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Download CSVMongolia · Khurelsukh Ukhnaa · Day 1 · 36 sentences
- At the outset, I wish to extend my sincere congratulations to Mr. Khalilur Rahman on assuming the important role of the President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly and to convey my best wishes for the successful session.
- This session of the General Assembly is convening on the eve of the 65th anniversary of Mongolia's full-fledged membership in the United Nations.
- 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.
- Mongolia welcomes the convening of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly under the theme Restoring Trusts, Managing Transformation, a United Nations that delivers for all, reaffirming its belief in the central role of the United Nations in fostering mutual trust, mutual respect, and cooperation among the nations and peoples of the world.
President of the General Assembly (opening) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 1 · 30 sentences
- At that time, he said, and I quote, In recent years, there appears to have been a crisis of confidence in the United Nations itself.
- There is a general feeling that the United Nations today needs revitalizing in a number of aspects in order to bring it into line with the priorities of a changing world.
- Questions about multilateralism and the effectiveness of the United Nations, therefore, are not new.
- Yet, through it all, the United Nations has persevered, not because it is perfect, but because it is irreplaceable, and because the alternative is simply unfathomable.
Vanuatu · Odo Tevi · Day 6 · 29 sentences
- Mr. Secretary-General, this session also carries a particular significance for us because it is the final high-level General Assembly of your tenure as Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- On behalf of the government and people of Vanuatu, I wish to convey a profound appreciation for your service to the United Nations and your engagement with the people of the Pacific.
- Over the course of your tenure, You have led United Nations through some of the most tumultuous periods in recent international history.
- Mr. President, Fernando comes to this 81st session of the General Assembly with a simple message: the world needs the United Nations more than ever, and the United Nations must deliver for the people who depend on it.
Kyrgyzstan · Sadyr Zhaparov · Day 1 · 24 sentences
- At the outset of my speech, I would like to sincerely congratulate Mr. Halilovic on being elected as the President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly and wish him further success.
- As you are all aware, last year the international community marked the 80th anniversary of the United Nations.
- Distinguished heads of delegations, for the first time in its history, Kyrgyzstan has been elected as a member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2027-2028 term.
- Distinguished colleagues, as you all may know, since the establishment of the United Nations in 1945, its Member States and leaders have attempted to undertake systematic reforms.
Japan · Takaichi Sanae · Day 1 · 24 sentences
- Against this backdrop, has the United Nations, now 80 years on since its foundation, been failing to fulfill its role in promoting peace and stability around the world?
- Madam President, Despite these concerns, the United Nations has never been more important than it is today in bringing about peace and stability to the world and enabling the international community to overcome new challenges and prosper.
- Japan will continue to fulfill its significant responsibilities towards the United Nations, and I am here today to express that resolve.
- This year marks the 70th anniversary of Japan's accession to the United Nations.
Guyana · Mohamed Irfaan Ali · Day 3 · 24 sentences
- I wish you every success as you undertake this important responsibility at a moment when multilateralism and indeed the United Nations faces profound challenges.
- I take this opportunity to record Guyana's gratitude to the Secretary General, his excellency, Antonio Guterres, for his distinguished service to the United Nations, and to the cause of humanity.
- Mr. President, one year ago, I stood at this very podium and reminded this Assembly that if the United Nations is to remain humanity's surest hope for a just and peaceful world, it must have the courage to confront aggression and the will to engage fully with the defining question of our age.
- Indeed, I am pleased that the theme of this year's Assembly, and I quote, "Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation," A United Nations that delivers for all.
Botswana · Duma Gideon Boko · Day 2 · 22 sentences
- Mr. President, Botswana warmly congratulates you on your election to preside over the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- Eight decades later, the United Nations has yet to be led by a woman as Secretary General.
- Mr. President, the theme of this session, restoring trust, Managing transformation, a United Nations that delivers for all, aptly captures the central challenge before us.
- Persistent conflicts, geopolitical tensions, and growing divisions have tested trust between nations.
Somalia · Hassan Sheikh Mohamud · Day 3 · 22 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.
- I also commend Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for his continued service to the United Nations and his steadfast in defense of multilateralism.
- For generations, the United Nations has represented humanity's shared determination to replace conflict with dialogue, domination with cooperation, and despair with hope.
- According to the United Nations, over 40% of the global population are vulnerable to the destructive effects of the climate change.
Gambia (Republic of The) · Mohammed Jallow · Day 3 · 21 sentences
- Mr. President, Dr. Khalilur Rahman, Excellency, Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, justice, excellencies, head of state and government, heads of delegation, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen.
- I bring to this hall the warm greetings of the government and people of the Gambia together with our enduring friendship, solidarity, and goodwill to all nations represented here.
- The Gambia assures you of our full support and constructive cooperation as we guide our collective work under the timely theme you have chosen, restoring trust and managing transformation so that the United Nations can deliver for all.
- Within these walls, differences in power, wealth and influence may shape the realities our nations confront, but they do not confer a greater claim to membership or participation.
Papua New Guinea · James Marape · Day 4 · 21 sentences
- Mr. President, Papua New Guinea comes to this assembly with profound respect for the Charter of the United Nations and for the principles and purposes upon which this great institution was founded.
- The United Nations reminds us that whether we are big or small nations, rich or poor nations, developed or developing, Powerful or less powerful, we are all members of one international community.
- We must therefore continue to work together, respecting the sovereignty of all nations upholding the international law and the United Nations Charter, resolving our differences peacefully, and recognizing that every nation, regardless of its size or economic strength or military might, has a voice and a place in this Assembly.
- For Papua New Guinea and all the nations of the Pacific, multilateralism matters.
Kenya · William Samoei Ruto · Day 2 · 19 sentences
- Mr. President of the General Assembly, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, 81 years ago, the nations gathered in San Francisco spoke from the ruins of war.
- They reaffirmed faith in human dignity and in the equal rights of nations, large and small.
- When the United Nations was founded, some 750 million people lived under colonial rule.
- The United Nations also made a difference where peace had been broken.
Slovenia · Janez Janša · Day 3 · 19 sentences
- This year's theme of the United Nations Assembly is peaceful resolution of disputes.
- For this reason, I call on the member states of the United Nations regional organizations, and the United Nations system to develop a new approach and a strategy for the prevention of genocide and other mass atrocities.
- In addition, an intergovernmental forum of like-minded states should be established in order to propose a United Nations resolution that would give a clear mandate for preparation and adoption of an appropriate legal mechanism Legal mechanism that would give the concept of the responsibility to protect a new tool.
- As early as 1946, Raphael Lemkin declared, "Our heritage is the result of the contribution of all nations.
Turkmenistan · Vepa Hajiyev · Day 6 · 19 sentences
- Allow me to congratulate Mr. Khalilur Rahman on his election as President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly and to wish every success in discharging these important responsibilities.
- In these circumstances, it's particularly important to uphold the common purposes enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, ensure respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states, their sovereign equality and non-interference in their internal affairs, and strengthen the rule of international law.
- Turkmenistan firmly believes that the United Nations must continue to serve as the universal and legitimate foundation of international cooperation and as the principal mechanism for reconciling interests and developing solutions in the areas of peace, security and sustainable development.
- 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.
Angola · João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço · Day 1 · 17 sentences
- Allow me to congratulate His Excellency, Khalilur Rahman, on his election as President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- in the hope that with his vast experience and profound knowledge of our organization, he will render a valuable service to the United Nations, which is facing complex challenges that must be overcome in order to retake its key role in addressing the major issues of contemporary international relations.
- I also congratulate Ms. Annalena Baerbock, who preceded him in the discharge of these noble duties, who did not spare efforts in her term, that she carried out with undeniable competence to preserve the role of the United Nations in addressing the issues that most concern the international community 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.
Burundi · Évariste Ndayishimiye · Day 2 · 17 sentences
- Honored the In the name of God, the all-powerful, most merciful, distinguished President of the General Assembly, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, ladies and gentlemen, as President of the Republic of Burundi and the current chairperson of the African Union, allow me to first, on behalf of the people of Burundi and of Africa, congratulate His Excellency Dr. Khalilur Rahman, President of the General Assembly of the United Nations, on his election and wish him every success in the fulfillment of his mandate.
