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Download CSVUnited States of America · Donald Trump · Day 1 · 20 sentences
- Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, First Lady of the United States, distinguished delegates, ambassadors, and fellow leaders, it's my great honor to welcome the world to America as we celebrate 250 years of glorious freedom and independence.
- Every leader in this room and your great leaders, many great leaders, I know all of you very well.
- One year ago, when I addressed the great leaders in this hall, the war in Gaza was still raging brutally.
- Since I took office, it has been my great honor to settle eight wars, and in so doing, become friendly with the leaders of many of those countries.
Greece · Kyriakos Mitsotakis · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- Ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor to address the General Assembly for the eighth time as Prime Minister of Greece, and I do so at a moment of particular importance, as Greece reaches the end of our second year on the UN Security Council.
- And at a time of great turbulence in the global bond markets, this says a lot about the progress that Greece has made.
- Therefore, we are investing in a new generation of connectivity projects, such as GREGY, which will bring clean energy from Egypt to Europe, and the Great Sea Interconnector, which will connect European electricity grids with Cyprus and Israel.
- And this is something that should be of great interest to every single country represented in this great assembly.
Secretary-General of the United Nations · António Guterres · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- And such a world can help us avoid hegemonic tendencies and also what I have called the great fracture, the division of the world into two rival blocks with separate economic, technological, and security systems.
- Looking ahead, our future will be shaped by how we address four great tests of power: the power over war and peace; The power that concentrates wealth and drives inequality.
- Excellencies, the first great power test in the 21st century is peace and security.
- Excellencies, the third great power test is the climate crisis.
Paraguay · Santiago Peña Palacios · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- It is not the great powers or the wealthiest who pay the price.
- Nonetheless, as the great Nobel laureate Bob Dylan would say, things have changed.
- No one here needs me to tell them what the great transformation of our age is.
- Every great era in human history has had its driving force.
Andorra · Xavier Espot Zamora · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- The manual digest, one of the great works of our traditional heritage, through which Antoni Fiter i Roset condensed and recounted the essence of Andorran identity, reminds us that the legitimate exercise of power only makes sense when it places the common good above any other interest.
- Perhaps it is precisely this experience that a small country such as ours can share with this great Assembly today.
- It takes great effort to build, yet very little to destroy.
- But the most important reform is to ensure that this organization remains a space where states not only defend their legitimate interests, but are also capable of exercising a shared responsibility to address the great challenges facing humanity, and above all, continue to believe that what unites us is stronger than what divides us.
Angola · João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço · Day 1 · 4 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.
- 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.
- Ladies and gentlemen, we are concerned by the unjust manner and indicative of great human insensitivity in which Cuba has been treated.
- Those countries rendered a great service when they freed humanity from the horrors of Nazism, fascism and the Holocaust, and should therefore preserve that capital and legacy as liberators.
Mongolia · Khurelsukh Ukhnaa · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- Eight centuries ago, our ancestors established the great Pax Mongolica, promoting for the first time the idea to the world that nations could mutually recognize one another's values and that peoples of diverse civilizations and faiths could coexist.
- Moreover, this year marks the 820th anniversary of the Great ****** Empire, founded by great Chinggis Khan, man of the millennium, king of kings.
- Scholars advise that studying the establishment of Pax Mongolica by Great Chinggis Khan and his successors, as well as the history of its foreign policy and diplomacy, offers good practices and enduring lessons.
- Hence, we, the ****** people, who are guarding the sacred hearth of the Great ****** Empire, wish to call upon from this mighty rostrum of the United Nations that if the nations of the world can
Yemen · Abdullah Abdulkader Al Alimi-Bawzer · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- The people of Yemen, Yemen, this great nation with its rich history, civilization, and human heritage, has been enduring for 12 years the consequences of the coup carried out by the terrorist Houthi militia against the state and its institutions.
- Yemen is a great country with its strategic location, its ports, its resources, its human capital.
- And in conclusion, I extend my congratulations to our great Yemeni people at home and abroad on the occasion today, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the revolution of the 26th of September.
- Long live Yemen, free, secure, and great.
Sao Tome and Principe · Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Heads of State and Government, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor for me to take the floor before this Assembly on behalf of the Government and the people of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe.
- Allow me to pay tribute to the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Antonio Guterres, for his commitment to peace, sustainable development, human rights, and the strengthening of multilateralism at a time of great challenges.
- Inclusion and equality must also guide our response to the great transformations of our time.
- follows with concern the conflicts in Ukraine, the Sudan, the Sahel, the Great Lakes region, the Horn of Africa, and the Middle East, and calls for stronger diplomacy and the protection of civilians in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and international law.
Finland · Alexander Stubb · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- Small nations need it to survive, and large nations need it to be great.
- It will turn against us, whether you represent a great power, a middle power, or a small state like Finland.
- And I was reminded of this when I recently read the biographies of two former Secretaries-General, U Thant and Kofi Annan, both highly influential leaders who navigated an era of great power tensions.
France · Emmanuel Macron · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- We've done a great deal over the last few years, ever since the Paris Agreement 11 years ago.
- We undertook those negotiations working hand in hand with the great powers, that's the BBNJ agreement.
