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General Assembly: 191 of 193 have spoken at UNGA 81

Review each delegation’s speech, topics and transcript quotes from the UNGA 81 General Debate.

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PodiumRonald Ozzy LamolaMinister for International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa 🇿🇦

GA PresidentH.E. Khalilur Rahman
UN Secretary-GeneralAntónio Guterres
USG, DGACMMovses Abelian

Seating: UN Department for General Assembly and Conference Management, Rev. 1, 16 September 2026.

South Africa at the General Debate

19South AfricaRonald Ozzy LamolaHis Excellency · Minister for International Relations and CooperationSouth Africa prioritizes action to end inequality16 min · 1,981 wordsAfrica’s development and representationHuman rightsSDGs and development financing+17 moreView speech

Issues raised

Africa’s development and representation 5
Human rights 4
SDGs and development financing 4
Debt and financial architecture 2
Humanitarian access and aid 2
Security Council reform 2
Gaza and Israel–Palestine 2
Rule of law, ICJ and ICC 2
Trade, tariffs and sanctions 2
Sovereignty and non-interference 1
Migration and refugees 1
Climate change 1
Women and girls 1
Climate finance and loss and damage 1
Energy 1
AI and digital governance 1
Sudan 1
Nuclear weapons and disarmament 1
Decolonisation and territorial disputes 1
Other conflicts and crises 1

General themes

Multilateralism 5
The speaker’s own country 4
Peace and conflict in general 3

Countries South Africa mentioned

Brazil 1
Norway 1
Spain 1
Sudan 1
Democratic Republic of the Congo 1
Iran 1
Ukraine 1
State of Palestine 1
Israel 1
Cuba 1
Zimbabwe 1

Organizations mentioned

United Nations 14
UN General Assembly 5
UN Security Council 3
Group of 20 2
Southern African Development Community 2
International Criminal Court 1

Leaders mentioned

António Guterres 2
Nelson Mandela 1

Top 10 Terms

africa 26
south 21
international 12
world 11
nations 10
general 8
global 8
african 7
development 7
president 7

Speakers who mentioned South Africa · 5

Brazil · Day 1Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva
- Initiatives such as the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, Launched by Brazil and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Inequality, launched by South Africa's team from this political will, Brazil is in a hurry to become a developed and socially fair nation. 1:37:16
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Angola · Day 1João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço
- On the contrary, Cuba contributed to the fall of South Africa's racist and segregationist apartheid regime, a regime broadly and unanimously condemned by the international community, and consequently became one of the signatories to the Quadripartite Agreement of New York of 22 December 1988. 6:26:09
1mentions
Ukraine · Day 2Volodymyr Zelenskyy
- Ghana, Nepal, Tajikistan, India, Yemen, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Cuba, Belarus, Sudan, South Africa, and many, many others. 5:31:23
1mentions
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Day 3
- If this Assembly barred apartheid South Africa in 1917, why should it grant speaking privileges to this criminal today? 12:16:59
1mentions
Kazakhstan · Day 4Mukhtar Tileuberdi
- In response, together with Brazil, China, France, Jordan, South Africa, and the ICRC, Kazakhstan is advancing the global initiative to galvanize political commitment to international humanitarian law. 10:17:29
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