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Download CSVEl Salvador · Alexandra Hill Tinoco · Day 6 · 7 sentences
- As the United Nations, we need to commit ourselves and work to redefine the international order so that we can prioritize the common well-being of the whole of humanity regardless of whether of where they live and their condition guarantee the well-being of our brothers and sisters the whole of humanity we need a multilateral system that is able to listen but also to make decisions, to safeguard principles, to respect the sovereignty of states, but that at the same time understands that no state can resolve problems that know no borders alone.
- On the contrary, its legitimacy is achieved when the organization is really truly able to preserve and save people's lives and to ensure a decent future for all people and this is something that El Salvador has firsthand experience in Mr. president for decades my small but great country was known for a reality that it seemed impossible to change the scourge of violence was deeply entrenched in our society.
- So in my country, we're talking about a mother who no longer has to be scared about whether her children are coming home in the evening or not, a business owner who used to face so much anxiety that knew that their basket of mangoes that they had to sell they had to sell them for more than ten dollars because if they didn't sell them for more than ten dollars they wouldn't be able to pay their protection money and they'd get shot in the head so now behind these figures we have a built business owner who's able to open their business without fear somebody who's able to breathe easily and cross the city freely and a child who's able to run around all of the streets of our country.
- Streets and spaces that they weren't able to dream of going in before.
France · Emmanuel Macron · Day 1 · 6 sentences
- We must open up to new members, new regions, first and foremost Africa, but In terms of the substance, the Security Council must be able to take action in the face of mass violations of international law.
- It's a cardinal principle of international law, and it is in the interests of all of us for vessels to be able to transit through the strait securely so, and for the energy interests of all of our countries to be secured.
- Only a fully sovereign Lebanon will be able to disarm Hezbollah and restore security for all Lebanese and their neighbors.
- We won't be able to tackle any of the challenges our planet faces if we give in to this rift.
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Rodrigo Paz Pereira · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- However, we carried out a campaign 10 months ago, in the 10 months since I've been president, with the concept of capitalism for all, of resources, financial capacities, being able to invest and develop.
- I say this clearly, being able to look at the reality in my country.
- And a helpless, defenseless state that was unable to generate economic and human resources to be able to fight that narco-terrorism, narco-trafficking, which was financing it.
- That is why Bolivia is fighting to overcome this crisis and be able to produce and export.
Uruguay · Yamandú Orsi · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- and politics makes sense when it is able to transform reality to bring happiness to our people.
- We need more effective, more representative multilateral institutions that are closer to the people and more able to respond to the challenges of our time.
- They sense what could be different and then they're able to sense the desire for change.
- It also means being able to transform those things that we wish to for the good of the community as a whole.
United States of America · Donald Trump · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- We are adding to our stockpiles faster than we have ever been able to do before.
- And that rapid construction will be leading to very rapid deployment of missiles of every type and ammunition of every type, and we'll be able to supply our allies at a much faster rate than we're doing right now.
- Everyone thought it was a miracle that we were able to do so, and people celebrated in the streets.
- The reason I was able to make these settlements was the use of my relationships, very special relationships to this day, very, very special, trade, the use of tariffs and the threat of tariffs, and various other reasons depending on the country, among them, in terms of settlement, Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, Pakistan and India, Armenia and Azerbaijan, and, of course, the war in Gaza, which, as I stated previously, includes the return of all hostages, both living and dead.
Dominican Republic · Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- However, the prices impact us without us being able to control them.
- And the obligation of the international community is to make it possible there in their country for children to be able to go back to school and for Haitian youth to be able to have a future in their own country.
- And as soon as the conditions allow it, for the Haitians to be able to vote for the first time in a decade.
- Mr. President, the Dominican Republic has worked to fulfill the essential commitments for our people, and we have been able to show results.
Ecuador · Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azin · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- This was the experience of families that weren't going out at night, business owners who had to pay to be able to work, young people who were given weapons before they were given a diploma.
- Excellencies, security is not an end in itself, it's a condition for a country to be able to flourish.
- And today we are experiencing a crisis, a profound crisis, and recovering security means giving people about their future for a young person to be able to choose university rather than being trapped by a criminal gang for a family to open a business without fear for a company to invest and create jobs and for institutions to respond to the needs of citizens and not to elicit interests therefore the success of an economy is not measured only by how much production grows but rather how much is able to reduce poverty is measured in young people with decent jobs and children with a better education, and citizens who are able to build their future with dignity.
- They also need to be able to access this technology.
Türkiye · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- This picture must be a shocking one for all of us, and what it tells us is clear: the United Nations, established 81 years ago to maintain international peace and security, is no longer able to fulfill this mission, or, more precisely, it has been rendered unable to do so.
- Yet, even if they get rid of us, they will not be able to escape the pangs of their own conscience.
- Even if they escape the pangs of their conscience, they will not be able to escape the pangs of history.
