如秘书长所言，我们没有回头路。我们人类如果要生存下去，就必须作出一个选择，那就是坚持《我们的共同议程》（A/75/982）。其中提醒我们，现在时候已到，我们必须结成全球的大团结；重续国家与民众之间的社会契约；团结起来支持科学和知识；重新审视关于经济繁荣和进步的绩效指标；谋划长远之计；并且认真对待代际信任，这是建立植根于联合国原则的更强有力的多边体系所必需的。
As the Secretary-General puts it, there is no turning back for us. We have to make just one choice to uphold Our Common Agenda (A/75/982) if we are to survive as a human race. We have been reminded that the time has come to bind ourselves together in global solidarity; renew the social contract between States and subjects; rally around science and knowledge; look afresh at performance indicators with regard to economic prosperity and progress; think in the long term; and take seriously the intergenerational trust required to put in place stronger multilateral systems rooted in the principles of the United Nations.