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Download CSVBarbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 13 sentences
- Ever before to prevent conflict and to facilitate dialogue.
- And, Mr. President, it's not fair to the majority of Member States who still believe in the promise of this body Even as we call for greater equity with the reform of the Security Council, we must equally reform the secretariat to better support peacekeeping and the resolution of conflicts.
- We've been told that there are more conflicts today than at any time since the United Nations was established.
- And regrettably, these conflicts are in almost every corner of the planet.
Angola · João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço · Day 1 · 12 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.
- 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.
- to render our attention and contribution to resolving the conflicts that persist on the continent.
Finland · Alexander Stubb · Day 1 · 11 sentences
- This year, I come with something much simpler: a choice, a choice between cooperation or conflict.
- Conflicts are spreading, bringing suffering, violence, and injustice.
- According to some accounts, there are currently 65 active armed conflicts more than at any time since the end of the Cold War.
- Upholding the most basic rules, values, and institutions is our best option to ensure that competition does not escalate into conflict and that cooperation gains ground.
Gambia (Republic of The) · Mohammed Jallow · Day 3 · 11 sentences
- If diplomacy can bring countries together to find common ground on difficult questions on global development, then surely we can summon the same political courage to prevent conflicts, resolve wars, and build lasting peace.
- Across the world, however, conflicts continue to destroy lives, displace populations, and reverse decades of development.
- We need stronger early warning systems that enable us to act before crises escalate, timely mediation before positions become entrenched, and peacebuilding that addresses the conditions that allow conflict to take root.
- It is infinitely less costly in human, political, and financial terms to prevent conflict than to manage its consequences after violence has begun.
New Zealand · Victoria Louise Hallum · Day 6 · 11 sentences
- The number of active conflicts in the world has doubled in the past 20 years.
- The number of conflict-related deaths has reached levels not seen in decades.
- It is ultimately the responsibility of Member States to prevent and resolve conflicts.
- But at the same time, we need a Secretary-General who is active in conflict prevention, mediation, and peacemaking.
Ireland · Micheál Martin · Day 3 · 10 sentences
- Conflicts are having devastating effects on the most vulnerable.
- Across the world, women and girls face conflict-related sexual violence, forced displacement, trafficking and discrimination.
- International law represents the collective lessons drawn from conflict, suffering, and atrocity.
- When these principles are disregarded, the consequences extend far beyond any single conflict.
South Sudan · Cecilia Adout Majok Adeng · Day 6 · 10 sentences
- Approaches designed to respond to conflict must be capable of evolving as nations move towards peace, recovery, institution building, and ownership.
- During some of the darkest years of the conflict, churches remained with the people of South Sudan.
- South Sudan experienced internal conflict shortly after independence.
- For far too long, South Sudan has often been seen internationally through the lens of conflict, humanitarian needs, and political crisis.
Australia · Anthony Albanese · Day 3 · 9 sentences
- Having known the untold sorrow of two devastating global conflicts in their lifetimes, they vowed to work together to prevent another.
- We know that the surest way to minimise the potential for conflict is to create the prosperity, opportunity and economic justice on which lasting peace depends.
- We will work to prevent crisis, resolve conflicts, and protect civilians through diplomacy, peacebuilding, and practical action.
- emerging technology, including artificial intelligence, which is evolving at a furious pace, and the breakdown of trust, civility, and social cohesion, which is promoting conflict within and between countries.
Holy See · Cardinal Pietro Parolin · Day 5 · 9 sentences
- Mr. President, in a world marked by rapid technological change, environmental threats, renewed conflicts, and deepening fractures in the international order, This year's theme, restoring trust, managing transformation, a United Nations that delivers for all, is not merely aspirational.
- Particular attention must to be paid to those categories of persons most at risk, those in the womb, the elderly, the disabled, the sick, refugees and migrants, the unemployed, the marginalized, the lonely, and those living under condition of extreme poverty, violence, or conflict.
- The Holy See is following with deep concern the situation in the Gulf region, where the conflict has gradually spread and the violence shows no signs of abating.
- In particular, the Holy See cannot remain silent about the dramatic impact that this conflict is having on vulnerable civilian populations, who are being driven into hunger and forced displacement, and who are living in barely sustainable conditions.
Sri Lanka · Vijitha Herath · Day 6 · 9 sentences
- The erosion of trust is reflected in unresolved conflicts, humanitarian crises that outpace available resources, increasingly frequent climate disasters, widening inequalities, and technological advances that are moving faster than governance.
- Despite conflicts in several parts of the world, including in West Asia, and climate calamities, including the cyclone that struck Sri Lanka, my country has restored macroeconomic stability following the economic crisis of 2022.
- Mr. President, For three decades, Sri Lanka suffered a protracted conflict that caused enormous loss and suffering to all our communities.
- Although the guns fell silent 17 years ago, the deep wounds of that conflict remain, and much remains to be done to heal them.
Eswatini · King Mswati III · Day 2 · 8 sentences
- Yet, at a time when conflicts persist, inequalities deepen, climate-related disasters intensify, and countless communities continue to struggle against poverty and insecurity, the international community must renew its commitment to global cooperation.
- The true test of international cooperation is whether a child in a conflict-affected community can live without fear.
- We meet at a time when multiple wars and armed conflicts continue to claim lives, destroy infrastructure, and displace communities across various regions of the world.
- Beyond the immediate human tragedy, these conflicts exert a heavy economic toll.
Montenegro · Jakov Milatović · Day 2 · 8 sentences
- And eight decades later, as conflicts take lives and displace millions, Geopolitical rivalries placed the international system under growing pressure, and new challenges test our collective capacity to respond.
- In 2025, the world witnessed more armed conflicts than in any year since 1946. 65 active conflicts, eight of which between the states.
- Or have we eroded trust in our collective capacity to evade conflicts and confront the challenges that face the world today?
- witnessing Montenegro's transformation from a newly independent state into a country helping shape the Balkans, defined not by the conflicts of the past, but by the opportunities of the future.
Austria · Beate Meinl-Reisinger · Day 3 · 8 sentences
- Today, this commitment is being tested by conflicts, by shifts in power, by new technologies, and our global institutions are struggling to keep pace.
- by countries already in crisis, by populations heavily dependent on food imports, and by people caught in conflict.
- Because today, that order is being tested in conflict after conflict.
- Any unilateral actions that undermine this prospect, including the continued settlement expansions in the West Bank, only perpetuate the conflict and must be firmly rejected by all of us.
Malta · Robert Abela · Day 4 · 8 sentences
- That is the only way that we will manage to find paths to progress on the all too many, all too intractable conflicts blighting our world today.
- So, allow me to focus on two of those conflicts on our doorstep.
- It is all too easy and all too great a mistake for us to fall in the trap that repelling the invasion of Ukraine becomes Another never-ending conflict.
- We firmly believe that the Gaza peace plan provides the best path towards ending the conflict and advancing credible political progress.
Libya · Mohamed Younis Menfi · Day 2 · 7 sentences
- The continued undermining of these prospects for its establishment not only squanders opportunities for peace, it also drives the region towards a cycle of conflict, the spread of extremism, and the search for alternatives amid major expansionist projects that extend beyond occupied Palestine to Syria and Lebanon.
- Neither the Islamic and Christian holy sites nor civilian and nor civilians and civilian infrastructure in Palestine have been spared the ravages of this conflict.
