President Nangolo Mbumba has highlighted a concern that the global systems established since 1945 continue to favour the countries that emerged victorious from World War II. 

According to the President, it is time for the Summit of the Future to address and correct this longstanding imbalance.

Through the Summit of the Future, developing and other smaller nations want to send a clear message that there ought to be a mutual understanding and consensus towards development.

President Mbumba, as co-facilitator and representing the Global South, said there is a need to ensure that countries show consideration for each other's interests going forward.

"We recognise that humanity is in danger: we have countries that are not getting along, we have big countries doing whatever they want to do, we have smaller countries that are crying for development, and we can only develop if there is mutual understanding and acceptance. Therefore, this summit is an indication that the systems that, since 1945, were put in place by those countries that won World War II have worked for them. But now we need a global understanding and consensus to make sure that countries do things by taking into consideration the development needs of each other. As developing countries, we want our freedom, we want our stability, we want to develop, we want our people to be educated, we want to be able to produce our own food, and we want our people to have decent housing. We can only do all those things if we spend all the resources on development and not on resolving conflict. And this is what the Summit of the Future is all about."

The final stages of the negotiations for the Pact of the Future document are underway and will be adopted through consensus at the UN General Assembly. 

President Mbumba paid a courtesy call on the President of the UN General Assembly, Ambassador Philémon Yang of Cameroon.

"Because from now onwards, he is the one to present that document to the whole General Assembly for adoption. We cannot do that as we co-facilitated; the document is hopefully ready for the T; if not, it will be ready by the time the meeting starts, and they also need to know one another when we are coming to report—who we are and where we are coming from. I know the Secretary-General; I have met him in Africa on several occasions; my brother from Cameroon, whom I have not met, but now we know one another. That is how international conferences are supposed to be coordinated."

The Summit of the Future starts on Sunday at the UN Headquarters.