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240 sentences in 122 speeches for borders
Download CSVLatvia · Edgars Rinkēvičs · Day 2 · 7 sentences
- Conflicts cross borders.
- And nature respects no borders either.
- Global climate change does not have borders or citizenship.
- When one state believes it can redraw the borders of another by force, every border on every continent becomes negotiable.
Tajikistan · Sirojiddin Muhriddin · Day 5 · 7 sentences
- Tajikistan reaffirms its support for the establishment of an independent and sovereign state of Palestine based on the 1967 borders and with East Jerusalem as its capital, living side by side with Israel in peace and security.
- We are a mountainous country, home to thousands of glaciers and the source of major rivers that sustain communities far beyond our borders.
- Old threats are also evolving, and new ones are crossing borders faster than ever.
- Mr. President, terrorism and extremism, cybercrime, illicit trafficking in arms and narcotic drugs, organized crime -- these threats know no borders.
United States of America · Donald Trump · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- Before I took office, we had the worst and most dangerous border on Earth.
- And now we have the most secure border in American history.
- A 2,000-mile border with a territory controlled by enemy cartels.
- Yet they want America to open up our borders to gangs and criminals from world's most dangerous places.
Croatia · Andrej Plenković · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- Our primary responsibility is to our citizens and it starts at our borders.
- As an EU external border country, Croatia carries an additional responsibility and we will fulfill it with determination.
- EU membership can turn borders of division into lines of cooperation, and reforms on paper into stronger institutions and better living standards.
- Rules gave us a compass when force sought to erase our borders.
Belgium · Maxime Prévot · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- When a border can be changed by force, every border becomes less secure.
- We depend on states keeping their word, on agreements surviving changes in the balance of power, and on borders not being redrawn at gunpoint.
- Sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the right of peoples to determine their own future do not change meaning when we cross the borders of a continent.
- States have both the right and the responsibility to manage the borders.
Belize · John Briceño · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- National legislation alone cannot govern a technology that crosses every border.
- If borders can be redrawn by force, then every border is provisional.
- But Taiwan's contribution does not stop at the borders of our small and steadfast allies.
- 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.
Slovakia · Peter Pellegrini · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- For some, security means protecting borders.
- Too many conflicts are still driven by the belief that political problems can be solved by force, by changing borders, violating sovereignty, and ignoring international rules.
- The war in Ukraine, now in its fifth year, continues to bring destruction close to Slovakia's borders.
- Our commitment to international law and human dignity cannot stop at Europe's borders.
Hungary · András Bálint Baka · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- We affirm Ukraine's right to self-defense its sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders, and the right of its people to decide their own future.
- At the same time, every state has the right to protect its borders.
- But security is not only about borders and war.
- Rivers also cross borders.
Nigeria · Kashim Shettima · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- None of us can pretend that conflicts within our borders or in lands far beyond them do not exact a price from us.
- Yet none of these gains will matter if we turn a deaf ear to the threat gathering around our borders and further afield.
- Mr. President, no nation, however formidable its defenses, can secure itself completely against dangers sustained beyond its borders.
- We must exchange intelligence, strengthen institutional capacity, interrupt the financing of violence, and prevent weapons from crossing borders that our responses too often fail to cross.
Albania · Edi Rama · Day 4 · 4 sentences
Papua New Guinea · James Marape · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- Your advocacy reminds us that beyond our national borders and political differences, cultures and beliefs, we belong to one human family, and we share one planet called the planet Earth.
- Look within your borders.
- Greenhouse gases do not recognize national borders.
- This is why leadership in powerful nations carry responsibilities beyond your national borders.
Chad · Abdelmadjid Abdelrahim Mahamat · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, nationally speaking, by the grace of God and thanks to the maturity of its people, Chad remains a country of peace and stability, despite the numerous domestic challenges it faces and the crises that threaten its borders.
- Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, This solidarity that we project outwards is something we also experience every day within our own borders.
