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190 sentences in 91 speeches for citizens
Download CSVAlbania · Edi Rama · Day 4 · 15 sentences
- Who can enter the minds of a citizen, imitate a trusted voice, manufacture a reality calibrated to one person's fears, and do so millions and millions of time at once?
- Artificial intelligence inside an accountable state can reduce the distance between citizens and public services.
- An invasion that never occurred was manufactured, was personalized, and delivered through voices, pages, and channels citizens already trusted.
- One citizen received a story of national betrayal.
North Macedonia · Hristijan Mickoski · Day 4 · 9 sentences
- Macedonian citizens know where they belong.
- We have continued forward even when processes lasted longer than one generation of citizens could reasonably have expected.
- If we ask citizens to trust institutions, then institutions must demonstrate that their worth has value and that their commitments endure.
- We ask our citizens to believe in cooperation, in good neighborly relations, in compromises, and in mutual respect.
New Zealand · Victoria Louise Hallum · Day 6 · 7 sentences
- Core human rights that protect the wellbeing and dignity of our citizens are increasingly being ignored.
- The authors of the UN Charter understood that peace and security cannot be sustained without creating the conditions for member states to provide their citizens with prosperity and the full enjoyment of human rights.
- Citizens and donors expect the UN to operate as one, with agencies working together through a strengthened resident coordinator system.
- Societies in which citizens can enjoy their universal human rights have a better chance of avoiding the descent into conflict that tragically impacts so many across the world today.
Peru · Keiko Sofia Fujimori Higuchi · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- divides and problems which erode citizens trust in democratic institutions and authorities.
- They are enemies of a democratic state and of fine upstanding citizens.
- The goal is to equip headteachers with the tools and skills they need to lead their schools independently so that schools can become inspiring models that promote the participation of parents in this mission that is that of making every child a citizen that stands in solidarity with others, respects them and a citizen proud of their country.
- The rights of citizens must begin when impunity of the torturer comes to an end.
Panama · José Raúl Mulino Quintero · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- I must say that polarization is coupled with a large mass of people who feel that international organizations have forgotten the values and priorities of the majority of citizens.
- We must recognise now that citizens do not believe that those types of meetings are that beneficial for them.
- 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.
- Ladies and gentlemen, in order to recover trust, we must make headway together on the key issues that benefit our citizens.
South Africa · Ronald Ozzy Lamola · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- Across the world, citizens who have seen little improvement in their economic fortunes are turning to ideas diametrically opposed to the values of the UN Charter.
- We want to increase trade amongst our countries so that our citizens can share in the prosperity of our region and our economies are better prepared to absorb the shocks of unilateralism.
- If multilateralism works at the regional level, then citizens have greater reasons to believe it can work globally.
- Our governments face a difficult choice whether to meet the needs of their citizens or certify the expectations of creditors.
Malta · Robert Abela · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- These are all essential preconditions to a just and lasting peace, as is a credible and reformed Palestinian Authority that can demonstrate to citizens of both Palestine and Israel that it has the transparency, the accountability, the institutional effectiveness, and above all, the democratic legitimacy to be a truly effective partner for peace.
- Which is why, if we stand any chance of helping to build citizens' trust in these advanced technologies, we need to begin by being honest and transparent.
- If we are to have any hope of renewing the trust of the citizens we serve in global institutions and the global order, we have to show that those institutions, this institution, can indeed deliver.
- To do nothing, to stand by and just wash our hands of it, would be a moral and practical betrayal of the citizens, of the millions of citizens who put their faith in us that we won't flinch from the biggest problems and the toughest solutions and decisions needed to tackle them.
Croatia · Andrej Plenković · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- This is why, as a government, we are dealing with the consequences of energy price pressures by passing degrees to protect Croatian citizens and economy from energy shocks created far away from our shores.
- Our primary responsibility is to our citizens and it starts at our borders.
- It is carefully designed electoral reform that protects every citizen while ensuring that a basic principle of legitimate political representation of the constituent peoples is restored.
- Delivery turned those ambitions into institutions, security and better lives for our citizens and gave us the capacity to contribute beyond our borders.
Ecuador · Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azin · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- 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.
- Many citizens see a gulf between what we agree on here and what people experience on a daily basis.
