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Fact check: U.N. Agenda 21/2030 'New World Order' is not a real document

Chelsey Cox

USA TODAY

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The claim: The United Nations will establish a 'new world order' under its Agenda 21/2030 Mission Goals

Is a "new world order" part of the UN's plan? There is evidence that the claim has circulated on social media for years, but a May repost by Facebook user Vernon Adkinson recently went viral.

Over 20 goals comprise the "new world order" the United Nations will focus on as part of its "Agenda 21/2030 Mission Goals," according to the claim. Items on the agenda include one world government; a single cashless currency; government-owned and controlled schools, colleges and universities and an end to single-family homes.

"THIS IS NOT A CONSPIRACY THEORY," Adkinson insisted in the caption. "If you don’t believe it, a simple google search will take you to the U.N. website where you can access the document and read it for yourself. It is amazing (not) how well the Covid 19 plandemic ties in with Agenda 21/2030."

Adkinson did not respond to a request for comment from USA TODAY.

What are the U.N.'s Agenda 21 and its Agenda 2030 mission goals?

Agenda 21 was one of several agenda items for the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment & Development in Rio de Janeiro.

The agenda included 31 items addressing global social and economic dimensions; conservation and resource management; role strengthening for women, children and workers, as well as proposed methods of implementation.

Items listed in the "new world order" do not appear in Agenda 21. For instance, there is no mention of currency. Terms like "military" and "sovereignty" also do not appear, though both are referenced in the "new world order."

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However, there are brief mentions of some of the items from the claim. The term "central banking" is present in reference to capacity-building in developing countries; it is not described as a "world central bank." Property rights are also addressed, regarding protecting women's rights to property, but not an end to all privately owned property.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a resolution adopted by the U.N. General Assembly in 2015 that is focused around achieving 17 goals within 15 years:

1. End all poverty in all forms everywhere
2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
10. Reduce inequality within and among countries
11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts (acknowledging the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)
14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

Terms like "one world," "currency," "military," "family unit," "5G," "private transportation," "air travel," and "synthetic drugs" are not mentioned in the 2030 Agenda, though they are listed in the "new world order."

There are references to equal rights and access to land and other forms of property for poor and vulnerable men and women, full and permanent sovereignty over natural and economic resources for individual states and universal health coverage to include affordable vaccines for all. The 2030 agenda does not mention global sovereignty over these items as the claim suggests.

Is the United Nations planning to institute a 'new world order' by 2030?

There is no evidence that the U.N. will establish "one world government" along with associated implications, such as a single military and currency.

Daniela Gross, a spokesperson for the U.N. Secretary-General, told USA TODAY in an email that the claim is entirely fabricated.

"No, this is false. This is not a genuine UN document," Gross wrote.

The author of a 2014 report on Agenda 21 conspiracy theories, Heidi Beirichm, told AFP Australia in June that the "new world order" claim is a far-right hoax.

"That post is filled with all the bogus claims the far right has made against (Agenda 21) for a long time now,” Beirich, a co-founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, said.

Moreover, Agenda 21 and the 2030 Agenda are not legally binding. The latter is subject to each country's commitment. A frequently asked questions page states that "implementation and success will rely on countries’ own sustainable development policies, plans and programmes."

Similarly, Beirich described Agenda 21 as a "perfectly sensible planning paper, a nonbinding statement of intent aimed at dealing with sustainability on an increasingly crowded planet," in her 2014 conspiracy theory report for the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Our rating: False

We rate this claim FALSE because it is not supported by our research. A claim suggesting the UN's Agenda 21 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will establish "one world government" has been debunked by experts. A representative from the UN said that the agenda is not a genuine agency document. 

Our fact-check sources:

• United Nations Conference on Environment & Development Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3 to 14 June 1992, "AGENDA 21"
• United Nations General Assembly, "Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development"
• AFP Australia, "Hoax circulates about United Nations' 'mission goals'"
• Southern Poverty Law Center, "Agenda 21: The UN, Sustainability and Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory"
• The United Nations, "The Sustainable Development Agenda"

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Fact check: U.N. Agenda 21/2030 'New World Order' is not a real document