- The ongoing armed conflict in the Sudan, our brotherly neighbor, has made its people the victims of a devastating war for which they are paying a hefty price.
- That threat stems from the nexus of terrorism, organized crime, poverty, climate change, displacement, and migration, and from the widening of the cycle of armed conflict in the region.
Zimbabwe · Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa · Day 3 · 7 sentences
- We commend his defense of multilateralism as well as efforts to advance dialogue for conflict prevention and resolution, sustainable development, and the pact for the future.
- Conflicts are spreading, climate shocks are intensifying, and technology is advancing faster than the rules that govern it.
- As the current crop of leaders, it should concern us that today, somewhere, a child is born into war, a family is displaced by conflict, a farmer loses another harvest to drought, and a young person wonders whether technological progress will expand opportunity or deepen inequality.
- Trust will be restored when conflicts are prevented, international law is applied equally, development commitments are fulfilled, and all nations are fairly represented.
San Marino · Luca Beccari · Day 5 · 7 sentences
- Yet today, conflicts are multiplying, inequalities are deepening, climate disruption is accelerating, food and water are increasingly being used as an instrument of pressure, and the rules that have governed international relations for decades are being challenged.
- Mr. President, the consequences of the conflict extended far beyond Gaza and the West Bank.
- San Marino also reaffirmed its commitment to the Australia-led declaration for the protection of humanitarian personnel and called on all parties to armed conflict to respect and protect humanitarian personnel and to ensure that assistance can reach those in need.
- San Marino remain firmly committed to the children and harm the conflict agenda and support the work of the UN Special Representative for children in harm and conflict.
Jordan · Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein · Day 1 · 6 sentences
- It determines which conflicts receive sustained diplomacy and which fade from the agenda.
- In my region, from Lebanon to Yemen to Sudan, protracted conflict is deepening humanitarian suffering.
- For decades, I've stood before this Assembly and warned of the dangers of leaving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict unresolved.
- But the international community chose to manage the conflict, not confront it.
Türkiye · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Day 1 · 6 sentences
- The past 12 months have gone down in history as one of the bloodiest periods of the last 30 years, marked by more than 60 conflicts and wars.
- Today we may live in comfort, far away from conflict zones and from crisis areas.
- We are maintaining our efforts with the relevant actors to bring an end to the climate of conflict and to the climate of war that has been ignited in the Gulf.
- I strongly underline that any dangerous attempt to spread these conflicts These clashes to neighboring regions serves no one's interests.
Burundi · Évariste Ndayishimiye · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- and a United Nation that delivers for all comes at a time when our world faces multiple crises, aggression against states, internal armed conflicts fueled from outside, and expansionist conflicts that are breeding mistrust among states and rendering the international community unable to resolve these crises through peaceful means.
- The African Union is deeply concerned by the persistence of conflicts and crises that continue to cause massive population displacement, destroy infrastructure, and deprive millions of children of their right to education and to a better future.
- We therefore called for a strengthened partnership between the African Union and the United Nations in the prevention, mediation and peaceful settlement of conflicts.
- As decided in Luanda at the 21st extraordinary session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, Africa must not only learn to manage conflicts, it must strengthen its capacity to prevent them.
Bulgaria · Iliana Iotova · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- In light of conflicts that have taken thousands of lives, and caused immense destruction, we must step up our efforts to prevent and end hostilities.
- And to begin this debate, it is high time to transfer this conflict from the military sphere to the political and diplomatic realm.
- The war in Ukraine and other territories has expanded beyond the territories of the conflict parties and directly affects Bulgaria today.
- Global conflicts have introduced new threats hitherto unknown, jeopardizing nuclear safety through irresponsible attacks on nuclear sites.
Slovakia · Peter Pellegrini · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- With responsible use, proper human oversight, and good governance, we can move this technology away from the battlefield and towards diplomacy, mediation, and conflict prevention.
- Every conflict we prevent saves lives.
- 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.
- That is why our most urgent task must be clear: stop the violence, keep diplomacy alive, and prevent today's conflicts from becoming tomorrow's normal.
Iraq · Ali Falih Al-Zaidi · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- Despite these difficulties that have made our country over several decades an arena of war and conflict, today, We are confidently presenting our vision for the future.
- True stability is not built through wars, but through common interests that make cooperation more feasible than conflict.
- Iraq's vision is based on contributing to the region's transition from conflict to integration, from competition to cooperation, from resource depletion to investment in development.
- Ladies and gentlemen, Iraq believes that our responsibility towards the peoples, their security and stability requires working to end conflicts through negotiation in order to secure a safe future and prevent future wars.
Liechtenstein · Sabine Monauni · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- Over the past year, we have seen a record number of armed conflicts around the world and a rapidly diminishing role of the United Nations in ending them.
- In Sudan, the role of the UN is limited to alleviating the enormous suffering of the civilian population, with no prospect of a political solution and an end to the conflict.
- A glance at its history demonstrates its authority in peacekeeping, conflict termination, and accountability.
- What is required is the will to spend our political capital here in this room on peace rather than force, by dealing with conflict through diplomacy rather than through war.
Chad · Abdelmadjid Abdelrahim Mahamat · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- His leadership and constant commitment to peace, conflict prevention, and multilateralism warrant our recognition and respect.
- Nonetheless, conflicts persist.
- Since April 2023, more than a million Sudanese refugees have crossed our eastern border, fleeing a bloody conflict.
- From this rostrum, I would like to solemnly reiterate and reaffirm Chad's position regarding the Sudanese conflict.
Sweden · Maria Malmer Stenergard · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- Bad faith, conflict and utter contempt for the common rules are weakening the institutions that we built together.
- The number of armed conflicts is growing, and civilians are paying the price.
- In Ukraine, Sudan, Yemen, Palestine, Lebanon, Myanmar, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and many other conflict zones, millions are suffering.
- Attacks targeting civilians, forcible transfer of and deportation of children, conflict-related sexual violence and torture.
Belarus · Maxim Ryzhenkov · Day 5 · 6 sentences
- Wars and conflicts are engulfing the world.
- If all those with great power had acted as Truman said, we would have avoided many wars and conflicts.
- The organization has not been able to resolve a single serious conflict.
- It allows them to create an image of the enemy, mobilize their own population under the pretext of a collective threat, blame economic failures that we see on this conflict, justify militarization and, of course, to enrich themselves.
Dominica · Sylvanie Burton · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- Conflicts are destroying lives and displacing families.
- For more than 80 years, This organization has embodied humanity's highest collective aspiration, that countries, large and small, rich and poor, can work together to prevent conflict, protect human dignity, and improve the lives of their people.
- The United Nations provides shelter and protection to people enduring conflict displacement, and natural disaster.
- Conflict, climate change, Debt distress, inflation, and persistent inequality have pushed the goals further out of reach for many developing countries.
Viet Nam · To Lam · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- The tendency towards the threat or use of force and the arms race, especially the modernization of nuclear weapons and the development of new technology weapons, are heightening the risk of confrontation, miscalculation, conflict, and even of large-scale wars.
- However, conflict and confrontation are not inevitable.
- The mission of our generation is to help shape and manage change so that competition does not turn into confrontation, differences do not lead to conflict, and advances in science and technology do not create new divides.
- In every conflict, civilians must be protected, international humanitarian law must be respected, and humanitarian access must be ensured.
Estonia · Alar Karis · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- Aggression, wars and conflicts risk becoming the new normal.
