Thank you, President,
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden, and my own country Norway.
We appreciate this opportunity to have a dialogue on the Pact for the Future and UN80.
The adoption of the Pact for the Future and its annexes marked a major milestone, setting a path toward a more inclusive, sustainable, and resilient global order. It is a strong and encouraging sign of what we can achieve when we work together in a spirit of cooperation and shared responsibility.
Let me highlight three points:
The Nordics view the Pact for the Future as the political compass for the UN80 Initiative, with the aim to strengthen multilateralism and advance momentum toward the Sustainable Development Goals.
Second, institutional changes across the United Nations must be clearly anchored in the priorities Member States have already agreed: peace and security, conflict prevention, human rights, sustainable development, financing for development, digital cooperation, and stronger, more integrated country-level delivery. In any reforms, the balance between the three pillars of UN needs to be preserved. In other words: Use the Pact as a prioritization filter for reforms, ensuring changes respond to agreed political direction, by reducing fragmentation, strengthening accountability and transparency, and ensuring the UN is fit for purpose to deliver results on the ground.
Third, reforms should prioritize coherence across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus, improve efficiency and financing models, and reinforce the UN’s ability to translate policy ambition into tangible impact for people and planet.
The UN80 Initiative can help turn the ambitions of the Pact for the Future into tangible results by strengthening how the United Nations works as one system.
To conclude, the Nordic countries continue to support the principles set out in the Pact for the Future on the reform of global governance to make the UN more effective and representative.
Thank you.