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Download CSVKenya · William Samoei Ruto · Day 2 · 8 sentences
- Does the international financial system
- We are transferring the cost of today's financial burden to the next generation of citizens.
- But national effort can only go so far when the international financial system makes development more expensive.
- Reform of the international financial architecture must therefore begin with the cost and availability of capital.
Liberia · Joseph Nyuma Boakai · Day 3 · 8 sentences
- under my administration, Liberia is strengthening public accountability, ensuring prudent financial management, intensifying the fight against corruption, and supporting the judiciary in rebuilding citizens' confidence in the institutions that serve them.
- So we call on international partners for targeted support in coast guard surveillance, intelligence sharing, and post security technologies, sustainable development, and reforming the international financial system.
- 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.
- At a core, this is a crisis of international financial system designed for a different era.
Burundi · Évariste Ndayishimiye · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- In this regard, Burundi believes that discussions on reform must also address the financial viability of the United Nations system by strengthening the predictability, transparency, and sustainability of its financing.
- We therefore call on member states, particularly the wealthiest, to demonstrate responsibility and solidarity in order to preserve the organization's financial stability.
- With regard to socioeconomic development, achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and those of Agenda 2063 requires financial means that are commensurate with our ambitions.
- We therefore call for a reform of the international financial architecture to make it more equitable, more inclusive, and better adapted to the realities of developing countries.
Ghana · John Dramani Mahama · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- It was adopted because the structural legacies of those historic crimes continue to fuel systematic racism, economic marginalization, and a global financial architecture that is weighted against Africa and people of African descent.
- The same systemic inequalities permeates the international financial architecture.
- In that spirit of international legality-- in that same spirit, international legality and human solidarity, Ghana reiterates its call for the immediate lifting of the decades-long economic, commercial, and financial embargo that has been imposed on Cuba.
- And so climate justice demands that developed nations must fulfill their long overdue financial commitments.
Samoa · Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- Meanwhile, multilateralism is under siege, and international financial commitments are being eroded.
- The current international financial architecture was designed for a different era.
- 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.
United Republic of Tanzania · Deogratius Ndejembi · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- These ambitions may not be realized if the international financial architecture is not made to work for development.
- 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.
- Global efforts to address climate challenges are being frustrated by withdrawal of financial contributions, supporting climate adaptation measures and initiatives by international and regional institutions, as well as individual states.
- Tanzania appreciates his support for Africa's aspirations for peace, sustainable development, climate justice, and a fairer international financial architecture, as well as his personal engagement with our country.
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Judith Suminwa Tuluka · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- responsibility is one that lies with the Congolese state, but it also involves businesses, traders, refiners, manufacturers, financial institutions, and destination markets.
- We commend the commitment of Angola, Zambia, the USA, the European Union, the African Development Bank, financial institutions, and the private sector.
- Lastly, no financial architecture can be sustainable without tax justice.
- International cooperation must combat illicit financial flows, tax evasion, transfer pricing manipulation, and the laundering of revenue from natural resources.
Palestine (State of) · Mahmoud Abbas · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- This requires the continued financial support and political backing, as well as an end to these attacks against UNRWA.
- Mr. President, Excellencies, It is impossible to separate Israel's land seizure practices from the dismantling of Palestinian institutions and the depletion of its financial resources.
- the guarantee of their regular and full transfer, and the lifting of the financial and economic restrictions and the blockade imposed on our people and our institutions in accordance with the Paris Economic Protocol, which was agreed upon following the Oslo Convention.
- We strengthened institutional governance, public financial management, transparency, accountability, anti-corruption measures, and the rule of law.
Somalia · Hassan Sheikh Mohamud · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- Our government is implementing the National Transformation Plan, strengthening public financial management, expanding domestic revenue, and investing in the capability of our national institutions.
- We also continue to strengthen public financial management, increase domestic revenue, enhance budget transparency, and deepen our fiscal sector.
- Therefore, the promise of sustainable development cannot be fulfilled without reform of the international financial architecture.
- In the same way that the Security Council must reflect today's political realities, international financial institutions must reflectively, effectively respond to today's economic and environmental realities with relevant, affordable, and accessible financial products which can be dispersed in a timely manner.
European Union · António Costa · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- Alone, no country can prevent a pandemic, stabilize the climate, secure resilient supply chains, regulate artificial intelligence, ensure financial stability, or deliver sustainable development.
- The United Nations is under pressure from geopolitical polarization, financial constraints, and institution shortcomings.
