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178 sentences in 91 speeches for governance
Download CSVLiberia · Joseph Nyuma Boakai · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- This same spirit defines our national governance today.
- whose governance still reflects the world of 1945 rather than the world of today.
- Mr. President, the ultimate measure of governance is inclusion.
- Gender equality remains essential When women lead, peace agreements last longer, economies grow faster, and governance becomes more accountable.
China · Han Zheng · Day 5 · 6 sentences
- Since then, he has proposed the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative.
- China calls for advancing the governance of the West Bank and the post-conflict reconstruction of Gaza in accordance with the principle of the Palestinians governing Palestine.
- We should deepen the sharing of governance practices and jointly explore ways to tackle challenges facing our times.
- It has mobilized over 23 billion US dollars and carried out more than 2,000 projects under the Global Development Initiative, and it has granted zero-tariff status to all the African countries and LDCs having diplomatic relations with it to empower the Global South in pursuing modernization China has been a progressive force in an era of change China has always spoken up for the Global South stood up for the legitimate rights and interests of developing countries and continued to work toward a more just and equitable global governance system.
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Judith Suminwa Tuluka · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- Its governance should not be the sole remit of certain powers or corporations.
- 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.
- The governance of strategic resources ought to be an issue of peace, development, and global security from now on.
Gambia (Republic of The) · Mohammed Jallow · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- It reminds us that peace cannot be separated from development and governance.
- Security measures are necessary, but they must be accompanied by increased support for democratic governance institution building, education, job creation, development, and climate resilience.
- Mr. President, for millions of people around the world, poverty, lack of human rights, democratic governance, et cetera, continue to pose greater insecurity.
- We need the capacity to participate in research, innovation, entrepreneurship, and global technology governance.
Kazakhstan · Mukhtar Tileuberdi · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- Yet, despite its fundamental importance, global water governance remains fragmented.
- The purpose is to make international water governance more coherent, accountable, and capable of effective implementation.
- We are forging new trusted partnerships on AI governance and emerging technologies, and we have recently adopted law on artificial intelligence and new digital code.
- But without effective governance at all levels, it will also deepen inequality, create new security risks, as we have seen very recently, and widen the digital divide.
Angola · João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- 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.
- At a time when good governance of countries is widely advocated, the governance of the world likewise calls for a new, more democratic and just world order, one that is not only based on the power of the restricted club of victors of a war that took place eight decades ago.
- The voice of Africans must be heard in all circumstances, at all times, in strategic decision-making processes on issues of peace, global security, financing for development as well as climate issues and global governance of artificial intelligence.
- In this regard, I consider that the Global Digital Compact opens new prospects for cooperation to bridge the digital divide expand digital public infrastructure, promote training and innovation, strengthen cybersecurity, and build more inclusive, secure, and human-centered governance of artificial intelligence.
Madagascar · Michaël Randrianirina · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- In this regard, the success of our agenda largely depends on strengthening governance and strengthening institutions, priorities that are fully integrated into Madagascar's process of re-foundation.
- 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.
- Indeed, the process of re-foundation initiated following the mobilization of Malagasy youth just one year ago serves as the foundation for responsible governance supported by strong institutions devoted to the public interest and having restored citizens' trust in the state.
Nigeria · Kashim Shettima · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- Through ECOWAS, the African Union, and our Gulf of Guinea partnerships, we continue to advance mediation, democratic governance, counterterrorism, and maritime security.
- We can deploy artificial intelligence to wage war or use it to transform healthcare, education, agriculture, governance, and economic productivity.
- Nigeria's prolonged struggle against Boko Haram, ISWAP, and other armed groups has taught us that military victories require enduring foundations in education, economic opportunity, accountable governance, and communities whose rights and dignity are protected.
- The turmoil in the Sahel illustrates how insecurity in one territory can imperil its neighbors, displace populations, and frustrate commerce, regional integration, and democratic governance.
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Geoffrey Hanley · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- Across climate action, sea level rise, and ocean governance, one reality remains: resilience has a cost.
