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Download CSVUnited States of America · Donald Trump · Day 1 · 14 sentences
- Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, First Lady of the United States, distinguished delegates, ambassadors, and fellow leaders, it's my great honor to welcome the world to America as we celebrate 250 years of glorious freedom and independence.
- Real household incomes for Americans have soared to the highest level in history, $87,000 on average, surpassing the prior record that I set in my first term.
- From the first day I entered the political arena, I've been Unwavering, I will never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.
- the sidelines of the General Assembly, we took the first steps that changed everything.
Secretary-General of the United Nations · António Guterres · Day 1 · 9 sentences
- First, among states, new centers of economic, political, and technological influence have emerged.
- Excellencies, the first great power test in the 21st century is peace and security.
- I am proud to report to you today that the United Nations achieved gender parity for the first time in history across all senior leadership, all headquarters, and all professional staff.
- one generation consuming the future of the next, one group profiting while those least responsible suffer first and worst.
France · Emmanuel Macron · Day 1 · 6 sentences
- The first is fatalism in the face of war and suffering.
- We must open up to new members, new regions, first and foremost Africa, but In terms of the substance, the Security Council must be able to take action in the face of mass violations of international law.
- That's first.
- The Nice Treaty, the United Nations Ocean Conference, the third Oceans Conference, last year helped us to accelerate that work and the first Oceans COP will be held in a few months time in January.
Dominican Republic · Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- This year, we were one of the first countries to fully pay our contribution to the regular budget.
- First, the deployment of the force that today is only funded up to a fifth of and only has up to a fifth rather of the troops authorized, second, fulfilling the arms embargo and sanctioning those who are financing and protecting gangs, and thirdly, strengthening the police, the armed forces, and the Haitian justice system so that the security can be sustained.
- And as soon as the conditions allow it, for the Haitians to be able to vote for the first time in a decade.
- We've reduced monetary poverty by 25.8% from 25.8% in 2019 to 14.6% in the first six months of this year.
Kyrgyzstan · Sadyr Zhaparov · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- Distinguished heads of delegations, for the first time in its history, Kyrgyzstan has been elected as a member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2027-2028 term.
- First, it is necessary to establish within the framework of the General Assembly the permanent public registry of the implementation of resolutions and obligations by member states.
- This registry could include the following information and ensure the implementation of such mechanisms as: First, systematically record and verify the level of implementation of adopted decisions.
- In particular, the matter could be referred to the United Nations Security Council for consideration of restrictive measures provided for the international law, including: the first, temporary restriction on participation in United Nations programs; the second, recommendations to review existing formats of cooperation and other diplomatic measures where appropriate.
Japan · Takaichi Sanae · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- In this milestone year, I would first like to address how Japan has been tackling the challenges facing the international community, working hand in hand with the United Nations.
- Madam President, first, Let us turn our attention to escalating international tensions.
- First, Japan is engaged in strengthening the resilience of supply chains for energy and critical minerals.
- TCAD has served as a platform for reflecting Africa's voice in the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, and for Japan to first put forward the concept of VOIP.
Panama · José Raúl Mulino Quintero · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- However, in practical terms, the transit of people increased in 2022 and even more in 2023 and in the first six months of 2024.
- And since the first day, I knew that we needed to resolve this issue individually, like I did, because this organization wasn't able to do it.
- And so in the second six months of 2024, With colossal effort being made by my country, we managed to oversee a 50% drop compared to the first six months of the year.
- Just an anecdote, in 1992, when I was a young man, minister in our country at that time, I participated in Indonesia, in Bali, in the first post-transformation meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Judith Suminwa Tuluka · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- This need for inclusion ought first and foremost to be reflected in global governance.
- The repatriation on September 8, with the support of MONUSCO, of 120 persons associated with the FDLR is a first testament to the protocol's implementation.
- This ambition, first and foremost, entails taking up our own responsibilities.
- As you have understood, the transformation we are calling for at the UN is one we have chosen to launch first at home, convinced that by investing in our people, the main source of wealth of our nation, we will be paving the way toward renewed trust and lasting prosperity.
Monaco · Christophe Mirmand · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- When might makes right, it is the smallest states who are the first to be threatened.
- First, in Ukraine.
- In Lebanon too, Monaco supports de-escalation efforts and calls on all parties to fulfill their commitments, first and foremost Security Council Resolution 1701.
