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Download CSVGhana · John Dramani Mahama · Day 3 · 24 sentences
- That prayer inspires me today to follow in the footsteps of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah Hail Selassie, Nelson Mandela, and other global icons who have stood at this very podium before me and have spoken boldly and fearlessly about the state of affairs in our world.
- The world may not transform overnight because of the speeches that we deliver here in this August assembly, but history would faithfully record the truths we choose to speak and the silences that we choose to keep when we are granted the privilege of addressing this global town hall.
- Mr. President, everybody in this chamber today and every global citizen listening to my words possesses an origin.
- But, Mr. President, last year from this very podium, I made a solemn pledge on behalf of Africa and the global African diaspora to seek full international recognition of the transatlantic trafficking and racialized chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity.
Malawi · George Chapatula Chaponda · Day 6 · 21 sentences
- We also extend our profound appreciation to the Secretary General for his unwavering dedication to our shared global values.
- strikes at the heart of our current global reality.
- Global systems are failing to manage rapid technological, economic, and environmental shifts equitably.
- However, National efforts alone cannot dismantle the structural barriers built into the global economic architecture.
Mongolia · Khurelsukh Ukhnaa · Day 1 · 17 sentences
- In 1961, Mongolia made history by raising its national flag with the golden Soyombo at the United Nations and becoming the 101st member of the United Nations, the guarantor of global peace and security and the beacon of hope and trust for the world's nations.
- A stronger United Nations, in turn, will deliver more efficiently towards global peace, security, and sustainable development, thereby creating conditions for all Member States to benefit.
- Despite the remarkable heights of development and progress humanity has reached, our planet is currently confronted with more than 90 armed conflicts, around 30 of which are international, demonstrating that global peace and security remain unstable and that geopolitical and geostrategic competition continues to intensify.
- This results in the disruption of global economic supply chains, a rise in the prices of energy, fuel, raw materials, and food, as well as economic strains on nations around the world.
China · Han Zheng · Day 5 · 14 sentences
- Mr. President, colleagues, the world is witnessing intertwined changes and turbulence, protracted geopolitical conflicts, widening development gaps, and a growing number of global challenges.
- Five years ago, At the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, President Xi Jinping put forward the Global Development Initiative.
- Since then, he has proposed the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative.
- International industrial and supply chains should be kept stable and unimpeded, and global trade should be safeguarded.
Kazakhstan · Mukhtar Tileuberdi · Day 4 · 13 sentences
- Guided by pragmatic and proactive foreign policy, we continue our efforts to strengthen international peace and security and to advance pragmatic solutions to our shared global challenges.
- We remain deeply concerned about the Ukrainian crisis, which continues to take lives, erode global trust, and undermine international security.
- Such incidents endanger civilian navigation, disrupt international trade, and threaten the stability of global energy supplies.
- In response, together with Brazil, China, France, Jordan, South Africa, and the ICRC, Kazakhstan is advancing the global initiative to galvanize political commitment to international humanitarian law.
Republic of Korea · Lee Jae Myung · Day 1 · 12 sentences
- Last year, I proudly announced from this podium that the Republic of Korea, which will be a beacon of light for global citizens, has returned to the international community.
- The worldwide popularity of K-culture serves as an example, demonstrating that universal empathy is possible, showcasing the potential of global connection.
- First, The global AI universal basic society.
- The Republic of Korea will build the global AI hub platform to share this vision with the international community in collaboration with international organizations, multilateral development banks, the business sector, and academia.
Ethiopia · Taye Atske-Selassie Amde · Day 2 · 12 sentences
- 63 years ago, in 1963, Emperor Haile Selassie famously cautioned this global community by stating, "Lasting peace can be achieved only when nations recognize that their true strength lies not in the domination of others, but in cooperation anchored upon a genuine equality.
- Today, we call upon the community of nations to summon that same foundational courage to actively reinforce the very ideals that help prevent global conflict and the scourge of war.
- Mr. President, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for placing before us the defining imperatives of our era, namely artificial intelligence, the climate crisis, and deepening global inequalities.
- What the global community lack is not the means of implementation, but the moral courage to keep the promise we made eight decades ago.
Kenya · William Samoei Ruto · Day 2 · 11 sentences
- They were the foundations of a new global order.
- Distinguished delegates, last year, the world recorded 65 state-based armed conflicts, the highest number of documented incidences in eight digits of global conflict data.
- Global public debt reached a record $102 trillion in 2024.
- It is the infrastructure of opportunity, productivity, and national transformation that supports global advancement.
Azerbaijan · Jeyhun Aziz oglu Bayramov · Day 4 · 11 sentences
- Ladies and gentlemen, as global challenges become increasingly complex, no country can address them alone.
- Through inclusive multilateralism, all states, large or small, particularly developing countries, must have the opportunity to participate equally in global decision-making.
- Ladies and gentlemen, Restoring global trust begins first and foremost with respecting international law, sovereign equality, and peaceful coexistence.
- Mr. President, in the face of increasingly complex global challenges, our collective response must be inclusive, equitable, and universal.
Singapore · Vivian Balakrishnan · Day 5 · 11 sentences
- And one that may be unable to protect the global commons at precisely the moment that we need that protection.
- The bilateral and regional arrangements can complement global frameworks, but on their own, they cannot replace shared rules that apply universally.
- Lower trade costs in these decades have boosted global real GDP by an estimated 6.8% and, in the case of low-income countries, by around 33%.
- The objective remains the same, to preserve the benefits of cooperation, widen participation over time, and ultimately bring these arrangements into the multilateral global architecture.
India · Subrahmanyam Jaishankar · Day 5 · 11 sentences
- Mr. President, the predicament of the global South is particularly acute.
- The global South's right to industrialize is also undermined by non-market practices and market denial.
- That this could be state-sponsored with cross-border purpose makes it a direct affront to the global order.
- When health, nutrition, and education are effectively delivered, when drinking water, electricity, roads, and housing are ensured, This veritably lifts the global SDG outcomes.
Malaysia · Mohamad Haji Hasan · Day 5 · 11 sentences
- Dr. Khalilurrahman, you have Malaysia's full support as you lead this Assembly through a period of profound global uncertainty.
- There is still time to save the global order.
- Mr. President, it is fair to say that global trust in the United Nations' ability to deliver is at an all-time low.
- For centuries, Global power was concentrated in states.
Angola · João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço · Day 1 · 10 sentences
- I would like also to congratulate His Excellency Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who has been working tirelessly and devoted himself with persistent dedication to the great global causes, building bridges for dialogue in the search for peaceful solutions to the problems facing humanity today.
- We highlight his exemplary contribution as a man of dialogue an advocate of the United Nations Charter and international law, a tireless advocate of the need to protect the planet from harmful effects of climate change, and a champion of the global debate on global governance of artificial intelligence.
- In addition to terrorism which remains active in some countries, particularly in Africa, the situation of global peace and security has been worsening year after year bringing us to the present moment in which we note with deep concern that the world has taken a course that brings it alarmingly close to a global conflict.
- That event of great significance for the history of my country took place in a global context in which Angola became a victim of confrontation between world powers in the struggle for control of sphere of influence within the spirit of Cold War.
Japan · Takaichi Sanae · Day 1 · 10 sentences
- For global energy security, It is crucial to ensure free and transparent energy trade, engage in international coordination on strengthening oil stockpiling, and enhance collaboration between producing and consuming countries.
- Through this initiative, we will work to further strengthen the collaboration between the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan, and the Gulf countries to ensure a stable global energy supply.
- Ensuring free and safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz for all vessels without additional costs, as has been the case, is extremely important not only for the security of the Middle East, but also for the stability of the global economy as a whole.