- Here, I would like to pay tribute to the Secretary-General His clear efforts in favor of respect of the United Nations Charter, the defense of human rights, reforming the global financial architecture, sustainable development, and decisive action in the face of climate change have all been a true beacon lighting our path, guiding our collective commitment.
- We need to continue to work to reform the global financial architecture.
Gambia (Republic of The) · Mohammed Jallow · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- Therefore, the task before us is building stronger, better equipped, representative, responsive, and an effective multilateral system and global financial architecture that delivers for all nations and regions.
- It is infinitely less costly in human, political, and financial terms to prevent conflict than to manage its consequences after violence has begun.
- 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.
- On Cuba, we reiterate our longstanding call for an end to the economic, commercial, and financial sanctions.
Jamaica · Kamina Johnson Smith · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- And the international financial architecture must finally recognize what SIDS have so long argued.
- 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.
- We call for stronger cooperation in firearms tracing and interdiction, intelligence and information sharing, financial investigations, and law enforcement capacity building.
- This support must include the financial, logistical, and operational resources necessary to restore security.
New Zealand · Victoria Louise Hallum · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- alongside the role of governments, regional organizations, and international financial institutions.
- We cannot expect the UN to continue to lurch on in a state of constant financial crisis.
- Member states must meet their financial obligations in full, on time, and without conditions, in accordance with their obligations under the Charter.
- As Member States, we must acknowledge our role in the financial and legitimacy crisis facing the UN.
Antigua and Barbuda · Walton Alfonso Webson · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- Whether confronted by climate change, challenging inequalities, or calling for reform, the international financial system, he was a fearless and principled advocate.
- Deep geopolitical divisions will exist, financial constraints, the climate emergency, and declining trust will test our organization's capacity to respond.
- Mr. President, international financial architectures must also change.
- For too long, the international financial architecture has asked vulnerable countries how much debt can they carry.
Angola · João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- However, in order to achieve concrete results in these areas, It is essential to ensure affordable financing, debt relief, technology transfer, capacity building, and a greater participation of international financial institutions.
- In view of this, it is imperative to correct these distortions and I therefore reiterate the call for the immediate reform of the international financial architecture in order to make it fairer, more equitable, democratic and geared towards the progress and well-being of humankind.
- Excellencies, we are drawing close to the end of the tenure of the current Secretary-General and the appointment of the next one an act of greater importance, given that the person chosen must possess the qualities of independence, integrity, competence and courage to build consensus, uphold the Charter, promote conflict prevention, lead the necessary reforms and seek solutions to address the organization's financial crisis.
Dominica · Sylvanie Burton · Day 1 · 3 sentences
Bhutan · Tshering Tobgay · Day 1 · 3 sentences
Dominican Republic · Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- Clarity, because this organization faces an unprecedented financial situation, armed conflicts that are ongoing and a technological revolution that is progressing quicker than our ability to govern it.
- We will contribute to building the consensus that made a resolution possible, and we are committing our financial contributions that some proportional for the trust fund of the force and facilitating from our country transit logistics and UN support office we are cooperating with the sanctions regime and supporting the personnel of the mission in our hospitals.
- and for international financial institutions to incorporate these criteria in the multidimensional vulnerability index.
Botswana · Duma Gideon Boko · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- The global financial architecture must therefore evolve to reflect the economic realities of the 21st century including financing demands created by climate change, technological transformation, and the imperative for sustainable development.
- Botswana calls upon this Assembly and the international financial institutions to pursue reform of global financial governance.
- 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.
Ecuador · Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azin · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- First of all, an international mechanism within the framework of the UN to trace and freeze the illicit financial flows from transnational organized crime.
- Second, permanent platform of information exchange between police forces, prosecutors' offices, and financial intelligence units that enable states to anticipate rather than react once it's happened.
- We ask that access to cooperation and financing be defined using more fair vulnerability criteria and that the international financial architecture support the efforts of those who are undertaking reforms.
Namibia · Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- As we forge ahead with the SDGs, reform of the United international financial architecture is critical to a more equitable and inclusive global economic order.
- It demonstrates progress in Africa's ambitions to drive impetus for the reform of the international financial architecture in order to ensure a level playing field.
- Namibia reaffirms the Sevilla commitment as an important step towards reforming the international financial architecture and strengthening the global partnership for sustainable development.
Mozambique · Daniel Francisco Chapo · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- We thus reiterate our position in the support of ending of economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed against Cuba.
- It also requires a fair international financial architecture, more fair, sustainable debt relief, greater transfer of technology, international trade that is more balanced, and investments that can transform the potential into prosperity.