- I would like to take this opportunity to extend my warmest congratulations and express my deepest gratitude to His Excellency, Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, for the unwavering commitment and dedication he has demonstrated throughout his tenure in the service of peace, security, and sustainable development around the world.
- 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.
- Burundi, which has always been able to count on the United Nations generous support, wishes to commend his leadership and his unwavering commitment to the principles of multilateralism.
Eswatini · King Mswati III · Day 2 · 17 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.
- Restoring trust, managing transformation, a United Nations that delivers for all.
- The United Nations was born in 1945 from humanity's determination that the tragedies of war should never again define our common destiny.
- Eight decades later, the world continues to look to this organization as a sanctuary where nations can assemble, where differences can be resolved, through dialogue and where hope can be transformed into tangible action.
Ghana · John Dramani Mahama · Day 3 · 17 sentences
- Mister President, Mister Secretary General, your excellencies, Distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, let me congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to preside over the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- And yet for this organization, the United Nations, the founding principles remain immutable.
- This is the unyielding moral foundation upon which the United Nations must stand.
- Mr. President, 123 nations voted to affirm this fundamental truth that the transatlantic slave trade and chattel enslavement were the gravest crimes against humanity.
Côte d’Ivoire · Tiémoko Meyliet Koné · Day 3 · 17 sentences
- Mr. President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Mr. Secretary-General of the United Nations, ladies and gentlemen.
- And as his tenure draws to a close, I would also like to pay a heartfelt tribute to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres.
- Over the past decade, he has exercised his high office with profound humanity and absolute fidelity to the ideals of the Charter of the United Nations in an international context that has been among the most trying in the contemporary history of our organization.
- Before our very eyes, multilateralism is being sorely tested, weakened by an erosion of trust between nations and trust in the institutions that underpin the world order.
Madagascar · Michaël Randrianirina · Day 3 · 16 sentences
- Excellences, President of the United Nations General Assembly, Excellences, Heads of State and Government, Your Excellency, Secretary-General of the United Nations; distinguished delegates; ladies and gentlemen.
- I am particularly proud and honored to address this august Assembly today on behalf of the Republic of Madagascar at this 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- Thus, for Madagascar, as for many other nations, the new emerging challenges must not overshadow the priorities that still require our attention.
- Indeed, we must admit, taking into account All the hopes and expectations that we, the peoples of the United Nations, have placed in our organization, that trust has gradually eroded over time.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Godwin Friday · Day 4 · 16 sentences
- We thank you for standing up for small and vulnerable nations.
- The theme, Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation, a United Nations that delivers for all, speaks directly to the anxieties of our time, and also to the hopes of small states like mine.
- Nevertheless, we hear the insistent calls for justice, peace, and for a rules-based international order that applies equally to all nations.
- We also feel enormous strains imposed on small nations.
Norway · Espen Barth Eide · Day 4 · 16 sentences
- Our United Nations was founded by leaders who had lived through two world wars a devastating economic collapse, and the rise of fascism and Nazism.
- They had experienced firsthand that all nations suffer in war and conflict and when international cooperation fails.
- Yet, at the very moment when we need it most, our United Nations faces its most serious challenge.
- Not because the United Nations failed, but because it matters.
Finland · Alexander Stubb · Day 1 · 15 sentences
- Nations compete now harder than they did a generation ago.
- Small nations need it to survive, and large nations need it to be great.
- Whether it is in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, or the Americans, nations are seeking new alliances and partnerships.
- It brought together 35 nations in the midst of the Cold War and laid the foundations for what would later become the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Paraguay · Santiago Peña Palacios · Day 2 · 15 sentences
- President of the General Assembly, Marcelo Capino, my dear Paraguayan compatriot, distinguished ministers, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, the slogan for this Assembly challenges us to restore trust, manage transformation, and ensure that the United Nations delivers for all.
- I have come to speak on behalf of a country that rose from the most devastating war in the Western Hemisphere, the War of the Triple Alliance, which brought mourning to no fewer than four sister nations.
- Paraguay comes before the community of nations with one non-negotiable conviction: the dignity of the human person must be at the heart of every decision.
- Today, I call on all my Latin American brothers and sisters, but also on these United Nations.
Estonia · Alar Karis · Day 2 · 15 sentences
- Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Last year, speaking from this podium, I described the United Nations as an idea of a better world.
- I still believe in that promise, enshrined in the United Nations Charter.
- Over the past year in particular, it has become increasingly clear that the multilateral world order, with the United Nations and the Charter in its core, is at a profound turning point.
- But it is also true that the United Nations requires profound reforms to be able to tackle the challenges of the 21st century.
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Rodrigo Paz Pereira · Day 3 · 15 sentences
- Nevertheless, we were reduced to a country that now has to be negotiating with multilateral institutions and with various different nations.
- For many nations, that might not be much, but for Bolivia, it is a record, a milestone, a challenge, and a process of construction to build, strengthen our democracy, and to strengthen our productive model within the country.
- And in governance, there was a deep-rooted danger that we should denounce in this space of the United Nations. 53 days, for 53 days, there were blockages of roads in Bolivia.
- to want to break the constitutional and democratic framework of our nations.
Brunei Darussalam · Prince 'Abdul Mateen · Day 5 · 15 sentences
- At a time of profound transformation, rebuilding confidence among nations lets us confront change and uncertainty together.
- When nations begin to believe that rules are applied differently depending on power or circumstance, the instinct is to turn inward and act alone.
- The Charter of the United Nations must therefore remain our common foundation.
- Medics, journalists, humanitarian workers, and United Nations personnel have also lost their lives while carrying out their duties.
Iceland · Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir · Day 5 · 15 sentences
- Madam President, Excellencies, dear friends, the United Nations was born from a harsh lesson of history.
- But the United Nations was built precisely for times of uncertainty, to bring rules and restraints to an unpredictable world and to prevent conflict from descending into catastrophe.
- Today, that wisdom and the United Nations that embodies it is under enormous pressure.
- Madam President, This year marks 80 years since Iceland joined the United Nations.
Tajikistan · Sirojiddin Muhriddin · Day 5 · 15 sentences
- Excellency, Mr. Khalilur Rahman, President of the United Nations General Assembly.
- Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, at the outset, allow me to congratulate His Excellency, Mr. Khalilur Rahman on his election as President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- We are grateful to Member States, partners and the United Nations system for supporting this initiative of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, His Excellency Mr. Emomali Rahmon.
- Building on this vision, Tajikistan will convene a high-level international conference on peace in Dushanbe in June 2027, in cooperation with the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, the United Nations Youth Office and other partners.
Republic of Korea · Lee Jae Myung · Day 1 · 14 sentences
- I would like to begin by expressing my gratitude and respect to all member states of the United Nations and the staff of the UN Secretariat for their dedication to a prosperous future for all of humanity.
- Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, and distinguished delegates, the United Nations, which has a history of upholding human dignity and pioneering the way for future generations, now stands at a grave crossroads.
- "The United Nations was not created in order to bring us to heaven, but in order to save us from hell."
- These words of the second Secretary-General of the UN, Dag Hammarskjold, compel us to ask ourselves: Is the United Nations today capable of saving humanity from war, poverty, and disaster?
Dominica · Sylvanie Burton · Day 1 · 14 sentences
- I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election and on the theme chosen for this 81st session of the General Assembly: "Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation: A United Nations that Delivers for All".
- The United Nations provides shelter and protection to people enduring conflict displacement, and natural disaster.
- What the United Nations does not currently do enough is deliver at the transformative level.
- Mr. President, Dominica does not come to the United Nations asking to be treated as a victim of vulnerability.
Latvia · Edgars Rinkēvičs · Day 2 · 14 sentences
- I am looking forward to working together for a stronger United Nations and a safer world.
- Rising seas threaten to raise island nations.
- That threat means that those island nations may disappear from the face of the earth.
- Different nations, different realities, but increasingly a shared fate.
Australia · Anthony Albanese · Day 3 · 14 sentences
- My dear colleagues, this evening I want to talk about the need for nations to work together on the new challenges that we face.