- Since April 2023, more than a million Sudanese refugees have crossed our eastern border, fleeing a bloody conflict.
- Sticking to its unwavering position, my country reiterates its unfailing commitment to the right of the Palestinian people to have their own state in the 1967 borders, alongside a state of Israel that lives in peace and security.
Cambodia · Sokhonn Prak · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- That experience continues to shape Cambodia's approach to international relations and its commitment to the peaceful settlement of disputes, including those concerning our shared border with Thailand.
- In the words of the UN Special Rapporteur, who visited the border last July, they need and deserve to go home.
- Criminal networks operate across borders and require stronger international cooperation.
- It demonstrates the vitality of a Francophonie that transcends borders, continents and cultural differences.
Jamaica · Kamina Johnson Smith · Day 5 · 4 sentences
Benin · Marc Hermanne Gninadoou Araba · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- It seeks to exploit our vulnerability, to take advantage of our borders and to progressively extend its clutches to new areas.
- We are bolstering the surveillance of our territory and our borders.
- This requires better intelligence sharing, strengthening cross-border cooperation, improving coordination between national, sub-regional and continent-wide mechanisms.
- Security threats will continue to try and cross borders.
Switzerland · Guy Parmelin · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- We need institutions capable of dealing with issues that transcend national borders.
- The UN must focus its efforts where its action brings real added value, when problems transcend borders, when national or regional capacities are insufficient, or when a universal institution is needed to provide a common framework.
- We cannot erase disagreements, rivalries or borders, nor can we remove all of the mountains that stand between us.
Bhutan · Tshering Tobgay · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- GMC sits directly on the border with India, our closest friend and neighbor.
- The vision enjoys the support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government of India, and our neighbors across the border in Assam.
- Beyond that border lies the world's most populous country and one of its largest and fastest growing economies.
Libya · Mohamed Younis Menfi · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- At the heart of these transformations lies a question that transcends the borders of states and continents.
- In that war, interests and interventions collide, and its effects extend beyond the borders of Sudan, endangering the security and stability of the region and the unity of its states.
- Sovereignty is not merely a flag raised or borders drawn on maps, nor is it slogans repeated while judicial and oversight institutions fail to exercise the roles independently and responsibly.
Poland · Karol Nawrocki · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- Neo-imperial and neo-colonial policies are, in essence, an attempt to return to a world in which the borders, security and future of states and nations would be decided not by the states and nations themselves, but by other states that consider themselves stronger and predestined to dominate.
- NATO remains united in the overarching goal of defending our community on both sides of the Atlantic, in Europe and America, on its eastern flank and along its northern border.
- Caring for the natural environment is undoubtedly our duty, but fulfilling this duty must not lead to the weakening of our economies or the shifting of problems beyond our borders.
Guyana · Mohamed Irfaan Ali · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- Mr. President, turning to my own country, Guyana has always advanced the peaceful settlement of the controversy in relation to our border with Venezuela.
- That determined the full, perfect, and final settlement of our border with Venezuela.
- For it is in times such as these, when wars rage across borders, when the shadow of existential threats falls across the future of human civilization, when the old certainties are dissolving before our eyes, that multilateralism must rise.
Thailand · Anutin Charnvirakul · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- In the meantime, Cambodia must work with us to strengthen security along our shared border, including through concrete cooperation to combat online scams and demining.
- Ultimately, Our shared border must be a place of shared prosperity, not one that continues to bear the scars of conflict.
- And when threats cross borders, responsibility must be shared more widely.
Greece · Kyriakos Mitsotakis · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- And Greece is ready to support Libyan institutions in border protection, in migration management.
- Reports of atrocious war crimes continue to emerge, while the conflict is fueling instability way beyond, far beyond Sudan's borders.
- And as we prepare to assume the presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second-half of 2027, we will work for a Europe that is more competitive, more secure, more capable of defending itself, and more effective in protecting its external borders.