- The entry into force of the Agreement on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, which Monaco was one of the first countries to sign and ratify, is a victory of the law over seizure, of cooperation over predation.
Albania · Edi Rama · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- First, what it does instead of us.
- Albania became the first country to bring an artificial intelligence instrument into the architecture of government through Diella, our worldwide known artificial intelligence minister.
- Antisemitic tropes entered our public discourse for the first time ever.
- First, citizens must know when politically consequential content has been artificially generated or materially manipulated.
President of the General Assembly (opening) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- They have been part of this place since the first stone was laid.
- First, by being unapologetically realistic about where we are falling behind.
- On my first point, we must be frank about where the challenges lie and what needs to be fixed, even when the necessary changes may prove painful.
- Before giving the floor to the first speaker of this morning, I would like to remind members that the list of speakers for the general debate has been established on the agreed basis that statements should not be longer than 15 minutes.
Chile · José Antonio Kast · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- What has changed first and foremost is Chile.
- In Chile, in the first six months of this year, the rate of homicides decreased to the tune of 11.5%.
- For the first time in a long time, Latin American governments are really, truly uniting and working together, not by simply issuing communiques, but getting to know each other and speaking to each other to really come up with common plans against transnational organized crime, migration control, and coming together to forge joint development opportunities.
- That means that we now have the first UN body to ever have had a headquarters in Latin America and this is an agreement which brings together many different sectors in Chile to play this role.
Finland · Alexander Stubb · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- And this is my first observation today, the emergence of flexible forms of cooperation around different themes and interests, be it in the economy, climate, defense, or technology.
- Now, this was the first part.
- Therefore, the first remedy for a world in disorder is rule of law.
- Now, since my first speech here two years ago, I've consistently called for a reformed Security Council.
Mongolia · Khurelsukh Ukhnaa · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- Eight centuries ago, our ancestors established the great Pax Mongolica, promoting for the first time the idea to the world that nations could mutually recognize one another's values and that peoples of diverse civilizations and faiths could coexist.
- Since 2006, when Mongolia deployed its first female peacekeeper to the UN mission in Western Sahara, Mongolian women have made valuable contributions to global peace over the past two decades through their courage, resilience, and ingenuity.
- Moreover, Last July, the cemetery complexes of the Hunnu nobility, Mongolia's first statehood, were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, reflecting international recognition of the historical and cultural significance.
- It is my pleasure to underline that Mongolia is serving for the first time as a member of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for the term 2026-2029.
Burundi · Évariste Ndayishimiye · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- Honored the In the name of God, the all-powerful, most merciful, distinguished President of the General Assembly, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, ladies and gentlemen, as President of the Republic of Burundi and the current chairperson of the African Union, allow me to first, on behalf of the people of Burundi and of Africa, congratulate His Excellency Dr. Khalilur Rahman, President of the General Assembly of the United Nations, on his election and wish him every success in the fulfillment of his mandate.
- Excellencies, peace first.
- How then can we build trust among nations without first starting with building connection and cohesion among our peoples?
- Our intellectual youth has become the target of sustained, deliberate, and organized pursuit by most of the wealthiest nations, even though our youth's first calling should be to serve their parents, their loved ones, and their homeland, who have invested so much in their education.
Paraguay · Santiago Peña Palacios · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- The first issue that I wish to address here is one that is in my own neighborhood in Latin America.
- That is why I went to Venezuela a few days ago to take a second step following the first difficult but extremely important step that was represented by the fall of the dictator Maduro.
- The United Nations, and I am neither the first or the last to say so, needs renewal.
- As a result of this, in December 2025, Standard & Poor's awarded us our second investment grade rating, making Paraguay the first country in more than a decade to achieve that distinction.
Spain · Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- Eight years have gone by since I addressed this assembly for the first time, and since then, several things have changed in the world.
- The first of these pillars is selfishness, the absurd belief that the world is a zero-sum game, where some winning must imply the others losing.
- In my country, ladies and gentlemen, in Spain, It was women who were the first to show us that security could not be achieved through force, but through social progress.
- It was brave women like Clara Campoamor, the first to defend in Parliament the rejection of war as a way of interacting with the world and opting instead for empathy and peace.
Barbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- Barbadian novelist and essayist George Laming once described the Caribbean as perhaps the first global experiment in human history.