- Since becoming a member state of the United Nations in 1956, Japan has acted decisively to address global challenges such as eradication of poverty, economic and social development, women's empowerment, climate change, and global health.
Eswatini · King Mswati III · Day 2 · 10 sentences
- Yet, at a time when conflicts persist, inequalities deepen, climate-related disasters intensify, and countless communities continue to struggle against poverty and insecurity, the international community must renew its commitment to global cooperation.
- It requires that promises already made be honored and that our institutions demonstrate the capacity and will have to respond to changing global realities.
- And yet, the continent remains a global strategic partner in the world stage.
- Mr. President, we are being deprived of the opportunity to contribute to global security issues.
Gambia (Republic of The) · Mohammed Jallow · Day 3 · 10 sentences
- I also wish to place on record the Gambia's appreciation for the Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres, and Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, whose steady and principled leadership through years of compounding global crises, have done much to keep the flame of multilateral cooperation alive, even as the winds against it have grown fiercer.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Bangladesh · Tarique Rahman · Day 3 · 10 sentences
- Wars and conflicts are placing immense pressure on the global economy.
- Energy security concerns, disruptions to global energy supply systems, and rising inflation are worsening the economic situation.
- We aspire to a peaceful world, a humane global community, where rather than weapons of destruction, reason and debate, diplomacy, education and humanity become the instruments of change.
- Bangladesh sees the United Nations as the centerpiece for establishing an accommodative global community based on mutual respect for one another's independence and sovereignty.
Seychelles · Mathew Antonio Patrick Herminie · Day 1 · 9 sentences
- Mr. President, the theme of this session strikes at the core of our contemporary global crisis.
- It is the conviction that principled democracy, diplomacy, mutual respect, and international law are the true foundations of global stability.
- The oceans are the lifeblood of global trade.
- Yet our global architecture is failing to reinforce these principles.
Namibia · Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah · Day 2 · 9 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.
- Namibia reaffirms the Sevilla commitment as an important step towards reforming the international financial architecture and strengthening the global partnership for sustainable development.
- Yet, Namibia contributes less than 0.01% of the global greenhouse gas emission, and it bears disproportionate share of the impact of climate change like other developing countries.
- In the spirit of climate justice, we call for a greater responsibility by those who have contributed the most to the global greenhouse gas emission, including through increased support for countries that are most vulnerable to climate impact.
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Judith Suminwa Tuluka · Day 2 · 9 sentences
- The DRC supports the UN global dialogue on AI governance, as well as the creation of a global capacity building fund.
- This need for inclusion ought first and foremost to be reflected in global governance.
- Mr. President, It is another paradox that my country's experience is showing the world that some of its resources that fuel conflicts on its territory are also those that a growing proportion of a transformation of the global economy depend upon.
- The governance of strategic resources ought to be an issue of peace, development, and global security from now on.
Barbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 9 sentences
- And despite unprecedented global wealth, millions remain without reliable access to food, water, health, or shelter.
- It is our repeated failure to convert what we know into what we do, to turn principle into practice and global capacity into solidarity.
- Barbadian novelist and essayist George Laming once described the Caribbean as perhaps the first global experiment in human history.
- Against all the odds, the Caribbean produced what Lamming called a new kind of global family.
Nepal · Balendra Shah · Day 3 · 9 sentences
- Nepal contributes less than 0.1% of global greenhouse gas emission.
- Remarkable for at least developed country, Nepal is already paying a global role exceeding its ecological share.
- But Nepal cannot build resilience alone against the crisis made worse by the failure of global governance.
- The Loss and Damage Fund, the Global Environment Facility, and other financing mechanisms remain grossly inadequate.
Philippines · Ma. Theresa Lazaro · Day 5 · 9 sentences
- Geopolitical competition strains our multilateral institutions, and global trust is fading precisely when we need it most.
- The war in Ukraine compounds a global food crisis and economic shocks unseen since the Second World War.
- Look at Nepal, bearing the heavy cost of rising temperatures, despite contributing less than 0.1% of global emissions.
- Harnessed responsibly, Frontier technologies and AI can accelerate sustainable development, optimize resources, and bridge deep global divides.
Secretary-General of the United Nations · António Guterres · Day 1 · 8 sentences
- A networked multipolar world can create the conditions for more balanced and representative global problem solving.
- And in Myanmar, another crisis at risk of slipping from global attention, with escalating violence, mass displacement, and expanding transnational crime.
- Yet in my first address to the opening of the General Assembly, I warned, and I quote, "Artificial intelligence is a game changer that can boost development and transform lives in spectacular fashion, but it may also have a dramatic impact on labor markets and indeed on global security and the very fabric of societies."
- But because this affects us all, global coordination is indispensable.
Lithuania · Gitanas Nausėda · Day 1 · 8 sentences
- Your Excellency, Madam President, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, 35 years ago, Lithuania returned to its rightful place in the global community of sovereign states.
- By joining the United Nations, we reaffirmed our strong commitment to the global order based on international law, territorial integrity, state sovereignty, and human dignity.
- Recent years have brought us numerous high-intensity and far-reaching conflicts that dominate the global affairs on a scale not seen in decades.
- For it is only Ukraine's final victory, safeguarding its sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, that could ensure the global peace, security, and credibility of the United Nations Charter.
Poland · Karol Nawrocki · Day 2 · 8 sentences
- Russia is carrying out actions aimed at undermining the foundations of international stability, striking at global food security through attacks on ports and ships transporting grain, as well as by deliberately provoking crises that affect millions of people outside of Europe.
- Poland also fulfills its commitments to global security through its participation in UN peacekeeping operations as well.
- This approach is reflected both in our own regional policy and in our global engagement.
- It is in this spirit that we view our role in the global economy and our engagement in international initiatives.
Somalia · Hassan Sheikh Mohamud · Day 3 · 8 sentences
- According to the United Nations, over 40% of the global population are vulnerable to the destructive effects of the climate change.
- For millions of vulnerable people, global development can sometimes appear to be moving from one framework to another framework.
- This should concern all of us, not because the United Nations is not important, but precisely because it is indispensable and appears absent from the global solutions for peace and stability in this dangerous and unpredictable time.
- Somalia works to uphold the principles of the United Nations Charter and Constitutive Act of the African Union, strengthening cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union, prevent conflict, and support peaceful Africa-led solution with global benefits.
Liberia · Joseph Nyuma Boakai · Day 3 · 8 sentences
- Trust in multilateralism is broken and needs to be restored, not because the principles of the Charter are no longer relevant, but because we have applied them inconsistently and selectively during global fragmentation.
- No nation can police global criminal network alone.
- Liberia contributes virtually nothing to global emission, yet our communities face coastal erosion, flooding, and disrupted agricultural cycles.
- My country also harbors 42% of the remaining Upper Guinea rainforest, a vital global carbon sink that we maintain on behalf of all humanity.
South Africa · Ronald Ozzy Lamola · Day 3 · 8 sentences
- At the same time, Mr. President, with this being the valedictory UN General Assembly session for the Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, permit me to salute him for his numerous accomplishment at a time of his unprecedented global challenges.
- Today, the top 10% own roughly 75% of global wealth, while the bottom 50% own only 2%.
- Africa and much of the global south need multilateral actions to free resources absorbed by debt services and redirect them towards development.
- Global action on disaster resilience and predictable financing for a just energy transition is essential if international cooperation is to deliver for all.
Tuvalu · Feleti Teo · Day 4 · 8 sentences
- Mr. President, Less than 24 hours ago, Member States endorsed in this very building the landmark United Nations political declaration on sea level rise, a monumental and gratifying achievement for Tuvalu, because Tuvalu was at the forefront of global efforts demanding such a declaration.