Nepal · Balendra Shah · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- A warming climate that is destabilizing the fragile Himalayan ecology, melting permafrost that are fracturing mountains, slopes, beneath the glaciers and accelerating the risk of ice rock avalanche floods landslides and other cascading hazards the resulting devastated the resulting Devastation unleashed Havoc on both sides of Nepal China border the flood continued Downstream to the India this tells of us something fundamental climate change does not recognize borders glaciers and floods do not travel with stamps and passports excellencies I'm not here to complain, but to share some suggestions.
- And when disaster strikes, let us coordinate assistance across borders.
- Rifles and ammunitions cross border, clear every bottleneck, meet each deadline.
Austria · Beate Meinl-Reisinger · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- Who decides whether a border is a line to be respected or a target to be crossed?
- Like most countries in this hall, we depend on a world in which borders are respected, agreements are kept, and strength is bound by law.
- Austria's position remains clear: We will not accept a change of borders by force.
Maldives · Hussain Mohamed Latheef · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Today, sovereignty can be weakened without a single border being crossed.
- This is why I reiterate our call for the recognition of independent and sovereign state of Palestine based on the pre-1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.
- Forces beyond our borders can also limit a state's freedom to shape its own future.
North Macedonia · Hristijan Mickoski · Day 4 · 3 sentences
Haiti · Alix Didier Fils-Aimé · Day 4 · 3 sentences
Holy See · Cardinal Pietro Parolin · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- The Holy See welcomes the signing of the trilateral framework agreement between the United States, Israel, and Lebanon, aimed at stabilizing the southern borders of the Republic of Lebanon and achieving a just and lasting peace.
- respect for sovereignty and borders form the essential foundation for the implementation of the peace plan.
- It must include the prevention of radicalization the development of border areas, the education of young people, social cohesion, and inter-religious dialogue, fully valuing the role of religious communities in preventing extremism.
San Marino · Luca Beccari · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- Following an unanimous mandate from our Parliament, the Great and General Council of San Marino recognized Palestine as a sovereign and independent state within secure and internationally recognized borders and in accordance with relevant United Nations resolutions.
- No state can be allowed to redraw borders by force.
- Any peace must respect Ukrainian sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders.
Djibouti · Abdoulkader Houssein Omar · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- The region that is home to my country also continues to face crises, the consequences of which extend beyond our national borders.
- Djibouti remains convinced that dialogue and negotiation in full respect for international law represent the only path towards a peaceful and definitive settlement of our border dispute and the return of our prisoners of war, who have been held incommunicado for more than 18 years.
- We reaffirm our commitment to a two-State solution based on the 1967 borders.
Chile · José Antonio Kast · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Republic of Korea · Lee Jae Myung · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Trinidad and Tobago · Kamla Persad-Bissessar · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- Small states face serious challenges from sophisticated criminal networks that move people, that move weapons, that move narcotics, and illicit finance across national borders.
- While serving on the council, Trinidad and Tobago will advocate for greater international cooperation to address the sources, movement and diversion of illicit weapons, stronger tracing mechanisms, information sharing, border and maritime cooperation, and deeper cooperation among source, transit and destination countries to disrupt weapons, narcotics and illicit financial flows.
Dominican Republic · Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- We will continue to protect our borders, to implement our migratory laws, and strengthen and equip our armed forces in exercise of sovereign equality that the United Nations recognizes for each state.
- The ocean is an important source of life and is our most extensive border, and that's why protecting it is a state obligation.
Ukraine · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Central African Republic · Faustin Archange Touadera · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Kenya · William Samoei Ruto · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Mozambique · Daniel Francisco Chapo · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- In Mozambique, this vision translates into progress on electricity interconnectors with neighboring countries, as well as in one-stop borders crossing points that we are building.
- with energy that crosses borders, infrastructures that transform neighboring communities into single communities, a transformation that requires fair and sustainable financing conditions.
