At a moment when the global rules-based order is under strain, the EU renews its commitment to multilateralism based on international law, including the UN Charter, recognising the intrinsic link between peace and security, human rights and sustainable development.

The EU engages to remain a predictable, reliable and credible partner, committed to finding global solutions to common challenges, including through the implementation of the Pact for the Future.

The EU stands ready to engage with partners in driving forward UN reform through the UN Secretary General’s 'UN80 initiative'. Comprehensive reforms, including of the UN Security Council, international financial institutions and the humanitarian system are essential to ensure a more effective, cost-efficient and responsive UN, capable of delivering across the three UN pillars.

Concerned about the increasing and diverse threats to international peace and security and aware of the relevance of the humanitarian-development-peacebuilding nexus and the security-climate nexus, the EU remains committed to safeguarding and restoring just and lasting peace and stability globally.We closely follow the main developments in the area of peace and security, including the Peacebuilding Architecture Review and the review of UN Peace Operations.

The EU will continue to focus on conflicts and human rights violations and abuses around the world.It will continue working on strengthening the respect, protection, and fulfilment of all human rights, and to call on all states to fully engage with the UN human rights system.

The EU is also determined to accelerate efforts to deliver on the 2030 Agenda and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. The grave triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, poses a global and existential threat, the EU is committed to working with partners to accelerate a global, just and inclusive green transition.Marking its tenth anniversary, the EU firmly stands by the Paris Agreement and remains committed to its full implementation.

EU action at the UN in the coming year will be guided by the following overarching priorities:

1. Support a multilateral system based on international law and the universality of human rights
2. Advance comprehensive reforms to reinvigorate the UN system, and pursue effective partnership
3. Strengthen the UN peace and security architecture
4. Advance sustainable development in line with the 2030 Agenda
5. Address the triple planetary crisis

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