- St. Kitts and Nevis welcomes the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence and the Global Dialogue on AI Governance.
- Regionally, the Caribbean AI Task Force supports cooperation and governance, innovation, and responsible adoption.
- Mr. President, Saint Kitts and Nevis joins CARICOM in calling for the full deployment of the United Nations authorized Gang Suppression Force and the timely renewal of its mandate alongside Haitian-led recovery and governance.
Vanuatu · Odo Tevi · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- It is an important achievement for ocean governance and multilateral cooperation.
- But without appropriate governance, it could also deepen existing inequalities.
- Indeed, history has shown that some of the most important developments in international law and global governance have emerged because small and vulnerable states refuse to remain silent.
- These islands are an integral part of Vanuatu's territory, grounded in customary governance, longstanding historical connections, indigenous ownership, and is seen as part of our duty as ancestral custodians to protect and preserve.
Secretary-General of the United Nations · António Guterres · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- Yet, our institutions and systems of governance continue to reflect the power realities and interests of a largely bygone era.
- Through the Global Digital Compact, you agreed for the first time on universal principles for AI governance.
- Through the Global Dialogue on AI Governance, we created a platform for governments, scientists, industry, leaders, and civil society to work together.
Viet Nam · To Lam · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- Third, we must proactively shape technology governance so that progress serves humanity in our common development.
- We need to develop inclusive, safe, transparent, and accountable principles and governance frameworks to ensure that technologies will be in service of the people, while respecting national sovereignty, digital sovereignty, and the right to development.
- We also stand ready to support international initiatives on green and digital transformation and the development of effective governance framework so that science and technology can truly become drivers of shared development.
Burundi · Évariste Ndayishimiye · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- We must strengthen multilateralism, reform global governance, and place human dignity at the heart of our collective action.
- It is now up to global trade governance to draw on this.
- We must strengthen our partnership in the areas of peace and security, sustainable development, health, climate, youth, and global governance.
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Rodrigo Paz Pereira · Day 3 · 3 sentences
Egypt · Moustafa Kamal Madbouly · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Our world is changing at a pace far exceeding the ability of international governance institutions to respond.
- 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.
- 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.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Godwin Friday · Day 4 · 3 sentences
Micronesia (Federated States of) · Aren Palik · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- Micronesia calls for a collective effort to fortify ocean governance, sustainable fishing management, and effective conservation of marine biodiversity.
- As we are advancing digital connectivity, private sector development, and trade opportunities, without adequate investment, capacity building, and appropriate governance, these technologies may increase inequalities and further heighten exposure to cybersecurity threats, information, misinformation, and risk to data privacy.
- We therefore call upon international community to strengthen resilience, resilient technical and digital infrastructure with ethical and effective cart rails and governance framework.
Philippines · Ma. Theresa Lazaro · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- Without robust governance, enforceable ethical standards, and strong legal guardrails, it could deepen inequalities and become an existential challenge.
- We echo the growing call across industries that we need robust AI governance with enforceable standards, and we need it now.
- Effective governance must also address deep developmental asymmetries.
Singapore · Vivian Balakrishnan · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- Even where states have differences on governance, I believe it is possible for us to work together to collectively understand the capabilities and risk of AI models, to develop comparable methods for testing and evaluation, and to report serious incidents quickly across borders.
- The global dialogue on AI governance can help to translate that common understanding into common objectives.
- We will continue to contribute through platforms such as the digital pillar for the Forum of Small States and by making our governance frameworks and testing tools available to all.
Zambia · Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- Zambia remains a peaceful stable and sovereign nation and the peaceful atmosphere that characterized the country before, during and after the elections is a clear reflection of our people's enduring commitment to democracy, national unity and constitutional governance.
- Zambia is co-chairing the initiative Dialogue on Water for Cooperation, focusing on transboundary and international water cooperation, scientific cooperation, and inclusive governance.
- We also support reforms to global economic and financial governance that give developing countries a greater voice in decisions affecting them.
South Sudan · Cecilia Adout Majok Adeng · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- Our journey, therefore, continues from liberation struggle to comprehensive peace agreement to the referendum to independence, from conflict to peace, and now from transition towards democratic governance.
- Mr. President, restoring trust also requires reform of institutions of global governance.
- Managing transformation means moving from conflict to institutions, from dependency to national capacity, and from transition towards democratic governance.
President of the General Assembly (closing) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 6 · 3 sentences
President of the General Assembly (opening) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Seychelles · Mathew Antonio Patrick Herminie · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- We call for global digital governance anchored in human rights, ethical standards, and international law, with the United Nations playing a central role in steering this transformation.
- Let us restore trust through deliberate action, by upholding the rule of international law unconditionally, by reforming our global governance institutions to reflect today's world, by delivering equitable climate and development finance, and by protecting our shared oceans and climate.
Bhutan · Tshering Tobgay · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- Under its royal charter, GMC exercises full autonomy in governance, legislation, and the judiciary.
- For centuries, the Himalayan Buddhist world has carried an ideal of an enlightened society, where material prosperity and spiritual wisdom coexist, where good governance serves human flourishing, and where people live in harmony with one another and with nature.
Timor-Leste · José Ramos-Horta · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Botswana · Duma Gideon Boko · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- Botswana calls upon this Assembly and the international financial institutions to pursue reform of global financial governance.
- We offer partnership in governance that delivers experience in health innovation, responsible stewardship of natural and mineral resources, and enduring preference for dialogue.
Central African Republic · Faustin Archange Touadera · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- This is the goal of our National Development Plan 2024-2028, which has five pillars: security and governance, human capital, resilient infrastructure, economic production, and environmental sustainability.
- Affordable connectivity, skills transfer, data protection, and a governance of AI in which developing countries decide instead of simply being users.
Mozambique · Daniel Francisco Chapo · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- We need to have investment in connectivity, computing capacity, scientific research, training of young people in Africa, technology transfer, governance, ethics for AI in the spirit of partnership that builds capacity and promotes autonomy of our sovereignty states.
- Reforms must also correct imbalances in representation of global governance.
Guinea · Mamadi Doumbouya · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- Ladies and gentlemen, three years ago, from this rostrum, I, with the candor that my country and our continent are bound by, I spoke the truth and I stated that the model of imported governance without being adapted on our continent was not generating the fruits that had been expected by our peoples.
- When governance models are tailored to reflect the historical, social, and cultural realities of each nation, rather than haphazardly being imposed, that is when development accelerates.
Andorra · Xavier Espot Zamora · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- This approach toward politics has enabled us to preserve more than seven centuries of peace, dialogue, and coexistence in harmony, not because history has been easier for us, but because we have learned the best way to protect freedom is to build trust, seek balance, and make compromise a form of governance.
- That is why we advocate for global digital governance that fully incorporates respect for multilingualism, cultural diversity, and equal access to knowledge.
Ghana · John Dramani Mahama · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- We cannot credibly champion the sovereign equality of nations while preserving a global governance structure that was designed for the post-war geopolitical realities.
- Less than two years into my administration, through disciplined governance and fiscal prudence and an uncompromising fight against corruption, Ghana has achieved a dramatic economic turnaround.
Somalia · Hassan Sheikh Mohamud · Day 3 · 2 sentences
European Union · António Costa · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- On artificial intelligence and its governance, we need an accountable, transparent, and regulated architecture.
- 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.
South Africa · Ronald Ozzy Lamola · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Malta · Robert Abela · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- The people of Israel need to have trust that Hamas will be disarmed and that they will play no future role in the governance or security structures of Gaza.
- And we should also be under no illusion that the currently existing rules, the traditional models of governance are in any way or manner up to grappling with the revolution that we are living through.
Lesotho · Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Saint Lucia · Philip J. Pierre · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Samoa · Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Mauritania · Mohamed Salem Merzoug · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- Turning to good governance, We focus on transparency, the independence of the judiciary and combating corruption while reforming public offices and promoting investment.
- We can do that if we return with wisdom to what our founding fathers have been guided upon the common principles and purposes that gather us under the umbrella of the United Nations for more than eight decades by bringing hope that good governance, technological development, and the advancement will be an addition that will be in all our benefits, that will save the entire humanity from the current challenges.
Mauritius · Dhananjay Ramful · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- 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.
- We need an open, transparent and inclusive dialogue on governance of the new technologies, which ensures that the benefits of technological progress are shared equitably and that the risks are managed collectively.
Jamaica · Kamina Johnson Smith · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- And all countries require governance frameworks that safeguard privacy and intellectual property, ensure data integrity, and promote the ethical and responsible use of emerging technologies without stifling innovation.
- But even more foundationally, security must create the space for political stability, democratic governance, and credible elections led and owned by the Haitian people.
Sao Tome and Principe · Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Mali · Abdoulaye Diop · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- To these practices which undermine the current governance, we need to add the slowness of anticipation within the United Nations, which too often leaves the organization reduced to observing crises after they have erupted.
- Thus, through appropriate reforms, the government, in addition to improving political situation, we've improved economic governance, including better management of public affairs and greater domestic resource mobilization.
Malawi · George Chapatula Chaponda · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Sri Lanka · Vijitha Herath · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- The erosion of trust is reflected in unresolved conflicts, humanitarian crises that outpace available resources, increasingly frequent climate disasters, widening inequalities, and technological advances that are moving faster than governance.
- In delivering on this mandate, We have placed good governance, anti-corruption and institutional transparency at the core of a comprehensive national integrity drive that is being vigorously pursued.
Congo · Constant Serge Bounda · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Grenada · Ingrid Jackson · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- These security efforts are essential to creating the conditions for credible, free, fair, and inclusive Haitian-led elections, the strengthening of national institutions, and the restoration of constitutional governance.
- As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in our economies and societies, we must develop credible AI governance frameworks that encourage innovation while protecting people, privacy, security, democratic values, and public trust.
Kyrgyzstan · Sadyr Zhaparov · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Lithuania · Gitanas Nausėda · Day 1 · 1 sentence
France · Emmanuel Macron · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Suriname · Jennifer Geerlings-Simons · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Romania · Nicuşor-Daniel Dan · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Czechia · Petr Pavel · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Estonia · Alar Karis · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Ecuador · Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azin · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Bulgaria · Iliana Iotova · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Poland · Karol Nawrocki · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Namibia · Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Slovakia · Peter Pellegrini · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Rwanda · Justin Nsengiyumva · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Palestine (State of) · Mahmoud Abbas · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Senegal · Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Côte d’Ivoire · Tiémoko Meyliet Koné · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Kuwait · Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Barbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Bangladesh · Tarique Rahman · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Nepal · Balendra Shah · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Kiribati · Taneti Maamau · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Lebanon · Nawaf Salam · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Monaco · Christophe Mirmand · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Tuvalu · Feleti Teo · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Solomon Islands · Matthew Cooper Wale · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Pakistan · Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Liechtenstein · Sabine Monauni · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Guinea-Bissau · Ilídio Vieira Té · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Norway · Espen Barth Eide · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Belize · John Briceño · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Thongsavanh Phomvihane · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Cuba · Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Russian Federation · Sergey Lavrov · Day 5 · 1 sentence
India · Subrahmanyam Jaishankar · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Tunisia · Mohamed Ali Nafti · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Malaysia · Mohamad Haji Hasan · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Gabon · Marie-Édith Tassyla-Ye-Doumbeneny · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Canada · Anita Anand · Day 5 · 1 sentence
El Salvador · Alexandra Hill Tinoco · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Turkmenistan · Vepa Hajiyev · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Antigua and Barbuda · Walton Alfonso Webson · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Denmark · Christina Markus Lassen · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Benin · Marc Hermanne Gninadoou Araba · Day 6 · 1 sentence