- I've reminded us that it was my country, Barbados, that passed the first slave code that the world knew in 1661 to deal with chattel slavery.
- Until Until they are no longer first class and second class citizens of any nation.
- Our first Prime Minister, the right excellent Errol Barrow set out what coupled with the principles of this organization.
Tuvalu · Feleti Teo · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- This year also marks the historical and first deployment of Tuvalu police officers to serve in the UN mission in South Sudan, a deployment that confirms that even the smallest member of the UN can contribute meaningfully to international peace and security.
- The first is the Tuvalu Digital Nation Initiative that utilizes digital technologies to sustain our sovereignty, institutions, and our capacity to deliver services to enhance, to ensure that our national identity is not lost in the transformation.
- This year, Tuvalu soft-launched its first-ever national ocean policy, a comprehensive framework to strengthen our stewardship of marine resources, affirm the permanence of our maritime zones, protect biodiversity, and place the ocean at the center of our resilience and sustainable development.
- and look forward to contributing to the first Conference of the Parties of the Agreement next year.
Bahamas (the) · Philip Edward Davis · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- Small countries cannot dismantle a rules-based world, but we will be the first to be crushed beneath its collapse.
- In 2024, for the first time, the world was more than 1.5 degrees warmer for an entire year.
- The people who bear least responsibility are asked to adapt first, pay more, and recover from disasters they did not cause.
- Haiti was the first nation on earth born from a successful revolt by enslaved people.
Mexico · Roberto Velasco Álvarez · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- Mr. President, Excellencies, I am appearing Addressing this Assembly, representing the first female president of my country, Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, whose government places people at the heart of the actions of the state and works on a daily basis to achieve freedom, democracy, social justice and substantive equality.
- This conviction coincides with the commitments that we all made in the United Nations Charter, whose first article establishes as goals to maintain international peace and security, to engage in friendly relations between nations, and to cooperate to resolve economic, social, and cultural problems and humanitarian problems, promoting respect for human rights without any type of distinction.
- The first is the reduction of poverty.
- For the first time in two centuries of independent life, Mexico is being governed by a woman, and this did not happen alone, and she's not governing alone either.
Holy See · Cardinal Pietro Parolin · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- Pope Leo addressed in his first encyclical letter the new technological challenge, which he does not reject, but calls for its ethical ordering.
- The first concerns personal responsibility.
- First of all, systems used in war setting must guarantee the possibility of retracing and reconstructing decision-making processes.
- Peace is first a gift, the gift of the risen Christ, yet an active and demanding gift.
Belarus · Maxim Ryzhenkov · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- For the first time since the 1970s, there are no longer any legally binding limits on strategic arms between the major nuclear powers.
- First, Reform of the UN Security Council.
- 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.
- First of all, on food security, we are developing successfully and making a significant contribution to global food security.
Peru · Keiko Sofia Fujimori Higuchi · Day 1 · 3 sentences
Republic of Korea · Lee Jae Myung · Day 1 · 3 sentences
Suriname · Jennifer Geerlings-Simons · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- High forested and low deforestation countries like Suriname should not first have to lose forests before climate finance institutions recognize the value of protecting them.
- Last month, the Republic of Suriname observed its first heritage month under the theme, "Who we hear the same aquama, who we some of further hand," meaning as much as, however we came here, united we move forward.
- And for the first time in history, we have a female candidate from the Caribbean.
Dominica · Sylvanie Burton · Day 1 · 3 sentences
Seychelles · Mathew Antonio Patrick Herminie · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- If multilateralism is to deliver, it must first secure the peace upon which all human progress depends.
- As an early ratifying state of the BBNJ Agreement, Seychelles looks forward to its first Conference of the Parties and urges all member states to finalize their ratifications swiftly.
- If international finance is to serve reality, it must first measure reality correctly.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · Andy Burnham · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- As more elections approach across Europe, more nations are grappling with these issues, some for the first time.
- That is the kind of promise and hope that led Britain to host the very first meeting of this General Assembly in London, and led to the world to create this institution, these United Nations, our United Nations.
- There is a lesson from the first industrial revolution, which started in northern England two centuries ago.
Morocco · Nasser Bourita · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- First, the escalation of acute and diverse international crises, military, economic, energy related and environmental.
- First, confronting non-state armed groups as a threat to international security and stability.
