The U.N. General Assembly approved a new "Pact for the Future” for meeting this century's challenges – and keeping the world body relevant.
What's new: The pact approved by the 193-nation assembly on Sunday – just seven nations, including Iran and Russia, opposed it – outlines 56 broad actions, including an explicit call to phase out fossil fuels.
Sustainable Development Goals — United States (U.S.) — United Nations (U.N.) — U.N. Security Council (UNSC) — U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) — Global Issues — China — France — Russia — United Kingdom (U.K.) — Belarus — Iran — Nicaragua — North Korea — Sudan — Syria — Cameroon — Uganda — Charter of the United Nations 1945
