The summit will attempt to overcome fracture lines that have been dividing major powers and the developing world.
The United Nations Summit of the Future meets this weekend in a bid to boost cooperation on a broad range of pressing global challenges.
What's new: U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday implored major powers to approve a compromise “Pact of the Future” at the summit, held on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly's annual gathering of world leaders at the U.N. in New York. The summit opens on Friday with two "action" days, followed by two "summit" days.
"Europe faces a clear and present danger," E.C. President Ursula von der Leyen said as the emergency meeting began.
The five-point plan, unveiled as "ReArm Europe," is Europe's largest military and economic mobilization effort this century.
After an extraordinary U.S. repudiation, Ukraine won pledges from world leaders to urgently boost Europe's self-defense.
The Trump administration's erosion of U.S. policy as Europe's main protector played out in a series of U.N. votes on Ukraine.
The Arctic Council finds itself at a difficult crossroads as its member nations move to exploit the region's mineral wealth.
"Europe faces a clear and present danger," E.C. President Ursula von der Leyen said as the emergency meeting began.
The averate rate of gains for women-held seats accelerated between 2000 and 2015, but slowed in the last decade.
The five-point plan, unveiled as "ReArm Europe," is Europe's largest military and economic mobilization effort this century.