- These principles, as set forth in the Security Council resolution, are as follows: First, There is no solution outside the framework of the autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty.
Romania · Nicuşor-Daniel Dan · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- But let me first draw your attention to a threat to our democracies that I do not believe it's receiving the interest it deserves, manipulation via social media.
- Diplomacy must be the first option towards a comprehensive, verifiable, and lasting agreement that would pave the way towards a more stable Middle East.
- Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to conclude by welcoming the initiatives of the First Ladies and First Gentlemen concerning children and education, innovation, digital education and children's safety.
Estonia · Alar Karis · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- As one of the first supporters of a global alliance for human rights, Estonia feels that human rights should once again be at the center of a world we choose to build.
- In particular, US First Lady, Melania Trump, for a remarkable humanitarian initiative.
- As a co-chair of the first UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, alongside with El Salvador, Estonia has proudly brought its knowledge and experience in service of the UN and its member states.
Cyprus · Nikos Christodoulides · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- Cyprus was among the first responders following the catastrophic earthquake in Venezuela and the flash floods in Nepal.
- Excellencies, the ability to bring different interests together was also at the heart of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union during the first half of this year.
- And if Mr. Erdogan wants to quote from the Charter, he must first apply the Charter.
Central African Republic · Faustin Archange Touadera · Day 2 · 3 sentences
Kenya · William Samoei Ruto · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- It is its first condition.
- And too often, the creditor, debt service, is paid first.
- It requires that no child lose a classroom because debt service came first, that no mother finds an empty clinic because essential investment became unaffordable, and that the resources of developing countries became foundations for their prosperity rather than pathways for extraction.
Serbia · Aleksandar Vučić · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- Because such a decision was never made in the first place, and to make things even worse, no one ever even attempted to make such a decision.
- At the same time, we nurture ties with traditional friends and partners in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, with whom we recently marked in Belgrade the 65th anniversary of the first conference of non-aligned countries held in our capital in 1961.
- If we wish to manage the coming transformation responsibly, we must first reinforce the foundation on which the international order rests.
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) · Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- I have stood on this podium at various points in my life as a civil servant, first as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, then as Executive Vice President, and now as Acting President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
- But first and foremost, we are working to pave the way for cooperation in the field of energy, to promote security, and to fight together transnational crime and we're looking to buttress economic cooperation for the benefit of our two peoples and the peoples of our continent and the continent as a whole.
- We are seeking here to build a country in which no one has to win by riding roughshod over someone else or ignoring them because all of us, particularly young people that are entering that political life for the first time, are Venezuela.
Andorra · Xavier Espot Zamora · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- For the first time, the primary perpetrators of these violations are states themselves.
- In this regard, I would like, first and foremost, to commend the excellent UN80 initiative, which proposes improvements to the work of the Secretariat, a stronger mandate life cycle, and simplification of structures to avoid duplication and overlap.
- And I continue to believe, as I did on the first day, that the UN is indispensable, not because it is perfect, but because it remains the finest expression of an extraordinary idea.
Madagascar · Michaël Randrianirina · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- I would like, first of all, on behalf of the Malagasy people and in my own name, to extend my sincere congratulations to Mr. Khalilur Rahman on his election as President of the 81st General Assembly, as well as to the Vice-Presidents.
- First, more inclusive global governance.
- This must begin with a rebalancing of decision-making power, first and foremost, by restoring the General Assembly's full political weight and central place in global governance.
Fiji · Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- The Pacific Resilience Facility is the first climate and disaster financing facility owned, governed, and hosted by the states it serves.
- And its first grants are already reaching our communities.
- a genuine achievement of multilateralism, and Fiji calls for universal ratification for a first conference of the parties that delivers a functioning institution and for capacity building, technology transfer that are real rather than aspirational.
Bangladesh · Tarique Rahman · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- From the first grade, Primary school students are being provided with school bags and clothing, i.e. school uniforms, as well as free lunch.
- To establish sports as a profession, sports has been included as a subject in the education curriculum for the first time.
- That is why we say Bangladesh first, Bangladesh for all.
Greece · Kyriakos Mitsotakis · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- Ladies and gentlemen, the first step in restoring confidence in multilateralism is acknowledging where it has actually succeeded.
- Should the devastating war continue, our continent will be the first to suffer from a possible massive new migratory wave.
- For the first time, for the first time in the history of our species, we have created a technology that openly challenges the supremacy of the human mind as the pinnacle of our evolutionary development.
Nepal · Balendra Shah · Day 3 · 3 sentences
Marshall Islands · Hilda Heine · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Mr. President, the United Nations is long overdue to reflect and renew the same spirit with which our Marshallese people first came to the United Nation by delivering an apology and acknowledgement of the harm caused by impacts from the 67 nuclear weapons tested on our islands during our time as a UN strategic trust territory between 1946 and 1958.
- giving many access to electricity for the first time.
- The Marshall Islands look forward to the first Conference of Parties to the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction.
Lesotho · Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- 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.
- With support from the International Atomic Energy Agency, Lesotho is developing its first radiotherapy and nuclear medicine facility.
- We should draw inspiration from the wisdom of Chief Moshlomi, one of our renowned diplomats, who advised Morena Moshoeshoe the First, the founding father of the Basotho nation, that it is better to thresh corn than sharpen the spear.
Solomon Islands · Matthew Cooper Wale · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Mr. President, Solomon Islands welcomes the convening of the second high-level meeting on sea level rise and the adoption of the first political declaration on sea level rise.
- Solomon Islands welcomes the entry into force of the BBNJ Agreement and the preparations for the first Conference of the Parties in January.
- First, let us ask for wisdom before we ask for advantage.
Tonga · Lord Fakafanua · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Tonga's Climate Trust Fund, a direct community fund which dispersed its first round of grants this year, also requires significant funding support.
- It marks the first time all member states have agreed on a single common text on sea level rise.
- Tonga does not need to be first in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, or every technology that follows.
Samoa · Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo · Day 4 · 3 sentences
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Geoffrey Hanley · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- and in August, completed drilling at the first rural site.
- At the second African Caribbean Summit, our leaders signed the Addis Ababa Declaration And this year, the African Union's Reparation Mechanism and the Caribbean Reparations Commission held their first joint meeting, establishing permanent coordination.
- In the very near future, the first round of presidential and legislative elections will take place.
Azerbaijan · Jeyhun Aziz oglu Bayramov · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Meeting these realities requires joint action, but true transformation is impossible without first restoring trust in the international order and demonstrating that multilateralism can once again deliver tangible results for all.
- Ladies and gentlemen, Restoring global trust begins first and foremost with respecting international law, sovereign equality, and peaceful coexistence.
- This September, for the first time, Baku hosted the UNFCCC Climate Week, bringing together governments, international organizations, the private sector, and other stakeholders to advance implementation and practical solutions.
Mauritius · Dhananjay Ramful · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Mr. President, the United Nations has now completed the first eight decades of its existence.
- 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.
- I am pleased to inform that Mauritius will, with the support of the European Union and the Commission de l'Ocean Indien, will host a ministerial conference on cybercrime and sea cable security in the Western Indian Ocean in the first quarter of 2027.
Sweden · Maria Malmer Stenergard · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Her parents expected her to focus first and foremost on family life, yet she was curious, capable and determined to build a life of her own.
- Sweden's first peacekeepers, 300 of them, served this organization during the Suez Crisis in 1956.
- It began in 1948 with UN's first mediator, Sweden's Folke Bernadotte.
Belize · John Briceño · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- Mr. President, allow me first to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the 81st session and to assure you of Belize's full support.
- Public debt has been brought down to 66.6% of GDP and for the first time in a generation, it is on a path of sustainable development.
- We have the knowledge to choose the first path.
Cambodia · Sokhonn Prak · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- First, I wish to extend my warmest congratulations to Your Excellency, Dr. Khalilur Rahman, on your election as President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- These include the Kuala Lumpur Joint Declaration, the first young consensus and in particular the joint statement of 27 December 2025 under which both sides committed to the renunciation of the threat or use of force respect for international boundary and to concrete measure to de-escalate tension rebuild trust and advance the normalization of bilateral relation.
- In this connection, Cambodia is grateful to the Conciliation Commission for demonstrating its strong willingness to assist the parties in resolving this dispute peacefully during the first meeting in Singapore earlier this month.
Russian Federation · Sergey Lavrov · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- We welcome the establishment of the first standing global UN mechanism which seeks to help implement the Convention.
- The first assembly of the For Freedom of Nations Summit will take place in Russia in the coming months.
- This applies first and foremost to NATO, which is trying to broaden its destructive influence far beyond its geographical realm, for instance, in Asia.
Singapore · Vivian Balakrishnan · Day 5 · 3 sentences
President of the General Assembly (closing) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- Incendiary rhetoric and hate speech, the first step towards dehumanization and violence, are spreading rapidly and taking root across global societies.
- The President has proposed that the time limits for statements in the exercise of the right of reply under this meeting be limited to five minutes for the first intervention and to three minutes for the second intervention.
- Accordingly, the proposed speaking time limit will not be applied to the exercise of the right of reply for this meeting, may I nonetheless remind delegations that statements in the exercise of the right of reply are limited to 10 minutes for the first intervention and to 5 minutes for the second intervention and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Brazil · Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Jordan · Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Türkiye · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Lithuania · Gitanas Nausėda · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- The current stage of the war which began with the full-scale invasion in February 2022, has already lasted longer than the First World War.
- We are therefore investing in trusted AI capabilities, promoting responsible AI deployment, and advancing the Vilnius Convention, the world's first legally binding international treaty on artificial intelligence.
Luxembourg · Guillaume of Luxembourg · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Naoero · David Ranibok Adeang · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Bhutan · Tshering Tobgay · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Croatia · Andrej Plenković · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Belgium · Maxime Prévot · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Czechia · Petr Pavel · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- Responsibility in the use of force, responsibility to exercise restraint, but also responsibility to use one's influence to prevent force from becoming necessary in the first place.
- Nor we can allow an unchecked race for technological dominance to determine the future of AI with the pressure to move first, pushing safety, oversight, and responsibility aside.
Timor-Leste · José Ramos-Horta · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- Invite all nuclear powers and all major conventional military powers and industries, without exception, to a summit somewhere, maybe a town in Portugal, to talk on no first strike, and hence, regular communication between leaders of the nuclear powers.
- The Prime Minister of Bhutan and I were among the declaration's first signatories, joining its call for shared moral responsibility and greater accountability in global governance.
Palau · Surangel Whipps · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- 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.
- And I commend Palau's First Lady for advancing efforts to combat tobacco and nicotine use with a focus on our youth.
Botswana · Duma Gideon Boko · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- That is why Botswana calls on this General Assembly, the Security Council, and every organ of the United Nations to recommit to dialogue as the first instrument of diplomacy.
- We achieved the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets ahead of schedule, and we became the first African country to achieve World Health Organization silver tier status for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
Ukraine · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Poland · Karol Nawrocki · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Montenegro · Jakov Milatović · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- Distinguished Mr. President, Excellencies, I do want to congratulate, first of all, Dr. Rahman on his election as President of the United Nations General Assembly, and I also wish to thank Mrs. Baerbock for her leadership of the 80th session of the General Assembly.
- But climate change is also a question of global fairness, because those who have contributed the least to this crisis are too often the first and hardest hit by its consequences.
Italy · Antonio Tajani · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Zimbabwe · Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- Your Excellency, Dr. Rahman, President of the eighth first session of the United Nations General Assembly, your majesties, excellencies, heads of state and government, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen.
- This has seen us dispatch the first export of locally produced lithium sulphate during the second quarter of the year, demonstrating that retaining value at the source is possible for shared prosperity.
Ghana · John Dramani Mahama · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- as the first nation in sub-Saharan Africa to break the shackles of colonial domination.
- When our first president of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah stood on the eve of our independence in 1957, he declared that the independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of the African continent.
Somalia · Hassan Sheikh Mohamud · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- This is the first time that a real political reform is taking place in Somalia in the more than six decades that we were independent.
- 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.
Comoros · Azali Assoumani · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- The international community will regain its credibility first by taking urgent action to silence the guns, to protect civilian lives, whether Israeli, Palestinian, Lebanese, or Syrian, and ultimately implementing United Nations resolutions, including the two-state solution with Israel and Palestine coexisting peacefully.
- Furthermore, our country in one year's time, the Union of the Comoros will host for the first time in its history, the Indian Ocean Islands Games.
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Rodrigo Paz Pereira · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Colombia · José Manuel Restrepo · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- The first step is a basic one, restoring security.
- Colombia does not come before the world today to ask others to do for us what it is our responsibility to do for ourselves, rebuilding our country, restoring security, growing the economy, protecting our institutions, and Giving opportunities back to millions of people are first and foremost responsibilities that fall to Colombians.
Israel · Benjamin Netanyahu · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Senegal · Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Thailand · Anutin Charnvirakul · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- It is an honor to address this assembly for the first time as being the Prime Minister of Thailand and as we mark 80 years of membership to the United Nations.
- Mr. President, 80 years ago, in our first address to this Assembly, The Kingdom of Siam affirmed that it followed the path of peaceful settlement and friendly cooperation.
Australia · Anthony Albanese · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- From the very first days of this forum, Australia has always known that.
- We are one of the world's most successful multicultural democracies, proudly home to the oldest continuous civilisation on earth, our First Nations, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and home also to people from more than 300 different ancestries, with more than half of our population either born overseas or having at least one parent born overseas.
Austria · Beate Meinl-Reisinger · Day 3 · 2 sentences
South Africa · Ronald Ozzy Lamola · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Kiribati · Taneti Maamau · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- This year, following the submission of our second VNR, my government convened its first Development Partners Forum on Christmas Island, which we highly value as the world's largest coral atoll and the first island to see each new day's sunrise.
- Our election earlier this year to the Commission on the Status of Women, the first time Kiribati has secured a seat on this UN body, is a significant milestone, reflecting our determination to advance women's rights nationally and globally.
Maldives · Hussain Mohamed Latheef · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Lebanon · Nawaf Salam · Day 4 · 2 sentences
North Macedonia · Hristijan Mickoski · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Niger · Lamine Zeine Ali Mahaman · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- More recently, From the 26th to the 29th of August 2026, the first meetings of the Confederation Parliament were held in Niamey, thus completing our institutional architecture.
- The results achieved in this regard are very satisfactory because for the first time in decades, our country has not faced food shortages or had to call upon foreign assistance.
Liechtenstein · Sabine Monauni · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- Liechtenstein is also strongly committed to the International Criminal Court, the first permanent international court with jurisdiction over the most serious crimes under international law: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression.
- President, it has now been many decades since scientists first warned us of the dangers of climate change.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Godwin Friday · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- Mr. President, I come here for the first time representing my country, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
- Mr. President, as this is my first time here, like a tourist, I walked the halls of this historic building and admired on the walls the impressive portraits of the nine men who have served as Secretary-General since 1946.
Chad · Abdelmadjid Abdelrahim Mahamat · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Norway · Espen Barth Eide · Day 4 · 2 sentences
China · Han Zheng · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Thongsavanh Phomvihane · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Cuba · Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- In other words, to nullify through aggression or economic suffocation the national sovereignty which several generations of Cubans have struggled for since the 19th century, first to achieve it and, later on, after conquering full freedom in 1959, to tenaciously defend it against the biggest risks, including that of a holocaust.
- And as on former occasions when we were faced with particularly complex situations, such as under the guidance of the first commander in chief and later of the army, General Raul Castro, the economic model was transformed to adapt it to the challenging foreign circumstances demanded by the times.
Tunisia · Mohamed Ali Nafti · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- First, there must be a sincere determination and responsible commitment by all states to respect international law founded on agreements and the principle of sovereign equality among states, and to uphold the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, particularly refraining from the use of force, the settlement of disputes by peaceful means, and fulfilling international obligations in good faith.
- In this context, Tunisia emphasizes its determination to continue contributing to peacekeeping efforts in Africa, a commitment it has maintained since the first years of its independence.
Sao Tome and Principe · Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- Allow me first of all to congratulate his excellency, Mr. Kadi Loul Rahman, on his election as President of the 81st session of the General Assembly and to wish him every success in the discharge of his duties.
- These elections are marked by important innovations, notably automatic voter registration and the first application of the parity law.
Cameroon · Lejeune Mbella Mbella · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Mali · Abdoulaye Diop · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Eritrea · Osman Saleh Mohammed · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- In previous summits, I have dwelt on the historical backdrop of the establishment of the United Nations, the popular aspirations of humanity for peace, growth, and prosperity that underpinned the creation of the United Nations, the economic injustices that prompted those aspirations in the first place, the innate mission of the United Nations, as well as its structure and operational modality as elaborated in the foundational precepts elaborated below.
- The first and foremost challenges of humanity are to redress economic injustices, create wealth, and more broadly and accurately ensure fair distribution of wealth and income.
Algeria · Ahmed Attaf · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- First, Algeria stresses that the success of the negotiations process requires both parties to engage in good faith and with a genuine commitment to reaching a political solution that is fair, lasting, and mutually acceptable, away from the logic of dictates and bargains.
- Let us work together for a world where the application of law is not a privilege, in which peace is not merely the temporary absence of war, and in which development is not reserved for those who came first, but rather a shared right of all peoples with all their diversity and for all generations to come.
El Salvador · Alexandra Hill Tinoco · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Malawi · George Chapatula Chaponda · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Sudan · Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim · Day 6 · 2 sentences
United Arab Emirates · Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- As for Gaza, The UAE was among the first to support the framework established by the international community to end the horrific war.
- The United Nations, as the United Nations prepares to transition to a new leadership, We look forward to the next Secretary-General using his or her good offices to activate preventive and mediation mechanisms before the first signs of crises emerge, rather than merely reacting once they have erupted.
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea · Kim Son Gyong · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, distinguished delegates, Allow me, first of all, to extend my congratulations to you, Mr. Khalilur Rahman, on your election as the President of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly.
- As the first-hand witnesses of the above realities, all our citizens have become all the more confident that the path we have trodden is the most accurate path, and the self-reliance and self-sustenance of our choice are the surest shortcut to prosperity.
Turkmenistan · Vepa Hajiyev · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, first of all, I have the honor to convey on behalf of the President of Turkmenistan, His Excellency Mr. Serdar Berdimuhamedov, greetings and wish of peace and prosperity to the peoples of your countries.
- As a practical first step, we will begin consultations on the establishment of an academic center for peace, neutrality, and preventive diplomacy at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.
Grenada · Ingrid Jackson · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Thailand · · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Qatar · Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Sierra Leone · Julius Maada Bio · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Switzerland · Guy Parmelin · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Viet Nam · To Lam · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Trinidad and Tobago · Kamla Persad-Bissessar · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Syrian Arab Republic · Ahmad Al-Sharaa · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Latvia · Edgars Rinkēvičs · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Argentina · Javier Gerardo Milei · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Libya · Mohamed Younis Menfi · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Ecuador · Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azin · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Bulgaria · Iliana Iotova · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Ethiopia · Taye Atske-Selassie Amde · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Namibia · Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Slovakia · Peter Pellegrini · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Honduras · Nasry Juan Asfura Zablah · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Uzbekistan · Saida Mirziyoyeva · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Guyana · Mohamed Irfaan Ali · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Hungary · András Bálint Baka · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Gambia (Republic of The) · Mohammed Jallow · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Portugal · Luís Montenegro · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Armenia · Nikol Pashinyan · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Georgia · Irakli Kobakhidzhe · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Rob Jetten · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Slovenia · Janez Janša · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Iraq · Ali Falih Al-Zaidi · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Malta · Robert Abela · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Saint Lucia · Philip J. Pierre · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Pakistan · Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Papua New Guinea · James Marape · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Haiti · Alix Didier Fils-Aimé · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Micronesia (Federated States of) · Aren Palik · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Republic of Moldova · Vasile Tofan · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Saudi Arabia · Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud · Day 5 · 1 sentence
India · Subrahmanyam Jaishankar · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Germany · Johann Wadephul · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Tajikistan · Sirojiddin Muhriddin · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Canada · Anita Anand · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Jamaica · Kamina Johnson Smith · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Zambia · Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe · Day 5 · 1 sentence
GA · · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Burkina Faso · Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Sri Lanka · Vijitha Herath · Day 6 · 1 sentence
New Zealand · Victoria Louise Hallum · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Antigua and Barbuda · Walton Alfonso Webson · Day 6 · 1 sentence
South Sudan · Cecilia Adout Majok Adeng · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Denmark · Christina Markus Lassen · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Costa Rica · Boris Vasir Marchegiani Carrero · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Vanuatu · Odo Tevi · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Chad · · Day 6 · 1 sentence
China · · Day 6 · 1 sentence