- Eight decades ago, the citizens and leaders of our nations made a solemn promise to future generations.
- That means cooperating on the urgent challenge that confront each of our sovereign nations and creating solutions that work for our citizens.
- This was the founding purpose of the United Nations.
Malta · Robert Abela · Day 4 · 14 sentences
- It must also be the central mission of the remaking of this United Nations.
- We know we need to change how the United Nations works, how it takes decisions, and how it delivers on the ground.
- So, we need to show faith that however hard the work, however many setbacks faced along the way the end result of transforming this House this home of all the nations, will be a real step forward.
- And as this United Nations embarks on its ninth decade of service, the need for a step change in how the international community works together, solves problems together, is arguably needed more acutely now than ever before.
Mauritania · Mohamed Salem Merzoug · Day 4 · 14 sentences
- Your Excellency, Mr. President, Excellencies, Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Honorable ministers, ambassadors, ladies and gentlemen, peace and blessings be upon you.
- At the outset, I would like to express my sincere congratulations to Dr. Khalid al-Rahman on assuming the presidency of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- I would also like to express my sincere thanks to Her Excellency Annalena Baerbock for the excellent stewardship of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- I would like to thank His Excellency, Mr. Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, for his concerted effort to develop the United Nations and promote its role.
Tunisia · Mohamed Ali Nafti · Day 5 · 14 sentences
- for his wise leadership in the service of peace, security, development, and justice, and for his tireless efforts to preserve the standing of the Organization and restore confidence in multilateral action at a time of extraordinary international complexity, when maintaining the effectiveness of the United Nations has become a demanding responsibility.
- 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.
- Mr. President, we meet during this 81st session under the theme, "Restoring Trust and Managing Transformation: A United Nations that Delivers for All."
- Rather, it is the continuation of a journey that began before independence, when the national movement brought the cause of the Tunisian people before the United Nations and made the right to self-determination and the recovery of sovereignty an integral part of the struggle for freedom.
Secretary-General of the United Nations · António Guterres · Day 1 · 13 sentences
- We already have a binding foundation, the Charter of the United Nations, and the principles that give it life.
- In advisory opinion last year, The court was clear that United Nations need to be allowed to perform our mandates in Gaza and for our staff and humanitarian personnel to be protected.
- I am proud to report to you today that the United Nations achieved gender parity for the first time in history across all senior leadership, all headquarters, and all professional staff.
- If the United Nations can change, so can governments, so can parliaments, so can businesses, so can peace processes, and so can this General Assembly.
United States of America · Donald Trump · Day 1 · 12 sentences
- Working with many nations in this room, we are solving decades of intractable challenges, and we are settling years of unfinished business.
- That resolution, I'm pleased to say, received more cosponsors from U.N. member nations than any Security Council resolution in history.
- I call on all nations to join us in enforcing the complete economic isolation of Iran until they stop their attacks on commercial shipping, relinquish their nuclear ambitions, and cease their support
- I want to express my gratitude to the United Nations Security Council for their unanimous endorsement of our 20-point Gaza peace plan and for officially approving the Board of Peace.
Luxembourg · Guillaume of Luxembourg · Day 1 · 12 sentences
- Trust between nations, trust between people, and perhaps most importantly, trust in our ability to work together.
- I assumed office less than a year ago, It is therefore a particular honor to stand before you today and to reaffirm from this podium the importance Luxembourg attaches to the United Nations and to a rule-based international order grounded in the rule of law.
- But this moment also makes me reflect on what the United Nations means from the perspective of my own generation.
- And this is why the United Nations matters.
United Republic of Tanzania · Deogratius Ndejembi · Day 1 · 12 sentences
- Your Excellency, Dr. Halil Rahman, President of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Your Excellency Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, distinguished delegates, good afternoon.
- Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you on your election to preside over the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- Mr. President, about 80 years ago, The United Nations was founded in San Francisco on a simple but enduring principle: that nations can prevent war and advance peace through trust, collective action, and respect the UN Charter.
- These challenges should remind us of a need for a stronger and much more coordinated United Nations.
Ireland · Micheál Martin · Day 3 · 12 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.
- That is Ireland's position and that is what all of us, as members of the United Nations, need to deliver on.
- We should also remember what our collective commitment to the United Nations has achieved.
- The multilateral system anchored in the United Nations Charter, has been the foundation of many of humanity's greatest achievements.
Lesotho · Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane · Day 4 · 12 sentences
- And your vision for a United Nations that is responsive, effective, and capable of delivering for humanity.
- 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.
- To the Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres, whose tenure is approaching an end, My delegation commends his exemplary leadership and commitment to the ideals of the United Nations.
- 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.
Saint Lucia · Philip J. Pierre · Day 4 · 12 sentences
- In 1979, 54 years after the creation of the of this United Nations, my country Saint Lucia, though small in geography, but large in courage, dignity, and conviction, took its seat among the community of nations, brimming with hope, optimism, and trust in the promise and goals of this body.
- The theme before us, restoring trust Managing transformation, a United Nations that delivers for all, must not remain a slogan.
- Trust will be restored only when promises are matched by action, when commitments are honored, and when the United Nations delivers meaningful results for every nation, and when there is due regard for multilateral principles, not only for the most powerful, but for the weakest of us as well.
- And in the words of the former UN Secretary-General, The United Nations was not created in order to bring us to heaven, but in order to save us from hell.
Liechtenstein · Sabine Monauni · Day 4 · 12 sentences
- President, Liechtenstein joined the United Nations 36 years ago as its 160th member.
- President, our belief in the United Nations remains steadfast.
- As a result, the United Nations has moved down the foreign policy agenda even of states who have a strong history of supporting it.
- The overwhelming majority of the states present in this room believe in the United Nations.
Belize · John Briceño · Day 5 · 12 sentences
- Indeed, Mr. President, The United Nations has already placed them in our hands.
- the United Nations is doing its part.
- of the League of Nations final years.
- Belize calls once more for Taiwan's meaningful participation in the United Nations system.
Indonesia · Sugiono · Day 5 · 12 sentences
- Your Excellency, Halil Rahman, President of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Your Excellency, Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Excellencies, Heads of State and Heads of Government, Ministers, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen.
- May peace be upon all of us. 81 years ago, from the ashes of the Second World War, Indonesia and the United Nations were born.
- Nations freed themselves from colonialism.
- Building resilient multilateralism begins with resilient nations.
Malawi · George Chapatula Chaponda · Day 6 · 12 sentences
- I congratulate you, Mr. President, and all Vice-Presidents on your election to lead this one session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- Trust between nations has eroded.
- For the United Nations to remain relevant, It must transform into an institution that delivers tangible progress for the most vulnerable, leaving no nation behind.
- I would therefore like to highlight six opportunities for restoring trust, managing transformation, and thereby ensuring a United Nations that delivers for all.
France · Emmanuel Macron · Day 1 · 11 sentences
- Our duty, today more than ever, is to hold firm here at the United Nations in order to make decisions to further our common interests so that people can choose their fate freely their development model, choose their future, to refuse their sovereignty being taken hostage by unjust forces, by fear.
- You know just how committed France is to the United Nations and its ability to shoulder the responsibilities conferred upon it by the Charter.
- It talked about the limits which sovereign nations themselves set.
- But it's not enough invoking the law, invoking our values in order to uphold the obligations we all signed up to when we joined the United Nations.
Montenegro · Jakov Milatović · Day 2 · 11 sentences
- Distinguished Mr. President, Excellencies, I do want to congratulate, first of all, Dr. Rahman on his election as President of the United Nations General Assembly, and I also wish to thank Mrs. Baerbock for her leadership of the 80th session of the General Assembly.
- And what is true between people should also be true between nations.
- In the opening words of the UN Charter, the nations of the world made perhaps the most important promise of all, to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.
- Excellencies, 20 years ago, shortly after peacefully restoring our independence, Montenegro took its seat in this very Assembly as a full member of the United Nations.
Zimbabwe · Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa · Day 3 · 11 sentences
- Your Excellency, Dr. Rahman, President of the eighth first session of the United Nations General Assembly, your majesties, excellencies, heads of state and government, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen.
