A “PACT for the future” has been adopted by the United Nations general assembly to meet the challenges of the 21st century. 

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres thanked the 193-member world body for approving the 42-page agreement of 56 actions.

He said: “We are here to bring multilateralism back from the brink. 

“Now it is our common destiny to walk through it. That demands not just agreement, but action.”

The pact was adopted at Sunday’s opening of a two-day “Summit of the Future.”

Mr Guterres challenged world leaders to implement the agreement, which includes calls to prioritise dialogue and negotiations and end the “wars tearing our world apart” from the Middle East to Ukraine and Sudan. 

The pact also calls for reform of the UN security council, an acceleration of reforms to the international financial system, a ramping up of the transition from fossil fuels and to listen to young people and include them in decision-making.