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Download CSVKenya · William Samoei Ruto · Day 2 · 21 sentences
- From Europe to the Middle East, from Sahel to the Horn of Africa, civilians are paying the ultimate price.
- Africa has 54 member states, more than a quarter of this Assembly, yet no permanent voice in the body entrusted with the primary responsibility of international peace and security.
- Excellencies, Africa exposes this contradiction most clearly.
- Africa knows the cost of that assessment.
Congo · Constant Serge Bounda · Day 6 · 19 sentences
- And we further express our profound gratitude to His Excellency, Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, for his advocacy on behalf of Africa, his constant commitment to the Congo Basin, and his support to the peace mediation and dialogue efforts undertaken by our country.
- We believe that Africa, a continent at the center of many UN challenges and global geopolitical issues, must remain at the heart of the future Secretary-General's agenda.
- The next Secretary-General must embrace a truly universal vision of the United Nations, one that leaves no continent at the margins and which fully takes into account Africa's place, responsibilities, and legitimate interests.
- A multilateralism that can reflect the realities of a multipolar world in which Africa occupies a rightful place.
Ghana · John Dramani Mahama · Day 3 · 18 sentences
- But, Mr. President, last year from this very podium, I made a solemn pledge on behalf of Africa and the global African diaspora to seek full international recognition of the transatlantic trafficking and racialized chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity.
- It was adopted because the structural legacies of those historic crimes continue to fuel systematic racism, economic marginalization, and a global financial architecture that is weighted against Africa and people of African descent.
- It requires dismantling the persistent engines of exploitation, unfair global trade, predatory resource extraction, discriminatory credit ratings, unsustainable debt burdens of the global south, and the continued export of raw materials from Africa while real value addition and job creation occur elsewhere.
- Africa is home to 1.5 billion people.
Burundi · Évariste Ndayishimiye · Day 2 · 16 sentences
- Honored the In the name of God, the all-powerful, most merciful, distinguished President of the General Assembly, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, ladies and gentlemen, as President of the Republic of Burundi and the current chairperson of the African Union, allow me to first, on behalf of the people of Burundi and of Africa, congratulate His Excellency Dr. Khalilur Rahman, President of the General Assembly of the United Nations, on his election and wish him every success in the fulfillment of his mandate.
- Excellencies, as an African and a voice for Africa at this time, and I hold the rotating chairmanship of the African Union, I must also state the following.
- Africa must be listened to more.
- This is what must build trust between Africa and other continents, as well as with international institutions.
Angola · João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço · Day 1 · 10 sentences
- In addition to terrorism which remains active in some countries, particularly in Africa, the situation of global peace and security has been worsening year after year bringing us to the present moment in which we note with deep concern that the world has taken a course that brings it alarmingly close to a global conflict.
- Over the years, Angola has sought to make its contribution to building and consolidation of peace in Africa and the world, but the current situation in no way reflects the aspirations of people for harmony and understanding amongst nations.
- Among these contributions to peace are several initiatives undertaken in Africa, of which I highlight the 21st Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State of the African Union on the Strengthening of Conflict Prevention and Resolution Mechanisms in Africa, recently held in Luanda, which opened serious and sound prospect for resolving the problems affecting peace and stability on the African continent.
- My country takes seriously the issues relating to peace and resolution conflict through dialogue, respect for norms governing international relations, and defense of international law, sparing no efforts to bringing the conflicting parties closer and build consensus in Africa.
Sierra Leone · Julius Maada Bio · Day 1 · 8 sentences
- I also commend her excellency Amina J. Mohammed, the Deputy Secretary General for her exemplary service and distinguished representation of Africa on the global stage.
- Across West Africa and the Sahel, terrorism feeds on poverty, exclusion, unemployment, and weak institutions.
- Africa, home to more than 1.6 billion people and the subject of most of the Council's work, still has no permanent seat.
- Africa seeks its rightful place because the Council cannot be fully legitimate or effective while an entire continent remains permanently absent from its highest level of decision-making.
Mozambique · Daniel Francisco Chapo · Day 2 · 8 sentences
- In this way, we will be able to address conflicts that persist around the world, including in some countries and regions of our continent, Africa.
- This is also the Africa's ambition.
- Africa faces, however, a paradox.
- Mr. President, digital transformation remains or demands the same solidarity that we are talking about because Africa must not limit itself to supplying the minerals that fuels the world innovation hubs.
Zimbabwe · Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa · Day 3 · 8 sentences
- Our experience in Southern Africa has taught us that dialogue is a shared fortitude and not a weakness.
- and conflict resolution from communities across the world, including within Africa.
- As such, Zimbabwe shall support Africa silencing the guns agenda and strong action against terrorism, organized crime, illicit arms flows, and illegal resource trafficking.
- The long-standing position of Africa is outlined in the Azurine consensus and the city declaration should be granted.
South Africa · Ronald Ozzy Lamola · Day 3 · 8 sentences
- The end of apartheid also marked the end of a system that exported violence and instability across southern Africa.
- We approach our leadership of a regional bloc that is home to a quarter of Africa's population, the Southern African Development Community, with a firm resolve to champion greater regional integration, industrialization, and trade.
- The Africa Expert Panel report calls for an end to incrementalism.
- Africa and much of the global south need multilateral actions to free resources absorbed by debt services and redirect them towards development.
Mali · Abdoulaye Diop · Day 6 · 8 sentences
- It is for this reason that we welcome the strategic review of the United Nations Regional Office for West Africa and the Sahel, which should lead to an approach better aligned with the realities and concerns of the people impacted.
- Following Ukraine's initial statement in 2024 in which it acknowledged support for terrorist groups operating in the Sahel, that country publicly reiterated the highest level of state is interference in Africa and beyond our states other independent sources also corroborate these unacceptable actions by Ukraine here we have a country which claims to be protecting its territorial integrity where areas in Africa, in the Sahel, it provides clear support to terrorist groups and other harmful groups which undermine the territorial integrity of our countries.
- Given our history, the international community, in particular Africa, cannot just remain silent in the face of what was being done by Ukraine.
- If we looked today, the level of international assistance We compare that with the needs for financing in our countries, the places where millions of young people arrive at the labor market in Mali, in Burkina Faso, in Niger, and in Africa.
France · Emmanuel Macron · Day 1 · 7 sentences
- That is the reality of the situation in the Middle East, in Ukraine, in Africa.
- 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.
- Moving on to Africa, we shoulder a collective responsibility for the crises which are piling up without any answers, without any responses.
- Back in 2018, I already mentioned the role played by regional organizations and better coordination between these regional bodies and the UN at the Africa forward meeting in Nairobi with over 30 African heads of state and in Addis Ababa, the headquarters of the African Union, together with the UN, we stated clearly that the African Union and regional organizations should be fully equipped to play their role as regards peace and security on the African continent.
Libya · Mohamed Younis Menfi · Day 2 · 7 sentences
- Africa, whose journey we have followed since the founding of the African Union, is not the margin of the world.
- Libya does not lie on the edge of Africa.
- Libya is of Africa, of its history, of its security, and of its future.
- That fact reminds us that Libya has never been merely a bridge between Africa and the Mediterranean, but a partner in shaping the African project itself.
Ethiopia · Taye Atske-Selassie Amde · Day 2 · 7 sentences
- With regard to the digital revolution and artificial intelligence, Africa is compelled to ask a very defining question.
- Africa has waited for too long in the shadow of global decision making.
- Mr. President, Ethiopia has diligently worked to promote cooperation and regional integration through infrastructure development, trade, and people-to-people relationship in the Horn of Africa.
- Despite continued interference in our internal affairs by adversarial elements, we have exercised immense restraint and remained by the firm conviction of becoming one of the most prosperous and dynamic development engines in the Africa.
Benin · Marc Hermanne Gninadoou Araba · Day 6 · 7 sentences
- Africa does not have a permanent seat.
- Africa contributes relatively little to global greenhouse gas emissions, and yet we are already bearing the full brunt of climate change.
- If Africa was to solely consume technologies designed and controlled outside the continent, a new form of dependence could emerge linked to data infrastructure, computing power, and critical technologies.
- Africa should not just be a market for frontier technologies.
Japan · Takaichi Sanae · Day 1 · 6 sentences
- Due to disruptions in the supply of fertilizers, the risk of food crisis is mounting, with Africa and Asia being hit particularly hard.
- We wish to extend this to Africa as well to turn it into a main artery for growth and prosperity.
- TCAD has served as a platform for reflecting Africa's voice in the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, and for Japan to first put forward the concept of VOIP.
- Africa is endowed with a dynamic young population and possesses enormous economic potential.
Equatorial Guinea · Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- Excellencies, this vision is especially relevant for Africa, which needs investments that can allow it to develop local value chains, build infrastructure, advance industrialization, strengthen human capital, incorporate new technologies, and generate employment, especially for the continent's large youth population.
- A more productive and industrialized Africa will be a stronger partner to the benefit of all of those wanting to halt its immigration.
- Africa brings together 54 United Nations member states and represents a fundamental share of the political and demographic reality of the 21st century.
- We must move towards a more balanced international community in which Africa participates fully in global decisions and strengthens its ability to lead its own development.
Namibia · Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- The common African position as articulated in the Ezulwini Consensus and the SALT Declaration has also been reaffirmed in the Pact for the Future, which recognizes Africa as a special case.
- This development is a building block of Africa taking ownership of her development and prosperity agenda.
- It demonstrates progress in Africa's ambitions to drive impetus for the reform of the international financial architecture in order to ensure a level playing field.
- Against this backdrop, it's very important to focus on water in 2026, particularly as climate change intensifies drought, floods, desiccation, and land degradation across Africa.
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Judith Suminwa Tuluka · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- Africa has proven itself over time to be a demographic, diplomatic, and geopolitical power, a vital one, but it still remains inadequately represented where decisions are being made about the world's future.
- How can we fail to mention the historic anomaly that is the absence of Africa among the permanent members of the Security Council?
- As a member of the Security Council 2026-2027, we reaffirm our support for the common African position enshrined in the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration, that is to say, two permanent seats for Africa with all of the associated privileges, including veto rights as long as they exist, and two non-permanent additional seats.
- I'd like to pay tribute to the Congolese and foreign healthcare workers, researchers, communities, and our partners, especially the WHO and the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the Africa CDC, for their invaluable support to the DRC in eradicating this disease and strengthening resilience to it.
Nigeria · Kashim Shettima · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- Africa cannot continue to fill the council's agenda while remaining absent from its permanent membership.
- Nigeria demands, in accordance with the Delwin consensus and the safety declaration, at least two permanencies for Africa.
- Africa contributes less than 4% of the greenhouse gas emissions, yet we are disproportionate consequences.
- Africa must move beyond its historical role as an exporter of raw materials toward greater value addition.
Barbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- From the indigenous peoples of the Americas to the diverse peoples from Africa, Europe, and Asia.
- Africa, with 54 states, has no permanent seat.
- For the Caribbean, for Africa, and for those countries concerned.
- It is the same mindset that caused a global map to remain grossly inaccurate on the size of Africa for centuries.
Sao Tome and Principe · Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- Africa today occupies a demographic, economic, and political place that is not yet adequately reflected in the institutions where the most far-reaching decisions are taken.
- This is not a concession to Africa, it is a matter of legitimacy, justice, and effectiveness.
- In the pursuit of greater historical justice and representation, Sao Tome and Principe therefore welcomes the recent decisions that recognize the historical gravity of the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans and promoted a more accurate cartographic representation of the size of the continents, correcting distortions that visually diminished Africa.
- These acts of recognition must translate into an international order in which Africa participates fully in shaping the future, rather than remaining merely in the position of responding to the decisions taken elsewhere.
President of the General Assembly (opening) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- As the Secretary-General has said, nowhere is this more important right now than in Africa.
- Africa needs to be at the table, not on the menu.
- Africa cannot be asked to wait indefinitely for the rightful place on the Council.
- Ending Africa's underrepresentation now is a question of fairness, justice, and ultimately the credibility of this organization.
Italy · Antonio Tajani · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- The same principle guides our relationship with Africa.
- not to decide for Africa, but to decide with Africa.
- Producing vaccines in Africa saves lives, strengthens health systems, creates jobs, and supports growth capable of generating stability.
- Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea must cease, as must Russia's reckless attacks in the Black Sea on shipments of Ukrainian grain destined for Africa.
Somalia · Hassan Sheikh Mohamud · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- Africa remains unrepresented in the permanent category and not represented enough in the permanent category as well.
- Somalia works to uphold the principles of the United Nations Charter and Constitutive Act of the African Union, strengthening cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union, prevent conflict, and support peaceful Africa-led solution with global benefits.
- Somalia's membership of the East African Community, our leadership in the whole of Africa initiative, our ratification of the agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area, and our continuing efforts toward its accession to the World Trade Organization, demonstrates Somalia's commitment to the regional integration and rules-based international order.
- As we march forward with purpose and determination, we invite Africa and the rest of the world to remain our steadfast companions on this journey.
Liberia · Joseph Nyuma Boakai · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- As a current member of the United Nations Security Council, Liberia is putting these principles into practice while confronting evolving threats across West Africa, including transnational organized crime, cyber war, and illicit according trafficking along maritime corridors in the Gulf of Guinea.
- In Africa, 60% of our population is under 25.
- Yet 80% of Security Council mandates concern Africa peace and security, while Africa remains without a single permanent seat on the organ responsible for global peace.
- Africa demands no fewer than two permanent seats with all accompanying rights and responsibilities, including the veto, so long as it exists, as well as additional non-permanent seat, correcting the imbalance is no not a favor for Africa.
Niger · Lamine Zeine Ali Mahaman · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- How to restore trust when for decades, propaganda has been used to maintain the idea of a poor Africa condemned to do everything it is told to do to survive thanks to the assistance of supposed international generosity, even while its resources, its riches are stolen and locked away for the benefit of other agendas.
- How to restore trust when 81 years after San Francisco, Africa, with its more than around 1.5 billion inhabitants and its 54 states, still does not have a single permanent seat on the Security Council.
- The AES is to Africa, its historic and contemporary diasporas, as light is to darkness.
- A change which, by trimming the sharp claws of imperialism, abolishing the trade in black persons and slavery, overthrowing colonialism and neocolonialism, is bringing the peoples of Africa towards independence, sovereignty and liberty.
Togo · Robert Komlan Edo Dussey · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- In Africa, these are coupled with ongoing security challenges and can fuel tensions and conflict.
- In West Africa and in the Sahel, for example, our country is working hard to encourage exchanges and to contribute to the emergence of lasting political responses.
- Africa is not asking for others to act in its place.
- Mr. President, On the 26th of September 2025, almost to the day a year ago, right here before this august assembly, I challenged the universal conscience on the distortion of the map of the world which wrongly shrunk the size of Africa on the map of the world and in the global collective imagination.
Tunisia · Mohamed Ali Nafti · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- Mr. President, the abundant human resources, natural wealth, and the promising potential of Africa make Africa an essential partner in advancing development at the international level.
- Yet, the Africa we want continues to face intertwined security and economic challenges that require a comprehensive approach.
- In this context, Tunisia emphasizes its determination to continue contributing to peacekeeping efforts in Africa, a commitment it has maintained since the first years of its independence.
- Tunisia also reiterates its commitment to strengthen economic integration across the continent, particularly within the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, COMESA, and the African Continental Free Trade Area.
Burkina Faso · Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- courage, resilience, commitment and mobilization, as they are showing each and every day, supporting the efforts of the heads of state of the AES confederation remain the center of gravity of our journey towards sovereignty and stability and development to all of the peoples of Africa in the world who share our struggle and who recognize themselves and the ideals of peace dignity and liberty that the confederation represents I reiterate my gratitude Mr. president confederal dynamic that has been engaged in and taken up by our states, far from being an act in isolation, brings forward the rejection of fatality and chronic wardship that we face, as well as the reject of selective criticism when we see human tragedies.
- We adhere to the vision of a rehabilitated Africa, with our dignity recovered, choosing our own path.
- It's also appropriate to welcome the recent adoption just three weeks ago on the 4th of September of resolution A/80/L.104 seeking to give Africa its right size on the map.
- Long live United Africa.
Algeria · Ahmed Attaf · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- We stress that correcting the historical injustice suffered by Africa requires permanent and fair African representation in the Security Council with full powers.
- And if the Palestinian cause constitutes a daily test of the credibility of the international legal system, Africa is yet another test.
- This makes solidarity and integration in Africa, indispensable pillars of sustainable development.
- As we witness the accelerating technological revolution, we cannot accept that Africa would remain on the margins or simply become a consumer of its outputs.
Secretary-General of the United Nations · António Guterres · Day 1 · 3 sentences
United Republic of Tanzania · Deogratius Ndejembi · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- Our experience shows that this is an agenda that Africa can successfully achieve, but it will require sustained political leadership adequate financing and stronger partnerships.
- Tanzania appreciates his support for Africa's aspirations for peace, sustainable development, climate justice, and a fairer international financial architecture, as well as his personal engagement with our country.
- We shall miss your contribution, but Africa is proud to welcome its own daughter back home.
Morocco · Nasser Bourita · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- Third, tackling regional challenges, particularly in the Middle East and Africa.
- Contrary to the stereotypical image held by some, Africa is not a continent of conflicts and a hotbed of problems, rather it is a land of opportunity and potential, capable of devising solutions and putting forward initiatives.
- That is the idea summed up by His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist him, in his eloquent words: "Africa must trust Africa", the enlightened royal vision for Africa, which has materialized through a significant number of projects.
Cyprus · Nikos Christodoulides · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- Our geographical position at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa, place us close to some of the most complex dynamics of our world.
- Reflecting its emphasis on regional ownership, it brings together partners from the Middle East, North Africa, and the Gulf.
- In this four year of operation, it has provided specialized training to thousands of government officials from more than 50 countries from the Middle East, Africa and Europe.
Botswana · Duma Gideon Boko · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- It is today's drought in Africa, floods in Asia, rising seas in the Pacific, and wildfires in Europe and the Americas.
- Mr. President, Africa has the youngest population on earth.
- We believe that a Security Council that continues to exclude Africa and Latin America from permanent membership cannot credibly claim to reflect contemporary geopolitical realities.
Guinea · Mamadi Doumbouya · Day 2 · 3 sentences
Madagascar · Michaël Randrianirina · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- We must also correct the historical imbalance affecting Africa's representation on the Security Council.
- Indeed, Africa cannot remain on the margins of decisions.
- Africa should be granted permanent representation on the Security Council in accordance with the Ezulwini Consensus and the Cirt Declaration, which express a common position grounded injustice, equity and representativeness within the African Union.
Côte d’Ivoire · Tiémoko Meyliet Koné · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- Ladies and gentlemen, Africa is bearing the brunt of the decline of multilateralism and the difficulties the United Nations has faced in recent years.
- My country once again reaffirms its support for an ambitious reform of the Security Council so as to ensure permanent representation for Africa in this important body whose decisions directly affect our peace and security.
- Africa contributes the least to global greenhouse gas emissions, yet remains among the regions most hit the hardest by their consequences.
Russian Federation · Sergey Lavrov · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- I'm not just referring to Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Sudan, Somalia, South Sudan, and other countries in Africa where conflict rage.
- We are in favor of broadening the representation of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
- In the middle of the previous century, the USSR helped peoples in Africa, Asia, and Latin America to free themselves from colonial dependence.
Belarus · Maxim Ryzhenkov · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- The air is thick with anxiety from Europe to the Middle East, from Asia to Africa and Latin America.
- The great waterfall that the peoples of Zimbabwe have for centuries called Mosi-oa-Tunya, the smoke that thunders, the colonisers "discovered" it 150 years ago and named it after their queen, who had never even set foot in Africa.
- Belarus remains a reliable supplier of fertilizers, high quality food, meat, dairy products, and grain to countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Gabon · Marie-Édith Tassyla-Ye-Doumbeneny · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- Accordingly, in the face of human tragedies across the world and particularly in Africa, greater collective engagement is essential.
- Fulfilling this commitment would help consolidate peace in Africa and strengthen cooperation between the UN Security Council and the AU's Peace and Security Council.
- Indeed, Africa must take its rightful place within the very restricted circle of permanent members.
Zambia · Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- For Africa, adaptation is not optional.
