In September 2024, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Pact for the Future to reform the international order. Improving international peace and security is one of the key areas addressed in the Pact. Austria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, Ambassador Alexander Marschik talks about the negotiations on Security Council reform and the Pact.

World leaders adopted the Pact at the Summit of the Future held in New York in September 2024. Its adoption demonstrates that countries are committed to an international system with the United Nations at its centre. 

The Summit is a high-level event, bringing together world leaders to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future.

World leaders adopted a Pact for the Future that includes a Global Digital Compact and a Declaration on Future Generations. This Pact is the culmination of an inclusive, years-long process to adapt international cooperation to the realities of today and the challenges of tomorrow.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has made proposals to reform the United Nations since the beginning of his term in January 2017. To improve the delivery of our mandate, the United Nations has made sweeping changes in the areas of development, management and peace & security.