- A lot of citizens realize that this is the task that our generation must take up.
- The citizens of the world will not judge this organization by its declarations.
Yemen · Abdullah Abdulkader Al Alimi-Bawzer · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- However, the terrorist Houthi militias have responded to those efforts with intransigence, using periods of humanitarian truces to advance their military arsenals at the expense of the livelihoods of ordinary citizens.
- Our struggle is not against any Yemeni citizen, nor against the sons of any region, governorate, any sect or social group.
- We seek a safe, stable, prosperous Yemen that safeguards the dignity of its citizens, rebuilds its economy, provides education for its children, jobs for its youth, security for its families.
- We stand in solidarity with the kingdom and reaffirm Yemen's steadfast support for the kingdom's right to defend its territory, its citizens, and its national interests.
Barbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- For the citizens of those countries.
- It is for this reason that we reject the notion that governments must refrain from policy interventions that are essential to creating a level and fair playing field for ordinary citizens.
- Restrictions on trade, finance, and access to fuel, are intensifying hardship not only for Cuban citizens but for all others who study and live there.
- Until Until they are no longer first class and second class citizens of any nation.
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) · Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- the AI rather, it must benefit the citizens.
- We are on one side, that is the side of citizens of the world that are pursuing their happiness, their development and their freedom.
- We have embarked upon an institutional review process to ensure the state can grow stronger and to provide legal security which national and international investors require, but it is also required by our citizens.
Ghana · John Dramani Mahama · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- Mr. President, everybody in this chamber today and every global citizen listening to my words possesses an origin.
- Measures that inflict collective economic hardship on ordinary citizens run counter to our shared commitment to human dignity and international law.
- Citizens must experience democracy not only through the ballot box every four years, but through improved access to food, quality education, decent housing, accessible health care, and economic opportunities.
Somalia · Hassan Sheikh Mohamud · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- Through constitutional reform, we are laying the foundations of universal suffrage, accountable institutions, and a multi-party political system that allows every Somali citizen have a voice.
- Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, this new progressive chapter where political power is determined by citizens, guided by constitutional law, and safeguarded by the rule of law.
- Our ours is a democracy where every citizen has a voice where every vote has a value, and where every government is accountable.
Australia · Anthony Albanese · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- Eight decades ago, the citizens and leaders of our nations made a solemn promise to future generations.
- That means cooperating on the urgent challenge that confront each of our sovereign nations and creating solutions that work for our citizens.
- We can seize and share and shape the opportunities this moment holds in the interests of our citizens.
Lebanon · Nawaf Salam · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- where some states spend more on servicing their debt than on the health of their citizens and the education of their children.
- Restoring a state that its citizens trust, that is master of its own decisions, and that exercises sovereignty over the whole of its territory.
- Second, a state does not regain the trust of its citizens through reform alone, but also by reclaiming its national decision-making.
Papua New Guinea · James Marape · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- And people can worship differently and still be neighbors, colleagues, and fellow citizens.
- And I want to ask every one of us, let's respect human rights of every citizens of this planet.
- And I pray for same blessing So not just my country, but every citizen of this planet, as we work to protect our planet, our planet must be protected.
Sao Tome and Principe · Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- As a small island nation, we stand as a consolidated democracy and a state governed by the rule of law, grounded in peace, stability, and harmonious coexistence among our citizens.
- On July 19th, our citizens took part in presidential elections, which were conducted peacefully and transparently and led to the re-election of His Excellency Mr. Carlos Villanova as President of the Republic.
- Sao Tome and Principe reaffirms its commitment to constitutional order political pluralism, fundamental freedoms, and respect for the sovereign will of its citizens, and will continue to pursue reforms aimed at strengthening justice, security, gender equality, human rights, and trust in institutions.
Malawi · George Chapatula Chaponda · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- In recent years, devastating cyclones, prolonged droughts, and increasingly erratic weather patterns have destroyed infrastructure, devastated crops, displaced thousands of our citizens, and inflicted severe damage on our economy.
- The current system traps developing nations in cycles of unsustainable debt, forcing governments to choose between servicing foreign loans of funding basic education and health care for their citizens.
- We remain deeply committed to upholding the constitutional rights of all our citizens, strengthening our democratic institutions and maintaining an uncompromising stance against corruption.