- Sometimes we tend to forget that behind the numbers, there are always human beings, families separated, children affected, homes destroyed and lives disrupted by conflict.
- Over the past three years, more than 1,000 humanitarian workers have lost their lives, and beyond ongoing wars and conflicts, There is a looming crisis brought on by climate change, one in which time is running out for us to act.
- A UN member state whose armed forces have been repeatedly cited in the UN Secretary's report for grave violations against children and conflict-related sexual violence should have been no place in UN peacekeeping operations.
Serbia · Aleksandar Vučić · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- We are therefore entering a period marked by a more complex and less predictable distribution of power in which the risk of potential conflict is greater than it has been for decades.
- There is no longer confined to conventional armed conflicts between states.
- The boundary between peace and conflict is becoming ever less distinct, while the consequences of confrontation among global and regional powers increasingly affect even those countries that are not directly involved.
- How many times over the past two days from this Rose Room Have you heard calls and appeals for observance of the principles of international public law, particularly when it comes to the conflict in Ukraine, while the majority of those same countries shamelessly and recklessly remain silent about the fact that they themselves participated in trampling the Charter and destroying the foundations of the international public law system?
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) · Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- understanding and dialogue must triumph over conflict.
- Rather, it is the only truly humane solution to conflict.
- I come to you before this assembly as one more daughter of Venezuela to present the aspirations of a country that is seeking to rebuild its own destiny following political conflicts and economic models that were imposed that affected our development.
- An election must serve as a solution, not a generator of irreconcilable conflicts.
Uganda · Jessica Rose Epel Alupo · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- Mr. President, 80 years ago, the United Nations was established in the aftermath of the Second World War to foster international cooperation and prevent future armed conflicts.
- As we convene here today, we must confront the reality of living in very uncertain times, shadowed by the persistent threat of global conflict.
- Mr. President, Distinguished delegates, the peaceful resolution of conflicts through diplomacy is indispensable for sustainable peace, security, and economic growth.
- Most conflicts arise from unresolved local and regional grievances and demand comprehensive, politically-led, and locally-owned solutions rather than purely military responses.
Italy · Antonio Tajani · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- Mr. President, last year, from this very podium, Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, recalled that 56 armed conflicts were raging across the world, the highest number since World War II.
- It must have the ambition to imagine the future and recognize its limitations, overcome its paralysis, and reform its instruments without abandoning its deepest raison d'etre, to be the place where conflict gives way to dialogue, confrontation to diplomacy, and fear to the search for shared solutions.
- Dear colleagues, 61 active conflicts mean that war is advancing even far from the television cameras.
- There can be no stability, only hunger, conflict, and migration if there is no water.
Ghana · John Dramani Mahama · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- The blood of five-year-old Hind Rajab and the more than 20,000 children that have been killed in this brutal conflict cries out to the conscience of the world.
- At the same time, we condemn all acts of terrorism by Hamas that triggered this conflict.
- We must likewise elevate our global response to the catastrophic conflict in Sudan, which is reported to be the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
- Across every conflict, whether in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the standard must remain uniform, respect for sovereign integrity, protect civilians, ensure unhindered humanitarian access, and hold perpetrators of war crimes accountable.
Somalia · Hassan Sheikh Mohamud · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- For generations, the United Nations has represented humanity's shared determination to replace conflict with dialogue, domination with cooperation, and despair with hope.
- Conflict, geopolitical rivalry, and mistrust are becoming defining features of our time.
- Conflicts between and within the states are increasing.
- 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.
Côte d’Ivoire · Tiémoko Meyliet Koné · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- Conflicts and hotspots of tension are multiplying and geopolitical divisions are deepening, while the rise of terrorism and violent extremism threatens an ever-growing number of regions.
- Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, current international events remind us every day of the human, political, and economic cost of protracted conflicts.
- All these persistent conflicts are exacerbating the suffering of the affected populations and producing harmful effects that extend far beyond the borders of the states concerned.
- Due to a lack of support from certain partners and from the United Nations, several African countries are struggling to find lasting solutions to conflicts and to bear the cost of various counterterrorism and peacekeeping operations.
Nigeria · Kashim Shettima · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- None of us can pretend that conflicts within our borders or in lands far beyond them do not exact a price from us.
- The persistence of conflicts across the world recalls the purpose for which the United Nations was founded, to spare succeeding generations the devastation of war.
- We inhabit the only planet known to sustain human life, and as long as that scientific fact holds, we cannot pretend that we are insulated from conflicts elsewhere, geography offers no exemption from the consequences of a fractured world.
- The conflicts in Sudan and other war-torn countries demand urgent diplomacy to address their humanitarian, economic, and geopolitical consequences.
Armenia · Nikol Pashinyan · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- After almost 35 years of conflict, We are now discussing issues of building pipelines, power lines, and roads in addition to the East-West railway within the framework of the trip project.
- And of course, people in the Republic of Armenia are waiting for the return of Armenians who were detained in Azerbaijan as a consequence of the conflict.
- Along with these issues still being unresolved, another reason that fuels pessimists is the use of conflict rhetoric from time to time in certain circles of Armenia and Azerbaijan, sometimes at the official level.
- I think that we, I mean Armenia and Azerbaijan, have achieved more than sufficient results which should be more valuable for us than the use of conflict rhetoric, whether it is about history or historical cultural monuments or anything else.
Greece · Kyriakos Mitsotakis · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- Conflicts are multiplying, tensions are deepening, and perhaps most alarmingly, we are witnessing a further erosion of restraint in international affairs.
- Today, two other major conflicts continue to challenge our ability to defend the values upon which this organization was founded.
- In Sudan, the nearly four-year conflict has resulted in a staggering humanitarian catastrophe.
- Reports of atrocious war crimes continue to emerge, while the conflict is fueling instability way beyond, far beyond Sudan's borders.
Lesotho · Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- During his term, the world confronted unprecedented challenges, from the COVID-19 pandemic to the eruption of new conflicts, the catastrophic effects of climate change, and unstable trade regimes throughout this crisis.
- We therefore attest that preventative diplomacy remains the most effective means of aviating conflict and ensuring sustainable peace.
- Mr. President, the rise in regional conflict is cause for deep concern.
- Regarding the broader conflict in the Gulf, we urge all parties to intensify efforts towards a speedy resolution, as its economic impact is dire and devastating, for humanity cannot continue to bear the high cost of these wars.
Solomon Islands · Matthew Cooper Wale · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- Protracted armed conflicts, an energy crisis, and disruptions to global trade have been compounded by destabilization orchestrated by those who pursue their own selfish ambitions.
- only graves, orphans, and the long labor of rebuilding what conflict has torn down.
- Solomon Islands calls on all parties to armed conflicts to protect civilians and return to the negotiating table and act in full respect of international law.
- Too often, it has been used to shield violations of international law and to entrench the double standards that fuel conflict.
Azerbaijan · Jeyhun Aziz oglu Bayramov · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- Even though the decades-long conflict with Armenia brought immense tragedy to our people and left deep scars across our land, Azerbaijan has chosen to look ahead and turn the page of enmity.
- Through this declaration, both sides confirmed the end of the conflict and their will to jointly chart a peaceful and prosperous future.
- Excellencies, complementing the regional normalization process, Azerbaijan's post-conflict rehabilitation agenda aims to ensure that hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis can eventually exercise their right to a safe and dignified return to their homes.
- Similarly, the need to clarify the fate and whereabouts of nearly 4,000 Azerbaijanis who went missing due to the conflict is essential.
Kazakhstan · Mukhtar Tileuberdi · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- Our collective inability to prevent conflicts, our collective indifference toward humanitarian crisis, and our collective reluctance to seek common solutions to shared challenges are all becoming normalized.
- The success of the reform should be measured not by what is cut or reorganized, but by whether the United Nations prevents conflicts more effectively, responds more rapidly to crisis and delivers better results for all member states.
- Even the most difficult conflicts must, ultimately, be resolved through diplomacy and negotiation.
- Kazakhstan's calls for the full and good faith implementation of the comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflict and Security Council Resolution 2803.
Iceland · Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- Power is shifting, conflicts are multiplying, and there is a growing tendency to treat the rules and institutions of the international system as constraints belonging to another age.
- But the United Nations was built precisely for times of uncertainty, to bring rules and restraints to an unpredictable world and to prevent conflict from descending into catastrophe.
- UN peacekeeping and peacebuilding operations have helped prevent and contain conflict around the world.
- Conflicts, poverty, Poverty, drought, natural disasters, and the growing effects of climate change are pushing millions of people from their homes.
India · Subrahmanyam Jaishankar · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- Yet, Even as we meet, conflicts and confrontations remain our primary preoccupation.
- Countries far from conflicts are being penalized for no fault of theirs.
- This year, we are witnessing a conflict in the Gulf, one that is exacerbating an already difficult situation.
- Mr. President, The conflict in Ukraine, now in its fifth year, is equally concerning.
Algeria · Ahmed Attaf · Day 6 · 5 sentences
- In many parts of the world, tensions are rising, conflicts are expanding, and crises are deepening.
- And what future awaits humanity if imposing fait accompli and once again becomes a tool for managing conflict or determining their outcome.
- My country follows with deep concern the continuing escalation in the Gulf region, where we are witnessing a conflict that is weighing heavily on the states and peoples of the region and is undermining their security and stability and threatening the welfare and development of their peoples, peoples that have found themselves held hostage to calculations that are not their own.
- Algeria welcomes the organization of direct negotiations between the two parties to the conflict, namely the Kingdom of Morocco and the Polisario Front, at the beginning of this year.
United Arab Emirates · Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar · Day 6 · 5 sentences
- The United Arab Emirates has consistently called for a peaceful settlement of this conflict, whether through direct negotiations or by recourse to the International Court of Justice.
- This includes launching a comprehensive and credible political process led by civilians, which would culminate in the formation of a civil government independent of both parties to the conflict and from extremist groups.
- It is crucial to ensure that neither side of the conflict has a role in the new civilian government.
- The future of Sudan must be decided solely by the Sudanese people, and the international community must press the leaders of Port Sudan authorities and those of the Rapid Support Forces as parties to the conflict to engage seriously with international initiatives.
United States of America · Donald Trump · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- If we stand united, we will soon see a world free of the last 51-year menace of Iranian terror, and oil prices will come plummeting down even lower than they were at the start of the conflict, and they were very low in the United States They were really low.
- The President of Cambodia stated President Trump's extraordinary statesmanship marked by his commitment to resolving conflicts and preventing catastrophic wars through visionary, innovative diplomacy, was most recently demonstrated in his decisive role in brokering an immediate and unconditional ceasefire and peace.
- This timely intervention, which averted a potentially devastating conflict, was vital in preventing a great loss of lives and paved the way towards the restoration of peace.
- This conflict has lasted for 32 years.
Qatar · Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- The state of Qatar, through its role as a trusted mediator and peace facilitators, has consistently warned that time does not resolve lingering conflicts in the absence of a just settlement, rather it doubles their costs.
- It has also become possible for the lifelines of the global economy to be turned into tools of pressure and bargaining, with people on every continent bearing the cost, despite being far removed from the causes of the conflict.
- The vestiges of civil conflicts in some countries and the presence of armed forces operating outside the control of the state must be eliminated.
- Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, the state of Qatar goes beyond serving as a mediator and facilitating dialogue among parties in conflict in pursuit of peaceful solutions.
Lithuania · Gitanas Nausėda · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- Recent years have brought us numerous high-intensity and far-reaching conflicts that dominate the global affairs on a scale not seen in decades.
- The comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflict, including the deployment of the temporary international stabilization force, provides the guidelines to follow.
- 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.
- Together, we must ensure that AI serves human dignity, sustainable development, and international security, rather than becoming a new instrument of inequality, manipulation, or conflict.
Mongolia · Khurelsukh Ukhnaa · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- As the conflicts and confrontations flash across the world, the walls of distrust rise higher and the chasm of misunderstanding grows deeper.
- Despite the remarkable heights of development and progress humanity has reached, our planet is currently confronted with more than 90 armed conflicts, around 30 of which are international, demonstrating that global peace and security remain unstable and that geopolitical and geostrategic competition continues to intensify.
- Mr. President, Mongolia consistently adheres to the principle of resolving any conflicts through diplomacy and multilateral dialogue, while maintaining long-standing friendly relations with the countries of the region.
- The role and contribution of the United Nations in further strengthening mutual understanding, mutual trust, and mutual respect among world nations, and in fostering a peaceful world free from war and conflict where all can prosper together, are becoming increasingly critical than ever.
Republic of Korea · Lee Jae Myung · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- Persistent armed conflicts around the world, including those in Ukraine and the Middle East, continue to threaten the survival of humanity.
- Second, a stable, peaceful coexistence that renders conflict unnecessary.
- We will work to institute mechanisms for preventing crisis and managing conflicts.
- We will go beyond building a Korean Peninsula free from war and nuclear weapons to promoting stability and cooperation in Northeast Asia while actively contributing to global efforts to build a world free from war and conflict.
Czechia · Petr Pavel · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- China has the power, influence, and responsibility to help prevent conflicts, to escalate tensions, and contribute to ending wars.
- The current developments in Yemen and Saudi Arabia demonstrate what happens when rules give way to force and coercion, when might replaces right, and how a regional conflict can, in an instant, have consequences for the entire world.
- We will continue to help preventing and resolving conflicts through political engagement, humanitarian assistance, and practical cooperation.
- They are putting pressure on public health, food and water security, increasing living costs, and in some cases, contributing to instability and conflicts.
Central African Republic · Faustin Archange Touadera · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- On all continents, conflicts are multiplying, becoming entrenched, and fueling one another.
- However far they may be from the front line, no state is safe from the repercussions of these conflicts.
- According to the UN itself, more than 147 million people in 19 countries and territories experienced acute food insecurity caused by conflict in 2025.
- And that is why I renew the proposal that the CARR has been making for several sessions now to establish a global conflict prevention and mediation mechanism with predictable financing and that is managed with complete transparency.
Poland · Karol Nawrocki · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- The role of UN peacekeeping operations in preventing the resurgence of conflicts is undeniable.
- We will support efforts to de-escalate conflicts, protect civilians, and uphold international humanitarian law.
- Violating them always leads to violence, destabilization, and conflict.
- This applies to many different religious communities, but today we must speak in particular about the plight of Christians in regions affected by conflict and persecution.
Namibia · Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- Those conflicts continue to undermine international mechanisms and the structures established to maintain international peace and security.