- This independent coalition, which I mentioned earlier, I don't want anyone to become the vassal of one of the great powers.
United Republic of Tanzania · Deogratius Ndejembi · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- It is indeed a great honor and privilege to address this Assembly on behalf of Her Excellency, Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of Tanzania.
- Your election is also a fitting tribute to the great country, Bangladesh, with which Tanzania enjoys excellent relations.
- Notable achievements include the adoption of Security Council resolution 1653 in the year 2006 on the Great Lakes region and Tanzania's collaboration with Denmark in establishing the Peacebuilding Commission.
Honduras · Nasry Juan Asfura Zablah · Day 2 · 3 sentences
Uruguay · Yamandú Orsi · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- And that has been one of Uruguay's great purposes, building a society in which dignity, freedom, peaceful coexistence and opportunities can be a part of people's everyday lives.
- Extreme inequality remains one of the great threats to coexistence.
- We are speaking from the experience of a small country removed from the great centres of power.
Israel · Benjamin Netanyahu · Day 3 · 3 sentences
Barbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- We have found that it has great capacity to detect disease earlier, predict disasters, improve agriculture, and expand access to education and public services.
- Mr. President, exactly 65 years ago, that great Caribbean, French, African intellectual and psychiatrist, Frantz Fanon, published what has now become a classic, "The Wretched of the Earth."
- Even with great difficulty.
Slovenia · Janez Janša · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- All nations, as well as the United Nations as a whole, have great responsibility as well as an enormous opportunity to prevent atrocities in the future.
- for this world from our fathers, and we have a great responsibility to make it better for our children.
- After 14 years, I know that despite the great initial support, our initiative has not been realized.
Iraq · Ali Falih Al-Zaidi · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- It is with great honor and pride that I stand before this international forum representing the Republic of Iraq, the home of the first civilizations, and where writing and law were born, and one of the founding members of the United Nations.
- This vision is based on the great potential Iraq possesses in terms of resources and investment opportunities in the fields of energy, industry, agriculture, transport, and technology, not to mention Iraq's exceptional geographical location, which connects its economy to the world.
- We also call for support for efforts for the passage of trade through Iraqi territory with great facilities in order to provide alternatives to complex trade corridors.
North Macedonia · Hristijan Mickoski · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Great powers have room for strategic shifts that small-sized states simply do not have.
- For a great power, a mistaken geopolitical calculation may mean a change of a strategy.
- But we can leave the child something else, a world in which power is not the only argument, a world in which knowledge is not the privilege of few, a world in which alliances create security rather than new lines of fear, a world in which technology serves humanity, a world in which a small state has the right to the same dignity, to the same rules, and the same voice as the great powers.
Singapore · Vivian Balakrishnan · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- Madam President, Excellencies, our world is undergoing a profound disruption, characterised by great power contestation, the wars in Ukraine, the Middle East, Africa, We're witnessing the rise of trade barriers, supply chain disruptions, worsening climate change, and a new industrial revolution driven by digital technologies, biotechnology, and renewable energy.
- This means we face both great peril and great promise.
- In fact, UNCLOS is one of the great achievements of multilateral lawmaking.
Belarus · Maxim Ryzhenkov · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- No matter how great our strength, we must deny ourselves the license to do always as we please.
- If all those with great power had acted as Truman said, we would have avoided many wars and conflicts.
- The great waterfall that the peoples of Zimbabwe have for centuries called Mosi-oa-Tunya, the smoke that thunders, the colonisers "discovered" it 150 years ago and named it after their queen, who had never even set foot in Africa.
Canada · Anita Anand · Day 5 · 3 sentences
Benin · Marc Hermanne Gninadoou Araba · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- President of the General Assembly, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Excellencies, Heads of Delegation, ladies and gentlemen, It is a great honor for me to be speaking before this august Assembly.
- Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, we must also prepare for the next great transformation, that of artificial intelligence, AI, which could become one of the greatest accelerators of human development.
- We already know a great deal about what the future has in store.
Brazil · Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Naoero · David Ranibok Adeang · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Japan · Takaichi Sanae · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Czechia · Petr Pavel · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is a great honor for me to once again return to this hall to address the 81st session of the General Assembly on behalf of the Czech Republic.
- A world dominated by great power competition is a volatile world, less able to address the most pressing challenges of our time.
Argentina · Javier Gerardo Milei · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Estonia · Alar Karis · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Panama · José Raúl Mulino Quintero · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- I'm a president that comes from a great nation, a crystal of different cultural heritages that was the forged society that's open to the world with a strong belief in peace.
- Ladies and gentlemen, in a world marked by strategic competition between the great powers, Panama as a result of our history and beliefs, chooses to remain the meeting point where humanity can build a future of peace and shared development.
Serbia · Aleksandar Vučić · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Eswatini · King Mswati III · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- Mr. President of the General Assembly, Your Majesties, Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Mr. Secretary-General, ladies and gentlemen, it is with profound humility and great privilege that I address this 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- And secondly, can we manage the great transformations of our time in a way that leaves no country, no person behind?
Montenegro · Jakov Milatović · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) · Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Somalia · Hassan Sheikh Mohamud · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- Mr. President, Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, it's a great honor to address the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at the moment of profound uncertainty in our world.
