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🇲🇺Mauritius · Dhananjay Ramful · Day 4 · 6 sentences

• Mr. President, Mauritius welcomes the increasing recourse to the International Court of Justice as a mechanism for the peaceful settlement of disputes and determination of issues of international law. 11:10:06Copy
• We call upon member states which have not yet done so to accept the compulsory jurisdiction of the ICJ. 11:10:20Copy
• We welcome the landmark unanimous advisory opinion of the ICJ on the obligations of states in respect of climate change. 11:10:29Copy
• We call for the full operationalization of this advisory opinion, including through the follow-up action requested by this Assembly, in accordance with the UN General Assembly landmark resolution of the 20th of May 2026, welcoming the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the obligations of states in respect of climate change. 11:10:48Copy

🇬🇾Guyana · Mohamed Irfaan Ali · Day 3 · 3 sentences

• The matter was referred to the International Court of Justice by the Secretary General. 1:58:52Copy
• Recourse to the ICJ came after decades of efforts to resolve the controversy bilaterally, including through a mixed commission and the good offices of the UN Secretary General. 1:59:07Copy
• In full respect for international law, Guyana participated and encouraged Venezuela to participate in the proceedings of the ICJ. 1:59:22Copy

🇬🇹Guatemala · · Day 5 · 3 sentences

• In that framework, we have submitted territorial claim against Belize to the ICJ. 9:32:44Copy
• Both states have recognized the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice to put an end to this territorial, insular, and maritime dispute. 9:33:38Copy
• The General Assembly is not the appropriate forum to discuss issues that have currently been referred to the International Court of Justice in a case whose oral audiences will be held, oral hearings will be held at the beginning of 2027. 9:34:06Copy

🇻🇺Vanuatu · Odo Tevi · Day 6 · 3 sentences

• In this vein, the Vanuatu government wholeheartedly thank all the UN members who have supported us in this journey, especially here at the UN General Assembly and the International Court of Justice. 6:29:46Copy
• Mr. President, at the end of August, the Vanuatu government initiated proceedings against France before the International Court of Justice concerning sovereignty over Umanek and Umanek Leke Islands, or Matthew and Hunter, as they call in English, and the maritime boundaries between Vanuatu and New Caledonia. 6:33:53Copy
• We recognize France as a steadfast champion of the international rules-based order, and under the leadership of President Macron, a strong supporter of international judicial institutions, France has stood alongside Vanuatu in advancing global climate action including through its support for initiatives before the International Court of Justice. 6:34:29Copy

🇳🇱Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Rob Jetten · Day 3 · 2 sentences

• That was the idea underpinning the establishment 80 years ago of the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. 9:58:28Copy
• And it's a conviction that is widely shared, as illustrated by the fact that more and more countries are finding their way to the ICJ. 9:58:39Copy

🇱🇮Liechtenstein · Sabine Monauni · Day 4 · 2 sentences

• Liechtenstein joined the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice four decades before we joined the UN. 7:21:54Copy
• We support the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on climate change. 7:25:09Copy

🇼🇸Samoa · Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo · Day 4 · 2 sentences

• As the ICJ advisory opinion puts it, climate change is not merely an environmental concern, but an existential problem of planetary proportion that require urgent global action. 8:46:57Copy
• The United Nations General Assembly welcome the unanimous ICJ advisory opinion and affirm its importance as an authoritative contribution to the clarification of existing international law. 8:47:16Copy

🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis · Geoffrey Hanley · Day 4 · 2 sentences

• Saint Kitts and Nevis welcome the International Court of Justice, advisory opinion on states climate obligations. 9:07:12Copy
• CARICOM supports the International Court of Justice as the lawful path for resolving the Guyana-Venezuela dispute and the judicial process concerning Belize and Guatemala. 9:14:42Copy

🇧🇿Belize · John Briceño · Day 5 · 2 sentences

• It forms a part of a continuing pattern in which Guatemalan state vessels and personnel operate unlawfully in Belizean territorial waters of the Sarstoon River, which forms part of Belize's border with Guatemala, in defiance of obligations binding on both parties to refrain from any action capable of aggravating or extending the dispute presently before the International Court of Justice. 1:11:28Copy
• Belize therefore calls upon Guatemala to immediately cease all incursions by air, land, or sea, to comply fully with its obligations under the UN Charter, the Chicago Convention, and the OAS confidence building measures, and to respect the integrity of the ICJ process. 1:12:15Copy

🇸🇬Singapore · Vivian Balakrishnan · Day 5 · 2 sentences

• Currently, the International Court of Justice has its fullest docket in its history. 4:33:43Copy
• Singapore has nominated our ambassador for international law, Rina Lee, for election as a judge of the ICJ. 4:34:10Copy

🇹🇳Tunisia · Mohamed Ali Nafti · Day 5 · 2 sentences

• Tunisia recalls that the International Court of Justice in its advisory opinion of the 19th of July 2024 affirmed that the occupying entity is compelled to end its unlawful presence in the occupied Palestinian territory and that all UN member states are likewise compelled not to recognize as lawful the situation resulting from that unlawful presence. 5:57:43Copy
• We further recall that the International Court of Justice, in the same advisory opinion, determined that the policies pursued by the occupying entity in Jerusalem form part of the process of annexation. 5:58:22Copy

