What kind of world would you like to live in?” asked Hello Kitty – yes, the cartoon cat – before a group of youth leaders gathered in the UN’s General Assembly hall on Friday.

Global leaders are gathering in New York on Sunday for a "Summit of the Future" aimed at addressing 21st-century challenges ranging from conflict to climate, amid skepticism over whether the final pact will meet its lofty goals.

The status quo is failing us all. That’s why the stakes for the UN’s Summit of the Future are high, writes David Steven.

ASTANA – Ahead of the UN General Assembly’s annual High-Level Week in New York, a Kazakh delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu participates in a two-day Summit of the Future on Sept. 22-23, initiated by UN Secretary-General António Guterres to find joint solutions to existing and emerging challenges.

Against the backdrop of a deeply divided world community, the member states of the United Nations are set to unanimously adopt a UN reform plan in New York on Sunday. It was planned that the agreement would be adopted unanimously by all 193 states of the United Nations without a vote.