- In this regard, we shall continue to call for peace over conflict, dialogue over confrontation, and peaceful coexistence over tension.
- This fairness and justice should extend to the participation of women in decision-making, including in the prevention and resolution of conflict, post-conflict reconstruction and peacebuilding, in line with the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security.
- The women, peace and security agenda has contributed positively to the rehabilitation, reconciliation, and reintegration efforts in conflict-affected regions, serving as a core framework for stabilizing post-conflict situations.
Kenya · William Samoei Ruto · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- It helped Namibia achieve independence, supported Cambodia's transition from conflict, disarmed combatants in Sierra Leone and Liberia, and helped Timor-Leste take its place among sovereign nations.
- Distinguished delegates, last year, the world recorded 65 state-based armed conflicts, the highest number of documented incidences in eight digits of global conflict data.
- Interstate conflicts doubled for the second consecutive year.
- It gave this organization, the United Nations, a duty to prevent conflict, defend peace, and make collective security real.
Rwanda · Justin Nsengiyumva · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- This is true of pandemics, of climate shocks, of technological disruption, and it is nowhere more costly than in conflicts.
- The roots of the conflict in Eastern DRC are political, and they lie in long-standing grievances, exclusion, and failures of governance.
- There is no lasting peace without confronting the root causes of the conflict and addressing the legitimate concerns of all those affected.
- Excellencies, the value of prevention extends beyond conflicts.
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Judith Suminwa Tuluka · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- through bolstering state authority and through reconstruction on territories affected by the conflicts.
- Because the peace that we seek cannot be limited to a ceasefire, it ought to also help our country regain full control of its future by transforming the wealth that has too often gone to fuel conflict into tools for development and shared prosperity.
- Mr. President, It is another paradox that my country's experience is showing the world that some of its resources that fuel conflicts on its territory are also those that a growing proportion of a transformation of the global economy depend upon.
- This requirement applies especially to girls, children with disabilities, displaced children, and those whose schooling has been jeopardized by conflict.
Madagascar · Michaël Randrianirina · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- Mr. President, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, we must acknowledge that the challenges that we have faced for decades, namely food insecurity, disease, armed conflict, or natural disasters, are still with us.
- The most vulnerable populations affected repeatedly or continuously by health crises, food insecurity and hunger, the impacts of climate change and conflicts exacerbated by current geopolitical tensions, sometimes come to feel a certain skepticism regarding our collective capacity within the United Nations system to respond to the scourges of our age.
- Madagascar's position of neutrality with regard to global conflicts is consistent with its diplomatic tradition and its desire to preserve constructive relations with all its partners.
- Multilateralism is a privileged forum where states unite in a shared responsibility, enabling them to define common and appropriate solutions in the face of challenges such as epidemics and climate disasters, or armed conflicts arising from contemporary geopolitical rivalries and latent multidimensional tensions.
European Union · António Costa · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- We are well aware that conflicts never remain purely local.
- We regret the current stalemate in Gaza and more broadly speaking in Palestine, which is prolonging the suffering of millions of civilians despite the momentum towards the end of the conflict that we thought we saw at the end of last year.
- And we also support all of the efforts to find a solution to the conflict in Iran.
- The next Secretary-General, the next Secretary-General must continue to fully mobilize all of the tools available to them to be able to prevent conflict, mediate crises, and build peace, particularly emphasizing the Middle East, Sudan, and Ukraine.
Bangladesh · Tarique Rahman · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- Human-made conflicts have created situations of unrest in many countries.
- Wars and conflicts are placing immense pressure on the global economy.
- We believe that every conflict should be resolved through dialogue, diplomatic processes, and mutual cooperation.
- As Vice-Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, Bangladesh continues to serve as a strong voice for sustainable peace, conflict prevention and inclusive peace.
Pakistan · Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- Mr. President, unfortunately, in February this year, conflict engulfed Gulf, along with wider Middle East.
- From the Islamabad From the Islamabad talks to the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, many historic steps were taken to bring an end to this serious conflict.
- For decades, Pakistani men and women have served under the blue flag, protecting civilians and helping countries emerge from conflict.
- We will restore trust when rivers become lifelines of cooperation, not fault lines of conflict.
Mauritania · Mohamed Salem Merzoug · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- We no longer can prevent conflicts or settle them.
- COVID-19 and The subsequent disruptions in the supply chains of food and energy, as well as the conflicts and wars, demonstrated how the interests of states are interconnected along with their peace and security.
- Mr. President, the expanded theatre of conflicts and the escalating humanitarian cost of such conflicts requires greater protection of civilians while ensuring the peaceful settlement of such disputes for the sake and benefit of communities.
- We stress our principled position on the conflict of the Western Sahara.
Cambodia · Sokhonn Prak · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- While the world has thus far been spared another global war, Armed conflicts continue to inflict immense human suffering across many regions.
- Our country endured decades of conflict, genocide, division, and immense human suffering.
- Recent tension and conflict have seriously eroded trust and confidence between Cambodia and Thailand.
- Beyond putting a strain on relations, this conflict has left deeper and more enduring scars, including damage to cultural heritage and lingering threat posed by unexploded ordnance, among others.
Philippines · Ma. Theresa Lazaro · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- More than 50 active conflicts tear at the fabric of nations.
- It requires diplomacy, justice, respect for international law, confidence building, and sustained investment in conflict prevention and peace building.
- They are essential workers, yet increasingly vulnerable to conflict and attacks at sea.
- Lasting peace requires addressing the root causes of conflict, empowering local communities, and ensuring that women are at the center of peacebuilding.
Brunei Darussalam · Prince 'Abdul Mateen · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- A just and lasting peace therefore requires more than managing the consequences of conflict.
- And the conflict is no longer confined to Palestine.
- It means equipping ourselves to face the world that is emerging, from conflicts and climate change to sustainable development and emerging technologies.
- We owe them a world in which cooperation remains stronger than conflict, where dialogue remains preferable to confrontation, where international law does not bend according to size or strength, and where justice is not determined by power.
Tajikistan · Sirojiddin Muhriddin · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- We meet at a time when tensions are growing, conflicts are multiplying, trust is eroding, and uncertainty is becoming part of our daily reality.
- We must work to resolve the conflicts of today, but we must also prevent the conflicts of tomorrow.
- Mr. President, our position on conflicts and disputes is clear.
- Tajikistan would bring the experience of a country that has known conflict and built peace, that has faced difficult borders and chosen dialogue and compromise, a country that shares a long border with Afghanistan and understands firsthand the importance of prevention, stability, and regional cooperation, and a country that has consistently advanced practical multilateral initiatives on water, glaciers, counter-terrorism, sustainable development and peace.
Tunisia · Mohamed Ali Nafti · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- Tunisia calls upon the United Nations to support all efforts aimed at achieving an immediate and permanent cessation of hostilities in the hope that Sudan may restore stability and security, turn the page on conflict, and focus on reconstruction and recovery.
- Tunisia also stresses the importance of strengthening the partnership between the United Nations and the African Union in conflict prevention, mediation, peacekeeping, peacebuilding, and sustainable development.
- Guided by its firm belief in the importance of investing in people, Tunisia once again calls for a comprehensive and balanced approach to migration that takes into account its human and historical dimensions and moves beyond a narrow security perspective while addressing its root causes, foremost among them conflict, poverty, economic and social disparities.
- Mr. President, Tunisia firmly believes that peace operations cannot be limited to crisis management and conflict containment.
Zambia · Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- Conflicts are causing massive displacements and humanitarian suffering.
- Our democratic process should never be mistaken for conflict or instability.
- In the face of rising geopolitical tensions and protracted conflicts, we reaffirm our commitment to dialogue, diplomacy, and the peaceful resolution of disputes in accordance with the UN Charter and international law.
- We further support African-led solutions and stronger cooperation between the UN, the African Union and regional organizations to advance conflict prevention, peace building and collective security.
Sudan · Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- Therefore, from this UN hall, we reaffirm that comprehensive, lasting, and just peace in Sudan, in a manner that ensures the non-recurrence of conflict, cannot be achieved without ending persistent external interference, halting the flow of weapons, ammunition, and mercenaries into Sudan, dismantling the terrorist militia, stopping its attacks against civilians, cities, civilian objects, infrastructure, dams, medical centers, and hospitals, disarming this militia, and ensuring that arms remain exclusively in the hands of the state and its established legitimate national institutions.
- Rather, peace is a process requiring patience, determination, and commitment to addressing the root causes of conflict removing sources of instability, disarming armed groups, restricting arms possession to the state, and building peace.
- In parallel, Sudan continues its positive cooperation with the United Nations, including the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict.
- We continue to cooperate with the Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, as well as human rights mechanisms.
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea · Kim Son Gyong · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- Unfortunately, however, what the world witnessed every day for the last one year was a harsh reality rampant with unprecedented mutual distrust and confrontation, infringement on sovereignty and military conflicts that led to extreme unrest and disorder globally.
- Crises causing insecurity and instability increased further with wars and bloody conflicts.
- Nevertheless, no physical conflict has occurred on and around the Korean Peninsula, a hot spot of the world.
- Thus, the regional balance of power maintained by the DPRK's self-defensive capabilities effectively curbs the risk of an armed conflict.
Vanuatu · Odo Tevi · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- We are witnessing geopolitical competition, strategic rivalry, armed conflicts, growing military expenditures, economic fragmentation, technological disruption, and a weakening of confidence in the multilateral institutions.
- A rise in food and energy prices, as recently experienced by Middle East conflict is a security issue.
- A conflict thousands of kilometers away can increase the price of oil in Vanuatu.
- People will trust the United Nations when they see it preventing conflict.
Chad · · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- We also wish to reaffirm that our territory has never been used, nor has our infrastructure been used by any of the parties to the conflict.
- fleeing a deadly conflict.
- What's more is the territory of Chad has not been spared from attacks linked to the Sudanese conflict.
- Another attack was recently recorded linked to the Sudan conflict.
Secretary-General of the United Nations · António Guterres · Day 1 · 3 sentences
President of the General Assembly (opening) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- Yes, there have been wars and conflicts that we could not prevent and issues we could not resolve.
- Wars and conflict and their aftermath are ravaging Sudan, Gaza, Ukraine, Myanmar, and the Middle East.
- It helped liberate Kuwait, ended civil war in El Salvador, supported Namibia's independence, led rebuilding of Colombia, Cambodia and stabilized conflict-affected countries through peacekeeping.
Sierra Leone · Julius Maada Bio · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- These conflicts differ in origin and circumstance, but they carry a common warning.
- We convened the Security Council's first high-level debate on redressing historical injustice against Africa, placed conflict-related food insecurity at the center of its agenda, and with Guyana, co-drafted unanimously adopted resolution 2807 on youth, peace, and security.
- strengthening young people's role in conflict prevention and peace building.
Bosnia and Herzegovina · Denis Bećirović · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- Final judgments, including those concerning joint criminal enterprises, have established that this was an international armed conflict.
- Conflicts and wars are not the purpose of our civilization.
- In this context, I believe it is of utmost importance to reaffirm the importance of the UN Charter, revitalize the role of the UN as the global center for coordination and cooperation, support the reform process and strengthen the credibility of the United Nations, consistently implement the Sustainable Development Goals, build mutual trust, inclusiveness, and a democratic vision of leadership, and strengthen preventive diplomacy at a time of numerous tensions and conflicts.
Seychelles · Mathew Antonio Patrick Herminie · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- Conflict destroys lives, uproots communities, and diverts vital resources away from healthcare, education, and climate resilience.
- We must reject the normalization of perpetual conflict and the selective application of international law.
- Small and vulnerable states like ours should never bear the collateral economic cost of conflicts in which you have no part.
United Republic of Tanzania · Deogratius Ndejembi · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- However, despite these long-lasting commitments, the persistence of armed conflicts around the world reflect the departure from the purpose and principles of the Charter.
- Mr. President, Tanzania is deeply concerned and saddened by the protracted conflict and humanitarian suffering in Gaza and across the Middle East.
- During his tenure, he steered the UN through an exceptionally challenging period marked by conflicts, geopolitical tensions, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate emergencies, and growing pressure on multilateralism.
Morocco · Nasser Bourita · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- Moreover, more than 130 non-state armed groups have been identified as legally classified parties to armed conflicts.
- It is therefore a mistake to believe that some of these groups are peaceful or constructive, or that they can engage in the settlement of conflicts.
- 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.
Latvia · Edgars Rinkēvičs · Day 2 · 3 sentences
Romania · Nicuşor-Daniel Dan · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- Distinguished audience, we are equally concerned about the proliferation of conflicts worldwide.
- Lasting peace in Sudan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Libya, in the Sahel, and in all regions of Africa affected by conflict.
- Romania is contributing to conflict prevention, mediation, peacebuilding, and economic recovery while stressing the importance of African solutions and in full respect of the Charter.
Mozambique · Daniel Francisco Chapo · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- In the realm of peace, security, we witness proliferation of conflicts, worsening of civilian suffering, and the spread of terrorism and the expansion of transnational organized crime.
- These challenges, amongst others, must lead us to strengthen compliance with the promotion of the mechanism for prevention and peaceful resolution of conflict, as well as what we are going to do at the international law in the light of United Nations Charter, including respect for those sovereignty and territorial integrity of our states, the human rights and international cooperation factors that are, in fact, inseparable to be truthful.
- 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.
Andorra · Xavier Espot Zamora · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- We do so for the people of Ukraine and also for all territories and populations where conflicts and the threat of conflict continues to rage.
- of the last SG's report on children in armed conflict and conflict-related sexual violence are especially alarming.
- We have increased our contribution to the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict.
Comoros · Azali Assoumani · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- Everywhere around the world, from the Middle East to the Sahel, through the Great Lakes region, in Eastern Europe and Latin America, civilian populations continue to pay the high price of conflict driven by interests that are often hidden.
- In addition to its worldwide impact, the conflict threatens the food and energy security of vulnerable countries, such as the Union of the Comoros, which remain highly dependent on imports.
- Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, allowing the conflict in the Middle East to continue directly weakens the United Nations by calling into question its ability to maintain world peace and by undermining its credibility amongst the peoples we represent.
Liberia · Joseph Nyuma Boakai · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- Having risen from the ashes of conflict to become resilient democracy, Liberia is living proof that dialogue can overcome division, that institutions can be built.
- Across the region, theater of conflict, innocent civilians continue to pay the unacceptable price of war.
