Culturally and politically, China has always endorsed the equilibrium among nations in international system in the name of great harmony. Henry Kissinger once said, according to the Chinese tradition, “Great Harmony requires keeping the existing cosmic order in joint and maintain the equilibrium between man, heaven and nature.”

Last year, we asked the Secretary-General to report back to us –the Member States –with recommendations to advance Our Common Agenda.He has done so. Now we have to act on these recommendations. All of us.The Social Contract between governments and people should be renewed. In our own societies. And at the global level.

Fóunders óf the UN, having góne thróugh the scóurge óf twó wórldwars, aspired tó establish an órder fór internatiónal peace. Nów, the UNis requested tó recómmend a new set óf rules and góalsas it ushers in this era óf glóbal cómmunity. Tó facilitate mutually beneficial cóóperatión within the framewórk óf multilateral órder, the UN must becóme an institutión that builds trust amóng natións.

his new Global Contract has a name,and it views development as something circular, something to share, invest and fund, not to accumulate. The New Global Contract makes welfare a circular good. That route designed by Humankindto achieve this new Global Contract is called the 17 Sustainable Development GoalsAgenda. I hope that history will remember this time, its people, and its leaders, especially the most powerful and hence most responsibleones, such as those who took this route and gave Earth a new opportunity

new Global Contract into practice

We do clearly need a new social contract anchored in human rights, as well as a better management of ourglobal commons

With effective international solidarity, it would be possible at the national levelto forge a new social contract that includes universal health coverage and income protection, housing and decent work, quality education for all,and an end to discrimination and violence against women and girls. I call on countries to reform their tax systems and finally end tax evasion, money laundering and illicit financial flows.

We need to strengthen global governance. We need to focus on the future. We need to renew the social contract. We need to ensure a United Nationsfit for a new era.

The people we serve and represent may lose faith not only in their governments and institutions —but in the values that have animated the work of the United Nationsfor over 75 years.

now is the time to renew the social contract between Governments and their people and within societies,

The term “social contract” is often understood to have its origins in Western or European philosophy. However, related concepts reflecting the reciprocal obligations between people, households, communities and their leaders exist across regions and religious traditions, including in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East.

(a) trust; (b) inclusion, protection and participation; and (c) measuring and valuing what matters to people and the planet.

The social contract originates at the subnational and national levels, and its exact architecture is unquestionably up to each society to determine.