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I believe this is the Summit that Joe will be attending, that I've been dreading .....

UN's 'Pact for the Future' full of empty promises, will be 'cudgel' to attack the United States, expert warns

The United States should resist the proposed United Nations' (U.N.) "Pact for the Future," which aims to recenter the global forum as a driving force on issues that it has, thus far, failed to effort any change, according to an expert.
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"The Summit of the Future, where U.N. member states are expected to endorse the Pact for the Future, is an attempt by the Secretary-General to ‘reinvigorate global action’ and ‘further develop the frameworks of multilateralism so they are fit for the future’," Brett Schaefer, research fellow in International Regulatory Affairs in the Heritage Foundation's Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, said.


"He should instead be calling for reassessment, retrenchment, and refocus," argued Schaefer, who served on the U.N.’s Committee on Contributions between 2019 and 2021. "The international response to COVID-19, for example, was highly flawed; peacekeeping is in retreat; negotiations flounder on divergent priorities; and human rights violators hold sway in the Human Rights Council and General Assembly."

The Summit for the Future will take place ahead of the High-Level week at the United Nations General Assembly. Schaefer argued that U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres worked toward this summit over the past three years through his annual reports, which focused on climate and pollution issue
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https://www.foxnews.com/world/uns-pact-future-full-empty-promises-cudgel-attack-united-states-expert-warns
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