- Even if they escape the pangs of history, they will not be able to escape the punishment of God."
Switzerland · Guy Parmelin · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- It also means being able to make a real contribution to decisions that will affect one's own future.
- Every society must be able to shape its future in accordance with its history, needs and priorities.
- This means that as many countries and societies as possible must be able to benefit from advances in AI, develop their skills and contribute to the debate on the rules that will govern its development and use.
- But multilateralism will only retain its credibility if it is also able to evolve.
Spain · Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- Of course, doing all of these things will require compromise, time, strong leadership being able to build agreements, to listen, to look beyond our known reality and imagine a better alternative.
- And when this happens, we want to be able to tell them that we did not give up the fight, not us.
- We want to be able to tell them that we gave everything to leave them a more peaceful, more sustainable, and of course, a fairer world.
- That's what we want to be able to tell them, and this is the commitment that I want to make here at this rostrum, not in my own name, of course, but rather on behalf of the country that I represent, Spain.
Chile · José Antonio Kast · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- Sustainable development requires robust institutions, clear rules, timely decisions and effective administration, able to turn commitments and diagnoses into tangible results for both people and the environment.
- This housing of this headquarters is an expression of the multilateralism that we believe in, a tangible, ambitious, and able to prove to yield results.
- The United Nations must be able to bring humankind together to discuss a technology that will decide the fate of this century.
Ukraine · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- to make life harder for the economy and to disrupt people's lives and to stop children from being able to study, just to study at school.
- No Russian admiral expected that we would be able to sink Russia's pride, cruisers that were supposed to dominate the sea but could not survive our naval drones.
- But the longer Putin is able to wage war, the more evil he will leave behind in this world.
Panama · José Raúl Mulino Quintero · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- I'm referring to those who wish to progress in peace, to be able to work and return home safely.
- And since the first day, I knew that we needed to resolve this issue individually, like I did, because this organization wasn't able to do it.
- This description is something that should not be seen as an isolated criticism, but rather as an inflection point to understand the increasingly widening gap between what citizens expect and what they are able to obtain from this organization on issues such as illegal migration, for example.
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Judith Suminwa Tuluka · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- Developing countries ought to be able to participate in defining its rules and to access to the capacities that determine its use.
- Because access is not enough, every child must be able to learn in a school that is safe, inclusive, well-equipped, and open to the tools of our time.
- This world heritage will continue to be preserved, but we maintain that the communities that protect it ought to be able to benefit from it.
Burkina Faso · Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- It's only if these conditions are met that we will be able to restore confidence and trust between our nations to make our organization credible again and to offer present and future generations a safer, more prosperous world that is more respectful of the aspirations of all peoples.
- That is that our organization will never be able to fully respond to the challenges of our time unless it remains true to the principles that led to its founding, the principles in force when the organization was created.
- We remain convinced that through dialogue, solidarity and determination, the United Nations, together with our people, will be able to overcome the challenges that we face and to build the foundations for a future of peace, dignity and shared prosperity.
Costa Rica · Boris Vasir Marchegiani Carrero · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- However, multilateralism will only preserve its dignity if it proves able to yield tangible results, specific results for people, for human beings.
- We need a UN which is more effective, transparent and agile, able to prevent conflicts, forge consensus, even In times of deeply rooted polarization, we need a UN able to offer tangible responses to the challenges of the 21st century.
- Today, we need a leader able to unite the membership, strengthen the organization, and renew trust in international cooperation.
Peru · Keiko Sofia Fujimori Higuchi · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- We have forged ahead because, in addition to defeating terrorism, we have proven able to almost triple, in real terms, our GDP.
- I must recognize that an ideological cultural agenda that is not in line with our reality and the imposition of it has sowed confusion and disorder of such magnitude that today teachers in our schools are not able to keep order in the classroom.
Suriname · Jennifer Geerlings-Simons · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Belgium · Maxime Prévot · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Paraguay · Santiago Peña Palacios · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- Only then will the United Nations be able to truly deliver for all of its members.
- Only then will future generations be able to look back and say that we fulfilled our mission, that we restored trust in humanity, that we managed transformation for the better, and that we built a United Nations that delivers for all.
Argentina · Javier Gerardo Milei · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- Ultimately, these technological advances have not only failed to produce any of the catastrophes, but in addition, all of these ended up bringing an end to what human beings were able to do.
- Today, we have built machines that are able to carry out tasks that only a few months ago seemed out of our reach.
Cyprus · Nikos Christodoulides · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- As the world changes, our institutions must be able to respond to new realities and threats while guided by the painful lessons of history and the vision of the founding fathers of this organization.
- If we ask states to believe in multilateralism, if we expect them to be active contributors then they must be able to trust that the principles and decisions of our institutions will be upheld without exception.