Sierra Leone · Julius Maada Bio · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- The formal declaration matters, of course, but peace became real in more practical ways in the families that returned home, in the communities that learned to live together again, in the citizens who chose the ballot, and in institutions that slowly returned back to confidence.
- Trust grows when promises are honored, when the law protects everyone, when institutions serve their people and when citizens can see a future for themselves.
Trinidad and Tobago · Kamla Persad-Bissessar · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- These networks directly endanger our citizens, they endanger our institutions, and they endanger our development.
- Mr. President, as I close, I say that Trinidad and Tobago's longstanding commitment to multilateralism and the United Nations has been anchored in delivering results and adding value to the lives of citizens everywhere.
Syrian Arab Republic · Ahmad Al-Sharaa · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Paraguay · Santiago Peña Palacios · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Argentina · Javier Gerardo Milei · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- Because alongside that failure, they have built a bureaucratic Leviathan devoted to deciding how the peoples of the world and their citizens should live.
- For years, citizens around the world were told that they should be afraid, afraid of their neighbors, of the air they breathe, of leaving their homes.
Libya · Mohamed Younis Menfi · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- We affirm our full solidarity with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in safeguarding its security, its territorial integrity, its citizens, and its holy sites.
- That is the path we choose for Libya, a state sovereign in its decisions, unified in its institutions, just among its citizens and a partner for peace and stability in its region and the world.
Cyprus · Nikos Christodoulides · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Ukraine · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Kenya · William Samoei Ruto · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Serbia · Aleksandar Vučić · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- The citizens of Serbia, therefore, rightly expect a clearer perspective and more tangible results from a process in which our country has participated for more than a decade.
- Rather, it would provide a concrete and pragmatic way forward, enable the citizens and economies of the region to experience the tangible benefits of European integration and help overcome the deadlock in which the enlargement process has remained for far too long.
Eswatini · King Mswati III · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Andorra · Xavier Espot Zamora · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- between institutions and citizens, and above all, in the ability of the international community to fulfill the promise that gave meaning to the creation of the UN, to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, to uphold the inherent dignity of every human being, and to promote an international order founded on human rights.
- which should be the ultimate guarantors of the protection of their citizens.
Madagascar · Michaël Randrianirina · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- Indeed, the process of re-foundation initiated following the mobilization of Malagasy youth just one year ago serves as the foundation for responsible governance supported by strong institutions devoted to the public interest and having restored citizens' trust in the state.
- This represents a genuine patriotic awakening driven by the deep conviction that sustainable development requires every citizen to find a full and meaningful place within the nation.
Guyana · Mohamed Irfaan Ali · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- We understand that it is only through partnership, shared intelligence, and cooperation that we can effectively tackle the threats they pose to our economies and the livelihoods of our citizens.
- We must renew our commitment to them, not as an inventory of promises, but as a covenant with our peoples and practical blueprint for ensuring that development reaches every citizen.
Hungary · András Bálint Baka · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Israel · Benjamin Netanyahu · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- The arch-terrorists, the worst mass murderers on earth, not only killing Israelis, killing Americans, killing Brits, killing citizens of dozens of countries, Khamenei, Deif, Sinwar, Haniyeh, Nasrallah, and thousands of other terrorists who sought to destroy us, they're all gone too.
- Two days, three days ago, a French citizen, Nathanael Choukroun, a father of six, was gunned down when he visited a spring with his 16-year-old son, and a Hamas terrorist in Judea-Samaria comes and fires point blank at him.
Bangladesh · Tarique Rahman · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Greece · Kyriakos Mitsotakis · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Niger · Lamine Zeine Ali Mahaman · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- We have chosen transformation that is based on national responsibility, making use of our resources, strengthening our institutions, and tangibly improving the living conditions of our citizens.
- That revenue is going into our own security, to agriculture, electrification, water and sanitation, education, health, the health of our fellow citizens.
Azerbaijan · Jeyhun Aziz oglu Bayramov · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- Co-sponsored by more than 100 member states, the resolution underscores the essential role of citizen-centered, transparent, and efficient public institutions in advancing human rights and accelerating progress toward the SDGs.