- Liberia's journey for civil conflict to constitutional democracy and from broken institution to accountable governance shows what is possible when nations commit deliberately and consistently to restoring trust and managing transformation As we did in San Francisco in 1945, Liberia is ready, together with all member states, to save mankind from the scourge of war, guarantee human dignity, and leave no one behind.
Portugal · Luís Montenegro · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- The energy crisis and the rising fuel prices we are facing due to international conflicts are affecting all our peoples.
- On the one hand, It is urgent to put an end to the productive conflicts.
- Preventing crises and conflicts with severe human impact, which are rampant across several continents, because there are several and not only those that are on the news, because for us there are no first or second class conflicts.
Senegal · Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- And yet, armed conflicts are increasing in number.
- In a situation of ongoing conflict which favors an arms race, which erodes disarmament mechanisms and fuels risk linked to new technologies.
- Doing all of that will imperil the very raison d'etre of our organization, that is dialogue, conflict prevention, the peaceful resolution of disputes, cooperation and respect for international law.
Fiji · Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- We face deepening geopolitical rivalry, armed conflict, and climate and environmental crisis, economic uncertainty, disrupted supply chains and rapid technological change, and an information environment corroded by disinformation.
- Conflict arises or conflict raises the cost of fuel and food far beyond its borders.
- Fiji calls for the peaceful settlement of conflicts wherever they occur.
Kuwait · Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- We would be remiss not to applaud the efforts, good offices, and initiatives of the Secretary-General aimed at strengthening multilateralism and that include initiatives such as UN80 and the Pact for the Future, as well as the ongoing efforts to address global challenges, crises, conflicts, wars, climate change, and terrorism, as well as the efforts to assist member states in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and to strengthen international cooperation on artificial intelligence.
- All while we are not a party to the conflict in the region, these attacks are a flagrant violation of the international law, international humanitarian law, and the UN Charter.
- From this experience, we have realized that they are the people who pay the price of conflicts.
South Africa · Ronald Ozzy Lamola · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- Restoring trust in multilateralism demands that we demonstrate, as the United Nations, that peaceful resolutions of conflicts is still our mantra.
- We see also the consequences in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in Iran, Ukraine, and elsewhere, humanitarian workers are caught in the crossfires of today's conflict.
- Yet over the past decade, 70% of UN Security Council resolutions have concerned conflicts on the African continent.
Maldives · Hussain Mohamed Latheef · Day 4 · 3 sentences
Lebanon · Nawaf Salam · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Yet, we still live in a world of multiplying wars and conflicts, a world that spends more on armaments than on development.
- It requires investment in preventing conflicts before they erupt and in development before poverty and deprivation become a source of violence, extremism, and terrorism.
- That does not mean, however, that we accept its becoming, once again, an arena for the conflicts of others or a bargaining chip in their hands.
North Macedonia · Hristijan Mickoski · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Not because they can resolve every conflict.
- We are called upon to convince our societies that cooperation is better than isolation, that rule of law is better than unilateral behavior, that compromise is better than conflict, and that institutions are better than rule of sheer force.
- That is why our duty as leaders is not to promise our people a world without injustice, without disappointment, and without conflict interests.
Egypt · Moustafa Kamal Madbouly · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- They are also the essential gateway to a serious political process that addresses the root causes of the conflict and resolves them.
- Likewise, any regional actor that believes that its political or economic interests can be achieved by undermining national state institutions, supporting militias, or promoting separatist agendas and civil conflict clearly becomes part of the problem.
- Egypt believes that transboundary water resources should be a field for cooperation and integration, not conflict.
Tonga · Lord Fakafanua · Day 4 · 3 sentences
Mexico · Roberto Velasco Álvarez · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- In the face of international conflicts, Mexico.
- Each and every conflict that diplomacy can prevent is worth more than all of those that force seeks to resolve.
- President Excellencies, Mexico believes in this organization and today faces a huge challenge resolving and renewing compliance of the foundational mandate to save humanity from the scourge of armed conflicts, to protect human rights, to improve the situation of millions of vulnerable people and to ensure that international law is respected.
Guatemala · Carlos Ramiro Martínez Alvarado · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Conflicts, geopolitical tensions, declining resources for development, and the fragmentation of spaces for dialogue are testing the principles that have guided coexistence among nations.
- We are deeply concerned by the persistence of armed conflicts in different regions of the world and their devastating consequences for civilians.
- This December, we will mark 30 years since the signing of the Agreement on a Firm and Lasting Peace, which brought an end to 36 years of internal armed conflict.
Belize · John Briceño · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- It has held back conflict where it could and named it where it could not.
- These pressures unfold alongside armed conflict, disrupted supply chains, declining official development assistance, and rising debt.
- Our actions must extend to every conflict and to every person displaced, destitute, or in despair.
Germany · Johann Wadephul · Day 5 · 3 sentences
Malaysia · Mohamad Haji Hasan · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- We also know that Gaza represents the highest number of children made orphans in a single conflict.
- Across West Asia, escalating conflict threatens some of the world's most important routes for energy and trade, including the Strait of Hormuz, and the Bab al-Mandab.
- The consequences of conflict do not stop at these shores.
Jamaica · Kamina Johnson Smith · Day 5 · 3 sentences
Indonesia · Sugiono · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- We have lived through financial crisis, a global pandemic, climate disasters, geopolitical rivalries and conflicts around the world.
- The United Nations give nations the space to resolve differences without resorting to conflict.
- Through diplomacy and mediation, Indonesia has contributed to resolving conflicts in the region and beyond.
Mali · Abdoulaye Diop · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- The Further we move away from these principles, the closer we come to cycles of conflict.
- And we encourage, therefore, efforts aimed at the rapid and lasting resolution of conflicts on the African continent.
- We advocate stronger links between efforts to combat desertification, food security initiatives, water management, conflict prevention, and resilience building.
Malawi · George Chapatula Chaponda · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- On the global stage, we view with great alarm the proliferation of violent conflicts and constitutional changes of government, geopolitical fragmentation, and acts of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance.
- In this regard, let me reiterate the call for immediate cessation of hostilities in all active conflict zones worldwide.
- Let us build a United Nations that delivers wealth instead of poverty, resilience instead of vulnerability, and peace instead of conflict, a United Nation that truly delivers for all.
Thailand · · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- They compel us to recall how this conflict came about in the first place.
- The ensuing conflict brought immense suffering to the peoples on both sides.
- 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.
Chad · · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- They seek to install ideas according to which Chad would be involved in one way or another in the conflict in Sudan.
- we in no case authorize the use of our national territory or our infrastructure to further the interests of any party to the conflict underway in Sudan.
- Finally, Chad reaffirms its unstinting commitment to peace in Sudan and we are closely following any initiative aiming to bring about dialogue between the warring parties with a view to putting an end to the conflict.
United Arab Emirates · · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- On behalf of the Port Sudan Authority, which is a party to the conflict in Sudan, we completely reject the false and baseless accusations leveled at us.
- Our delegation emphasizes that the parties to the conflict have full responsibility for their actions and the violations they've committed against civilians.
- International reports and international investigations are being supported by more and more evidence that proves internationally prohibited chemical weapons were used by the Sudanese regime in this conflict in a blatant violation of the international law and the complete prohibition on the use of chemical weapons this is a war crime against the Sudanese people Mr. President the Sudanese people alone have the right to determine the future of Sudan through a comprehensive and credible political process with an independent civilian leadership that is not connected to the parties to the conflict.