Bulgaria · Iliana Iotova · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Ethiopia · Taye Atske-Selassie Amde · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- As part of fulfilling our commitment to enhance resilience to climate shock, we were able to produce an improved climate resilient wheat variety seed.
- Since the launch of the Green Legacy Initiative in 2019, we were able to plant 56 billion trees, which is not only expanding our forest coverage, but significantly restoring our ecosystem.
Montenegro · Jakov Milatović · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- And when the next generation of Montenegro stands in this hall 20 years from now, I hope they will be able to say that we used our moment well, that Montenegro completed successfully its European journey, that our region, the Balkans, left all divisions behind, and that we stood firmly in defense of the rules and principles that protect peace in the world.
- But above all, I hope they will be able to say something much simpler, that we gave them more opportunities than we had ourselves.
Hungary · András Bálint Baka · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Gambia (Republic of The) · Mohammed Jallow · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- If the international community could stand with the Gambia at a moment of fragility, then countries facing similar moments should be able to count on the same solidarity.
- Therefore, the task before us is to make the United Nations, the multilateral system, more responsive, more representative, and better able to deliver for the people that we serve.
Austria · Beate Meinl-Reisinger · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Albania · Edi Rama · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Liechtenstein · Sabine Monauni · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- Our organization no longer seems able to deliver on the key promise of the UN Charter to save future generations from the scourge of war.
- In the often repeated quote, the UN was not built to take us to heaven, but in an era where it might not even be able to save us from hell, this Universal Organization retains the unparalleled ability to meet us where we are.
Cabo Verde · Francisco Avelino Vieira de Carvalho · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Indonesia · Sugiono · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Mali · Abdoulaye Diop · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Algeria · Ahmed Attaf · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- Ending this is an essential element in creating the conditions necessary to end division and build a Libyan state that is single and unified and stable, a Libyan state that is able to determine its own future with the will of its people.
- And from this understanding of sustainable development, Algeria proceeds with the conviction that development cannot be fully complete unless it includes its regional surroundings and environment and unless it contributes to building a more integrated African space that is better able to face the present and future challenges.
Sri Lanka · Vijitha Herath · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Benin · Marc Hermanne Gninadoou Araba · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- We stand convinced that while we might have different national trajectories, these trajectories should nevertheless converge towards the same end goal, giving all people the necessary conditions for them to be able to forge their future, living in peace, dignity, and stability.
- No state will be able to tackle these challenges on its own.
Finland · Alexander Stubb · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Luxembourg · Guillaume of Luxembourg · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Angola · João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Dominica · Sylvanie Burton · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Viet Nam · To Lam · Day 1 · 1 sentence
United Republic of Tanzania · Deogratius Ndejembi · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Latvia · Edgars Rinkēvičs · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Burundi · Évariste Ndayishimiye · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Masoud Pezeshkian · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Czechia · Petr Pavel · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Estonia · Alar Karis · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Libya · Mohamed Younis Menfi · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Namibia · Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Kenya · William Samoei Ruto · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Mozambique · Daniel Francisco Chapo · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Andorra · Xavier Espot Zamora · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Zimbabwe · Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Madagascar · Michaël Randrianirina · Day 3 · 1 sentence
European Union · António Costa · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Colombia · José Manuel Restrepo · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Israel · Benjamin Netanyahu · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Senegal · Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Fiji · Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Côte d’Ivoire · Tiémoko Meyliet Koné · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Barbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Thailand · Anutin Charnvirakul · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Bangladesh · Tarique Rahman · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Rob Jetten · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Ireland · Micheál Martin · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Nepal · Balendra Shah · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Qatar · · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Pakistan · Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Bahamas (the) · Philip Edward Davis · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Kazakhstan · Mukhtar Tileuberdi · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Mauritania · Mohamed Salem Merzoug · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Mexico · Roberto Velasco Álvarez · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Mauritius · Dhananjay Ramful · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Norway · Espen Barth Eide · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Guatemala · Carlos Ramiro Martínez Alvarado · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Cuba · Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Iceland · Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Singapore · Vivian Balakrishnan · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Belarus · Maxim Ryzhenkov · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Tajikistan · Sirojiddin Muhriddin · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Tunisia · Mohamed Ali Nafti · Day 5 · 1 sentence
San Marino · Luca Beccari · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Djibouti · Abdoulkader Houssein Omar · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Gabon · Marie-Édith Tassyla-Ye-Doumbeneny · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Canada · Anita Anand · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Sao Tome and Principe · Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Cameroon · Lejeune Mbella Mbella · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea · Kim Son Gyong · Day 6 · 1 sentence
President of the General Assembly (closing) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 6 · 1 sentence
United Arab Emirates · · Day 6 · 1 sentence