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With participation of Syria, UN Future Summit kicks off

New York, ‘Future Summit’ began on Sunday at the United Nations headquarters in New York with the participation of the Syrian Arab Republic.

‘Future Summit’ represents an important opportunity for making decisions to pave the way for global peace and prosperity, and to make international institutions more legitimate, effective and appropriate for today and tomorrow’s world.

The summit was preceded by negotiations that lasted for 18 days, these negotiations on the Charter for the Future highlighted differences in visions and priorities between developed and developing countries on fundamental issues, including sustainable development, fulfilling the commitment to provide official relief assistance to ensure that no country is left behind, implementing the 2030 relief goals, debt crisis and maintaining international peace and security and other issues.

Developing countries, represented by the Group of 77 (G77) ,China and the Group of Like-Minded Countries succeeded in making the Charter includes important g
ains from agreement by states to remove all obstacles of sustainable development, refrain from economic coercion, as well as urging countries not to impose unilateral coercive measures that impede international law and the principles of the Charter.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency