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130 sentences in 57 speeches for aggression
Download CSVBosnia and Herzegovina · Denis Bećirović · Day 1 · 7 sentences
- In the period from 1992 to 1995, my country was subjected to aggression, joint criminal enterprises, genocide against Bosniaks, crimes against humanity, and other war crimes.
- Following the end of the aggression in 1995, destructive forces have sought through blockades, obstruction and other means to halt the progress of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- During the aggression, they attacked our country by military means.
- The strengthening of authoritarian populism, the aggression against Ukraine, the suffering in Gaza, the war in the Gulf region, the catastrophic situation in Sudan and other flash points have brought humanity into a profound crisis marked by great uncertainty and fear.
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Masoud Pezeshkian · Day 2 · 7 sentences
- Our innocent people have been the targets of cowardly attacks and aggressions imposed upon our country.
- We do not seek power in order to attack or commit aggression.
- We cannot let some have free access and gain their interest from a waterway while at the same time using that waterway to impose their aggressions upon us, to impose insecurity upon us, to forbid us access to our own waterways.
- As long as occupation, aggression and injustice persist in the world, resistance will continue.
Estonia · Alar Karis · Day 2 · 7 sentences
- Aggression, wars and conflicts risk becoming the new normal.
- Ladies and gentlemen, One of the biggest tests for the UN's relevance is Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
- For more than 12 years ago, since the illegal annexation of Crimea and occupation of eastern Ukraine in 2014, a permanent member of the Security Council, the Russian Federation, has been perpetrating a war of aggression at the very heart of Europe.
- But aggression disregards the principles of the United Nations Charter to its very core.
Cuba · Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla · Day 5 · 7 sentences
- However, It is alarming to see the advance of expansionism, usurpation, plunder, conquest, as well as military and economic aggressions.
- The genocidal crime of Zionism against the Palestinian people, the pirate attacks against vessels, and the extrajudicial executions in the Caribbean Sea and some areas in the Pacific, the military aggression against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and the war against the Islamic Republic of Iran are new expressions of this atrocity.
- As is well known, in Cuba we are facing a multidimensional aggression from the United States government, a permanent, abusive and ruthless hostility that has lasted for almost seven decades.
- Since January 2026, this aggression has strengthened and become more cruel and more dangerous, with the imposition of an energy blockade that, by resorting to intimidation and coercion, prevents any country from exporting fuel to Cuba, an equivalent to a naval blockade, which is classified under international law as an act of war.
Poland · Karol Nawrocki · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- It sent a signal that violations of international law, aggression, and imperialist policies could go unpunished in reality.
- Prudence in this case means not only knowing what we want, it also is about pursuit of goal while calling aggression by its name and also condemning those who disrupt the world order without turning a blind eye when they violate the rules.
- Russia is destabilizing the situation in Europe through open aggression, hybrid operations, acts of subversion and sabotage, and by ignoring successive resolutions of this Assembly.
- It is not too late to restore the primacy of international law and strengthen the foundations of a system in which principles matter, and in which the international community, acting jointly and in solidarity, opposes aggression, which is prohibited by the Charter of the United Nations.
Slovenia · Janez Janša · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- Distinguished delegates, Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine is a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter and a direct assault on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a member state.
- As Mustafa Dzhemilev, the leader of Crimean Tatars, reminded us at yesterday's Crimea Platform Summit, the international response to Russia's aggression in 2014 was too little, too late.
- Any settlement must provide credible security guarantees against renewed aggression.
- A permanent member of the Security Council of this organization, entrusted with a special responsibility for international peace, is waging war of aggression against another member state.
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · · Day 6 · 5 sentences
- Regarding Iran's lawful defensive acts against the US military facilities in the region, I must refer to this Assembly's resolution on the definition of aggression.
- It declares that the action of a State in allowing its territory, which it has placed at the disposal of another state to be used by that state for perpetrating an act of aggression against a third state constitutes an act of aggression, period.
- Under international law, any state that knowingly makes its territory available for the commission of an act of aggression must bear all the consequences and legal responsibilities for its internationally wrongful act.
- The missiles that killed 168 children at a primary school in Minab and struck the Lamed sports complex during the US-Israeli regime's joint aggression against Iran were launched from neighboring territory.
Lithuania · Gitanas Nausėda · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- Ladies and gentlemen, the one conflict that poses the greatest threat to the world order is Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, supported by its proxies.
- In recent months, Russia's war of aggression has led to numerous violations of our airspace, by combat drones.
- Ladies and gentlemen, the credibility of the United Nations depends on its ability to respond firmly to aggression, unlawful conquest, forced deportations, and crimes against humanity.
- Aggression cannot win.
Czechia · Petr Pavel · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- This includes using its influence to help bring Russia's aggression against Ukraine to an end.
- That aggression was launched and continues to be waged by another permanent member of the UN Security Council, Russia, in violation of the UN Charter and fundamental principles of international law.
- Russia's aggression continues to inflict enormous suffering on the Ukrainian people.
- The consequences of aggression reach far beyond Europe.
Kuwait · Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- Mr. President, since last February, the State of Kuwait, the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan have been subjected to illegal Iranian aggression involving ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones.
- We also salute the countries that have sponsored the Security Council Resolution 2817 and the other resolutions issued by the Human Rights Council and the International Maritime Organization, which have condemned the Iranian aggression as a threat to international peace and security.
- And based on Kuwait's belief that the security and stability of the Arabian Gulf region constitutes a fundamental pillar of regional and international security and stability, as demonstrated by the repercussions of the war and Iranian aggressions, we reiterate the support for all diplomatic efforts aimed at de-escalation and a peaceful resolution to the existing dispute.
- In conclusion, Mr. President, my country has known the cruelty of occupation and the bitterness of aggression and has suffered from wars that have ravaged and continue to ravage our region for four decades.
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- From historical point of view, occupation is in their DNA, aggression is in their blood, terrorism is in their nature, child killing is their lovely habit, domicide, carpet bombing, and demolishing homes over heads of their inhabitants are their longstanding tradition.
- To that end, it commits systematically and simultaneously and with ruthless brutality, all for international crimes, aggression, genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
- During the joint aggression of the US-Israeli regime against the Islamic Republic of Iran in 2025 and 2026, they deliberately martyred more than 4,800 civilians, which included the assassination of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, martyred Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, members of his family, and a number of high-ranking Iranian officials.
- Mr. President, the Islamic Republic of Iran warns in the clearest possible terms that any further act of aggression against our sovereignty, territorial integrity, or national interests will be met with a decisive and devastating response.
Sudan · Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- The international community's silence and its failure to take steps to deter the atrocities and violations committed by the rebel militia in Sudan, despite the availability of documented and credible evidence, and its disregard for legitimate calls to designate it as a terrorist organization, and its failure to take decisive measures to stem the flow of weapons, material, and mercenaries supporting the terrorist militia across our borders are the factors that prolong the war and encourage the militia's continued aggression.
- On this basis, We affirm our readiness to cooperate constructively with initiatives aimed at addressing the root causes of the crisis, ending the unjust aggression against our people, preserving national state institutions and sovereignty, supporting efforts to achieve peace and development, and overcoming current challenges.
- And we have responded positively to constructive proposals and initiatives aimed at ending the war of aggression.
- Throughout this war of aggression, the Sudanese armed forces have adhered to the following principles.
Croatia · Andrej Plenković · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- Croatia brings the experience of a nation that within one generation endured aggression and occupation, defended its freedom, and rebuilt itself.
- The rule of force, such as witnessed by Croatia during the brutal aggression and occupation of more than one quarter of our territory in the 90s, in the war which claimed nearly 20,000 lives, and after which, more than three decades later, Croatia continues to search for 1,725 missing persons, a poignant example that the consequences of war do not end when the weapons fall silent.
- Russia's ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine is a direct assault on those rules.
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Judith Suminwa Tuluka · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- My country continues to face a war of aggression led by Rwanda through its proxy, the AFC M23, in violation of its sovereignty, our sovereignty, and our territorial integrity, as documented by the UN.
- We Congolese speak to each other with frankness and responsibility, but no internal dialogue can transform an external aggression into a simple domestic dispute.
- At the same time, no external aggression should absolve us of correcting our own weaknesses, national cohesion and the defense of our territorial integrity are not mutually exclusive, but mutually complementary.
Pakistan · Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Mr. President, A year ago, Pakistan faced external aggression from India under a false pretext.
- This time, it is the deafening cries of the sobbing mother of eight-year-old Mafa Akeela, who embraced martyrdom in this senseless aggression.
- We also, ladies and gentlemen, we also condemn continued Israeli aggression against Lebanon and Syria.
Liechtenstein · Sabine Monauni · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- In Ukraine, there are few prospects for a peace process, even though the aggression has now lasted longer than World War I, without even a nominal role for the United Nations.