- Zimbabwe is confident that under your able leadership, the Assembly will advance meaningful transformation under the theme, Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation, a United Nations that delivers for all.
- The trust deficit among nations has continued around the gains that cooperation fostered within the United Nations system.
- Trust will be restored when conflicts are prevented, international law is applied equally, development commitments are fulfilled, and all nations are fairly represented.
European Union · António Costa · Day 3 · 11 sentences
- 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.
- Excellencies, The United Nations must remain at the center of the multilateral system.
- The United Nations is under pressure from geopolitical polarization, financial constraints, and institution shortcomings.
- The UN80 initiative offers an opportunity to make the United Nations more efficient and more effective.
Barbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 11 sentences
- And increasingly, obstacles between nations, between communities, and between people who no longer agree on the same facts or trust the same institutions.
- The institutions are these very United Nations.
- This is why people are losing trust in the United Nations and its Council.
- We've been told that there are more conflicts today than at any time since the United Nations was established.
Bangladesh · Tarique Rahman · Day 3 · 11 sentences
- Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. Mr. President, I congratulate you on your election as President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- Standing on this world stage of the United Nations, I am somewhat nostalgic at this moment.
- 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.
- I reiterate Bangladesh's support for any initiative at the United Nations dedicated to establishing world peace and serving humanity.
Bahamas (the) · Philip Edward Davis · Day 4 · 11 sentences
- The promise of our generation was made 81 years ago with the founding of this United Nations from the ashes of the worst war in human history.
- Sad to say, United Nations has drifted from its promise.
- The message to small nations is very clear.
- In 2008, when the banks of the richest nations were failing, trillions of dollars were found in a matter of weeks.
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Geoffrey Hanley · Day 4 · 11 sentences
- Earlier this year, our second voluntary national review in the United Nations High-Level Political Forum showed stronger government coordination, close alignment with sustainable development goals, and tangible progress for our people.
- With investment, partnership, and political will, small nations can deliver big solutions.
- For island nations, this is a question of sovereignty and statehood.
- For island nations, the ocean is not the space between us and the world.
Kazakhstan · Mukhtar Tileuberdi · Day 4 · 11 sentences
- Excellencies, Kazakhstan remains fully committed to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and to effective multilateral cooperation.
- The erosion of trust among nations is rapidly reshaping the international order.
- President Tokayev has repeatedly underscored the indispensable role of the United Nations as a single universal platform, uniquely capable of bringing the states together to address the challenges we face.
- The success of the reform should be measured not by what is cut or reorganized, but by whether the United Nations prevents conflicts more effectively, responds more rapidly to crisis and delivers better results for all member states.
Cameroon · Lejeune Mbella Mbella · Day 5 · 11 sentences
- Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, His Excellency Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon, has bestowed upon me the immense honor of representing him in this encounter for the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly and to deliver the following statement on his behalf.
- Your eminent skill as a diplomat, your knowledge, and your wealth of experience when it comes to United Nations issues, as well as your vision, the vision that you proposed for our organization, are a good omen for the success of our work.
- Finally, I would like to avail myself of this occasion to reiterate to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres, Cameroon's sincere esteem for his constant commitment to the ideals, purposes, and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, as well as for his efforts and the remarkable results that have characterized his two consecutive mandates as Secretary-General of our Organization.
- He is preparing to leave his important post in a few months, and at this time, Cameroon would like to thank him for his unswerving commitment to the United Nations, and we pay him a vibrant tribute for the magnitude of his legacy.
Algeria · Ahmed Attaf · Day 6 · 11 sentences
- I would also like to express my profound gratitude and great appreciation to Mr. Antonio Guterres, who is joining us in what is the final session of this Assembly during his tenure as Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- Meanwhile, trust among nations is declining.
- And because we built a system of international relations whose central purpose was to reject war and to safeguard a lasting peace, but without providing this system with the means and instruments necessary to achieve an ambition of this size, For this reason, the theme that was chosen by the President of our General Assembly for this session, namely, Restoring Trust and Managing Transformation, a United Nations delivering results for all.
- Algeria believes that the starting point must be from the place where the will of the international community must be embodied, namely the United Nations itself.
Sri Lanka · Vijitha Herath · Day 6 · 11 sentences
- The theme of this year's general debate, Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation, A United Nations that delivers for all goes to the heart of this challenge.
- We took the difficult path of navigating a wilderness of sensitivities and marshalling our limited nations resources to rescue and look after the wounded and sick.
- Mr. President, Sri Lanka is proud of its longstanding contribution to United Nations peacekeeping in pursuit of global peace and security, having deployed more than 21,000 personnel on numerous missions since 1957.
- Mr. President, Sri Lanka has long championed and contributed towards a fair and peaceful order at sea under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, a legal regime which we have helped shape.
South Sudan · Cecilia Adout Majok Adeng · Day 6 · 11 sentences
- His commitment to the principle of the United Nations Charter stands with us.
- As the world's youngest nation and the 193rd member of the United Nations, South Sudan understands both the promises and the possibilities of multilateralism.
- trust among citizens, trust between citizens and their institutions, trust among nations, and trust between member states and the international institutions created to serve them.
- South Sudan remains committed to the United Nations and the purpose and the principle of its charter.
Peru · Keiko Sofia Fujimori Higuchi · Day 1 · 10 sentences
- I am appearing at the General Assembly of the United Nations today for the first time.
- Peru comes to this Assembly reaffirming its ironclad commitment to the United Nations Charter and its fundamental principles, peace and security, development and human rights, the three pillars of the United Nations.
- The United Nations must continue to stand as the meeting place par excellence for our peoples, a meeting place which respects diverse realities and traditions.
- Consequently, we express our hope that we will seek to rebuild trust, and we hope that in that endeavor, the United Nations will act independently, impartially, and show that it has a true vocation for dialogue.
Sierra Leone · Julius Maada Bio · Day 1 · 10 sentences
- The United Nations stood with us through disarmament, election, and the long walk of peace building.
- Sierra Leone brings that lesson to this assembly at a moment when trust between nations, in institutions and in multilateral cooperation is under profound strain.
- The words for all ask not only whether United Nations can act, but also its actions, where they reach.
- Of course, nations have legitimate security needs.
Panama · José Raúl Mulino Quintero · Day 2 · 10 sentences
- I'm convinced that the United Nations has immense potential in a world with so much volatility and such strong asymmetries.
- I am convinced that the peace and prosperity of nations must be grounded in international law as a guiding principle of relationships between nations.
- This leads us to a reflection that that is there's a lot of support for nations that assume the objective of decarbonization.
- This is an endeavor of the United Nations to support responsible projects, both socially and environmentally, that represent real progress for our countries.
Poland · Karol Nawrocki · Day 2 · 10 sentences
- Thank you so much for your hard work for the United Nations Organization and for the Republic of Poland.
- Poland was, in fact, a founding member of the United Nations.
- Ladies and gentlemen, for many years, representatives of my country have been trying in this chamber and in the Security Council to point out that a situation in which a permanent member of the Council, Russia, attempts unsuccessfully but with ruthless persistence to conquer a neighboring state and destabilize the entire region is violation of the principles we all uphold as signatories to the Charter of the United Nations.
- It is not too late to restore the primacy of international law and strengthen the foundations of a system in which principles matter, and in which the international community, acting jointly and in solidarity, opposes aggression, which is prohibited by the Charter of the United Nations.
Namibia · Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah · Day 2 · 10 sentences
- In restoring trust, we need to manage transformation of the United Nations Security Council based on equitable representation in its decision-making process to reflect contemporary geopolitical realities.
- The time has come for us to recognize that we have been negotiating for too long and that it is such settlement and it's because of that problems that erode trust in the United Nations.
- A United Nations that delivers for all must be inclusive.
- This is not a position born out of antagonism, but rather one grounded in Namibia's longstanding commitment to justice, solidarity, and the rights of the peoples to determine their own destiny In accordance with the UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 of 1960, the United Nations has a responsibility to advance a just and lasting resolution of the question of Western Sahara, consistent with the Charter of the United Nations and the relevant resolution on decolonization and self-determination.
