyst for transformation. Thank you.

I thank the distinguished representative of Portugal. I will now give the floor to an organization named Interpol. You have the floor.

Mr. President, Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General, Excellencies, fellow colleagues, thank you for convening this informal dialogue on implementing the Pact for the Future. Last September, world leaders agreed on a transformative framework that reinforces global solidarity, accelerates sustainable development, and strengthens multilateralism. The task before us now is ensuring its effective implementation. As the world's only global police organization, INTERPOL stands ready to support the PAC. We have mobilized the means of implementation necessary to advance the PAC's commitments. In particular, we have provided our 196 member states with capacity building and technology transfer to combat transnational crime. In Africa, for example, we have strengthened national law enforcement's ability to prevent, respond to, and combat emerging crimes such as cybercrime. We have also played a pivotal role in facilitating the international police cooperation that is essential to peace and security. The pact committed countries to a future free from terrorism, organized crime, and marine threats, amongst others. INTERPOL's policing capabilities realize this future. Of course, INTERPOL's success is rooted in the strong political and financial support of its 196 member states. Long-term political commitment and sustained financial investments into law enforcement are indispensable, not just for security, but for the future of humanity. Allow me to conclude by reaffirming INTERPOL's unwavering commitment to its 196 members, particularly in transforming commitments into actionable policies and outcomes. My organization, INTERPOL, is a vital pathway for realizing the Pact's transformative potential in sustainable development and global solidarity. I thank you.

I thank the representative of INTERPOL. I will now give the floor to Eduative Societa Cooperativa.

Thank you very much, Chair, for the floor. I'm speaking on behalf of the Major Group for Children and Youth, representing Children and Youth International, and pleased to deliver this statement. MGCY engages more than 20,000 youth organizations in over 60 intergovernmental and 200 multi-stakeholder processes. Firstly, youth constituencies were actively involved in the shaping of the Pact and having led more than 30 consultations and co-organised the Youth Action Day of the Summit of the Future. Several youth organisations are part of the Pact working group and its three task forces, which are also co-chaired by the MGCY representative. However, there is more that needs to be done. We must ensure a robust accountability framework for the PAC to ensure that the commitments there become a reality. Secondly, while young people are represented in their working group, this cannot be enough. They must be included across all PAC youth working groups to shape all aspects of the PAC follow-up, especially the task force on the future generations, which we welcome. Thirdly, the PAC recognized the EcoSoft Youth Forum. which NGCY co-organizes as a system-wide platform for youth, member states, and other stakeholders. We call upon member states to engage at the forum happening next month and heed to its outcome document, the Voices of Youth Report, written by the young people globally. Finally, seeing emerging pushback on the language around the Pact in other UN processes, and at this time, we must be committed to push forward. We call upon Member States to ensure that they are consulting with and working with young people from their countries on the national level on the Pact implementation. Nothing about youth without the youth. Thank you.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have come to the, we have heard the last speaker for this meeting. I would like to express my appreciation to all participants for their invaluable insights and contributions at this meeting. Delegations who were not able to make their statements today due to the limited time available are encouraged to submit their statements to e-statements at UN.org for posting on the Journal of the United Nations. I will now give the Secretary-General the floor for some concluding remarks.

Thank you very much, Mr. President. First of all, I would like to express my enormous gratitude for your initiative and for the very strong discussion that we had with extremely important contributions for our work. The first clear conclusion is that unanimously, all delegations have expressed that the challenges that we are facing should not undermine our work for the Pact, should not undermine multilateralism, but we should do everything to strengthen multilateralism and to strengthen our work for the implementation of the Pact. There were contributions, very important contributions, on all aspects of the Pact, from the questions of peace and security, like peacebuilding, the reform of peace operations, the aspects related to the reform of the Security Council, on human rights, different aspects mentioned, the questions of the digital divide in all its dimensions. But obviously, means of implementation was the key issue, and I take three main messages from what I heard in this session, and they are all linked to the next very important meeting in Seville of Financing for Development. First, the need for an effective reform of the international financial architecture, of international financial institutions, to the benefit of developing countries, of their voice, their representation, and their share of resources. Second, the need to increase the funds available to bridge the financial gap in the implementation of the Agenda 2030. And obviously, I do regret that many or a number of countries that have important programmes of development cooperation or humanitarian aid have reduced in bigger or smaller scale their contributions. But the fact is that there are ways to multiply the resources available. I mean, if in an ODA program, instead of funding a project, we capitalize an international financial institution, we multiply that money by five. If an international financial institution makes loans, but makes also guarantees, And those guarantees will allow for a mobilization of private finance at reasonable cost for developing countries. We can multiply the resources available for developing countries. If SDRs are distributed in the redistribution by multilateral development banks instead of the International Monetary Fund, we can again multiply by five the resources that are distributed. What for me is difficult to understand is that in a moment in which Several countries are reducing their contributions to development cooperation and humanitarian aid. There is not a very strong commitment by all in order to, and we don't need a reform of, a deep reform of the institutions. We need to overcome the bureaucratic impediments and to create the conditions to use our resources much more effectively and to multiply them through some of the aspects that I mentioned. And then debt. Debt was a central issue in this debate. Debt architecture and debt relief are absolutely central in the discussions of the Seville meeting. I had two questions by two delegations, one in relation to the report on the impact of military expenditure. So, Member States were asked for their contributions by the end of next week. The first draft will be out end of April, final report launched in September at the UN General Assembly, and between May and September we will continue our consultations with Member States. The second was about UN80. UN80, in the link, the question was interrupted by the the system, but I understand that it was about the link between UN80 and the Pact. And it is obviously that if you are able to strengthen our efforts in effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, we will create better conditions for the implementation of the Pact. And I would like, in any case, to explain what is the logic of UN80. It's not that UN80 is something completely new. We have been, since the beginning of my mandate, involved in an number of important reforms to be more effective and more cost-effective. Just an example: everybody knows real estate in New York is very expensive. We had five buildings, commercial buildings, in New York. Two have been left. Two others will be left in the end of the contract, in the end of 2027. At the same time, we have invested in Nairobi. And now, thanks to that investment in Nairobi, we are able, we have been able to move to Nairobi most of UNFPA. Part of UNICEF will be moving. Half of ITC from Geneva will be moving. And part of UN Women will be moving. All these are things that come from the past. But we need to intensify all kinds of measures in order to be more effective, more cost-effective, and to look into the work of the organization, into the way your mandates are implemented by us, and eventually have member states thinking about their mandates themselves, and on the other hand, to look into some structural aspects in which we can avoid duplications, knowing that many of those duplications were created by the decisions taken by the General Assembly or by member states with a multiplication of entities that it might be wise not to create in such a large number. But all these things will be open for a very serious, permanent discussion with member states under the leadership of the President of the General Assembly. We will be constantly meeting with member states, because there are things we can do by ourselves, but many of the things that can be done cannot only be done and the member states' authority, and even the things that we can do by ourselves are things that we want to discuss with member states in order to have member states' ownership of the reforms that are implemented. Thank you very much, Mr. President.

I sincerely thank the Secretary General for his concluding remarks. The first informal interactive dialogue of the Assembly on the implementation of the Pact for the Future on the subject of the means of implementation is now concluded. The second informal dialogue of the Assembly on the implementation of the Pact for the Future on the subject of monitoring and evaluation will be held on 19 May 2025. The meeting is adjourned.