NEW YORK—The United Nations and its member governments, with strong support from the Chinese Communist Party, adopted a landmark agreement last week to bestow the U.N. with more power and influence in global affairs.
The controversial agreement, known as the Pact for the Future, outlines 56 actions for governments and international institutions to take over the coming years.
Among the key provisions is “transforming global governance” and further empowering international institutions across a range of issues, including “sustainable development and financing for development,” as well as “science, technology and innovation, and digital cooperation.”
The Pact includes a Global Digital Compact to restrict “misinformation” and “disinformation,” and a Declaration on Future Generations that encompasses the 2030 Agenda climate goals that include the phase-out of fossil fuels.
It is also part of transforming the U.N. into what the organization is touting in promotional materials as “U.N. 2.0.”
U.N. leaders and top officials from the CCP, celebrated the Pact as a historic effort to create a better future for humanity and increase global cooperation on international problems. […]
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