- Azerbaijan's innovative ASAN and DOS models of transparent, accessible and citizen-centered public service delivery have gained international recognition and are increasingly being adopted by dozens of partner countries.
Micronesia (Federated States of) · Aren Palik · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Cuba · Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- This aggression is being accompanied by a brutal media and cognitive warfare aimed not just against the Cuban people, but also against the citizens of the United States and international public opinion.
- We know that we can count on the support of the international community and the solidarity of millions of people, amongst them increasingly United States citizens.
Iceland · Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- But that does not require passivity when foreign states or other actors spread falsehoods, manipulate democratic processes, or use AI to deceive citizens at unprecedented speed and scale.
- We must choose whether to uphold the law when it's inconvenient, whether to defend the rights of people who are not our citizens, and whether to protect and respect a system even when that system does not deliver the outcome we want.
Belarus · Maxim Ryzhenkov · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- And to achieve this, they are prepared to sacrifice even the well-being of their own citizens.
- No. Its goal, as they say, is to inflict a civilizational defeat on Russia, to weaken, humiliate and break it, and to continue living off Russian resources, but not at the cost of its own citizens' lives, rather at the cost of ordinary Ukrainians.
Gabon · Marie-Édith Tassyla-Ye-Doumbeneny · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- The absence of an effective international legal framework leaves the way open for all of these abuses to arise, posing a direct threat to the security of our states and the fundamental rights of our citizens.
- Having already suffered from these various pernicious effects, Gabon has had to introduce more appropriate and secure regulation of the digital and artificial intelligence sectors through temporary and proportionate measures motivated solely by the imperative of protecting our citizens.
Mali · Abdoulaye Diop · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- These two ambitious programs are designed to meet the legitimate aspirations of the Malian people, and they constitute a generational pact, and it shows our determination to build a sovereign state, a competitive economy, a just society, a country in which every citizen can thrive with dignity.
- Mali intends to continue its national re-foundation to guarantee security, justice, well-being, and prosperity for all of its citizens.
South Sudan · Cecilia Adout Majok Adeng · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Secretary-General of the United Nations · António Guterres · Day 1 · 1 sentence
United States of America · Donald Trump · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Türkiye · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Republic of Korea · Lee Jae Myung · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Belgium · Maxime Prévot · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Morocco · Nasser Bourita · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Latvia · Edgars Rinkēvičs · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Romania · Nicuşor-Daniel Dan · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Burundi · Évariste Ndayishimiye · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Timor-Leste · José Ramos-Horta · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Bulgaria · Iliana Iotova · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Central African Republic · Faustin Archange Touadera · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Ethiopia · Taye Atske-Selassie Amde · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Honduras · Nasry Juan Asfura Zablah · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Montenegro · Jakov Milatović · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Spain · Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Liberia · Joseph Nyuma Boakai · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Uruguay · Yamandú Orsi · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Gambia (Republic of The) · Mohammed Jallow · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Colombia · José Manuel Restrepo · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Fiji · Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Armenia · Nikol Pashinyan · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Georgia · Irakli Kobakhidzhe · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Slovenia · Janez Janša · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Iraq · Ali Falih Al-Zaidi · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Marshall Islands · Hilda Heine · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Saint Lucia · Philip J. Pierre · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Bahamas (the) · Philip Edward Davis · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Haiti · Alix Didier Fils-Aimé · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Egypt · Moustafa Kamal Madbouly · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Geoffrey Hanley · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Kazakhstan · Mukhtar Tileuberdi · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Mexico · Roberto Velasco Álvarez · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Mauritius · Dhananjay Ramful · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Republic of Moldova · Vasile Tofan · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Saudi Arabia · Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Tunisia · Mohamed Ali Nafti · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Malaysia · Mohamad Haji Hasan · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Zambia · Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Burkina Faso · Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré · Day 6 · 1 sentence
El Salvador · Alexandra Hill Tinoco · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea · Kim Son Gyong · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Costa Rica · Boris Vasir Marchegiani Carrero · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Benin · Marc Hermanne Gninadoou Araba · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Indonesia · · Day 6 · 1 sentence