🇺🇳Secretary-General of the United Nations · António Guterres · Day 1 · 1 sentence

• The International Court of Justice has issued legally binding provisional measures in the case entitled, and I quote, "Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip," end of quote. 32:28Copy

🇫🇷France · Emmanuel Macron · Day 1 · 1 sentence

• We will continue lending our support to the International Court of Justice and supporting the central role it plays. 5:45:16Copy

🇸🇱Sierra Leone · Julius Maada Bio · Day 1 · 1 sentence

• In this regard, Sierra Leone has nominated Professor Charles Cherno Jallow, a distinguished international jurist, to be endorsed by and has been endorsed by the African Union and ECOWAS for election as a judge of the International Court of Justice. 7:58:15Copy

🇸🇨Seychelles · Mathew Antonio Patrick Herminie · Day 1 · 1 sentence

• Seychelles, therefore, welcomes the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on climate change, reinforcing that climate action is rooted in international law, equity, and intergenerational crisis. 9:04:27Copy

🇯🇵Japan · Takaichi Sanae · Day 1 · 1 sentence

• This is demonstrated by Japan's consistent support for and its contributions of judges to various international judicial organizations, such as the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. 10:45:48Copy

🇧🇪Belgium · Maxime Prévot · Day 1 · 1 sentence

• And this year, we mark the 18th anniversary of the International Court of Justice. 12:00:54Copy

🇵🇸Palestine (State of) · Mahmoud Abbas · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• We also affirm that the Palestinian people and its leadership should not be punished for demanding an end for the occupation or for turning to the UN, the International Court of Justice, and the International Criminal Court. 1:29:54Copy

🇪🇺European Union · António Costa · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• That means protecting the institutions that give their very meaning to these principles, including the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. 4:08:56Copy

🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea · Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• Equatorial Guinea and the Gabonese Republic are a clear example of commitment to peaceful settlement because they submitted their territorial disputes to the International Court of Justice. 4:24:11Copy

🇫🇯Fiji · Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• Fiji welcomes the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the obligation of states in respect of climate change. 6:49:25Copy

🇧🇧Barbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• As it seeks to bring a peaceful resolution through the International Court of Justice for the long outstanding territorial controversy with Venezuela. 8:36:50Copy

🇮🇪Ireland · Micheál Martin · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• The International Court of Justice has been clear. 11:22:51Copy

🇦🇹Austria · Beate Meinl-Reisinger · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• This is why Austria will also continue to stand firm in protecting the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. 11:48:30Copy

🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) · · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• In January 2024, the ICJ, and in September 2025, the UN Commission of Inquiry concluded that the Israeli regime is committing genocide in Gaza. 12:16:29Copy

🇰🇮Kiribati · Taneti Maamau · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• The International Court of Justice advisory opinion on climate change advances climate justice by affirming that all states have binding duties to protect the climate system and achieve deep, rapid, and sustained greenhouse gas reductions consistent with limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. 31:57Copy

🇹🇻Tuvalu · Feleti Teo · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• Tuvalu reminds states of their legal obligation to take appropriate action to protect the climate system from greenhouse gas emissions, as failure to do so constitutes an internationally wrongful act as confirmed by the ICJ advisory opinion. 3:18:07Copy

🇸🇧Solomon Islands · Matthew Cooper Wale · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• Last year, the International Court of Justice confirmed in its landmark advisory opinion that states have legal obligations to protect the climate system. 4:05:52Copy

🇧🇸Bahamas (the) · Philip Edward Davis · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• Last year, the International Court of Justice made clear that the law is also certain. 6:34:39Copy

🇬🇹Guatemala · Carlos Ramiro Martínez Alvarado · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• We welcome the fact that the International Court of Justice has set the date for the oral hearings concerning the territorial, insular and maritime dispute with Belize. 12:12:45Copy

🇮🇸Iceland · Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir · Day 5 · 1 sentence

• The International Court of Justice has helped states settle disputes by peaceful means through law rather than force. 3:54:52Copy

🇸🇲San Marino · Luca Beccari · Day 5 · 1 sentence

• We also reaffirm our full support for the International Court of Justice. 6:30:04Copy

🇯🇲Jamaica · Kamina Johnson Smith · Day 5 · 1 sentence

• Respect for international law, including due regard for the decisions of the International Court of Justice, is indispensable to the peaceful international order on which small states depend. 8:11:19Copy

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates · Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar · Day 6 · 1 sentence

• The United Arab Emirates has consistently called for a peaceful settlement of this conflict, whether through direct negotiations or by recourse to the International Court of Justice. 3:31:37Copy

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda · Walton Alfonso Webson · Day 6 · 1 sentence

• The International Court of Justice has spoken. 4:49:03Copy

🇩🇰Denmark · Christina Markus Lassen · Day 6 · 1 sentence

• To Denmark, this includes maintaining our firm support for the ICJ and the ICC as core international justice institutions. 5:55:35Copy

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates · · Day 6 · 1 sentence

• We continue to call upon Iran to abide by the UN Charter and international law, to resolve this matter through bilateral negotiations or through resorting to, uh, the ICJ. 7:59:41Copy