- Tuvalu acknowledges the efforts of the international community to address the climate crisis, but the pace and scale of global actions remain insufficient.
- Although the science may be clear that methane mitigation is the only scalable near-term solution capable of rapidly slowing global temperature rise and buying time for long-term CO2 decarbonization strategies to take effect, Tuvalu will insist that CO2 mitigation must also remain a top priority, and that both methane mitigation and CO2 mitigation should be vigorously pursued simultaneously.
- Therefore, The Dasiriki call for a fossil fuel free Pacific and the Funafuti call for climate justice and climate actions are critical Pacific-led instruments championing Pacific regional survival and global climate actions.
Russian Federation · Sergey Lavrov · Day 5 · 8 sentences
- Mr. President, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, over the last few days, Over the last week, from the rostrum and in the corridors of the General Assembly, the following idea was heard many times: There are tectonic shifts underway in global politics.
- The countries of the global South and East are asserting themselves as sovereign centers of development.
- It is the bedrock of cooperation at the CIS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the BRICS, and in other global majority fora.
- Repeated armed confrontations in the Persian Gulf and the Hormuz Strait are ongoing, despite the fact that this is dealing a blow to global navigation and trade.
Belarus · Maxim Ryzhenkov · Day 5 · 8 sentences
- Global supply chains are being disrupted, the energy crisis is entwined with the food crisis, and all of this hits the most vulnerable segments of the population the hardest.
- Now let's add to that unfair global trade, where the rules are written to serve the interests of transnational corporations, and also illegal unilateral sanctions that are suffocating entire nations.
- They have an unbridled desire to preserve their slipping hegemony and they are attempting to undermine global stability and the maintenance of peace.
- Yes, it will have to make room on the global bench of international relations, and do so in a meaningful way.
Zambia · Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe · Day 5 · 8 sentences
- Trust means the global system must not protect the interests of the powerful at the expense of the vulnerable.
- Geopolitical competition is altering global trade and investment patterns.
- Zambia is ready to contribute to global climate solutions But those that have contributed least to climate change must not bear a disproportionate share of its costs.
- Mr. President, Africa's youthful population is one of our greatest assets and represents an enormous opportunity for global prosperity for global prosperity.
Sri Lanka · Vijitha Herath · Day 6 · 8 sentences
- Together, These developments have contributed to a growing perception that global institutions are distant from the people they are meant to resolve.
- While we work with our global partners to consolidate this hard-won stability, we remain conscious of the critical need to address the hardships faced by vulnerable communities.
- Sadly, its harshest consequences continue to be borne by countries that have contributed least to global emissions.
- Mr. President, The global security environment has deteriorated significantly in recent years.
Burundi · Évariste Ndayishimiye · Day 2 · 7 sentences
- His good offices, exercised with wisdom, humility, and determination, have helped bridge the widest divergences of opinion and provided invaluable support to nations, particularly those in the Global South, in their quest for stability and prosperity.
- We must strengthen multilateralism, reform global governance, and place human dignity at the heart of our collective action.
- Africa, with its 55 states and more than 1,400,000,000 inhabitants, cannot remain on the margins of the bodies that shape the rules of global trade.
- It is now up to global trade governance to draw on this.
Estonia · Alar Karis · Day 2 · 7 sentences
- Or do we start facing these challenges with a sense of common responsibility and genuinely try to reform the UN and start to use the only global framework we have in a responsible and sensible way?
- For example, by increasingly targeting Ukraine's Black Sea ports, commercial shipping, grain infrastructure, and alternative export routes, Russia is putting global food security at grave risk.
- Most of you have done so already, be it the global south or north, you have my appreciation.
- 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.
Panama · José Raúl Mulino Quintero · Day 2 · 7 sentences
- Distinguished delegates, Panama is a global leader in the conservation of biodiversity and the cultural legacy as a basis for our sustainable development.
- And this is a crisis that is leading to global repercussions.
- The election of the next Secretary-General will be of paramount importance to determine the next agenda, to ensure robust, lasting trust, of course, in the understanding of the new global balance, if you can call it that.
- Panama hosts the world, and we would like to invite all free nations who wish to see prosperity for their peoples and who wish to be more global in trade, but also more autonomous in decisions on their own traditions, to work together.
European Union · António Costa · Day 3 · 7 sentences
- The artificial intelligence industry cannot be regulated by a few major global companies.
- And the United Nations must play a central role in setting global standards through the United Nations Global Digital Compact, the Independent International Scientific Panel, and the Global Dialogue on AI Governance.
- Because the best argument for multilateralism is what it delivers on peace and security with the Treaty of Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, on climate action with the Paris Agreement, on poverty and health with the global response to COVID-19.
- They have repercussions on food security, energy markets, immigration, development and global stability.
Lesotho · Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- Her dedicated leadership, skill, and tenacity of purpose in strengthening multilateral cooperation during a period of profound global uncertainty gave us hope that the future of this organization can be secured when all nations work together for the common goal of leaving no one behind.
- Mr. President, the theme for this session, Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation, a United Nations that Delivers for All, resonates deeply with Lesotho's aspirations for a more inclusive, transparent, and result-oriented multilateral system, capable of advancing respect, for international law, maintaining global peace and security, accelerating sustainable development, protecting human rights, driving climate action, and implementing long overdue institutional reforms.
- Despite contributing minimally to global greenhouse gas emissions, least developed countries like Lesotho bear a heavy brunt of climate impact.
- Global warming and rising sea levels pose terrible threats, particularly to small island developing states.
Saint Lucia · Philip J. Pierre · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- Our people contribute little to these global emissions, Yet these events constantly set back our people's development and and livelihoods and demand that we find the resources to reverse the damage.
- Saint Lucia advocates for comprehensive reform of the Security Council to enhance its legitimacy and effectiveness in addressing global challenges, thereby restoring trust and a more inclusive multilateral system.
- This resolution and the subsequent establishment of the High-Level Global Advisory Council on Reparatory Justice is a very significant step in the search for reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and the enslavement of Africans in the Americas and the Caribbean.
- Saint Lucia therefore calls for strong global standards on data protection, privacy and artificial intelligence, equitable access to digital infrastructure, cybersecurity and affordable connectivity.
Tonga · Lord Fakafanua · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- If the United Nations is to remain the principal vehicle through which sovereign nations confront global challenges.
- We call on global processes to recognize the ocean climate nexus and address these interconnected challenges together.
- That may be a modest sum in global terms, but for Pacific nations, it is a heavy toll on our countries and our people.
- For us, decarbonizing also means greater energy security and protection from global fuel price shocks.
Samoa · Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- Across many societies, People are increasingly asking whether global institutions are delivering on the promises made to them.
- We, Samoa, reaffirms its unwavering commitment to the United Nations As the premier forum to address global crisis, we also caution against premature decision taken without the full consideration and endorsement by member states.
- Excellencies, climate change remains the single greatest threat to Samoa and the global community.
- As the ICJ advisory opinion puts it, climate change is not merely an environmental concern, but an existential problem of planetary proportion that require urgent global action.
Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Thongsavanh Phomvihane · Day 5 · 7 sentences
- The ongoing conflicts in the Middle East demonstrate how rapidly confrontation can destabilize global stability.
- Although the Lao PDR has contributed only a small share of global greenhouse gas emissions, our people are increasingly affected by floods, droughts, and extreme weather conditions.
- The implementation of the Pact of the Future and the Global Digital Compact must focus on narrowing the digital divide.
- Fifth, enhancing regional and global economic integration and connectivity.
Germany · Johann Wadephul · Day 5 · 7 sentences
- And ultimately, It can influence decisions that determine global peace and security.
- Only two major countries are home to the companies holding the vast majority of all global AI patents.
- And wherever power becomes global, responsibility must become global too.
- Instead, global trade relations need to be diversified and deepened and the framework of a fair trading order.
Jamaica · Kamina Johnson Smith · Day 5 · 7 sentences
- And to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, I convey Jamaica's profound appreciation for your steadfast leadership through a decade of extraordinary global uncertainty.
- Mr. President, for Jamaica, the consequences of global challenges are not theoretical.
- We must therefore not allow AI to deepen old inequalities and create an entirely new global divide.
- The Pact for the Future, the Global Digital Compact, and the Abbas provide important foundations.
New Zealand · Victoria Louise Hallum · Day 6 · 7 sentences
- In the face of rising volatility, we need the UN's stabilising influence and global solutions more than ever.
- Parties to conflicts must engage with you constructively and in good faith, while global and regional partners with influence must provide the necessary incentive for the parties to do so.
- Too frequently has the veto or the threat of the veto been abused to block the Council from fulfilling its responsibilities, to the frustration and sometimes despair of the global community.
- We ask the next Secretary-General to work with us to preserve the integrity of the global disarmament framework, particularly on weapons of mass destruction.
Vanuatu · Odo Tevi · Day 6 · 7 sentences
- A change in global interest rates can increase the cost of borrowing.
- And global economic uncertainty can affect tourism, investment, employment and government revenue.
- Yet, some of these global issues have already escalated to a level where ensuring sustainability for future generations has become a critical concern, highlighting the urgent need for improved management of our ocean resources.
- Global trade is changing.
Kyrgyzstan · Sadyr Zhaparov · Day 1 · 6 sentences
- For 80 years, this unique global organization has been standing at the forefront of safeguarding peace, security, and development.
- This achievement is clear evidence that even small states can make a meaningful contribution to addressing global challenges.
- Dear friends, as you know, climate change has become a global challenge.
- In this regard, 21st 23rd October 2027, Bishkek will host the second Global Mountain Summit, Bishkek+25.
Botswana · Duma Gideon Boko · Day 2 · 6 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.
- 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.
- Botswana calls upon this Assembly and the international financial institutions to pursue reform of global financial governance.
- Through determined national leadership, bold public investment, and sustainable global partnership, Botswana built one of the world's most comprehensive HIV/AIDS treatment programs.
Thailand · Anutin Charnvirakul · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- We must give countries a genuine stake in the international system, including a stronger voice for the global South.
- 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.
- Asia must be able to help shape global decisions and carry more responsibility for the outcomes.
- Mr. President, having a stronger voice in global institutions means countries working together on the problems closest to them.
Australia · Anthony Albanese · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- Having known the untold sorrow of two devastating global conflicts in their lifetimes, they vowed to work together to prevent another.
- Those parents channelled their personal grief into a powerful call for global action, and the world has answered.
- and has had a devastating impact on the global economy.
- Colleagues, Australia's approach to diplomacy is both local and global.
Iraq · Ali Falih Al-Zaidi · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- We aim to build a strong state and a diversified and modern economy that keeps pace with global technological and digital transformations.
- On this basis, we have developed the appropriate roadmap to support the private sector, provide the necessary legal, tax, and customs facilities and guarantees for the growth of business and foreign trade, and build effective partnerships with the global market to accelerate achieving sustainable development.
- In the field of global energy, Iraq's influence is prominent as our government is adopting an ambitious program to increase the production of crude oil, in a manner consistent with the size of our proven reserves.
- Our ambition is for Iraq to be a global hub for energy production, and to leverage its potential to promote regional and international security and stability in a sustainable manner.
Pakistan · Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- I also convey Pakistan's sincere appreciation to UN Secretary General, Mr. Antonio Guterres, for his dynamic leadership and his strong advocacy for the UN and the global south, particularly for the downtrodden and the poor.
- The unanimous adoption of Resolution 2788 on strengthening mechanisms for peaceful settlement of disputes under Pakistan's UN Security Council presidency demonstrated our unwavering commitment to global peace.
- The Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab are arteries of the global economy.
- Here I pay tribute to the visionary leadership of President Xi Jinping for spearheading the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative and the Global Governance Initiative.
Egypt · Moustafa Kamal Madbouly · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- It is no coincidence that the countries of the global south, which comprise the overwhelming majority of the world's population, are among those most harmed by the decline of the rule of international law, the weakening role of international organizations, and the fragility of global governance and international cooperation frameworks.
- The imbalance in political representation is matched by another imbalance in the global economy.
- Investing in development is an investment in global stability and in the ability of states to prevent crises before they become cross-border humanitarian and security crises.
- Therefore, Managing this transformation requires the establishment of governance frameworks for artificial intelligence and emerging technologies on the basis that technology is a global public benefit and not an exclusive privilege enjoyed by a limited number of states or corporations.
Mauritius · Dhananjay Ramful · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- The same exclusion afflicts the international financial architecture, which remains skewed against the Global South.
- commensurate with its constructive role in global affairs.
- We look forward to this crucial global issue being addressed by the international community as a matter of urgency.
- We support the General Assembly resolution establishing the global dialogue on AI governance and welcome the work being done by the independent international scientific panel on AI.
Finland · Alexander Stubb · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- It means building ad hoc coalitions when global cooperation is unattainable.
- We in the West must acknowledge that the global South and East are an expanding economic and political force.
- We should put this collective expertise to work for the global common good.
- Multilateralism is also needed in the global economy.
Sierra Leone · Julius Maada Bio · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- I also commend her excellency Amina J. Mohammed, the Deputy Secretary General for her exemplary service and distinguished representation of Africa on the global stage.
- In 2025, global military expenditure reached about $2.9 trillion, the 11th consecutive annual increase.
- No doable global solution on peace, Climate, food, energy, or technology can be built without African leadership.
- Critical minerals are indispensable to the global energy transition.
Viet Nam · To Lam · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- At the same time, the global economy is becoming increasingly fragmented amid mounting barriers to trade, investment, and technology.
- global progress, must uphold the spirit of humanity in relations among nations, safeguard their legitimate interests, and respect differences in history, culture, and development conditions.
- Vietnam's hosting of the signing ceremony for the UN Convention against cyber crime in Hanoi last year reflects our desire to make substantive contributions to global digital cooperation.
- The strength of the UN does not lie in its ability to replace the responsibilities of state, but in its legitimacy and capacity to build consensus, establish norms, develop rules, and mobilize global efforts to address common challenges.
Trinidad and Tobago · Kamla Persad-Bissessar · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- And looking forward to restoring trust in the UN, we must understand we depend largely on the organization's ability to respond effectively to the needs of the entire global community.
- And then we had talked about artificial intelligence and global security.
- On the priority area of superintelligence and global security, Shrinanta Bager will encourage a greater consideration of the implications of SI and emerging technologies for international peace and security, including cyber attacks, disinformation and deepfakes, autonomous weapons, criminal misuse of AI, and threats to critical infrastructure.
- Whether in technology and SI, super intelligence, a global economy, or energy development countries must have the opportunity and the capacity to help in shaping those changes.
Czechia · Petr Pavel · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- After the Second World War, a robust multilateral system based on rules and global cooperation was built, spanning security, human rights, and economic development.
- For decades, shifts in global power unfolded within this largely predictable framework.
- Russia's war has undermined global food security, disrupting agricultural production, exports, and supply chains.
- We need concerted global action, both to limit further damage and to adapt to changes that are already affecting our lives and will shape the lives of future generations.
Bulgaria · Iliana Iotova · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- This means a global order of rules by and for all, for countries small and large, without double standards.
- But it is not only our national security that is at stake, it is global security.
- Indeed, the problem of the Black Sea has gone from regional to global in scale, with negative regional consequences.
