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145 sentences in 87 speeches for diplomacy
Download CSVTurkmenistan · Vepa Hajiyev · Day 6 · 7 sentences
- The permanent neutrality of our country, recognized three times by the General Assembly, provides a practical foundation for advancing political and diplomatic methods: preventive diplomacy, mediation, and the peaceful settlement of disputes.
- In this regard, Turkmenistan intend to convene under the auspices of the United Nations intergovernmental consultations on the elaboration of a global peace strategy founded on the principles of peace, security, and preventive diplomacy.
- As a further step in this direction, we propose proclaiming a United Nations decade of dialogue and preventive diplomacy.
- We attach particular importance to supporting the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, headquartered in Ashgabat.
Slovakia · Peter Pellegrini · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- Where we can be useful, we are ready to help bring parties together and to support diplomacy within the UN framework.
- Because when diplomacy stops, confrontation fills the space.
- 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.
- If violence becomes normal for the next generation, diplomacy itself will become harder.
Belgium · Maxime Prévot · Day 1 · 4 sentences
Gambia (Republic of The) · Mohammed Jallow · Day 3 · 4 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.
- At that critical moment, the preventive diplomacy of the United Nations, working in partnership with the African Union and ECOWAS, help uphold the will of the Gambian people and support a peaceful democratic transition.
- It taught us that preventive diplomacy is not an abstract concept.
- We therefore welcome the Secretary-General's continued good offices and in preventing diplomacy and call for these efforts to be matched with predictable and sustained resources.
Congo · Constant Serge Bounda · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- For more than five decades, Our diplomacy has contributed constantly and effectively to numerous peace processes on our continent, and which also had global implications.
- Our diplomacy is not a diplomacy of confrontation.
- It is diplomacy based on dialogue, mediation, mutual respect, and African solutions to African problems.
- We reaffirm here and now the Pan-African vocation of our diplomacy and our commitment to international law.
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Masoud Pezeshkian · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- We must not build a world in which military power replaces legitimacy, terrorism replaces politics and negotiations, and war replaces dialogue and diplomacy.
- But going back to the words of the President of the United States yesterday, shows those who are experts in international law and dialogue and diplomacy and basic human standards, that everything uttered about our country goes against the very essence and charter and the spirit of the United Nations.
- Iran must be understood by Mr. Trump and those who seek to bully us that we are ready for dialogue and diplomacy and negotiations without accepting the language of force.
Bulgaria · Iliana Iotova · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- For the security of Europe, we must add robust diplomacy to military and economic security.
- Applying the approach of practical diplomacy, we are preparing an initiative under which it will strive, together with countries of the region and all interested parties, to reach an agreement and collective action to ensure the freedom and security of navigation in the Black Sea.
- This requires strengthening diplomacy, mediation, and political dialogue, as well as effective control over arms proliferation and the military applications of new technologies.
Eswatini · King Mswati III · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- The Kingdom of Eswatini believes firmly that peace in Europe, Middle East, and Africa must be echoed in preventing diplomacy, fully supported by the United Nations.
- Through this responsibility, we will work closely with all member states to strengthen preventative diplomacy, enhance dialogue and mediation.
- Let us restore faith in diplomacy and dialogue.
Uganda · Jessica Rose Epel Alupo · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- Accordingly, we remain and reaffirm our commitment to the principles of the UN Charter as the cornerstone of global diplomacy, supporting the interconnected pillars of peace and security, human rights, humanitarian affairs, and sustainable development.
- Mr. President, Distinguished delegates, the peaceful resolution of conflicts through diplomacy is indispensable for sustainable peace, security, and economic growth.
- Ambassador Olara Otunu brings over four decades of distinguished service across the UN system, international diplomacy, and public administration.
Hungary · András Bálint Baka · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- We remember those who have lost their lives in this war, and we want diplomacy to bring the killing to an end.
- Human suffering cannot wait for diplomacy to succeed.
- We will stand for human rights, support peacekeeping, and work with countries across the world to protect people and help diplomacy succeed.
Nigeria · Kashim Shettima · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- Nigeria stands by the charter and its promise of a world in which diplomacy prevails over coercion, cooperation over isolation, and international law over arbitrary exercise of power.
- The conflicts in Sudan and other war-torn countries demand urgent diplomacy to address their humanitarian, economic, and geopolitical consequences.
- We place our faith in diplomacy because military victories alone cannot secure lasting peace.
Holy See · Cardinal Pietro Parolin · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- Pope Leo identifies the three essential words that must guide diplomacy, peace, justice, and truth.
- He warns against the return of a diplomacy of force and reaffirms the indispensable role of multilateral institutions.
- Faced with this tragedy, the Holy See, while calling for strict observance of the international humanitarian law, highlights the urgent necessity to bring hostilities to an end and paving way for diplomacy.
Vanuatu · Odo Tevi · Day 6 · 3 sentences
Jordan · Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Mongolia · Khurelsukh Ukhnaa · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- 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.
- Scholars advise that studying the establishment of Pax Mongolica by Great Chinggis Khan and his successors, as well as the history of its foreign policy and diplomacy, offers good practices and enduring lessons.