Slovakia · Peter Pellegrini · Day 2 · 10 sentences
- Slovakia is firmly anchored in the United Nations, NATO, and the European Union.
- That is why, when we speak about the United Nations, I believe in evolution rather than revolution.
- The world has changed, and the United Nations must change with it.
- I fully share the concern of the United Nations about the inequalities that can be created by unequal access to artificial intelligence.
Mozambique · Daniel Francisco Chapo · Day 2 · 10 sentences
- Your Excellency, heads of states and the government, Your Excellency, Khalilur Rahman, President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, Your Excellency, Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Your Excellencies, dear ministers here present, representing the heads of states, Allow me to start by congratulating you, Mr. President, on your election to preside over the work of this Assembly and assure you the full support of the Republic of Mozambique.
- Mr. President, the topic chosen for this session, Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation, a United Nation that Benefits All, invites us to return to the opening words of the United Nations Charter, simple words, yet perhaps amongst the most powerful ever inscribed in an international treaty.
- Mr. President, Mozambique knows from its own experience the value of multilateralism and the value of the United Nations, this organization.
- Thus, the best tribute we can pay to his legacy is to continue the work of strengthening this organization because no generation is going to inherit United Nations as a finished legacy.
Uganda · Jessica Rose Epel Alupo · Day 2 · 10 sentences
- The President of the UN General Assembly, Excellencies, the Heads of State and Government, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen.
- I wish to express my gratitude for the invitation extended to me to address this 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- I also thank His Excellency, Her Excellency, Ms. Annalena Baerbock, for her stewardship of the 80th session and wish to thank the Secretary-General, His Excellency Antonio Guterres for his unwavering commitment to the United Nations.
- Mr. President, 80 years ago, the United Nations was established in the aftermath of the Second World War to foster international cooperation and prevent future armed conflicts.
Italy · Antonio Tajani · Day 2 · 10 sentences
- This is the message Italy brings today to the United Nations.
- change that can happen only through political will, through dialogue among nations, through the awareness of peoples, and through the ability of multilateral institutions to rediscover a mission equal to the challenges of our time.
- The United Nations cannot simply record the divisions of today.
- The United Nations remains the most universal place for pursuing this aspiration, not because it's perfect, but because no other institution can bring together around the same table such different interests, cultures, religions, and visions of the world.
Fiji · Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu · Day 3 · 10 sentences
- The president of the United Nations General Assembly.
- Mr. President, although he's not here, I congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- United Nations that delivers for all.
- The freedoms of navigation guaranteed under the international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, must be respected.
Marshall Islands · Hilda Heine · Day 4 · 10 sentences
- The credibility and effectiveness of multilateral institutions is imperative for small nations.
- Mr. President, the United Nations is long overdue to reflect and renew the same spirit with which our Marshallese people first came to the United Nation by delivering an apology and acknowledgement of the harm caused by impacts from the 67 nuclear weapons tested on our islands during our time as a UN strategic trust territory between 1946 and 1958.
- 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.
- We acknowledge the ongoing actions, dialogues, and complex legacy of the UN's administering authority, the United States, but the role of the United Nations cannot pass without comment.
Guinea-Bissau · Ilídio Vieira Té · Day 4 · 10 sentences
- Allow me to congratulate Mr. Khalilur Rahman on his election as President of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
- It's a particular pleasure for me to express our appreciation to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres, for his tireless commitment to the defense of peace and to the search for solutions to the many challenges facing humanity.
- It is in this spirit that I bring to this Assembly a message of peace, freedom, and fraternity to all the nations of the world, in the firm hope that every people may live in peace, fully exercise its rights, and freely chart its own path towards development and prosperity.
- Ladies and gentlemen, the United Nations remains an essential pillar of multilateralism and a privileged forum for dialogue, cooperation, and the search for collective solutions to the challenges facing humanity.
Tonga · Lord Fakafanua · Day 4 · 10 sentences
- Tonga participates as an equal under the founding principles of the United Nations Charter.
- If the United Nations is to remain the principal vehicle through which sovereign nations confront global challenges.
- We need a United Nations that enables innovation, one that expands meaningful access to investment and technology, especially for the islands, developing countries, who are too often excluded from both.
- It is in this spirit that Tonga has nominated Ambassador Yvonne Baki of Ecuador, whose vision for a renewed, reformed United Nations speaks to the needs of vulnerable States.
Guatemala · Carlos Ramiro Martínez Alvarado · Day 4 · 10 sentences
- Conflicts, geopolitical tensions, declining resources for development, and the fragmentation of spaces for dialogue are testing the principles that have guided coexistence among nations.
- Guatemala maintains that the Charter of the United Nations and international law must remain our common point of reference.
- That is why we understand the value of international support and the role of the United Nations.
- We have also contributed to United Nations peacekeeping operations.
Grenada · Ingrid Jackson · Day 6 · 10 sentences
- Grenada therefore proudly joins the CARICOM family in giving or unequivocal support to the candidacy of Ambassador Carolyn Rodriguez Bickett of Guyana for the position of Secretary General of the United Nations.
- Her distinguished service as Guyana's foreign minister and permanent representative to the United Nations has demonstrated a deep commitment to diplomacy, dialogue, and international cooperation.
- We believe Ambassador Rodriguez Bocket is eminently qualified to serve the entire United Nations membership.
- The theme of this session, Restoring Trust, Managing transformation, a United Nations that delivers for all, challenges us to move beyond declaration towards delivery.
Suriname · Jennifer Geerlings-Simons · Day 1 · 9 sentences
- Mr. President, let me congratulate you on the assumption of the high office of President of the 81st session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
- We also remember with warmth your visit to Suriname, expressing the importance of the United Nations engagement with our country and the Caribbean region.
- Suriname is firmly committed to the upholding of international law As we depend on a rule-based international order, without which, like many other vulnerable nations, we simply cannot exist as sovereign countries.
- The United Nations has not been able to prevent this or to end the continuation.
Libya · Mohamed Younis Menfi · Day 2 · 9 sentences
- Your Excellency, Dr. Khalilur Rahman, President of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
- Your Excellency, Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- And how can we make cooperation a genuine partnership among nations, rather than a carving up of spheres of influence?
- It also means that our cooperation and integration with United Nations bodies are based on transparency, seriousness, and impartiality, free from selectivity and double standards.
Ethiopia · Taye Atske-Selassie Amde · Day 2 · 9 sentences
- Excellency Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations.
- Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of Ethiopia, I wish to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election as President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- 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.
- As a founding member of the United Nations, Ethiopia bears the scars of historical betrayal and the unyielding conviction of a survivor.
Liberia · Joseph Nyuma Boakai · Day 3 · 9 sentences
- 80 years ago, Liberia was among the only four nations to sign the charter establishing the United Nations.
- As a current member of the United Nations Security Council, Liberia is putting these principles into practice while confronting evolving threats across West Africa, including transnational organized crime, cyber war, and illicit according trafficking along maritime corridors in the Gulf of Guinea.
- Mr. President, as we enter the home stretch of the 2030 agenda, Developing nations have been squeezed by unsustainable debt, shrinking financial space, and mounting external shocks.
- We call on industrial nations to honor their financial pledges and operationalize loss and damage mechanisms.
Colombia · José Manuel Restrepo · Day 3 · 9 sentences
- This criticism isn't born out of whim or hostility towards the United Nations, it's based in political, institutional, doctrinal considerations.
- This organization was born to maintain international peace and security, to foster friendly relations among nations, and to promote cooperation in resolving the major common problems.
- And in this, just as in so many other areas, the United Nations still has some room for improvement.
- For me, multilateralism isn't about dissolving nations, but rather about facilitating cooperation among them.
South Africa · Ronald Ozzy Lamola · Day 3 · 9 sentences
- President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Secretary-General, ladies and gentlemen, this day, the 24th of September, is a national day of immense significance in South Africa.
- 60 years ago, in the chamber of this assembly, the United Nations adopted a resolution condemning apartheid as a crime against humanity.
