At the Summit of the Future on 22 September 2024, world leaders adopted the Pact for the Future and its annexes: the Global Digital Compact and Declaration on Future Generations. Within the Pact, Member States made several requests to the Secretary General.

This page monitors the progress on the requests made to the Secretary General.

Requests to the Secretary General	Status of Implementation	Links and Comments
Chapter 2: International peace and security
Action 13, para. 34(c) – Ensure that military spending does not compromise investment in sustainable development and building sustainable peace and request the Secretary-General to provide analysis on the impact of the global increase in military expenditure on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by the end of the seventy-ninth session.	In progress	Call for inputs is open until 1st March 2025. More details can be found here.
Action 20, para. 41(c) – Request the Secretary-General to carry out the second independent progress study on youth’s positive contribution to peace processes and conflict resolution by the end of the eightieth session.	In progress
Action 21, para. 42(b) – Request the Secretary-General to undertake a review on the future of all forms of United Nations’ peace operations, taking into account lessons learned from previous and ongoing reform processes, and providing strategic and action-oriented recommendations…	In progress
Action 27, para. 48(e) – Request the Secretary-General to continue to update Member States on new and emerging technologies through the report of the Secretary-General on current developments in science and technology and their potential impact on international security and disarmament efforts.	In progress
Chapter 3: Science, technology and innovation and digital cooperation
Action 33, para. 57 – We recognize the critical role of the United Nations in science, technology and innovation. We take note of the establishment of the Secretary-General’s Scientific Advisory Board to provide independent scientific advice. We request the Secretary-General to:	In progress
Chapter 4: Youth and future generations
Action 34, para. 60(a) – … Invite the Secretary-General to update Member States on the proposal for a Global Youth Investment platform to attract and better finance youth-related programming at the country level.	In progress
Action 37, para. 63(c) – Call for contributions to the United Nations Youth Fund … request the Secretary-General to take appropriate action to encourage contributions to the Fund …	In progress
Action 37, para. 63(d) – Request the Secretary-General to continue to develop core principles, in consultation with Member States and young people, for meaningful, representative, inclusive and safe youth engagement in relevant intergovernmental processes and across the work of the United Nations, for the consideration of Member States.	In progress
Chapter 5: Transforming global governance
Action 46, para. 74(a) – … request the Secretary-General to assess the need for adequate, predictable, increased and sustainable financing of the UN human rights mechanisms, including the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, for efficient and effective mandate delivery to enable them to respond to the range of human rights challenges…	In progress
Action 49, para. 77(e) – Invite the multilateral development banks, in consultation with the Secretary-General, to present options and recommendations on new approaches to improve access to concessional finance for developing countries, with full respect for the independent mandate and authorities of the respective governing body of each multilateral development bank and request the Secretary-General to update Member States on progress.	In progress
Action 50, para. 78(b) – Invite the International Monetary Fund to undertake a review of ways to strengthen and improve the sovereign debt architecture, building on existing international processes, in collaboration with the Secretary-General, the World Bank, the Group of 20 and major bilateral creditors, and debtors, and request that the Secretary-General update Member States on progress and present proposals on this issue.	In progress
Action 50, para. 78(c) – Take note of the Secretary-General’s efforts to engage with credit rating agencies on their role in sustainable development and request the Secretary-General keep Member States updated on these discussions.	In progress
Action 53, para. 81(a) – Request the Secretary-General to establish an independent high-level expert group to develop recommendations for a limited number of country-owned and universally applicable indicators of sustainable development that complement and go beyond gross domestic product, … taking into account the work of the Statistical Commission, building on the global indicator framework for the Sustainable Development Goals and targets … and to present the outcome of its work during the eightieth session of the General Assembly.	In progress
Action 54. We will strengthen the international response to complex global shocks. para. 82 – … We will uphold the Secretary-General’s role to, inter alia, convene Member States, promote the coordination of the whole multilateral system and engage with relevant stakeholders in response to crises. We request Secretary-General to:  (a) Consider approaches to strengthen the UN system response to complex global shocks, within existing authorities and in consultation with Member States, that supports, complements and does not duplicate the response of the UN principal organs, … entities, … coordination entities and mechanisms, and specialized agencies mandated to respond to emergencies, and with full respect for the mandated coordination role of the UN …	In progress
Action 55, para. 83(e) – Request the Secretary-General to provide recommendations on how engagement with local and regional authorities could advance the 2030 Agenda, particularly the localization of the [SDGs], by the end of the seventy-ninth session for … consideration.	In progress