- It is also necessary that the access to concessional financing take into account the country's vulnerabilities, beyond just the income that we also want to make sure that developed countries can fully fulfill their commitment to development and financial action.
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.
- An inclusive international tax system is critical for strengthening global cooperation, curbing illicit financial flows, and addressing profit shifting by multinational corporations.
Senegal · Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye · Day 3 · 3 sentences
Maldives · Hussain Mohamed Latheef · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Insecurity now travels through sea lanes, supply chains, financial markets, digital networks and new technologies.
- This is why reform of the international financial architecture matters.
- It must become a lasting mechanism that gives developing countries not just a place in the financial system, but a voice in shaping it.
Solomon Islands · Matthew Cooper Wale · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- The completion of 161 telecommunication towers across the country will lift national broadband coverage from 56 to 86 percent, expanding access to information, education, and digital financial services.
- We call on international financial institutions to integrate the MVI into their financing decisions for SIDS without further delay.
- At the same time, my government is strengthening our financial institutions and frameworks to improve revenue collection and accountability so that we can sustain our development priorities.
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Geoffrey Hanley · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Built on savings, investment, and financial education, Aspire has opened more than 4, 000 savings accounts with our government committing more than US 2 million to give children a financial foundation for adulthood.
- We are now piloting our financial education curriculum in schools and training teachers for national rollout.
- Financial independence must not be reserved for those born into wealth.
Mauritius · Dhananjay Ramful · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- The same exclusion afflicts the international financial architecture, which remains skewed against the Global South.
- We look forward to its first conference of the parties advancing the institutional financial and procedural arrangements necessary for the effective implementation of the agreement.
- Internally, there is the process launched by the Secretary-General to update the administrative and financial structure of the Organization to allow our Organization to be better equipped to overcome future challenges.
Belarus · Maxim Ryzhenkov · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- Third, reform of specialized UN agencies, first and foremost the international financial institutions, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the International Finance Corporation, the World Trade Organization.
- Voting quotas in financial institutions must reflect the demographic and economic realities of the 21st century, rather than the post-war balance of power.
- And we are doing this despite the logistical barriers, financial restrictions, and transport blockades imposed by the European Union.
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.
- A transition that is for us an economic, financial, social, and environmental necessity.
- We also follow with concern the persistence of the economic, commercial, and financial restrictions affecting Cuba.
Zambia · Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- We are expanding opportunities in education, skills development, entrepreneurship, financial inclusion, and leadership.
- 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.
- We also support reforms to global economic and financial governance that give developing countries a greater voice in decisions affecting them.
Grenada · Ingrid Jackson · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- Mr. President, this transformation must also take place in the international financial system.
- Grenada, therefore, encourages Member States, development partners and international financial institutions to advance vulnerability-informed approaches to development financing.
- Greater access to concessional financing, climate finance, disaster risk financing, and innovative financial instruments can help countries move from vulnerability to resilience and from recovery to sustainable growth.
Secretary-General of the United Nations · António Guterres · Day 1 · 2 sentences
President of the General Assembly (opening) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Palau · Surangel Whipps · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- International financial institutions must look beyond income and account for vulnerabilities of SIDS, Climate exposure, remoteness, narrow economies, and limited access to affordable finance must be considered.
- Endorsed by the Pacific leaders, the PRF is the first Pacific-led, owned, and managed regional financing facility dedicated to climate and disaster resilience, and the first international financial institution collectively owned by the Pacific focused on turning resources into real community-level resilience.
Zimbabwe · Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- 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.
- Zimbabwe is continuously strengthening its capacity to mobilize domestic resources, enhance public financial management, and foster a favorable environment for productive investment.
Madagascar · Michaël Randrianirina · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Comoros · Azali Assoumani · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Portugal · Luís Montenegro · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- which is very complex and difficult, but I wonder if it makes sense for all of us to be so dependent on speculation and the volatility of financial and futures markets, which affect the entire production sector, even when the instability originates only from a portion or a limited period of that production.
- To that end, we must at the outer set honor our financial commitments.
Barbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Lebanon · Nawaf Salam · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- The first was to regain the trust of its people after the financial collapse and the Beirut port explosion and the tragedies and wounds they left behind.
- It is also advancing towards the completion of financial reforms aimed at restoring order to the financial system and recovering depositors' funds.
Lesotho · Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- We have accelerated reforms in business development, trade facilitation, public financial management, youth empowerment, and renewable energy.
- 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.
Haiti · Alix Didier Fils-Aimé · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Egypt · Moustafa Kamal Madbouly · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Godwin Friday · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Tonga · Lord Fakafanua · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- We need a financial architecture that delivers timely and accessible financing to those who most need them.