- In the context of the developments in Iran, the security of global maritime routes, especially the route that passes through the Strait of Hormuz, have highlighted the global dimensions of this issue.
Uganda · Jessica Rose Epel Alupo · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- As we convene here today, we must confront the reality of living in very uncertain times, shadowed by the persistent threat of global conflict.
- 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.
- We believe the United Nations must remain agile and adaptive to evolving global realities.
- An inclusive international tax system is critical for strengthening global cooperation, curbing illicit financial flows, and addressing profit shifting by multinational corporations.
Malta · Robert Abela · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- Malta's voice remains unwaveringly with the global calls for safe, sustained, and unhindered humanitarian access throughout Gaza in accordance with international law.
- So, Malta, my country, wholeheartedly supports the implementation of the Global Digital Compact and wider UN efforts to strengthen international digital cooperation.
- And that applies equally to fighting the new threats from the new frontline in global conflict and disruption.
- If we are to have any hope of renewing the trust of the citizens we serve in global institutions and the global order, we have to show that those institutions, this institution, can indeed deliver.
Solomon Islands · Matthew Cooper Wale · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- Protracted armed conflicts, an energy crisis, and disruptions to global trade have been compounded by destabilization orchestrated by those who pursue their own selfish ambitions.
- And yet, global action continues to fall short of what the science demands.
- The pre-COP31 meeting to be hosted in the Pacific by Australia in partnership with Fiji and Tuvalu will bring the reality of climate change directly into the heart of the global process.
- We welcome global progress in advancing the rights and full participation of women and persons with disabilities in the economy, and Solomon Islands is committed to accelerating that progress at home.
Papua New Guinea · James Marape · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- He has demonstrated the qualities of a global statement.
- If there is anyone befitting of a Nobel Peace Award and label a global statement, His Excellency Guterres is perhaps the leading person at this time.
- We depend upon the same global climate.
- development, energy, forest, oceans, minerals, and global economy.
Micronesia (Federated States of) · Aren Palik · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- A just and orderly transition away from fossil fuel is now inseparable from the wider geopolitical and economic realities shaping global energy markets.
- Micronesia also aligns itself with the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration and welcomes its comprehensive framework for promoting humane, orderly, and well-managed international migration.
- Micronesia calls on the international community to match local action with global responsibility through sustained funding, meaningful technology transfer, stricter upstream control on plastic production, and an end to waste exporting.
- This ensures that the most affected by global decisions are finally present at the table.
Tajikistan · Sirojiddin Muhriddin · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- For Tajikistan, this challenges both global and deeply national.
- From the Global Water Action Decades to the Dushanbe Water Process, from the 2023 United Nations Water Conference to the Global Agenda on Glaciers Preservation.
- This gives us an opportunity to assess what we have achieved, confront what remains unfinished, and decide how global water cooperation should move forward.
- The conclusion of the Water Action Decade should mark the beginning of the next chapter of global water action.
Canada · Anita Anand · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- The tide has turned in the global order as well.
- Great powers are walking away from global economic cooperation, dismantling economic integration.
- We are facing serious challenges in the global order.
- We believe that these coalitions are the most flexible, effective, and immediate way to address emerging global challenges.
Indonesia · Sugiono · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- We have lived through financial crisis, a global pandemic, climate disasters, geopolitical rivalries and conflicts around the world.
- A food secure Indonesia can contribute more to regional and global food security.
- A more energy resilient Indonesia can contribute more to the global energy transition.
- We must start by strengthening our collective capacity to withstand crisis, responding effectively to global crisis and humanitarian situations, and sustaining peace development and cooperation.
Congo · Constant Serge Bounda · Day 6 · 5 sentences
- We believe that Africa, a continent at the center of many UN challenges and global geopolitical issues, must remain at the heart of the future Secretary-General's agenda.
- 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.
- This exceptional ecosystem contains immense biodiversity and plays a crucial role in regulating the global climate.
- We therefore call for fair and predictable compensation for ecosystems and carbon services, for innovative sustainable financing mechanism, increased capitalization of the Blue Fund, and for the recognition of the Congo Basin as a global priority and with the strengthening of international cooperation aimed at preserving it.
Grenada · Ingrid Jackson · Day 6 · 5 sentences
- We must renew our global systems, strengthen our multilateral partnerships, and summon the collective will necessary to build a world worthy of the next generation.
- recognizing the experience and leadership she brings to this important moment for global multilateralism.
- Mister President, We meet at a time of significant global transformation.
- Their creativity, energy, and ideas are among our greatest national and global assets.
Brazil · Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- Geopolitical tensions threaten to transform regional conflicts into a conflagration of global proportions.
- Brazil is a global reference in green energy.
- It's not about recolonizing the global South.
- Initiatives such as the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, Launched by Brazil and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Inequality, launched by South Africa's team from this political will, Brazil is in a hurry to become a developed and socially fair nation.
United States of America · Donald Trump · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- Last year, my administration was forced to intervene to stop an obscure U.N. body, the International Maritime Organization, from secretly establishing a first-ever global carbon tax -- a very expensive tax -- to raise international shipping costs by 10 to 20 percent, and maybe more than that.
- There is no global government.
- And while I'm President, there will be no global taxes.
- Yet the very same people who said we'll all be dead in 12 years because of global warming, and they've since reborn to climate change because the planet was cooling, not warming, and nobody was dead.
Türkiye · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- As Turkey, whenever we have acted upon this principle, as in the case of the Black Sea Grain Corridor, we have achieved results and we have contributed to both regional and to global security.
- And this initiative has now evolved into a global campaign to raise awareness.
- As Turkey, we are ready to make every possible contribution, both to preventing waste and to ensuring global food security.
- Global gender neutralization policies have also turned into a siege targeting innocent children and targeting the institution of family.
France · Emmanuel Macron · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- That is why it's important that the global health infrastructure must remain intact.
- Countries are allocating funds, and yet the needs of the countries of the global south are growing as well.
- Moving on, global trade needs to be more effective and more equitable.
- No, no. Starting in 2008 at the G7 with our Canadian friends, we launched the Global Partnership for Artificial Intelligence under the auspices of the OECD to kickstart discussions on the need for regulation.
Dominica · Sylvanie Burton · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- They are interconnected, global in scale, and beyond the capacity of any one nation to address alone.
- When a hurricane destroys our infrastructure, when international energy prices rise, when access to capital becomes more expensive, when global markets change, or when climate finance remains beyond our reach, the consequences are felt immediately in our homes, in our businesses, in our schools and hospitals, and in the very lives of our people.
- It is about whether the global financial system is capable of recognizing a different development model.
- Young people want to inherit a country that is not merely protected from disasters, but one in which they can build businesses, work in new industries, participate in the global economy, and build meaningful lives at home.
United Republic of Tanzania · Deogratius Ndejembi · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- 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.
- Excellencies, global solidarity must be concurrent with respect of each other's sovereignty.
- Mr. President, global peace and security are vital for sustainable socioeconomic development.
Serbia · Aleksandar Vučić · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- Today we are witnessing the emergence of a new order increasingly structured around two principal centers of power alongside a growing number of strong regional actors with considerable political, economic, military, and technological capabilities seeking to shape their own environments and influence broader global developments on their own terms.
- The boundary between peace and conflict is becoming ever less distinct, while the consequences of confrontation among global and regional powers increasingly affect even those countries that are not directly involved.
- And I want to warn all of you, all of you here who belong to the global south, pay the utmost attention while signing all the agreements with great powers.
- During our leadership cycle in the Global Partnership of Artificial Intelligence, which Serbia chaired in 2025, one of our priorities was to ensure that technological progress remained connected with security, human rights, the rule of law, accountability, and bridging the digital divide.
Mozambique · Daniel Francisco Chapo · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- It is in this period that Mozambique would like to commend the leadership of the Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, whose tenure coincided with a period marked with enormous global challenges and in which the limits of multilateralism were put to test.
- The value enshrined in the United Nations Charter elevate this organization to be the epicenter for global multilateralism.
- Reforms must also correct imbalances in representation of global governance.
- The contribution that Mozambique wishes to make to the debate on this Assembly has the objective of restoring trust through peace, manage transformation through inclusion, and produce results through a coherent actions at the national, regional, and global levels.
Andorra · Xavier Espot Zamora · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- The effects of global warming, are being felt across many of the world's regions, from coastal areas and river deltas to the most vulnerable territories, which are increasingly exposed to extreme weather events.
- This year, Andorra has had the honor of hosting the global meeting of the Mountain Partnership, culminating in the adoption of the Andorra Declaration, which highlights the importance of improving connectivity in mountain areas, narrowing the digital divide, and strengthening resilience to natural hazards.
- They are fresh water reserves on which hundreds of millions of people depend, havens of exceptional biodiversity, and a privileged indicator of the effects of global warming.
- That is why we advocate for global digital governance that fully incorporates respect for multilingualism, cultural diversity, and equal access to knowledge.
Zimbabwe · Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- in the global institutions.
- Unelectoral coercive measures as a manipulative foreign policy tool are outdated in a global era which should be anchored on solidarity, mutually beneficial partnerships, and shared prosperity.
- 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.
- At this juncture of global development, the success of reforms should be reflected by conflicts prevented, development advanced, assistance delivered, and communities strengthened.
Fiji · Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- For small island developing states, distance no longer insulates us from the global shocks.
- The multi-country offices serving our region are essential bridges between global commitments and island realities.
- A country such as Fiji of under a million people cannot interdict a global supply chain alone.
- And that the Global Fund and UNH be resourced at a level that does not force triage between regions.
Côte d’Ivoire · Tiémoko Meyliet Koné · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- It calls on us specifically to restore trust in our collective capacity to respond effectively to global challenges and to support the current changes and reforms of the United Nations architecture so that our organization is once again able to deliver concrete solutions to the concerns of all peoples.
- Cote d'Ivoire therefore calls for an ambitious reform of the international financial architecture and a renewed global partnership.
- Africa contributes the least to global greenhouse gas emissions, yet remains among the regions most hit the hardest by their consequences.
- In this regard, Cote d'Ivoire supports the efforts of the United Nations to promote the global governance of artificial intelligence that fosters innovation while protecting human dignity, international security, and sustainable development in a spirit of inclusion, ethics, and equitable sharing of the benefits of technological progress.
Georgia · Irakli Kobakhidzhe · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- In light of the growing number of global challenges, coordinated responses to common obstacles, conflict prevention, and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are possible only through strengthened international cooperation and their shared commitment to collective action.
- Our strategic location and direct access to the Black Sea facilitate trade and investment, linking landlocked countries in our wider region to global supply chains.
- Despite the global uncertainty, Georgia's FDI to GDP ratio is one of the highest among peer countries and averaged over 6% of GDP in 2021-2025, highlighting the confidence of investors in the country's growth potential.
- At a time of growing global uncertainty, the United Nations remains indispensable as a forum for dialogue and collective action.
Monaco · Christophe Mirmand · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- Shared because no state, regardless of how powerful it is, can preserve peace alone or address global threats alone.
- Here again, only negotiations can lead to a global agreement on the Iranian nuclear program and will prevent further escalation.
- The Global Dialogue on AI Governance, which was held this year in Geneva, confirmed this.
- Monaco supports the implementation of the Global Digital Compact and a new normative framework on AI.
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Geoffrey Hanley · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- And in 2025, global average temperature remained about 1.43 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial baseline, while global mean sea level stood approximately 11 centimeters higher than in 1993.
- With the global AI market projected to reach US $4.8 trillion by 2033, developing countries cannot simply consume technologies designed and governed elsewhere.
- St. Kitts and Nevis welcomes the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence and the Global Dialogue on AI Governance.
- Her candidature as an indigenous woman from a small developing state also reaffirms that global leadership must be defined not by the size of a nation, but by the vision, integrity, and capacity of those called to serve.
Bahrain · Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- Such actions would set an extremely dangerous precedent because what is accepted today in one strait may be demanded tomorrow in every international waterway upon which global trade depends.
- In this session, we heard from 53 affected states, the maritime transport sector and relevant international bodies And we heard a conclusion expressed by all delegations, that is, freedom of passage through international straits is a prerequisite for global economic prosperity.
- The Kingdom is proud to participate in the alliance as a founding member in support of efforts to safeguard international trade routes and global energy supplies in accordance with international law.
- The King Hamad Global Center for Coexistence and Tolerance was later established, and the King Hamad Award for Coexistence and Tolerance was launched.
Cabo Verde · Francisco Avelino Vieira de Carvalho · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- The 2030 agenda, the African Union's Agenda 2063, and the Pact for the Future point us in one clear direction, sustainable development centered on the people capable of transforming global commitments into concrete changes in the lives of populations.
- In September 2024, Cabo Verde launched a call for a global compact for climate mobility.
- And in June, in Berlin, 57 countries endorsed the global consensus on the principles to address climate mobility.
- We will take on this responsibility by working for the unity of small island states, the implementation of the Antigua and Barbuda agenda for fairer financing, for climate adaptation, and for ensuring that the oceans remain at the heart of the global agenda.
Tunisia · Mohamed Ali Nafti · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- Mr. Guterres faced with courage and dedication unprecedented global crises.
- Tunisia also reaffirms its commitment to freedom of navigation and maritime security in accordance with the principles and provisions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and customary international law, while preserving global energy security, international supply chains, and the economic rights of states.
- Rather, it means ensuring that everyone benefits from the UN system while directing greater support and attention to those in greatest need and to the peoples and countries facing war, poverty, marginalization, and the effects of global crisis.
- provided that it is accompanied by comprehensive and equitable global governance that ensure that responsible use and prevents the widening of the digital divide between North and South through capacity building, technology transfer, and adequate financing.
Djibouti · Abdoulkader Houssein Omar · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- Preserving freedom of navigation in the Red Sea, and more particularly through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, is a major geopolitical and economic issue for regional and global stability.
- Djibouti, like many developing countries, makes only a marginal contribution to global emissions, yet remains particularly exposed to the consequences of climate disruption.
- It should be recognized as an actor that is capable of innovating, proposing solutions, and contributing to the transformation of the global economy.
- We wish him every success and we sincerely thank him for his invaluable contribution to global peace and justice.
Gabon · Marie-Édith Tassyla-Ye-Doumbeneny · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- Mr. President, restoring trust depends above all on concrete action that enables us to address together global challenges relating to peace and security, climate change, sustainable development and pandemics.
- Gabon, a country with extensive forest cover and a low deforestation rate, as well as being a major carbon sink, therefore calls for greater recognition of its contribution to global climate regulation and the ecosystem services that it provides to humanity.
- For Gabon, there can be no legitimate global governance without equitable African participation in decisions concerning international peace and security.
- Mr. President, I wish to conclude by saying that Gabon, faithful to its regional and international commitments and confident in a more peaceful future for all, founded on trust, intends to contribute to building a new global order that is more peaceful, more just, more equitable, and more united.
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea · Kim Son Gyong · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- During the last five years, the existence and development of humankind was severely constrained by the global pandemic, abnormal weather conditions, geopolitical confrontation, and the interlinking economic crisis.
- Its ambition runs counter to its obligations as a defeated nation, they are in shameless disregard of the UN Charter, and pose a grave challenge to global peace.