- Liechtenstein is also strongly committed to the International Criminal Court, the first permanent international court with jurisdiction over the most serious crimes under international law: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression.
- The Rome Statute also criminalizes the supreme international crime, the crime of aggression.
Sweden · Maria Malmer Stenergard · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Mr. President, Russia's aggression against Ukraine is a blatant violation of international law.
- Russia's war of aggression against a peaceful neighbor is one of the biggest strategic mistakes and moral failures of the 21st century.
- The impact of Russia's war of aggression extends far beyond Ukraine.
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea · Kim Son Gyong · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- all the crises the international community is faced with point one clear fact: that infringement on sovereignty, threat to security interests, and denial of right to development of other countries are bound to breed regional instability and crisis, and lead to aggression and war.
- We owe it to the fact that the DPRK has a war deterrent in place, powerful enough to break anyone's will to start a war of aggression against the DPRK, and that we are thoroughly containing and managing the hostile forces' intention to use force.
- The DPRK's nuclear deterrent is the absolute might and irresistible force designed from A to Z to safeguard the sovereignty, security, and peace against aggression and threat from outside.
Japan · Takaichi Sanae · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- Russia's aggression against Ukraine is the most obvious example.
- A permanent member of the Security Council, which is with a special responsibility for international peace and security, has initiated an act of aggression against another country and has vetoed Security Council resolutions concerning its own actions.
Romania · Nicuşor-Daniel Dan · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- Ladies and gentlemen, we have entered the fifth year of the illegal, unprovoked, and unjustified full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine waged by a permanent member of the Security Council.
- It is facing the economic shock caused by Russia's aggression and a sustained hybrid campaign consisting of disseminating disinformation, energy pressure, and attempts to destabilize its democratic institutions.
Spain · Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- Over the last eight years, my country has opposed all wars of aggression wherever they have started, whether it's in Ukraine, in Lebanon or in Iran.
- We have refused to increase our military spending to 5% of GDP, and we've done everything possible to avoid aggressions that run counter to the UN Charter, placing sanctions on the Russian aggressors, imposing an arms embargo on the Netanyahu government in Israel, and prohibiting the use of our territory to deploy an aggression that was against international law, and unequivocally condemning the genocide that Netanyahu is still perpetrating in Gaza.
Palestine (State of) · Mahmoud Abbas · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Guyana · Mohamed Irfaan Ali · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- Mr. President, one year ago, I stood at this very podium and reminded this Assembly that if the United Nations is to remain humanity's surest hope for a just and peaceful world, it must have the courage to confront aggression and the will to engage fully with the defining question of our age.
- We endured long and repeated provocations and aggression.
European Union · António Costa · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Monaco · Christophe Mirmand · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Republic of Moldova · Vasile Tofan · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Germany · Johann Wadephul · Day 5 · 2 sentences
China · · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- In the course of history, Japanese militarists brazenly launched wars of aggression and committed numerous heinous crimes, including the illegal occupation of China's islands and reefs in the South China Sea, inflicting immense suffering on the people of China and the region.
- Any attempt to deny or glorify the history of aggression, revive militarism, or challenge the postwar international order run counter to peace and justice and will be firmly rejected by all peace-loving nations and people.
Qatar · Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Finland · Alexander Stubb · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Luxembourg · Guillaume of Luxembourg · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Sierra Leone · Julius Maada Bio · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Seychelles · Mathew Antonio Patrick Herminie · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Belgium · Maxime Prévot · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Syrian Arab Republic · Ahmad Al-Sharaa · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Latvia · Edgars Rinkēvičs · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Burundi · Évariste Ndayishimiye · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Cyprus · Nikos Christodoulides · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Ethiopia · Taye Atske-Selassie Amde · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Andorra · Xavier Espot Zamora · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Italy · Antonio Tajani · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Hungary · András Bálint Baka · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Portugal · Luís Montenegro · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Rob Jetten · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Greece · Kyriakos Mitsotakis · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Austria · Beate Meinl-Reisinger · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Türkiye · · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Chad · Abdelmadjid Abdelrahim Mahamat · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Pakistan · · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Russian Federation · Sergey Lavrov · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Saudi Arabia · Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud · Day 5 · 1 sentence
San Marino · Luca Beccari · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Canada · Anita Anand · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Sudan · · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Democratic People's Republic of Korea · · Day 6 · 1 sentence
China · · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Democratic People's Republic of Korea · · Day 6 · 1 sentence