The UN Future Summit starts today | News in brief

The Finnish delegation in New York is headed by President Alexander Stubb.

Today and tomorrow, the UN member states will gather for the future summit in New York. The purpose of the meeting is to approve the future agreement, which will determine the steps for the continuation.

Acting Director of the Foreign Policy Institute deputy director Katja Creutz no major decisions are expected from the meeting. What is important to him is that such a meeting can be organized at all in the current tense world situation.

After the summit, the UN high-level week begins on Tuesday. The Finnish delegation in New York is headed by the president Alexander Stubb. In addition to the president, the delegation includes the foreign minister Elina ValtonenMinister of Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio and the Minister of Social Security Sanni Grahn-Laasonen.

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