‘For Our Future’: Global NGO launches landmark report advancing UN Pact for the Future
International Communities Organisation (ICO) launched its flagship report, For Our Future: Best Practice for the Implementation of the UN Pact for the Future, on Wednesday 3, December 2025 at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York, presenting a practical framework to support UN Member States in advancing the ambitious objectives of the UN Pact for the Future.
The launch event brought together representatives from Member States, international organisations, and civil society, creating a dynamic multi-stakeholder platform for dialogue on progressing conflict resolution, sustainable peace, inclusive development, and minority rights protections, underscoring broad international support for the report’s findings.
The UN Pact for the Future marked a historic milestone, uniting Member States around an ambitious set of shared commitments – from advancing sustainable development and strengthening international peace and security, to transforming global governance so that it better serves historically marginalised communities.
While its adoption marks an important moment of global consensus, the real challenge now is translating the Pact’s guiding principles into meaningful action.
Through its ‘Best Practices’ blueprint, the report distils ICO’s nearly a decade of accumulated expertise into a structured, adaptable methodology designed to equip policymakers around the world with the tools they need to implement the Pact’s goals effectively.
Drawing on its direct, on-the-ground engagement across regions such as the Middle East, Cameroon, Kosovo, and Cyprus, ICO has developed a distinctive, holistic approach to securing sustainable peace and minority rights that integrates high-level diplomacy with grassroots empowerment, ensuring that the voices of marginalised groups – including women, youth, ethnic and linguistic minority communities – remain central to both conflict resolution and long-term peacebuilding.
The report offers actionable frameworks that empower governments, civil society, and local actors to confront the social, political, and economic drivers of conflict with confidence. It demonstrates how inclusive, adaptable, and evidence-based strategies can translate the aspirations of the UN Pact into practical measures while having regard for, and reflecting, the intricacies of diverse local contexts.
It report features a series of compelling case studies that highlight its innovative approach.
“The UN Pact for the Future calls for renewed unity in tackling humanity’s greatest challenges. This report demonstrates that lasting peace is built not only at negotiation tables but through empowering communities themselves, ensuring that no group is left behind,” said H.E. Abdulla Shahid, ICO International Ambassador and former President of the 76th United Nations General Assembly.
Commenting on the launch, ICO Founder and Secretary General, James Holmes, said “Today’s event at the UN Headquarters serves not only as the formal unveiling of a transformative report that offers expert insights and best practices for achieving the goals of the UN Pact, but also as a vital forum for continued multi-stakeholder dialogue on accelerating its implementation. It ensures that momentum is maintained, supported by regular accountability mechanisms to monitor and drive tangible progress toward delivering the Pact’s objectives.