- We've built a United Nations of diverse people, still in their determination to never let history repeat itself.
- Our responses are severely constrained by a climate finance architecture stacked against developing nations.
Maldives · Hussain Mohamed Latheef · Day 4 · 9 sentences
- This year's theme, "Restoring trust, managing transformation: a United Nations that delivers for all", captures the task before us.
- The United Nations must ask itself the same question.
- And if this organization is restored trust and deliver for all, Palestine must become a full member of the United Nations.
- For SIDS, climate change is altering the very physical foundations of our nations.
Solomon Islands · Matthew Cooper Wale · Day 4 · 9 sentences
- Mr. President, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Excellencies, distinguished delegates, I stand before this Assembly conscious that I speak on behalf of a nation and a people whose future is being shaped in halls like this one.
- And it is why the world needs a stronger, more agile United Nations, one equipped to respond to the realities of today.
- The UN is not perfect, but it remains the cornerstone of multilateral diplomacy and the indispensable platform through which nations preserve peace, advance sustainable development, uphold international law, and protect human rights.
- Beyond every declaration and commitment, each of us carries a profound responsibility to be agents of peace, champions of goodwill, and keepers of the fragile bonds of friendship among nations.
Bahrain · Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani · Day 4 · 9 sentences
- In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful, Your Excellency, Dr. Khalil al-Rahman, President of the United Nations General Assembly.
- Your Excellency, Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, ladies and gentlemen, peace and blessings of God be upon you.
- Mr. President, you have chosen for this session a theme that speaks directly to the challenges before us, restoring trust, managing transformation, and a United Nations that delivers for all.
- This came in flagrant violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.
Mexico · Roberto Velasco Álvarez · Day 4 · 9 sentences
- This conviction coincides with the commitments that we all made in the United Nations Charter, whose first article establishes as goals to maintain international peace and security, to engage in friendly relations between nations, and to cooperate to resolve economic, social, and cultural problems and humanitarian problems, promoting respect for human rights without any type of distinction.
- We defend self determine the self determination of peoples non interference because we know that they are the best guarantee of peace and stability between nations.
- All nations, all peoples have the same value before the law.
- And with the same conviction that the law is the only legitimate force between nations, and this conviction does not allow for any exceptions in or any selective uses.
Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Thongsavanh Phomvihane · Day 5 · 9 sentences
- Mr. President, at the outset, allow me to express my warmest congratulations to His Excellency Dr. Khalilulrahman on his election as the President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- The theme for this session, Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation, United Nations that delivers for all, arise at the pivotal junction.
- For developing and vulnerable countries, when resources and responsive United Nations is an indispensable anchor.
- For the Lao PDR, restoring and deepening trust begins with renewed commitment to inclusive multilateralism, with the United Nations at the core.
Zambia · Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe · Day 5 · 9 sentences
- We congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election as the President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly and pledge our cooperation and support during your tenure.
- Zambia continues to salute his Excellency Antonio Guterres for reminding us that the answer to a more divided and multipolar world is not less multilateralism, but a stronger, fairer, and more representative United Nations.
- The theme of this session, Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation, a United Nations that delivers for all, is both timely and necessary.
- Trust is the foundation on which international cooperation is built upon, yet today, trust in institutions, trust amongst nations, and most importantly, trust between the institutions that serve the people is under strain.
Mali · Abdoulaye Diop · Day 6 · 9 sentences
- And finally, I wish to express our sincere appreciation to Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, for his commitment over the past 10 years in the service of our organization and in the service of peace, development and human rights throughout the world.
- We welcome the theme of the 81st session of the General Assembly, namely, restoring trust, supporting transformation, a United Nations organization that delivers for all.
- For its part, Mali reaffirms its unwavering commitment to reformed multilateralism founded on strict respect for the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, particularly sovereign equality, territorial integrity, non-use of force, mutual respect, and non-interference in the internal affairs of a state.
- The blatant violations of international law, its selective application, double standards in the management of crises throughout the world, abusive recourse to force and threats, and policies of hegemony and domination, in violation of the Charter of this organization have seriously undermined public confidence throughout the world in international institutions, especially the United Nations.
Burkina Faso · Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré · Day 6 · 9 sentences
- Mr. President, the Alliance of Sahel States welcomes the theme of this session of the General Assembly, Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation, a United Nations that Delivers for All.
- The promises of hope enshrined in the United Nations Charter, which extolled peace, are disregarded.
- This is the forum to reiterate our warm congratulations to the high-level authorities of the Republic of Ghana and all of the Afro-descendant communities who brought this file to the United Nations for everyone to support it to make this decisive step forward towards justice.
- However, reform should not be a pretext to further reduce the presence of the United Nations in different countries.
El Salvador · Alexandra Hill Tinoco · Day 6 · 9 sentences
- And that is, where are the United Nations?
- Where are the United Nations?
- As the United Nations, we need to commit ourselves and work to redefine the international order so that we can prioritize the common well-being of the whole of humanity regardless of whether of where they live and their condition guarantee the well-being of our brothers and sisters the whole of humanity we need a multilateral system that is able to listen but also to make decisions, to safeguard principles, to respect the sovereignty of states, but that at the same time understands that no state can resolve problems that know no borders alone.
- The fact is that the credibility of the United Nations is not something that we can build exclusively with resolutions.
Antigua and Barbuda · Walton Alfonso Webson · Day 6 · 9 sentences
- The next Secretary-General of this institution will inherit a United Nations confronting wars and conflicts that devastate lives and undermine international capability.
- At a time of fragmentation, the United Nations needs a credible bridge builder.
- We support a more efficient, coherent and accountable United Nations, but efficiency cannot become another word for retreat.
- In a fractured world, the United Nations must renew both its operational relevance and its moral clarity.
Seychelles · Mathew Antonio Patrick Herminie · Day 1 · 8 sentences
- You have consistently championed a United Nations that is more effective, responsive, and grounded in the needs of the people we serve.
- The United Nations must prove that dialogue can bridge division, that international law must prevail over force, and that collective action achieves what unilateralism never can.
- In short, a United Nations that delivers for all.
- It is unreasonable to expect nations safeguarding vast oceanic domains with modest budgets to meet standards set by heavily resourced states without providing them the tools to do so.
Hungary · András Bálint Baka · Day 3 · 8 sentences
- I speak here to the nations of the world, but also to my fellow citizens watching at home.
- We will be a reliable member of the European Union, a committed NATO ally, and an active member of the United Nations.
- Our appeals reached the United Nations, but the international community could not prevent our defeat.
- Hungary condemns Russia's full-scale war of aggression as a violation of United Nations Charter and international law.
Equatorial Guinea · Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue · Day 3 · 8 sentences
- Mr. Khalilur Rahman, President of the General Assembly; Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Excellencies, Heads of State and Government and Heads of Delegation; Ladies and Gentlemen.
- I have the honor to take the floor before this General Assembly on behalf of and representing His Excellency Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, to express to you his greetings of peace and the greetings of the people of Equatorial Guinea, and to reaffirm our support for and commitment to the Charter of the United Nations.
- Mr. President, The theme of this session is Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation: A United Nations that Delivers for All.
- We express our recognition and gratitude for the valuable support of the United Nations and the African Union in this in that process.
Senegal · Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye · Day 3 · 8 sentences
- I also wish you every success as you steer the work of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- Indeed, the major issue of our time is restoring trust, managing transformation in order to build a United Nations that delivers for all.
- There's a crisis of confidence and trust in international institutions, and there's a crisis of confidence in international law's ability to enforce agreements reached on the basis of the United Nations Charter.
- Finally, there is a crisis of confidence in the original promise of the United Nations, namely preserving succeeding generations from the scourge of war and promoting economic, social progress for all.
Nigeria · Kashim Shettima · Day 3 · 8 sentences
- session of the United Nations General Assembly and assure you of Nigeria's full cooperation and support.
- I also salute the Secretary-General, His Excellency Antonio Guterres, and the Deputy Secretary-General, Aminah J. Mohammed, for steering the United Nations through storms that have sharpened our awareness of the cost of inaction.