United Republic of Tanzania · Deogratius Ndejembi · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- During our tenure in the Council, we will put forward and prioritize deliberations on matters vital to the maintenance of international peace and security such as preventive diplomacy and the peaceful settlement of disputes, women in peacekeeping, youth in peace and security, and the reform of the United Nations peacekeeping.
- We continue to call for the protection of civilians, unhindered humanitarian assistance, and renewed diplomacy towards lasting peace.
Czechia · Petr Pavel · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Ukraine · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Panama · José Raúl Mulino Quintero · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Italy · Antonio Tajani · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- This is the mission of Italian diplomacy, to build bridges, open new paths, and keep dialogue alive, even when it seems impossible, to work for peace, prosperity, and growth, because growth creates prosperity, and prosperity in turn consolidates peace.
- 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.
Fiji · Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Australia · Anthony Albanese · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Solomon Islands · Matthew Cooper Wale · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- There is no substitute for dialogue, diplomacy, and peaceful negotiation.
- The UN is not perfect, but it remains the cornerstone of multilateral diplomacy and the indispensable platform through which nations preserve peace, advance sustainable development, uphold international law, and protect human rights.
Pakistan · Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- Here, I deeply appreciate Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of the Army Staff, whose relentless efforts helped create space for diplomacy under exceptionally difficult and challenging circumstances.
- Regrettably, Mr. President, recently we have witnessed a dangerous surge of hostilities, yet amid the roar of missiles, the drones and guns, the voice for diplomacy must echo even louder and stronger.
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Geoffrey Hanley · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Kazakhstan · Mukhtar Tileuberdi · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Mexico · Roberto Velasco Álvarez · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- Those who look to these constitutional mandates will find reflected in them the purposes and principles of the San Francisco Charter, in whose drafting the contribution of Mexican diplomacy is clearly relevant.
- Each and every conflict that diplomacy can prevent is worth more than all of those that force seeks to resolve.
Norway · Espen Barth Eide · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Philippines · Ma. Theresa Lazaro · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Tajikistan · Sirojiddin Muhriddin · Day 5 · 2 sentences
San Marino · Luca Beccari · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Sao Tome and Principe · Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- It is on the basis of this experience that we reaffirm our confidence in dialogue, diplomacy, cooperation, and the peaceful settlement of disputes.
- 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.
Indonesia · Sugiono · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Antigua and Barbuda · Walton Alfonso Webson · Day 6 · 2 sentences
President of the General Assembly (closing) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- It requires prevention, mediation and diplomacy, respect for sovereignty and rights, adherence to international law, and investment in the conditions that sustain peace.
- The hard work will continue in the committees, in the major processes underway from COP31 to SDG Summit, and will continue in this hall, in the committee rooms, in the lounges and cafeterias, in the corridors of diplomacy.
Secretary-General of the United Nations · António Guterres · Day 1 · 1 sentence
President of the General Assembly (opening) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Brazil · Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva · Day 1 · 1 sentence
United States of America · Donald Trump · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Türkiye · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Kyrgyzstan · Sadyr Zhaparov · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Angola · João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Sierra Leone · Julius Maada Bio · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Bosnia and Herzegovina · Denis Bećirović · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Seychelles · Mathew Antonio Patrick Herminie · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Japan · Takaichi Sanae · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Croatia · Andrej Plenković · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Morocco · Nasser Bourita · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Romania · Nicuşor-Daniel Dan · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Paraguay · Santiago Peña Palacios · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Timor-Leste · José Ramos-Horta · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Palau · Surangel Whipps · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Dominican Republic · Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Botswana · Duma Gideon Boko · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Kenya · William Samoei Ruto · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Serbia · Aleksandar Vučić · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Montenegro · Jakov Milatović · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) · Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Judith Suminwa Tuluka · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Zimbabwe · Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Guyana · Mohamed Irfaan Ali · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Portugal · Luís Montenegro · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Côte d’Ivoire · Tiémoko Meyliet Koné · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Kuwait · Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Bangladesh · Tarique Rahman · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Slovenia · Janez Janša · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Greece · Kyriakos Mitsotakis · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Iraq · Ali Falih Al-Zaidi · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Lesotho · Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Niger · Lamine Zeine Ali Mahaman · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Liechtenstein · Sabine Monauni · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Guatemala · Carlos Ramiro Martínez Alvarado · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Togo · Robert Komlan Edo Dussey · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Pakistan · · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Belize · John Briceño · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Thongsavanh Phomvihane · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Saudi Arabia · Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Tunisia · Mohamed Ali Nafti · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Malaysia · Mohamad Haji Hasan · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Jamaica · Kamina Johnson Smith · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Zambia · Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Mali · Abdoulaye Diop · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Algeria · Ahmed Attaf · Day 6 · 1 sentence
United Arab Emirates · Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Grenada · Ingrid Jackson · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Thailand · · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Philippines · · Day 6 · 1 sentence