- International financial institutions and multilateral development banks must recognize the multidimensional vulnerability index, the MVI, which ensures that it informs eligibility and allocations.
Norway · Espen Barth Eide · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Guatemala · Carlos Ramiro Martínez Alvarado · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- It means improving investigations, institutional coordination, and the tracing of the financial flows that sustain illicit economies.
- Mr. President, we must strengthen the timely exchange of information operational and judicial coordination, border security with respect for human rights, the protection of ports and transit routes, financial and asset investigations, and the recovery of assets derived from illicit activities.
Belize · John Briceño · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- The multidimensional vulnerability index must become a working instrument across the international financial system in eligibility for concessional finance, in debt sustainability analysis, and in the decisions of the institutions that allocate capital.
- Vulnerability should be legible in financial decision-making without small states being required to prosecute their own case again and again.
Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Thongsavanh Phomvihane · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- The prolonged economic, commercial and financial embargo against the Republic of Cuba continue to inflict hardship on its people.
- Secretary-General Guterres will be warmly remembered for his tireless advocacy for international financial architecture reform, climate justice, sustainable development financing, and the digital and dignity of the countries in special situation.
Tunisia · Mohamed Ali Nafti · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- Tunisia also believes that addressing the liquidity crisis in the organization requires all states to meet their financial obligations in full.
- 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.
Indonesia · Sugiono · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- We have lived through financial crisis, a global pandemic, climate disasters, geopolitical rivalries and conflicts around the world.
- At the same time, international financial architecture must also evolve to respond better to the needs of developing countries and to give them greater space to pursue their own development priorities and build their resilience.
Malawi · George Chapatula Chaponda · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- The current international financial architecture forces developing nations to choose between servicing predatory debts and investing in health, education, and climate resilience.
- For developing countries, including Malawi, AI offers opportunities to strengthen agricultural productivity and food security, improve healthcare and education, enhance climate resilience and disaster preparedness, expand financial inclusion, and improve the efficiency of public service.
Sudan · Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- The international financial system should be reformed so as to ensure equality of opportunity in accessing finance and in implementing the Millennium and Sustainable Development Goals, as well as climate action.
- Sudan also seeks to improve relations with international financial institutions, secure the lifting of its temporary suspension from the International Monetary Fund, and establish development partnerships that will enable it to manage the recovery stage.
Benin · Marc Hermanne Gninadoou Araba · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, collective security can only last if we also have economic and financial security.
- 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.
Brazil · Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Türkiye · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Kyrgyzstan · Sadyr Zhaparov · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Luxembourg · Guillaume of Luxembourg · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Mongolia · Khurelsukh Ukhnaa · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Suriname · Jennifer Geerlings-Simons · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Sierra Leone · Julius Maada Bio · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Naoero · David Ranibok Adeang · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Viet Nam · To Lam · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Trinidad and Tobago · Kamla Persad-Bissessar · 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
Central African Republic · Faustin Archange Touadera · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Slovakia · Peter Pellegrini · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Serbia · Aleksandar Vučić · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Eswatini · King Mswati III · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) · Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Uzbekistan · Saida Mirziyoyeva · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Guyana · Mohamed Irfaan Ali · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Rodrigo Paz Pereira · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Equatorial Guinea · Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Colombia · José Manuel Restrepo · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Côte d’Ivoire · Tiémoko Meyliet Koné · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Nigeria · Kashim Shettima · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Kuwait · Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Iraq · Ali Falih Al-Zaidi · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Monaco · Christophe Mirmand · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Tuvalu · Feleti Teo · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Saint Lucia · Philip J. Pierre · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Pakistan · Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Bahamas (the) · Philip Edward Davis · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Liechtenstein · Sabine Monauni · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Guinea-Bissau · Ilídio Vieira Té · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Mauritania · Mohamed Salem Merzoug · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Philippines · Ma. Theresa Lazaro · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Cuba · Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Singapore · Vivian Balakrishnan · Day 5 · 1 sentence
India · Subrahmanyam Jaishankar · Day 5 · 1 sentence
San Marino · Luca Beccari · 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
Mali · Abdoulaye Diop · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Burkina Faso · Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Sri Lanka · Vijitha Herath · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Congo · Constant Serge Bounda · Day 6 · 1 sentence
South Sudan · Cecilia Adout Majok Adeng · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Denmark · Christina Markus Lassen · Day 6 · 1 sentence
President of the General Assembly (closing) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 6 · 1 sentence