Uzbekistan · Saida Mirziyoyeva · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Ghana · John Dramani Mahama · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- Ghana remains unwavering in its recognition of the sovereign state of Palestine and its steadfast support for a viable two-state solution where Israel and Palestine will live side by side in peace, security with guaranteed borders.
- Similarly, global health security demands true solidarity because pathogens do not respect national borders.
Somalia · Hassan Sheikh Mohamud · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Colombia · José Manuel Restrepo · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- cross borders, its money moves through international financial systems and its networks operate across numerous countries.
- That is the sort of multilateralism that Colombia is ready to defend, one that respects the sovereign equality of states, as the Charter itself provides, but one that is also capable of acting effectively when threats recognize no borders.
Senegal · Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- No country No peace, no security can be viable, nor can it last without the two-state solution, Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital and Israel, the two living side by side within safe and internationally recognized borders.
- Because the scourge of terrorism is cross-border by its very nature, the Sahel must not be abandoned to its desolate fate.
Fiji · Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Kuwait · Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- Most important of these issues are the maritime border demarcation beyond marker 162, as per the rules of international law and the 1982 UN Convention on Law of the Sea.
- It also rests upon the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the borders of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
Ireland · Micheál Martin · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- Mr. President, the people of Ireland understand that we live in an interdependent world, that the challenges we face are interconnected, cross borders, and require collective solutions.
- The fact that a permanent member of the Security Council is seeking to change borders by force in clear violation of the UN Charter is utterly unacceptable.
Iraq · Ali Falih Al-Zaidi · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- In order to sustain integration with our international friends, we call on all partners to exercise border control, address gaps, and remain constantly vigilant in order to prevent the formation of an environment conducive to extremism.
- In terms of risks, we continue to confront organized crime by cooperating with all friends to repel the dangers of organized crime and to abort the cross-border drug trade.
Monaco · Christophe Mirmand · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Malta · Robert Abela · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Pakistan · Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- Pakistan believes that the only just and lasting solution is the creation of an independent, sovereign, viable and contiguous state of Palestine based on the pre-1967 borders with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.
- As Muslims face hate speech, discrimination, attacks on mosques and desecration of the Holy Quran, just across our border, RSS-driven Hindutva ideology is fanning religious hatred, leading to lynching, communal violence, attacks on places of worship, and restrictions upon religious freedom.
Niger · Lamine Zeine Ali Mahaman · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Bahamas (the) · Philip Edward Davis · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Godwin Friday · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Guatemala · Carlos Ramiro Martínez Alvarado · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- Criminal networks do not recognise borders.
- Mr. President, we must strengthen the timely exchange of information operational and judicial coordination, border security with respect for human rights, the protection of ports and transit routes, financial and asset investigations, and the recovery of assets derived from illicit activities.
Philippines · Ma. Theresa Lazaro · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- From undersea cables carrying 90% of global data to strategic sea lanes and ports sustaining trade, to offshore facilities fueling economies, disruption of critical maritime infrastructure can send shockwaves across borders.
- We must actively seek collective pathways that transcend borders and bridge divides.
Singapore · Vivian Balakrishnan · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- And since the risks from AI do not remain confined behind borders, it means we also need rules of the road that will form a shared global understanding of how we will collectively confront this challenge.
- Even where states have differences on governance, I believe it is possible for us to work together to collectively understand the capabilities and risk of AI models, to develop comparable methods for testing and evaluation, and to report serious incidents quickly across borders.
Malaysia · Mohamad Haji Hasan · Day 5 · 2 sentences
El Salvador · Alexandra Hill Tinoco · Day 6 · 2 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.
- I am convinced that each and every one of my compatriots within our borders, as well as those outside of our borders, would be prepared to defend our homeland and our sovereignty with the highest level of commitment and sacrifice.
Sudan · Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim · Day 6 · 2 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.
- Pressure must be exerted on the regional sponsors and certain neighboring states that have not merely facilitated the transfer of weapons, equipment, and supplies to the militia through their territories, but have also created battlefronts and enabled repeated attacks launched by militias and mercenaries from within their territories in broad daylight and established hospitals along their borders to treat militia casualties.
