# UN Declaration on Future Generations
**Domain:** Deep Time / International Governance / Future Persons
**Doc Type:** Canonical Wiki Entry
**Maturity:** Developed
**Evidence / Concept Status:** Level B — adopted UN declaration
## Definition
The **UN Declaration on Future Generations**, adopted with the Pact for the Future in 2024, commits states to consider the needs and interests of generations that do not yet exist.
## Why It Matters for Deep Time Continuity
It is a major public-law precedent for present responsibility toward absent future beneficiaries.
## Existing Architecture / Evidence
The declaration recognizes intergenerational multiplier effects of present actions and calls for solidarity, justice, equity, and long-term thinking.
## Evidentiary Boundary
It does not establish rights for digital continuants.
## Related Ontology
[[wiki/Deep-Time Future Generations|Deep-Time Future Generations]] · [[wiki/Future Person Standard|Future Person Standard]] · [[wiki/Intergenerational Stewardship|Intergenerational Stewardship]]
## Sources / Primary Anchors
- https://www.un.org/pact-for-the-future/en/declaration-future-generations
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## Canonical Branch
[[wiki/Deep Time Continuity|Deep Time Continuity]]
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