- We carry these responsibilities with great seriousness, humility, and determination in both institutions.
Comoros · Azali Assoumani · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- Everywhere around the world, from the Middle East to the Sahel, through the Great Lakes region, in Eastern Europe and Latin America, civilian populations continue to pay the high price of conflict driven by interests that are often hidden.
- Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to quote the great African writer Chinua Achebe.
Fiji · Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Rob Jetten · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Papua New Guinea · James Marape · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Mauritius · Dhananjay Ramful · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Germany · Johann Wadephul · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Tunisia · Mohamed Ali Nafti · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- At this critical historical juncture, for the United Nations, we look forward with great hope to the selection, through the process of electing the new Secretary-General, of the most capable and deserving individual to lead the Organization with a bold strategic vision, building upon the efforts of his predecessor and capable of providing practical solutions for the various regions whose peoples continue to suffer the consequences of crises, wars, instability and inequality.
- My country stresses that the rapid development of artificial intelligence offers great opportunities to accelerate development goals.
San Marino · Luca Beccari · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- For more than 17 centuries, we have survived not through military power, territorial expansion, economic might, but through dialogue, respect for the law, neutrality, and the conviction that sovereignty of a small state is no less valuable than that of a great power.
- Following an unanimous mandate from our Parliament, the Great and General Council of San Marino recognized Palestine as a sovereign and independent state within secure and internationally recognized borders and in accordance with relevant United Nations resolutions.
Oman · Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- The Government of the Sultanate of Oman renews its support for reaching a political solution to the crisis in Yemen, one that preserves the unity, stability, and territorial integrity of this great country, one that meets the aspirations of all components of the brotherly Yemeni people, one that puts Yemen on the path of reconstruction, development and prosperity.
- Ladies and gentlemen, the Sultanate of Oman attaches great importance to sustainable development and sustainable development goals.
Mali · Abdoulaye Diop · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- Mr. President of the General Assembly, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Mr. Secretary-General, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor for me to address this august assembly on behalf of His Excellency General Assimi Goita, President of the Transition and Head of State, and to deliver the statement of the Republic of Mali.
- My country today, I must say, works very hard to mobilize the resources that we need because the international assistance on its own, however great it is, never developed a country.
Congo · Constant Serge Bounda · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea · Kim Son Gyong · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- The head of state of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea stated that "Our national sovereignty and security have firmly been ensured by virtue of a great strength so far and will invariably be so in the years ahead.
- Artificial intelligence and other new cutting-edge technology are transforming every domain of human life, offering great opportunities, but at the same time, they also carry risks of being misused for sinister purposes.
Türkiye · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Kyrgyzstan · Sadyr Zhaparov · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Peru · Keiko Sofia Fujimori Higuchi · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Luxembourg · Guillaume of Luxembourg · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Sierra Leone · Julius Maada Bio · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Bosnia and Herzegovina · Denis Bećirović · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Bhutan · Tshering Tobgay · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Croatia · Andrej Plenković · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Argentina · · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Romania · Nicuşor-Daniel Dan · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Burundi · Évariste Ndayishimiye · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Timor-Leste · José Ramos-Horta · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Cyprus · Nikos Christodoulides · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Dominican Republic · Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Botswana · Duma Gideon Boko · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Ecuador · Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azin · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Ukraine · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Central African Republic · Faustin Archange Touadera · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Kenya · William Samoei Ruto · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Uganda · Jessica Rose Epel Alupo · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Spain · Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Italy · Antonio Tajani · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Rodrigo Paz Pereira · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Armenia · Nikol Pashinyan · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Australia · Anthony Albanese · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Ireland · Micheál Martin · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Monaco · Christophe Mirmand · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Malta · Robert Abela · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Solomon Islands · Matthew Cooper Wale · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Albania · Edi Rama · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Bahamas (the) · Philip Edward Davis · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Godwin Friday · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Geoffrey Hanley · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Kazakhstan · Mukhtar Tileuberdi · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Mauritania · Mohamed Salem Merzoug · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Chad · Abdelmadjid Abdelrahim Mahamat · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Norway · Espen Barth Eide · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Togo · Robert Komlan Edo Dussey · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Micronesia (Federated States of) · Aren Palik · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Republic of Moldova · Vasile Tofan · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Holy See · Cardinal Pietro Parolin · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Cambodia · Sokhonn Prak · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Cuba · Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Russian Federation · Sergey Lavrov · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Tajikistan · Sirojiddin Muhriddin · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Malaysia · Mohamad Haji Hasan · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Zambia · Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Burkina Faso · Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Algeria · Ahmed Attaf · Day 6 · 1 sentence
El Salvador · Alexandra Hill Tinoco · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Malawi · George Chapatula Chaponda · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Turkmenistan · Vepa Hajiyev · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Antigua and Barbuda · Walton Alfonso Webson · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Costa Rica · Boris Vasir Marchegiani Carrero · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Vanuatu · Odo Tevi · Day 6 · 1 sentence