New Zealand · Victoria Louise Hallum · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- We have been reminded that the biggest challenges we face do not respect national borders, and no country, however large or powerful, can address them alone.
- You must take the initiative, despite the challenges and entrenched views, to achieve a just and lasting resolution, where Israel and Palestine can live side by side within secure and clearly defined borders.
South Sudan · Cecilia Adout Majok Adeng · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- South Sudan and Sudan share history, families, economic interests, and one of the longest border in the region.
- Outstanding matters arising from the comprehensive peace agreement, including the border issues and the final status of Abyei, also requires a peaceful engagement between South Sudan and Sudan.
Costa Rica · Boris Vasir Marchegiani Carrero · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- Transnational organized crime, drug trafficking, trafficking in persons, weapons smuggling, asset laundering, cybercrime and illegal mining transcend national borders and undermine democratic stability, development and the rule of law.
- Illegal mining, spearheaded by transnational criminal organizations on our border with Nicaragua, has wrought havoc on the environment, and is producing risks to public health, the economy, and regional security.
Thailand · · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- As reiterated by our Prime Minister, our shared border with Cambodia should and must be a place of prosperity, not one defined by the scars of conflict.
- That begins with demonstrating goodwill in international forums, refraining from provocative action along the border, and pursuing concrete cooperation to ensure border security, particularly through humanitarian demining and joint efforts to combat cross-border crime, including, of course, online scams.
President of the General Assembly (opening) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Brazil · Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Jordan · Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Türkiye · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Luxembourg · Guillaume of Luxembourg · Day 1 · 1 sentence
France · Emmanuel Macron · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Dominica · Sylvanie Burton · Day 1 · 1 sentence
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · Andy Burnham · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Morocco · Nasser Bourita · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Romania · Nicuşor-Daniel Dan · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Masoud Pezeshkian · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Paraguay · Santiago Peña Palacios · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Czechia · Petr Pavel · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Estonia · Alar Karis · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Timor-Leste · José Ramos-Horta · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Cyprus · Nikos Christodoulides · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Ecuador · Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azin · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Panama · José Raúl Mulino Quintero · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Namibia · Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Serbia · Aleksandar Vučić · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Eswatini · King Mswati III · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Honduras · Nasry Juan Asfura Zablah · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Uganda · Jessica Rose Epel Alupo · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Rwanda · Justin Nsengiyumva · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Judith Suminwa Tuluka · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Comoros · Azali Assoumani · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Uruguay · Yamandú Orsi · Day 3 · 1 sentence
European Union · António Costa · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Israel · Benjamin Netanyahu · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Côte d’Ivoire · Tiémoko Meyliet Koné · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Barbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Georgia · Irakli Kobakhidzhe · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Australia · Anthony Albanese · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Türkiye · · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Lebanon · Nawaf Salam · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Lesotho · Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Solomon Islands · Matthew Cooper Wale · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Guinea-Bissau · Ilídio Vieira Té · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Egypt · Moustafa Kamal Madbouly · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Bahrain · Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Mexico · Roberto Velasco Álvarez · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Togo · Robert Komlan Edo Dussey · Day 4 · 1 sentence
India · · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Republic of Moldova · Vasile Tofan · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Cuba · Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Brunei Darussalam · Prince 'Abdul Mateen · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Saudi Arabia · Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Iceland · Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir · Day 5 · 1 sentence
India · Subrahmanyam Jaishankar · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Belarus · Maxim Ryzhenkov · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Oman · Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Zambia · Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Indonesia · Sugiono · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Sri Lanka · Vijitha Herath · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Congo · Constant Serge Bounda · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Denmark · Christina Markus Lassen · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Sudan · · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Burundi · · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Chad · · Day 6 · 1 sentence