- The persistence of conflicts across the world recalls the purpose for which the United Nations was founded, to spare succeeding generations the devastation of war.
- Excellencies, Nigeria remains committed to the peaceful settlement of disputes under the United Nations Charter.
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Rob Jetten · Day 3 · 8 sentences
- And I realize that the United Nations does not carry the most positive associations for everyone.
- But let us not forget what lay behind the founding of the United Nations over 80 years ago, the realization that doing nothing had led to the darkest chapters in human history.
- But when we look at the world today, we see similar challenges as which preceded the founding of the United Nations.
- Sooner or later, everyone is affected, as we saw in the time before the United Nations.
Austria · Beate Meinl-Reisinger · Day 3 · 8 sentences
- This is why the United Nations matters.
- Today, the United Nations too often falls short.
- Not because it has failed, because we have let it stand still, but There is no alternative to the United Nations.
- The United Nations was not created to discuss international problems.
Lebanon · Nawaf Salam · Day 4 · 8 sentences
- Mr. Secretary-General, The more I reflect on the theme of this session of the General Assembly, "Restoring trust and managing transformation: a United Nations that delivers for all," the more convinced I become of the wisdom of that choice.
- More than 80 years ago, the United Nations was founded on the promise that the force of law would replace the law of force.
- Mr. President, in this context, I must pay tribute to the role played by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and to the courage of its leadership, personnel and staff, and their sacrifices in preserving stability, supporting the Lebanese Armed Forces, and implementing Resolution 1701.
- While we thank the United Nations entities and our international partners for their humanitarian contributions, we call at the same time for continued funding to meet the basic needs of those affected, particularly the displaced, in parallel with the requirements of early recovery, as well as reconstruction and development.
Tuvalu · Feleti Teo · Day 4 · 8 sentences
- Mr. President, the theme for this session, Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation, a United Nations that Delivers for All, resonates well with the moment of time we find ourselves in right now.
- Tuvalu, therefore, stands in solidarity with fellow member states in contributing to the restoration of that trust and advancing the necessary reforms and transformation that will enable the United Nations to deliver for all.
- 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 stands ready to work with all nations to advance climate ambitions, strengthen resilience, and ensure that no country is left behind.
North Macedonia · Hristijan Mickoski · Day 4 · 8 sentences
- 33 years ago, since we become a part of the United Nations, the world looked very different.
- It was in those circumstances on our territory that the United Nations did something it had never done before.
- That is why the United Nations matters.
- It should strengthen our determination to protect this United Nations and the rules upon which they are founded, and to stand for multilateralism grounded in values, mutual respect, and rules.
Cabo Verde · Francisco Avelino Vieira de Carvalho · Day 5 · 8 sentences
- Mr. President of the General Assembly, Mr. Secretary-General of the United Nations, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen.
- In this spirit, Cabo Verde reaffirms its faith in the United States in dialogue among nations.
- In the face of wars, inequalities, and crisis confronting our world, we reaffirm our unwavering commitment to the Charter of the United Nations, to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states, to the protection of civilian populations, and to the peaceful resolution of conflicts.
- Cabo Verde therefore supports a United Nations that is more effective, more transparent, and more representative.
Cambodia · Sokhonn Prak · Day 5 · 8 sentences
- First, I wish to extend my warmest congratulations to Your Excellency, Dr. Khalilur Rahman, on your election as President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- It is my great honor to pay tribute to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for his steadfast leadership and dedicated service to the United Nations throughout his two mandates.
- At a time when international cooperation is more necessary than ever, trust among nations is being tested, while confidence in multilateral institutions and their capacity to respond effectively to common challenges is under increasing pressure.
- The world needs the United Nations not less, but more.
Oman · Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi · Day 5 · 8 sentences
- Your Excellency, President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, heads and members of delegations, Allow me to extend my sincere congratulations to His Excellency Dr. Khalil al-Rahman on his election to preside over this session, wishing him every success in carrying out his duties.
- refraining from the use of force and interference in the internal affairs of states, and being guided instead by the Charter of the United Nations and international law, and respecting the sovereignty and independence of states, can provide a sound framework that governs international relations and that builds trust and constructive cooperation among states.
- the Sultanate of Oman once again reaffirms its steadfast commitment to continuing its efforts aimed at safeguarding navigation in the Strait of Hormuz in accordance with the principles of international law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
- We also express our condemnation of the crimes of the Israeli occupation and its increasing violations against the Palestinian people, which have compounded the suffering of the Palestinian people in its struggle to obtain its legitimate rights and liberate its land within the borders of June 4, 1967, based on the two-state solution and relevant United Nations resolutions.
Jamaica · Kamina Johnson Smith · Day 5 · 8 sentences
- A United Nations that spends less time sustaining process for its own sake and more time fulfilling its purpose.
- International law and the Charter of the United Nations must be upheld.
- The United Nations must change if it is to remain credible.
- Jamaica supports the revitalization of this General Assembly, meaningful reform of the Security Council, and greater coherence, efficiency, and accountability across the United Nations system.
Congo · Constant Serge Bounda · Day 6 · 8 sentences
- And we further express our profound gratitude to His Excellency, Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, for his advocacy on behalf of Africa, his constant commitment to the Congo Basin, and his support to the peace mediation and dialogue efforts undertaken by our country.
- The next Secretary-General must embrace a truly universal vision of the United Nations, one that leaves no continent at the margins and which fully takes into account Africa's place, responsibilities, and legitimate interests.
- Rather, we seek to be a bridge between nations.
- The United Nations Decade for Afforestation and Reforestation 2027 to 2036, which was promoted by my country, the Republic of the Congo, Resolution 80/250 the transatlantic slave trade, recognizing it as a crime against humanity, which was promoted by Ghana, and the correct the map resolution promoted by Togo.
President of the General Assembly (closing) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 6 · 8 sentences
- Over the course of this general debate, you have answered, sometimes with different perspectives, but always with the conviction that the challenges before us demand action and that the United Nations remain indispensable.
- But peace was spoken of less as a distant aspiration than as an urgent defense of the United Nations Charter, international law, and the protection of civilians.
- We have heard that this also requires United Nations Security Council able and willing to discharge the responsibility entrusted to it.
- As I said at the opening of this debate, in the eyes of the world, when the Security Council works, the United Nations works.
Chile · José Antonio Kast · Day 1 · 7 sentences
- For the vast swathes of the '90s and until the beginning of the 2000s, Chile was a success story and a model for many regions and nations.
- In the Latin American context, in which many nations were facing inflation crises and external debt, Chile distinguished itself because it continued to show fiscal responsibility, display high rates of growth and poverty reduction.
- Many South American nations have acceded to it so that we can coordinate to effectively combat transnational organized crime.
- The United Nations has a role to play and it must do so with the character and the dynamism that it has not yet shown.
Spain · Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón · Day 2 · 7 sentences
- The United Nations is one of the spaces where these decisions are made at the highest level.
- However, with the same belief, I must call out the fact that the majority of the voices that today insist on criticizing the United Nations are not describing its failure.
- However, the good news is that all of the guidance we need is right here in the United Nations Charter.
- And today, is one of those times and therefore it's our duty to rise to the courage and the ambition present in this text in the United Nations Charter and this is why ladies and gentlemen we need to reform the Security Council so that all of the regions in the world have fair representation and so that we can do away with the right of veto of the permanent members because as the UN Charter sets out no country should be judged in its own case, no matter how powerful they are.
Nepal · Balendra Shah · Day 3 · 7 sentences
- Nearly three years ago, standing in the shadow of our Mount Everest, the Secretary General of United Nations warned humanity about the madness and impending climate disaster.
- Other friendly countries, the United Nations system, humanitarian agencies, philanthropies, and people around the world stood with Nepal.
- Through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the international community has already agreed to the principle of common differentiated responsibility and respective capabilities.
- Climate justice cannot remain a beautiful phrase in United Nations document.
Kiribati · Taneti Maamau · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- On behalf of the Government and the people of Kiribati, I extend our warmest congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your election to preside and lead this 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- It is therefore fitting that the theme of this 81st session is "Restoring trust, managing transformation: A United Nations that delivers for all".
