
Our Common Agenda is the Secretary-General's vision for the future of global cooperation. It calls for inclusive, networked, and effective multilateralism to better respond and deliver for the people and planet and to get the world back on track by turbocharging action on theSustainable Development Goals. It outlines possible solutions to address the gaps and risks that have emerged since 2015, calling for aSummit of the Future , which was held in 2024.
Pact for the FutureThe choices we make, or fail to make, today could result in breakdown or a breakthrough to a greener, better, safer future. Thechoice is ours to make.
ANTÓNIO GUTERRES, United Nations Secretary-General

We request the Secretary-General to report back before the end of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly with recommendations to advance our common agenda and to respond to current and future challenges”
-Declaration on the commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations (September 2020)
On the75th anniversary of the United Nations, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic,Member States pledged to strengthen global governance for present and future generations. They requested that theSecretary-General report back with recommendations to respond to current and future challenges (UN75 declaration - A/RES/75/1). In September 2021, the Secretary-General responded withhis report, Our Common Agenda, a wake-up call to speed up the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and propel the commitments contained in the UN75 Declaration.
In some cases, the proposals addressed gaps that emerged since 2015, requiring new intergovernmental agreements. The report, therefore, called for aSummit of the Future to forge a new global consensus on readying ourselves for a future rife with risks but also opportunities.
The General Assembly welcomed the submission of Our Common Agenda and passed a resolution to hold the Summit on 22-23 September 2024, preceded by a ministerial meeting in 2023. At the Summit, an action-orientedPact for the Future was agreed upon by Member States.
In September 2021, responding to a request from the General Assembly in itsUN75 declaration, the Secretary-General released hisOur Common Agenda report.

Read the reportWe must recognize that humanity’s very future depends on solidarity, trust, and our ability to work together as a global family to achieve common goals. No community or country, however powerful, can solve its challenges alone. Multilateral action has achieved an enormous amount over the past 75 years. Our Common Agenda must be a starting point for ideas and initiatives that build on these achievements."
Our Common Agenda is aimed at turbocharging the 2030 Agenda and making the Sustainable Development Goals real in the lives of people everywhere. Because halfway to 2030, we are far off track. We will only make up lost ground by addressing the gaps and challenges that have emerged since 2015 – including gaps in intergovernmental cooperation."
Remarks by the Secretary-General
February 2023 (02:59:36)
The report made a number of recommendations across four broad areas, across the 12 commitments of the UN75 Declaration and acting as a booster shot on the Sustainable Development Goals:
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A renewal of thesocial contract, anchored in human rights, to rebuild trust and social cohesion

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A focus on the future, through a deepening of solidarity with the world’s young people andfuture generations

Engage in the process towards theDeclaration on Future Generations
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Urgent action to protect and deliverglobal commons and global public goods through a more networked, inclusive and effective multilateralism.

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An upgraded UN that is fit for a new era and can offer more relevant, system-wide, multilateral and multi-stakeholder solutions to the challenges of the 21st century.
Full report, including accessible ePub format, available here
Key proposals from the Our Common Agenda report
across the 12 commitments made by Member States in the UN75 declaration
In the Declaration on the Commemoration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the United Nations, Heads of State and Government, guided by the purposes and principles of theUN Charter, and the goal to ensure the future we want, and the United Nations we need, announced the following commitments: