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Download CSVAntigua and Barbuda · Walton Alfonso Webson · Day 6 · 9 sentences
- For small island developing states, these are questions of survival.
- He understood what we small island developing states have been telling the world for decades.
- He returned to Antigua and Barbuda for the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States.
- He never relented in demanding a fairer world and he constantly placed the concerns of small island developing states before the international community.
Gambia (Republic of The) · Mohammed Jallow · Day 3 · 8 sentences
- Respect for the United Nations Charter and international law is under visible strain, with developing countries facing intensifying debt burden, climate vulnerabilities, huge gaps between commitments made and implementation, and feeling of marginalization and inadequate representation in the global system.
- The global economic environment remains particularly difficult for developing countries with decline official development assistance, high borrowing costs, disruptions in international trade, inflationary pressures, and food and energy insecurity, narrowing fiscal space, and threatening development gains.
- Developing countries need greater access to affordable, long-term finance, meaningful reform of the multilateral development system, sustainable solutions to debt, stronger international tax cooperation, and decisive action against illicit financial flows.
- We also need stronger and more resilient supply chains, greater investment in productive capacity, and a global economic system that gives developing countries a fair opportunity to transform their economies.
Vanuatu · Odo Tevi · Day 6 · 8 sentences
- These are realities faced by small island developing states.
- We therefore call for a broader understanding of international peace and security, one that reflects the realities of small island developing states.
- Access to such finance must be made easier for the small island developing island state and must respond to the needs of our communities.
- Mr. President, we are also deeply concerned by the developing strong El Nino event in the Pacific, which threatens to bring more extreme heat, disrupted rainfall, drought, and flooding across the region.
Lesotho · Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- Global warming and rising sea levels pose terrible threats, particularly to small island developing states.
- Further, we urge developed countries to transfer environmentally sound technology and to strengthen capacity of developing countries to effectively mitigate and adapt to the adverse effects of climate change.
- As the first member state to pilot the UN Blueprint for National AI and Data Strategies from design into national implementation, Lesotho stands ready to share the lessons of that journey with fellow developing countries, particularly across Africa and among least developed and landlocked developing countries.
- We further call for reform of the international financial architecture to make it more equitable, fit for purpose, and responsive to the needs of developing countries, as agreed at the Fourth Summit for Financing for Development, FFD4, held in Seville, Spain, last year.
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Geoffrey Hanley · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- For small island developing states like ours, the question is immediate.
- We are investing in resilient infrastructure, but no small island developing state can adapt indefinitely to a crisis the world continues to intensify.
- For decades, small island developing states have argued that income is not the same as resilience.
- With the global AI market projected to reach US $4.8 trillion by 2033, developing countries cannot simply consume technologies designed and governed elsewhere.
Malawi · George Chapatula Chaponda · Day 6 · 7 sentences
- Developing nations require deliberate, scaled investment in industrialization, sustainable infrastructure, and regional value chains to transition from primary commodity exporters to diversified, industrialized economies.
- The current international financial architecture forces developing nations to choose between servicing predatory debts and investing in health, education, and climate resilience.
- And thirdly, developing robust transport, energy and digital infrastructure to connect Malawi to regional and global market.
- 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.
Botswana · Duma Gideon Boko · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- Developing countries frequently face borrowing costs several times higher than those of wealthier nations because the system was not designed with the circumstances of the global south in mind.
- This would give developing countries a meaningful voice and provide fair and predictable access to concessional finance.
- We call upon the United Nations and its financial partners to mobilize private capital through innovative and blended financing agreements that de-risk productive investment in developing economies.
- This extends to critical minerals, rare earths, and energy resources that power the technological revolution, many of which come from developing countries.
Eswatini · King Mswati III · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- A family can afford food, and a developing nation can access the finance required to build its future.
- Multilateral commitments have too often gone unmet Financing pledges have not yet been fulfilled and developing countries face trillions of dollars in annual investment gaps to achieve the sustainable development goals.
- Yet, developing countries continue to face significant challenges, including limited access to finance, technology, infrastructure, healthcare, education, and productive investment.
- We appeal to the UN for support towards enhancing the capacity of African countries in developing value addition on their natural resources, as well as creating a trading hub for precious and earth minerals and other commodities for the continent.
Solomon Islands · Matthew Cooper Wale · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- Mr. Secretary General, you have been a true champion of multilateralism and of small island developing states.
- They can accelerate sustainable development, transform education and healthcare, strengthen disaster preparedness, and open new economic pathways for developing countries.
- But a widening digital divide threatens to leave developing countries further behind.
- Partnerships among developing countries have enabled us to share expertise technology, innovation, and practical solutions suited to our circumstances.
Mauritius · Dhananjay Ramful · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- developing countries risk being left further behind.
- Developing nations must have a seat at the table as equal stakeholders.
- Concessional financing for developing countries is declining precisely when the need is greatest.
- The graduation of countries, including small island developing states, should be encouraged and supported and not prejudice access to affordable finance.
Zambia · Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe · Day 5 · 6 sentences
- Trust means that the voices of developing countries matter in a world in word and in deed.
- And yet, developing countries continue to confront a financing system that does not adequately reflect and respond to their development needs.
- The world cannot continue to adopt ambitious commitments while developing countries struggle to finance their implementation.
- Mr. President, regarding sustainable development finance and reform of the global financial architecture, it is widely accepted that sustainable development cannot be achieved without addressing persistent financing gaps facing developing countries.
Turkmenistan · Vepa Hajiyev · Day 6 · 6 sentences
- Turkmenistan firmly believes that the United Nations must continue to serve as the universal and legitimate foundation of international cooperation and as the principal mechanism for reconciling interests and developing solutions in the areas of peace, security and sustainable development.
- The proclamation at the initiative for Turkmenistan of the United Nations Decade of Sustainable Transport for 2026-2035 has launched an important mechanism for systematic work coordinated by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs to put into practice the Decade's implementation plan within the framework Of this long term undertaking, our country will continue its work toward the creation of a global atlas of sustainable transport connectivity, a comprehensive analytical and international tool for accessing progress, identifying infrastructure gaps, and coordinating international During the 81st session, Turkmenistan will actively support the implementation of the Awaза Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2024-2034 and the Awaза Political Declaration.
- In this context, we particularly welcome the election of Turkmenistan as a chair of the Group of Landlocked Developing Countries for 2027-2028.
President of the General Assembly (opening) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- All the while, progress on the SDGs stalled at just over a third of targets, And developing countries are now paying the price for supply chain disruptions they did not cause and cannot cure.
- and implementing the programs of actions for least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing states as well as African Union's Agenda 2063.
- These gains show that accelerating the SDGs is possible when developing countries and the development partners work in concert and this is indeed a shared responsibility.
- Developing countries must also intensify their own efforts through domestic resource mobilization and plug any leakage or corruption, including capital flight, a plague that until recently undermined development in my own country under a repressive and authoritarian regime.
Mongolia · Khurelsukh Ukhnaa · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- Believing that reform of the Security Council should be at the core of broader United Nations reform, Mongolia maintains its principled position in support of expanding the number of both permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council, ensuring equitable representation of developing countries in the Council, and promoting greater openness and transparency in its work.
- I am pleased to highlight Mongolia's active leadership within the United Nations in advancing the interests of landlocked developing countries, drawing greater international attention to their special needs and unique circumstances, and cooperating with these countries to ensure that their voices are heard on the global stage.
- Mongolia has launched several important initiatives in this regard, including serving as one of the founding members of the Group of Landlocked Developing Countries at the United Nations and the establishment of the International Think Tank for Landlocked Developing Countries in Ulaanbaatar.
- To translate the AVASA Programme of Action into tangible outcomes, it is essential for landlocked developing countries to align the Programme with their national development agendas and make full use of available resources and opportunities to accelerate regional integration and cooperation.
Poland · Karol Nawrocki · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- We are strengthening our alliances, developing our military and modernizing its equipment, not to wage war, but to prevent it.
- As we engage in the work of the G20, we view this forum as key to rebuilding trust in international relations and developing responses to the most important challenges of the modern world, from economic security through supply chain resilience to the stability of the trading system.
- This is a region that is developing dynamically and has a slightly different perspective and set of experiences compared to its Western partners and friends.
- The foundation of this dynamism is cooperation, including in the areas of infrastructure and energy, strengthening transportation links, developing north-south corridors, and investing in security and diversification of energy sources.
Kenya · William Samoei Ruto · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- Developing countries accounted for less than a third of that debt, yet paid about a trillion dollars in interest on debt in that year alone.
- Put it differently, 46 developing countries now spend more on interest on debt than on classrooms and medicine.
- Over the last four years, we have spent an additional $5.3 billion in education, recruited 100,000 additional teachers, built more than 23,000 new classrooms, and we are developing another 1,600 laboratories while expanding support for universities and technical institutions.
- Developing countries have recently borrowed at rates two to four times higher on average than developed nations.
Tuvalu · Feleti Teo · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- And restoring that trust in that architecture is critical, particularly for small island developing states like Tuvalu, whose sovereignty and future are anchored in that very architecture.
- Mr. President, For the Sustainable Development Goals, SGG, Tuvalu is seriously concerned that the world is not on track to achieve them, because the consequences of such shortfall will be acutely felt by small island developing states.
- Yet, it is the most fundamental to the survival and prosperity of small island developing states.
- Mr. President, Tuvalu, like other small island developing states, is highly vulnerable to climate and economic shocks, but the international financing architecture is ill-equipped to respond effectively to those shocks.
Grenada · Ingrid Jackson · Day 6 · 5 sentences
- Her election would represent a historic milestone for Caribbean region and a powerful affirmation that every region including small island developing states can contribute to leadership at the highest level of a multilateral system.
- Mr. President, as a small island developing state, Grenada understands resilience.
- Small island developing states should not be viewed simply as victims of climate change.
- The Multidimensional Vulnerability Index offers an important opportunity to better recognize the structural circumstances of small island developing states.
Viet Nam · To Lam · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- must be translated into concrete measures, expanding access to long-term financing at affordable cost, supporting countries burdened by debt, and amplifying the voice of developing countries in international financial and monetary institutions.
- Developing countries must be able to participate substantively in rule-making, receive support for infrastructure and digital capacity, and enjoy equitable access to the benefits of scientific and technological progress.
- For the UN to adapt to the transformations of the time, Vietnam supports efforts to reform the organization, particularly the GA, the Security Council, and the Secretariat, with a view to enhancing effectiveness, prioritizing structural reform, and streamlining the apparatus, while fully harnessing the UN's advantage in advancing global agendas and safeguarding the interests of developing countries.
- Our tradition of independence and self-reliance provides a foundation for Vietnam to strengthen its strategic autonomy and proactively pursue international integration, looking towards our goal of becoming a developing country with a modern industrial base and upper middle income by 2030 and developed high-income country by 2045.
Trinidad and Tobago · Kamla Persad-Bissessar · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- For small developing states such as ours, trust depends on institutions applying agreed rules consistently, honouring commitments, and ensuring that those most affected by decisions have a meaningful voice in shaping them.
- The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago intends to bring the perspective and experience of a small island developing state to the council.
- Trinidad and Tobago will advocate for an approach that safeguards international security without closing off innovation, development, and opportunity, and that ensures developing countries have a meaningful role in shaping the rules for this new technological era.
- Mr. President, managing transformation must also mean ensuring that developing developing countries are not simply expected to adjust the changes decided or developed elsewhere.
Timor-Leste · José Ramos-Horta · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- Mr. President, Excellencies, For developing countries, particularly small island developing states and least developed countries, efficiency must translate into stronger delivery on the ground, not reduce essential support.
- Timor-Leste urges comprehensive reform, expansion in both the permanent and non-permanent categories, so that developing countries and historically underrepresented regions have a stronger voice in decisions concerning international peace and security.