- The global military and political context is worsening day by day, and the unlimited abuse of power has become commonplace.
- The DPRK will always be with anti-imperialist, independent countries aspiring after the building of a just and peaceful world, and is committed to undertaking the historic mission of leading the movement for global independence under the uplifted banner of independence.
President of the General Assembly (opening) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- It is a growing threat to regional and global peace, and it is on the rise.
- That demands prudent and reliable guardrails based on scientific evidence to safeguard the global public interest while allowing innovation to go forward.
- Finally, I should like to draw the attention of members that during the general debate, official photographs of all the speakers are taken by the United Nations Department of Global Communications.
Qatar · Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- It has also become possible for the lifelines of the global economy to be turned into tools of pressure and bargaining, with people on every continent bearing the cost, despite being far removed from the causes of the conflict.
- When the extent of global public revulsion at the practices of the Israeli occupation becomes evident, Instead of looking in the mirror, they resort to hurling accusations indiscriminately in all directions, at times invoking accusations of anti-Semitism and at others resorting to conspiracy theories and accusing other powers and states of being responsible for creating their negative image.
- In this spirit, Doha is preparing to host the fourth Global Disability Summit in 2028, reaffirming our commitment to empowering persons with disabilities and building inclusive societies.
Bosnia and Herzegovina · Denis Bećirović · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- The greatest global crises are directly interconnected and have the same root, the erosion of international law.
- In this context, I believe it is of utmost importance to reaffirm the importance of the UN Charter, revitalize the role of the UN as the global center for coordination and cooperation, support the reform process and strengthen the credibility of the United Nations, consistently implement the Sustainable Development Goals, build mutual trust, inclusiveness, and a democratic vision of leadership, and strengthen preventive diplomacy at a time of numerous tensions and conflicts.
- Among other things, I would like to remind that Bosnia and Herzegovina is aware of climate change and committed to contributing to global efforts, committed to the transition towards renewable energy sources and the reduction of harmful gas emissions, and determined to combat all forms of terrorism.
Belgium · Maxime Prévot · Day 1 · 3 sentences
Argentina · Javier Gerardo Milei · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- We also reiterate our invitation to proceed without delay to an exchange of views with a view to resolving the issue concerning the aforementioned dispute over the exploitation of our natural resources And I want to say something more to the global energy sector.
- where some allege a public health policy error, we see a global experiment in social control disguised as science.
- If, in keeping with the Luddites and the perennial pessimists, employment had at best remained constant, then, given that the world's population has since increased more than tenfold, the global employment rate today would be at 90%.
Central African Republic · Faustin Archange Touadera · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- And that is why I renew the proposal that the CARR has been making for several sessions now to establish a global conflict prevention and mediation mechanism with predictable financing and that is managed with complete transparency.
- This demand for justice also applies to global health.
- The Global Digital Compact must become a reality.
Montenegro · Jakov Milatović · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- Disruptions affect energy markets and global trade.
- 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.
- We have built our institutions, secured our place on the global stage, strengthened our economy, strengthened our democracy, and brought our country within reach of membership in the European Union.
Madagascar · Michaël Randrianirina · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- Madagascar's position of neutrality with regard to global conflicts is consistent with its diplomatic tradition and its desire to preserve constructive relations with all its partners.
- 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.
Senegal · Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye · Day 3 · 3 sentences
Nigeria · Kashim Shettima · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- Our resilience, our ingenuity, our youthful population, our natural wealth, and our expanding markets can make us a major driver of global growth in this century.
- The African Continental Free Trade area offers exceptional scope to deepen regional integration, accelerate industrialization, and strengthen our place in global value chains.
- Developing countries must recognize as indispensable partners whose contributions to global solutions and shared prosperity extend power beyond their need for assistance.
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Rob Jetten · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- And so it is time for us, the global community, to choose to pursue the common interest, not by trying to build an entirely new world order, but simply by working together.
- And many others understand it too, with Russia threatening global food security and millions of people experiencing the consequences.
- And together, these countries account for one third of global GDP, one third of energy demand, and one fifth of supply.
Greece · Kyriakos Mitsotakis · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- And at a time of great turbulence in the global bond markets, this says a lot about the progress that Greece has made.
- More than 90% of global trade is conducted by sea.
- If we systematically threaten the freedom of navigation and do not protect vital sea routes, the global economy risks coming to a grinding halt.
Ireland · Micheál Martin · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- President of the General Assembly, distinguished heads of state and government, Secretary-General, Excellencies, H.E., friends, the United Nations is entering its ninth decade at a moment of great uncertainty and challenge for the global community.
- At a time when global needs are increasing and becoming more complex, our responsibility to act does not diminish.
- Russia's actions have already had direct global impact in increased food and energy costs.
Austria · Beate Meinl-Reisinger · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- Today, this commitment is being tested by conflicts, by shifts in power, by new technologies, and our global institutions are struggling to keep pace.
- And to rebuild trust in our global order that has been eroded by a dangerous zero-sum logic.
- Iran and the United States must come back to the negotiation table to end the suffering, to credibly revive the nuclear talks, and to stop holding global supply chains hostage to political ends, especially when there are bilateral deadlocks and conflicts are impacting the whole world.
Marshall Islands · Hilda Heine · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- The United Nations ultimately allowed the testing to continue, but the shock and tragedy of nuclear exposure in the Marshall Islands was a profound driver of the 1963 global ban on atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons.
- Going on guesswork for global oceans is beyond dangerous.
- Today, we are not only being called upon to revitalize this 81-year-old institution created from the ashes of global conflict, but we are being challenged to address the complexities of a rapidly changing world.
Norway · Espen Barth Eide · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Its closure raises energy prices, disrupts global supply lines, and curbs growth far beyond the region itself, from petrol pumps in Minneapolis to Oslo, from Cape Town to Mumbai.
- We also have 10 human rights treaty bodies and 11 secretariats for global environmental treaties.
- The founders of the United Nations had witnessed two world wars and a global economic collapse.
Sweden · Maria Malmer Stenergard · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- This has once again disrupted global food supply chains, exacerbating an already dire situation for vulnerable people across the globe.
- We have long been a major donor of development assistance, and we remain devoted to tackling global development challenges and contributing to urgent humanitarian efforts.
- Mr. President, reducing emissions to curb climate change is a common and global challenge and is necessary to safeguard and increase development gains in the coming decades.
Saudi Arabia · Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- The stability of this vital region is directly linked to global energy security, the steadiness of international trade, and the resilience of global supply chains.
- Mr. President, safeguarding international navigation and the resilience of global supply chains is a shared responsibility that requires serious international cooperation to prevent risks that could affect the global economy.
- The East-West pipeline, together with its petroleum reserves outside the region, also contributed to mitigating the effects of those disruptions and enhancing the reliability of supplies to global markets.
Eritrea · Osman Saleh Mohammed · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- Four, to promote mutual respect, complementarity, and cohesion or integration so as to bolster widest regional and global peace and stability as well as mutual growth.
- Three, global climate change and the imperative of finding enduring solutions for its control and and reversal.
- Against this overall backdrop, it must be recognized that the prime victims of the zero-sum global order, whose hallmarks are plunder, domination, and deceit, as the African peoples who continue to seize under subsistence economy.
El Salvador · Alexandra Hill Tinoco · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- Heading up alongside Estonia, the Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance, El Salvador reaffirmed that this technology must expand capacities and create opportunities to build environments that can be competitive in the future.
- The international community must understand that resolving these challenges, these global challenges, goes above and beyond, well beyond actually, any resolutions, millions of resolutions on paper.
- So enough with the conformism, enough of personal and national interests prevailing over the needs of the world and global crises.
Turkmenistan · Vepa Hajiyev · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- 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.
- 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.
- Such a center could serve as a practical platform for harmonizing procedures, exchanging best practices, digitalizing transit, and expanding developing countries' access to global markets.
President of the General Assembly (closing) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- Those speaking most urgently about development were often the countries facing the heaviest debt burdens, the narrowest fiscal space, the greatest climate vulnerability, and the least voice in the institutions that shape the global economy.
- Incendiary rhetoric and hate speech, the first step towards dehumanization and violence, are spreading rapidly and taking root across global societies.
- Let us carry that ambition into the global dialogue on AI governance in 2027.
Chile · José Antonio Kast · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Suriname · Jennifer Geerlings-Simons · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Switzerland · Guy Parmelin · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Bhutan · Tshering Tobgay · Day 1 · 2 sentences
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · Andy Burnham · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- That is the level of ambition that we need now to renew the UN for our times, to tackle challenges like improving global health and preventing future pandemics, to end the wars that are causing so much suffering and instability, including the terrible conflict in Sudan, and to tackle climate change.
- And we will work towards agreeing a single set of global principles and standards to ensure the transparency and access we need to increase our preparedness and to ensure that AI development is safe.
Croatia · Andrej Plenković · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Latvia · Edgars Rinkēvičs · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Romania · Nicuşor-Daniel Dan · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- Leading global companies have established manufacturing, engineering, technology, and service centers in my country, attracted by our conducive business environment and highly skilled workforce.
- In response to Russia's attacks on ports and grain infrastructure, which disrupted global food supply chains, and deepened food insecurity for millions of people, Romania has coordinated with Ukraine on the transit of grain through Romania by rail and by waterway.
Timor-Leste · José Ramos-Horta · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- At the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, many of us, including heads of states and Nobel Peace Prize laureates, came together to launch the Global Declaration of Compassion.
- 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
- Reaffirming the primary responsibility of the UN Charter to maintain global peace and security, we uphold the sovereignty of Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, and condemn the actions of Iran to jeopardize maritime security and aim to obstruct, close, and interfere with international navigation through the strait.
- It is the foundation of our security and the source of our nourishment and lifeline for the global community.
Ukraine · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Slovakia · Peter Pellegrini · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Honduras · Nasry Juan Asfura Zablah · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) · Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- Our second unwavering stance, inclusive development with social justice to alleviate poverty and mitigate the suffering of hundreds of millions of people that are primarily located in the global south.
- 4. Equally, the institutional failure of global trade is today patently clear, because no nation can thrive in supranational systems which do not promote national industry and which prioritise outsourcing and award that strategy.
Guyana · Mohamed Irfaan Ali · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- Mr. President, two years ago, at this very podium, I committed Guyana to provide global leadership on biodiversity.
- In July 2025, under Guyana's leadership, the Global Biodiversity Alliance was established as an inclusive platform In just one year, the Alliance expanded from 17 to 138 members, bringing together governments, institutional organizations, including the UN, development banks, indigenous peoples, local communities, scientists, universities, and the private sector.
Equatorial Guinea · Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- The countries of the global South need cooperation that preserves peace, that drives sustainable and inclusive growth, and that expands the ability of each state to build its own future.
- We must move towards a more balanced international community in which Africa participates fully in global decisions and strengthens its ability to lead its own development.
Portugal · Luís Montenegro · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Kuwait · Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- We would be remiss not to applaud the efforts, good offices, and initiatives of the Secretary-General aimed at strengthening multilateralism and that include initiatives such as UN80 and the Pact for the Future, as well as the ongoing efforts to address global challenges, crises, conflicts, wars, climate change, and terrorism, as well as the efforts to assist member states in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and to strengthen international cooperation on artificial intelligence.
- And furthermore, to inflict harm on the economies of the region and the world and to disrupt global trade and oil markets, Iran is obstructing maritime navigation and closing the Strait of Hormuz to use it as a bargaining chip in the war, in violation of international law and the relevant Security Council resolutions.
Kiribati · Taneti Maamau · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- Kiribati is proud to have signed and ratified this agreement and calls on member states to recognize the vital importance of our shared oceans and to work collectively to translate the agreement's historic ambition into meaningful global action.
- For Kiribati, This is an expression of our belief that even the smallest country can contribute to global peace.
Maldives · Hussain Mohamed Latheef · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Bahamas (the) · Philip Edward Davis · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Godwin Friday · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- As a global institution, the United Nations is fundamentally an inclusive space where every nation can play a role in addressing our common problems.
- International conflicts far from our shores in Ukraine and the Middle East continue to have devastating consequences for our daily lives, disrupting agricultural trade and global food stability, and driving up fuel prices and shipping premiums.
Mexico · Roberto Velasco Álvarez · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- aware that this position would not be sufficient without institutions that are able to uphold it, Mexico is working to strengthen this house and make it in particular in an environment of global polarization.
- Mexico and Norway founded the UNAT global group supporting the reforms undertaken by the Secretary General, focused on building with practical actions a more effective and transparent United Nations.
Togo · Robert Komlan Edo Dussey · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- Mr. President, On the 26th of September 2025, almost to the day a year ago, right here before this august assembly, I challenged the universal conscience on the distortion of the map of the world which wrongly shrunk the size of Africa on the map of the world and in the global collective imagination.
- And we would like the history books to remember another thing, that thanks to this resolution, the United Nations begun a global dialogue on the way humanity represents itself.
Belize · John Briceño · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Cambodia · Sokhonn Prak · Day 5 · 2 sentences
San Marino · Luca Beccari · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Mali · Abdoulaye Diop · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Sudan · Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- In the same spirit, Sudan has been among the first countries to join the Global Alliance for South-South and Triangular Cooperation.
- We call upon the international community to capitalize on global momentum and show solidarity with Darfur following the Dajlo militias takeover of El Fasher and the compelling evidence and testimony presented by the Sultan of the Masalit people to the Security Council.
United Arab Emirates · Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Antigua and Barbuda · Walton Alfonso Webson · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- This November, Antigua and Barbuda will host along with the Commonwealth Heads of Government, a global eye health summit the first of its kind, to move the international community from advocacy to action against the growing burden of preventable sight loss.
- It must help forge a new compact between development and developing countries, connect finance to resilience and support local leadership with global solidarity.
South Sudan · Cecilia Adout Majok Adeng · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Denmark · Christina Markus Lassen · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Benin · Marc Hermanne Gninadoou Araba · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Peru · Keiko Sofia Fujimori Higuchi · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Luxembourg · Guillaume of Luxembourg · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Morocco · Nasser Bourita · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Syrian Arab Republic · Ahmad Al-Sharaa · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Paraguay · Santiago Peña Palacios · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Libya · Mohamed Younis Menfi · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Cyprus · Nikos Christodoulides · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Dominican Republic · Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Spain · Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Uzbekistan · Saida Mirziyoyeva · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Comoros · Azali Assoumani · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Rodrigo Paz Pereira · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Yemen · Abdullah Abdulkader Al Alimi-Bawzer · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Lebanon · Nawaf Salam · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Liechtenstein · Sabine Monauni · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Guinea-Bissau · Ilídio Vieira Té · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Chad · Abdelmadjid Abdelrahim Mahamat · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Pakistan · · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Holy See · Cardinal Pietro Parolin · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Iceland · Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Sao Tome and Principe · Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Cameroon · Lejeune Mbella Mbella · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Burkina Faso · Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Costa Rica · Boris Vasir Marchegiani Carrero · Day 6 · 1 sentence
China · · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Democratic People's Republic of Korea · · Day 6 · 1 sentence