- Mr. President, Africa's youthful population is one of our greatest assets and represents an enormous opportunity for global prosperity for global prosperity.
- And when we invest in Africa's young people and women, we invest in the prosperity of our continent and the world at large.
Malawi · George Chapatula Chaponda · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- We call for an urgent, comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council to correct the historical injustice done to Africa.
- Africa deserves Permanent representation with full veto privileges are articulated in the Eswatini consensus.
- By producing essential medicine within Africa, the entire world gained through stronger health security and stable supply chains, especially through faster outbreak response.
Antigua and Barbuda · Walton Alfonso Webson · Day 6 · 3 sentences
South Sudan · Cecilia Adout Majok Adeng · Day 6 · 3 sentences
Finland · Alexander Stubb · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Romania · Nicuşor-Daniel Dan · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Eswatini · King Mswati III · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Uganda · Jessica Rose Epel Alupo · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- In this regard, we demand Africa's rightful representation in both the permanent and non-permanent categories to correct historical imbalances in line with the common African position articulated in the Eswatini Consensus and the Sauti Declaration.
- Uganda remains a consistent contributor to regional stability, particularly in the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region.
Portugal · Luís Montenegro · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Senegal · Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Yemen · Abdullah Abdulkader Al Alimi-Bawzer · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- international reports have exposed growing cooperation between the terrorist Houthi militias and terrorist organizations, including in the Horn of Africa, through networks linking militias, terrorist groups, smugglers, and organized crime networks, thereby undermining states and threatening security and stability.
- Yemen that's a partner for its neighbors, a responsible guardian of its strategic location, a bridge for trade and cooperation between the Arabian Peninsula, the Horn of Africa, and the wider world.
Lebanon · Nawaf Salam · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Egypt · Moustafa Kamal Madbouly · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- In accordance with the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration, particularly to mend the historical injustice suffered by Africa.
- Adaptation, water security, and food security must receive the priority they deserve, especially in Africa and the countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Godwin Friday · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Geoffrey Hanley · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Chad · Abdelmadjid Abdelrahim Mahamat · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- Chad is grateful to him for his ongoing attention to the challenges that our country, the Lake Chad Basin, and Central Africa are confronted with.
- The data provided by the court and the lessons learned from that have shown us that in several states and among their populations, one can detect that the focus of the judicial activity of the court is on developing countries and in particular on Africa, which has become the target of political instrumentalization.
Cabo Verde · Francisco Avelino Vieira de Carvalho · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Brazil · Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Türkiye · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Lithuania · Gitanas Nausėda · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Luxembourg · Guillaume of Luxembourg · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Suriname · Jennifer Geerlings-Simons · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Seychelles · Mathew Antonio Patrick Herminie · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Czechia · Petr Pavel · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Argentina · Javier Gerardo Milei · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Timor-Leste · José Ramos-Horta · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Ukraine · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Bulgaria · Iliana Iotova · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Central African Republic · Faustin Archange Touadera · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Poland · Karol Nawrocki · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Serbia · Aleksandar Vučić · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) · Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Guyana · Mohamed Irfaan Ali · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Comoros · Azali Assoumani · Day 3 · 1 sentence
European Union · António Costa · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Israel · Benjamin Netanyahu · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Thailand · Anutin Charnvirakul · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Rob Jetten · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Greece · Kyriakos Mitsotakis · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Maldives · Hussain Mohamed Latheef · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Lesotho · Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Saint Lucia · Philip J. Pierre · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Guinea-Bissau · Ilídio Vieira Té · 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
Sweden · Maria Malmer Stenergard · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Micronesia (Federated States of) · Aren Palik · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Philippines · Ma. Theresa Lazaro · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Cuba · Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Singapore · Vivian Balakrishnan · Day 5 · 1 sentence
India · Subrahmanyam Jaishankar · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Germany · Johann Wadephul · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Djibouti · Abdoulkader Houssein Omar · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Canada · Anita Anand · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Eritrea · Osman Saleh Mohammed · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Sudan · Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim · Day 6 · 1 sentence
President of the General Assembly (closing) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 6 · 1 sentence