- Developing countries must actively participate in their governance and development.
- We are a small island developing state, a least developed country, and a nation whose history demonstrates both the necessity and the possibilities of multilateralism.
Somalia · Hassan Sheikh Mohamud · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- At the same time, the climate crisis continues to destroy lives livelihoods, and public infrastructure, particularly across the developing world.
- And governments in developing countries spend over 10% of their GDP to respond to this.
- We are strengthening our national security, our national security institutions, improving first generation, developing intelligence capabilities, and expanding security cooperation with our neighbors and the rest of the world.
- Delivering for all requires for fair representation, accessible resources, measurable results, especially for the developing countries.
Liberia · Joseph Nyuma Boakai · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- Mr. President, as we enter the home stretch of the 2030 agenda, Developing nations have been squeezed by unsustainable debt, shrinking financial space, and mounting external shocks.
- Developing nation need concessional financing, debt sustainability, and predictable development capital.
- And a vote for developing countries.
- Developing nations must not be left behind as mere consumers or algorithms designed elsewhere.
Fiji · Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- Through a decade of turbulence, he has defended multilateralism and stood with small island developing states, and Fiji thanks him dearly.
- For small island developing states, distance no longer insulates us from the global shocks.
- For small island developing states, regional cooperation is not an optional layer of diplomacy.
- For Pacific small island developing states, efficiency must not mean distance.
Nigeria · Kashim Shettima · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- Developing countries must industrialize, eradicate poverty, and expand energy access through low carbon pathways supported by technology transfer, capacity building, and climate finance.
- This effort combines renewable energy, clean cooking, and gas as a transitional fuel with climate-smart agriculture and nature-based solutions, finance, must be governed by equity and shared responsibility, rather than charity, with international commitments translated into accessible, predictable, and adequately funded mechanisms that enable developing countries to pursue climate action without compromising development objectives.
- Many developing countries devote substantial resources to debt servicing at the expense of education, healthcare, and infrastructure.
- Developing countries must recognize as indispensable partners whose contributions to global solutions and shared prosperity extend power beyond their need for assistance.
Papua New Guinea · James Marape · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- The United Nations reminds us that whether we are big or small nations, rich or poor nations, developed or developing, Powerful or less powerful, we are all members of one international community.
- Economic decisions made in the world's largest economy can reach an ordinary family in a small developing country.
- And the developing countries trying to build roads, schools, and hospitals can feel the consequences.
- We still are a developing nation.
Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Thongsavanh Phomvihane · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- For developing and vulnerable countries, when resources and responsive United Nations is an indispensable anchor.
- However, Climate ambitions must be matched by adequate, predictable, and accessible climate finance, technology transfer, and capacity building to enable vulnerable developing states to adapt, build long-term resilience, and pursue low carbon growth pathways.
- The second, developing high quality human resources capable of driving technology transition.
- A true and trusted friend of the Lao PDR and fellow peace-loving developing nations across the global South.
Philippines · Ma. Theresa Lazaro · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- We share these vulnerabilities with many developing countries, particularly small islands and coastal states.
- Achieving these goals requires renewed political will, stronger partnerships with the private sector, reform of the international financial architecture, and a United Nations development system responsive to the evolving needs and priorities of developing countries.
- Managing this revolution requires closing critical gaps in digital infrastructure, computing resources, and technical expertise so that developing countries are not left behind.
- To remain effective, we must reform the Security Council to make it more representative, transparent, and accountable, expanding the voices of developing regions across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Jamaica · Kamina Johnson Smith · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- But no level of prudent national planning can fully insulate a small developing state from a climate event of that magnitude.
- And therein lies the fundamental inequity faced by small island developing states.
- Developing countries cannot reasonably be expected to simultaneously finance climate adaptation, modernize infrastructure, strengthen social protection, manage debt, absorb external shocks, and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals without an international financial system responsive to their realities.
- Developing countries require investment in infrastructure, skills and capacity.
France · Emmanuel Macron · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- And a Black Sea moratorium, which would allow us to release grain shipments Addressing food security concerns, food security being so important for many emerging economies, for many developing nations.
- We must bolster the effectiveness of the instruments at their disposal so that we can mobilize the private sector better, creating guarantee mechanisms to ensure that in emerging economies middle-income countries and developing countries, a more effective response can be mounted to the problems they face.
- Do not yield to the situation which is developing.
Uganda · Jessica Rose Epel Alupo · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- Many developing countries lack sufficient financial resources to fund their development needs, with a disproportionate share of revenues directed towards debt servicing rather than critical public infrastructure and social services.
- This challenge requires urgent reform of international financial architecture to afford developing nations a stronger voice in decision making, alongside the full implementation of the Seville commitment of the Pact for the Future.
- As the chair of NAM, Uganda continues to uphold the principles of unity, peace and solidarity among developing nations.
Bangladesh · Tarique Rahman · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- In these circumstances, Bangladesh has chosen the path of building resilience and developing the capacity to survive and adapt.
- At the same time, it is essential to ensure technology transfer, skills development, and affordable access to modern technologies for developing countries.
- It is essential to ensure sustainable production of vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostic equipment in developing countries so that these are readily accessible to all.
Marshall Islands · Hilda Heine · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Pacific Island leadership and that of all small island developing states as we find every multilateral milestone for oceans and fisheries, and we will continue to do so.
- The international community is not listening closely to small island developing states, and it is not responding fast enough.
- I must underscore the direct need for data capacity support to measure progress and effectiveness for small island developing states.
Samoa · Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- A fairer financial system is not only in the interest of developing countries, it is in the interest of global stability and shared prosperity.
- The implementation of the multidimensional vulnerability index, MVI, in financing decision making is essential if we are to genuinely address the financial challenges facing developing countries.
- And we look forward to the pilot project to demonstrate that MBI can help developing countries in their financing challenges.
Azerbaijan · Jeyhun Aziz oglu Bayramov · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Through inclusive multilateralism, all states, large or small, particularly developing countries, must have the opportunity to participate equally in global decision-making.
- In recent years, Azerbaijan has significantly expanded the scope of its international aid, with particular attention to small island developing states and African partner countries.
- We are investing in renewable energy, commissioning major solar and wind projects, expanding hydropower capacity, and developing new clean energy initiative together with leading international partners.
Micronesia (Federated States of) · Aren Palik · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- Instability in the Middle East and volatile fuel prices are the vulnerability of small island developing states to expensive fuel, unstable supply, a widespread economic fragility.
- Mr. President, in its reform programs, Micronesia supports an expanded council that includes Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan as permanent members, alongside permanent representatives for Africa and a dedicated non-permanent seat for small island developing states.
- We call for equitable partnership with small island developing states through accessible finance, technology transfer, strong capacity, and a meaningful voice in global decision.
Tunisia · Mohamed Ali Nafti · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- We stress that reform should not result in a reduction of support allocated to developing countries or to humanitarian missions and development programs supervised by the Organization and its specialized agencies.
- Believing that climate change is a major factor affecting development, security, and stability, Tunisia emphasizes that addressing this challenge requires a genuine climate justice particularly since developing countries bear severe consequences despite their limited historical responsibility for emissions.
- Tunisia believes that achieving climate justice Comprehensive development and pandemic preparedness and response requires reform of the international financial architecture to make it more equitable, inclusive, and fair, thus ensuring developing countries have easier and fairer access to financing and enabling them to invest in scientific research, technology, innovation, and digital transformation, thereby reducing their debt burdens, strengthening their resilience, and empowering them to rely on their own capacities in shaping their future.
Djibouti · Abdoulkader Houssein Omar · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- Djibouti, like many developing countries, makes only a marginal contribution to global emissions, yet remains particularly exposed to the consequences of climate disruption.
- Developing countries continue to face high financing costs, external vulnerabilities and limited fiscal space.
- Their potential, however, will only be fully realized if we are able to bridge the digital divide, facilitate technology sharing, and build the capacities of developing countries.