Brazil · Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Kyrgyzstan · Sadyr Zhaparov · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- Armed conflicts and humanitarian crises in different parts of the world including Ukraine, Iran, Sudan, and Palestine, demonstrate the complexity of the current international environment and require all of us to work together to strengthen peace, security, and sustainable development.
- Kyrgyzstan is a country that believes in the power of dialogue and the peaceful settlement of conflicts.
Chile · José Antonio Kast · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Luxembourg · Guillaume of Luxembourg · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- Conflicts affect all human beings, women, children, older persons, persons with disabilities, as well as people who are already vulnerable.
- Luxembourg has unstintingly worked to contribute to this effort through peacekeeping operations, humanitarian interventions, protecting children affected by armed conflict, the women, peace and security agenda, as well as the mine clearance humanitarian activities in Ukraine.
Switzerland · Guy Parmelin · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- Conflicts are multiplying and becoming deadlocked.
- Because our institutions do not exist for their own sake, they exist for the people, for those who live in fear of conflict, for those who have lost their home following a disaster, for those seeking work or building a future for themselves, for the children whose lives depend on access to education and the new opportunities we are creating today.
Trinidad and Tobago · Kamla Persad-Bissessar · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- Shrinanta Bager will bring the experience of the Caribbean to the Council, where the impact of illicit farms demonstrates how transnational organized crime can threaten the security and stability of states, even in the absence of traditional armed conflict.
- We acknowledge that these technologies can support conflict prevention, early warning, peacekeeping, and protection of civilians.
Paraguay · Santiago Peña Palacios · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Palau · Surangel Whipps · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- The Russia Ukraine war is a painful reminder of the tragic human toll that occurs when diplomacy gives way to conflict and how challenging it is to deescalate tensions once violence erupts.
- In the face of these risks, the Pacific way is to address tensions before they become crisis, make room for dialogue before disagreement, becomes conflict.
Botswana · Duma Gideon Boko · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- Persistent conflicts, geopolitical tensions, and growing divisions have tested trust between nations.
- We also believe that efficiency gains should be redeployed to strengthen the capacity of the organization to prevent conflict, address emerging security threats, and deliver meaningful results in program countries in line with the UN80 vision.
Ecuador · Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azin · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- And the third concrete action that the UNAT initiative include transnational organized crime as a priority for conflict prevention and provides the organization with the capacity to support states that request it.
- We need an organization that's more efficient with the ability to prevent conflicts, resolve crises and support states to challenges that didn't exist when the organization was created.
Palestine (State of) · Mahmoud Abbas · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Guyana · Mohamed Irfaan Ali · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Hungary · András Bálint Baka · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Uruguay · Yamandú Orsi · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Thailand · Anutin Charnvirakul · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Kiribati · Taneti Maamau · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Monaco · Christophe Mirmand · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- In Ukraine, the Middle East, Sudan, the Sahel, in many other places out of the media spotlight, civilians are paying the price for conflicts which have discarded the most basic rules of humanity.
- Monaco pays tribute to all the civilian victims of the conflict and reiterates its solidarity with the countries of the Gulf who have been affected by the attacks.
Saint Lucia · Philip J. Pierre · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- Conflict is spreading, trust is eroding, developmental gains are being reversed, and the rules intended to protect humanity are too often applied selectively.
- Saint Lucia laments the continued conflicts and human sufferings across the globe, including Ukraine, Sudan and the wider Middle East, including Gaza, and calls renewed efforts towards peace, stability, and respect for international law.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Godwin Friday · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- International conflicts far from our shores in Ukraine and the Middle East continue to have devastating consequences for our daily lives, disrupting agricultural trade and global food stability, and driving up fuel prices and shipping premiums.
- It is restored when an embargo denounced in this chamber is finally lifted, when peace in a conflict is secured, and when a historical wrong is made right.
Samoa · Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Bahrain · Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Norway · Espen Barth Eide · Day 4 · 2 sentences
China · Han Zheng · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- Mr. President, colleagues, the world is witnessing intertwined changes and turbulence, protracted geopolitical conflicts, widening development gaps, and a growing number of global challenges.
- China calls for advancing the governance of the West Bank and the post-conflict reconstruction of Gaza in accordance with the principle of the Palestinians governing Palestine.
Sao Tome and Principe · Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- Excellencies, we live in a context marked by conflicts geopolitical rivalries, economic uncertainty, climate change, forced displacement, inequalities, transnational crime, and rapid technological transformation.
- follows with concern the conflicts in Ukraine, the Sudan, the Sahel, the Great Lakes region, the Horn of Africa, and the Middle East, and calls for stronger diplomacy and the protection of civilians in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and international law.
Turkmenistan · Vepa Hajiyev · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- Rising conflict potential, the erosion of trust, economic instability, climate risk, and the rapid development of new technologies are becoming increasingly intertwined, directly affecting the security and well-being of peoples.
- We believe that such a decade would lend a systematic character to the efforts of states to prevent conflicts, build trust, and establish sustainable channels of political communication.
Antigua and Barbuda · Walton Alfonso Webson · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Grenada · Ingrid Jackson · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Denmark · Christina Markus Lassen · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Costa Rica · Boris Vasir Marchegiani Carrero · Day 6 · 2 sentences
President of the General Assembly (closing) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Sudan · · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- With regards to the response by the representative of Chad, I would like to draw his attention to the report of the independent fact-finding mission, report AHRC/63/23, September 2026, titled igniting the conflict in Sudan, external to the paragraphs 47, 54, 80, 84, 72, 86, 98, 125, 88.
- All of these paragraphs are related to the countries that are worsening the conflict and at the head of them is the country of evil, the UAE.
Peru · Keiko Sofia Fujimori Higuchi · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Suriname · Jennifer Geerlings-Simons · Day 1 · 1 sentence
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · Andy Burnham · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Croatia · Andrej Plenković · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Argentina · Javier Gerardo Milei · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Timor-Leste · José Ramos-Horta · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Dominican Republic · Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Ethiopia · Taye Atske-Selassie Amde · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Spain · Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Uzbekistan · Saida Mirziyoyeva · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Rodrigo Paz Pereira · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Israel · Benjamin Netanyahu · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Georgia · Irakli Kobakhidzhe · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Rob Jetten · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Nepal · Balendra Shah · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Marshall Islands · Hilda Heine · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Tuvalu · Feleti Teo · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Niger · Lamine Zeine Ali Mahaman · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Haiti · Alix Didier Fils-Aimé · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Guinea-Bissau · Ilídio Vieira Té · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Geoffrey Hanley · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Mauritius · Dhananjay Ramful · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Togo · Robert Komlan Edo Dussey · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Pakistan · · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Micronesia (Federated States of) · Aren Palik · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Cabo Verde · Francisco Avelino Vieira de Carvalho · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Thongsavanh Phomvihane · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Russian Federation · Sergey Lavrov · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Saudi Arabia · Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Nicaragua · Valdrack Ludwing Jaentschke Whitaker · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Djibouti · Abdoulkader Houssein Omar · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Gabon · Marie-Édith Tassyla-Ye-Doumbeneny · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Cameroon · Lejeune Mbella Mbella · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Burkina Faso · Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Benin · Marc Hermanne Gninadoou Araba · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Burundi · · Day 6 · 1 sentence