Sao Tome and Principe · Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- Mr. President, for small island developing states, geographic, economic, financial, and social vulnerabilities are compounded by the effects of climate change.
- In the face of the rapid advance of artificial intelligence and the digital transition, Sao Tome and Principe calls for international cooperation that enables developing countries to access the technology, knowledge, infrastructure, and financing they need.
- Mr. President, our vulnerabilities as a small island developing state do not define our horizon.
Sri Lanka · Vijitha Herath · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- We welcomed the civil commitment last year, including its call for urgent action to close the $4 trillion financing gap for sustainable development in developing countries.
- Mr. President, we reiterate our call on the global community to promote meaningful technology transfers, ensure equitable access for developing nations, bridge the digital divide, and build safe, secure, and trustworthy systems that leave no one behind.
- For many of us in the developing world, the United Nations is also an expression of a fundamental promise that every nation, large or small, has a voice, that every people has a right to dignity and development, and that in an interdependent world, no country should be left to confront global challenges alone.
Benin · Marc Hermanne Gninadoou Araba · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- Many developing countries are facing a particularly difficult equation.
- Therefore, Benin calls for ongoing transformation of the international financial architecture, the objective being to allow developing countries to access more accessible, predictable financing, financing that is better tailored to their development trajectories.
- It's about allowing developing countries to build a growth model that's more resilient, inclusive and sustainable.
Secretary-General of the United Nations · António Guterres · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- And yet, so many throughout the developing world are being crushed by unsustainable debt, battered by disasters they did little to cause, and locked out of affordable finance.
- Compare that with just $34 billion in international public adaptation finance for developing countries in the latest year reported.
Türkiye · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- Likewise, we are developing our relations with the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on the basis of mutual respect, partnership and a win-win approach.
- While developing countries and the Pacific region are experiencing the climate crisis to their very core, they unfortunately face serious difficulties in accessing the funding they need.
Kyrgyzstan · Sadyr Zhaparov · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- As a result, interference by NGOs in the internal affairs and policies of the developing countries has practically ceased.
- Therefore, Kyrgyzstan stands fully ready to serve with the United Nations as the voice of small and developing countries in addressing the climate-related challenges affecting mountainous regions.
Sierra Leone · Julius Maada Bio · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- Developing countries need fairer voting power, stronger representation, and increased capital within these institutions, together with affordable finance, concessional resources, and fairer debt treatment.
- Developing nations must help shape the standards that will govern technologies affecting their people.
United Republic of Tanzania · Deogratius Ndejembi · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- Currently, when developing countries are accelerating progress, they are restricted by high borrowing costs, rising debt burdens, and limited access to affordable long-term financing.
- Tanzania stresses that improvements must be made to ensure expansion of concessional financing, mobilization of private investment, improved access to development and climate finance, and giving developing countries a stronger voice in the global financial decision-making.
Burundi · Évariste Ndayishimiye · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Dominican Republic · Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Zimbabwe · Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- or showing moderate progress, while developing countries face an annual financing gap exceeding US $4 trillion.
- The need to strengthen the voice of developing countries in global financial institutions curb illicit financial flows and tax abuse, as well as secure fair returns from natural resources cannot be overemphasized.
Ghana · John Dramani Mahama · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- Developing nations and the global south borrow at interest rates that are up to eight times higher than industrialized nations.
- We need long-term, affordable, and accessible concessionary financing that enables developing economies to invest in human capital, in industrialization, and climate adaptation.
Guyana · Mohamed Irfaan Ali · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- She has served her country, represented the developing world, and worked within the multilateral system with a deep understanding of both its promise and its imperfections.
- We need leadership capable of restoring trust without compromising principles, of listening without surrendering conviction, of building bridges across the widening chasms between north and south, between large states and small, between the developed and developing world.
Portugal · Luís Montenegro · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Côte d’Ivoire · Tiémoko Meyliet Koné · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- As the 2030 deadline approaches, progress towards achieving the sustainable development goals remains insufficient, while financing needs remain considerable in many developing countries.
- to ensure that developing countries have more equitable access to the resources needed to finance infrastructure, health, education, energy, industrial transformation, and the creation of decent jobs for young people.
Thailand · Anutin Charnvirakul · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- And that is why Thailand supports Security Council reform that gives developing countries and underrepresented regions, particularly in the global south, a greater role in decision making.
- Meanwhile, our universal health coverage ensures that people have access to affordable and quality health care, while also developing Thailand into a medical and wellness hub.
Maldives · Hussain Mohamed Latheef · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Pakistan · Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- We are modernizing agriculture and industry, developing mineral resources, digitizing our economy, and equipping our youth with modern AI and IT skills.
- Mr. President, developing countries are in dire need of timely debt relief, affordable long-term financing, and a stronger voice in global financial institutions.
Guinea-Bissau · Ilídio Vieira Té · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- For Guinea-Bissau, as a developing country, multilateralism and respect for international law are not mere concepts.
- Enormous gaps persist in financing for development and climate action, alongside high levels of poverty and social inequality, and a growing and unsustainable debt burden on the economies of developing countries.
Egypt · Moustafa Kamal Madbouly · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- Developing countries are required to accelerate development, create jobs, finance green transitions, and adapt to crises, while simultaneously facing growing debt burdens, higher financing costs, and a shrinking fiscal space.
- This would enable developing countries to become producers and developers of technology rather than merely being markets for its consumption.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Godwin Friday · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Tonga · Lord Fakafanua · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- The small and developing states must not bear the disproportionate costs of the challenges they did little to create.
- We need a United Nations that enables innovation, one that expands meaningful access to investment and technology, especially for the islands, developing countries, who are too often excluded from both.
Cuba · Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- Any minimally informed observer would understand the unrealistic and barbarous intention to portray a relatively small and developing nation such as Cuba with a modest economic performance as a threat to the biggest nuclear, military, technological and economic power on the planet.
- As a small island developing state, we stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters who share similar circumstances.
Germany · Johann Wadephul · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Burkina Faso · Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- The Pact for the Future, the Compromisos de Sevilla, the Doha Programme of Action, the UNAT Initiative and the OASO Programme of Action for landlocked developing countries can contribute to making the multilateral system more effective, more inclusive and more focused on results, as long as they do not just remain promises.
- Reform of global governments must also transform the international financial architecture, more equitable representation for developing countries in international financial institutions, fair treatment of debt, access to real financing for development, more equitable international trade and respect for national priorities.
President of the General Assembly (closing) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 6 · 2 sentences
United States of America · Donald Trump · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Jordan · Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Qatar · Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Peru · Keiko Sofia Fujimori Higuchi · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Luxembourg · Guillaume of Luxembourg · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Angola · João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Suriname · Jennifer Geerlings-Simons · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Dominica · Sylvanie Burton · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Seychelles · Mathew Antonio Patrick Herminie · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Japan · Takaichi Sanae · Day 1 · 1 sentence
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · Andy Burnham · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Morocco · Nasser Bourita · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Romania · Nicuşor-Daniel Dan · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Libya · Mohamed Younis Menfi · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Palau · Surangel Whipps · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Central African Republic · Faustin Archange Touadera · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Namibia · Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Serbia · Aleksandar Vučić · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Mozambique · Daniel Francisco Chapo · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Honduras · Nasry Juan Asfura Zablah · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Judith Suminwa Tuluka · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Comoros · Azali Assoumani · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Equatorial Guinea · Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Israel · Benjamin Netanyahu · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Kuwait · Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Barbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Georgia · Irakli Kobakhidzhe · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Greece · Kyriakos Mitsotakis · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Australia · Anthony Albanese · Day 3 · 1 sentence
South Africa · Ronald Ozzy Lamola · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Kiribati · Taneti Maamau · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Iraq · Ali Falih Al-Zaidi · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Lebanon · Nawaf Salam · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Saint Lucia · Philip J. Pierre · Day 4 · 1 sentence
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