- For Kiribati, the theme reaffirms our shared duty to strengthen the United Nations and ensure it serves everyone.
- We reaffirm that disputes must be resolved peacefully, in accordance with the international law and the principles of the United Nations Charter.
Iraq · Ali Falih Al-Zaidi · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- Mr. President of the United Nations General Assembly, Your Excellency, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Excellencies, Esteemed ladies and gentlemen, Peace be upon you and God's mercy and blessings.
- 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.
- I stand here to renew my country's commitment to the United Nations Charter and principles, and to present Iraq's vision for its future, its region, and the world at this critical juncture.
- Here, from the United Nations, we say to the world, invest with Iraq.
Pakistan · Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- Ladies and gentlemen, Pakistan's founding father, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, had famously declared, "We stand by the United Nations Charter and will gladly make our full contribution to the peace and prosperity of the world."
- They must remain open, connecting nations, not becoming choke points of confrontation.
- Pakistan exercised its inherent right of self-defence under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.
- For eight decades, the Kashmiri people have waited for the United Nations to fulfill its solemn commitment of a free and impartial plebiscite under its auspices.
Niger · Lamine Zeine Ali Mahaman · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- to express the message of peace of the people of Niger, the sovereign people of Niger, a people that is committed to its dignity and to cooperation among nations.
- Mr. President, the theme of this session, Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation, a United Nations that Delivers for All, perfectly chimes with the concerns of those peoples aspiring to peace and progress, even while bombs and other devices of mass destruction are endlessly causing death and devastation in every corner of our planet.
- How can we restore trust and manage transformation in the world so that the United Nations can effectively bring peace and good fortune to all peoples?
- and in our Sahel, the Sahel, in the name of supposedly universal values, which nevertheless remain unpunished, those crimes, even while sovereign nations are threatened with sanctions for simply having wanted to decide on their own fate.
Haiti · Alix Didier Fils-Aimé · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- More than 80 years ago, in the wake of a war that plunged the world into chaos, Haiti a founding member of the United Nations, joined the nations of the world to make a pledge for peace, for dialogue, and respect for human dignity.
- It is imperative that, given the crises that Haiti is grappling with and given those that are causing so much upheaval throughout the world, it is imperative for nations to close ranks around what is essential.
- In this regard, I would like to hail the commitment of the United Nations system, and especially the commitment of the Security Council, and that of the Organization of American States, CARICOM, and the European Union, whose support remains essential more than ever.
- Mr. President, the Republic of Haiti remains deeply committed to multilateralism and to the capacity of nations to unite their forces when urgent situations call for them to do so.
Egypt · Moustafa Kamal Madbouly · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate, Mr. Khalilur Rahman, President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Your Majesties, Excellencies, and Highnesses, Heads of State and Government, ladies and gentlemen.
- From this perspective, Egypt, as a founding member of the United Nations, believes that restoring trust requires three interconnected pillars: justice in representation and decision making, justice in the application of the law, and justice in the distribution of development and transformation opportunities.
- In this regard, Egypt reserves its legitimate and internationally recognized right under the Charter of the United Nations and international law to protect its water security and preserve the existential resources of its people.
- More than eight decades have passed since the founding of the United Nations, yet the structure of the international systems institutions, particularly the Security Council, still reflect historical balances that have become outdated.
Samoa · Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- 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.
- The United Nations General Assembly welcome the unanimous ICJ advisory opinion and affirm its importance as an authoritative contribution to the clarification of existing international law.
- Small nations are being asked to finance both development and survival.
- Energy security has become a defining issue for many small island nations.
Philippines · Ma. Theresa Lazaro · Day 5 · 7 sentences
- More than 50 active conflicts tear at the fabric of nations.
- with the United Nations at the heart of this effort.
- Look to the Philippines, one of the world's most climate-vulnerable nations.
- Achieving these goals requires renewed political will, stronger partnerships with the private sector, reform of the international financial architecture, and a United Nations development system responsive to the evolving needs and priorities of developing countries.
Cuba · Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla · Day 5 · 7 sentences
- The fundamental pillars of international law and the United Nations Organization, such as the sovereign equality among states, under permanent attack.
- They are also a reflection of the crisis of identity and relevance imposed on the United Nations Organization and even on this General Assembly, the most universal, democratic and representative body of the international community.
- We are convinced of the need to preserve and strengthen the United Nations.
- This organization and its member states have abundant evidence of the fact that we are a peace-loving country, of the efforts of Cuba in favor of international cooperation, understanding, and the peaceful settlement of disputes, as well as the active role that we have always played in support of the United Nations.
Germany · Johann Wadephul · Day 5 · 7 sentences
- The United Nations was created precisely for a moment such as this.
- But today, the United Nations itself is under pressure.
- The erosion of international law jeopardizes the enormous civilizational progress that the United Nations stand for.
- Faced with this question, it will not be enough to invoke what we still have or once had in the United Nations.
Canada · Anita Anand · Day 5 · 7 sentences
- We will prioritize decisive, effective action by forging issue-based coalitions of nations that share a sense of urgency on common challenges.
- This initiative seeks to support United Nations reform and reform of other institutions to make them more representative, more effective, and more trustworthy.
- Here at the United Nations, Canada will again lead the resolution in this very room, in the General Assembly, on human rights in Iran, because we stand firmly with the Iranian people against repression and for human rights, dignity, and aspirations for a better life.
- Canada's candidacy for the Human Rights Council for 2028 to 2030 bears witness to our values and to the nations represented here.
Sudan · Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim · Day 6 · 7 sentences
- Your Excellency, Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- I would be remiss not to express our appreciation to His Excellency, Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, for his defense of legitimate causes and his protection of the Charter.
- He has exerted considerable efforts to advance the reform process and to put forward initiatives aimed at making the United Nations more effective, influential, and representative.
- The continued disregard for and violation of the purposes and principles of the UN Charter through the use or threat of use of force in international relations, and through interference in the internal affairs of states in various forms, and through disregard for the established principles of international law, threaten confidence in the multilateral international system and in the charter of the United Nations itself.
Costa Rica · Boris Vasir Marchegiani Carrero · Day 6 · 7 sentences
- More than eight decades ago, the founders of the United Nations understood that no peace built on brute force could stand the test of time.
- Costa Rica champions a United Nations which is more agile, more efficient, more transparent, and more accountable to its member states.
- President, 81 years after the adoption of the Charter, the best way to defend the United Nations is to defend its ability to discharge its mandates.
- For this reason, Costa Rica has... presented the candidacy of Ms. Rebecca Greenspan to the position of Secretary General of the United Nations.
Benin · Marc Hermanne Gninadoou Araba · Day 6 · 7 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.
- This is his last General Assembly as Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- Defending multilateralism also means taking a lucid look at the United Nations Organization.
- A more effective United Nations should be better positioned to prevent conflicts, to respond to humanitarian crises, to shore up development, and anticipate the transformations which are already shaping our future.
Qatar · Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani · Day 1 · 6 sentences
- I would also like to express our appreciation to the staff of the United Nations system for their efforts amid difficult and complex circumstances.
- He passed away this year and was mourned with profound affection and gratitude by his people and all peace-loving nations people across the region and around the world.
- On this occasion, I would like to thank the United Nations General Assembly for convening a special session in honor of his memory and in recognition of his legacy.
- In brotherly Yemen, we support United Nations efforts aimed at reaching a comprehensive political settlement based on the outcomes of the national dialogue facilitated by the United Nations in a manner that preserves Yemen's unity and sovereignty and achieves security and stability.
Lithuania · Gitanas Nausėda · Day 1 · 6 sentences
- 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.
- Today, I am backing up the principles of the United Nations, which, sadly, are being put under increasing pressure.
- 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.
- By demonstrating how shared principles can be translated into concrete legal commitments, we hope to contribute significantly to the United Nations global dialogue on AI governance.
Naoero · David Ranibok Adeang · Day 1 · 6 sentences
- We meet under the theme, restoring trust, managing transformation, a United Nations that delivers for all.
- Long before our country took its place among the family of nations, long before our name appeared on international records, our people knew our homeland by one name, Nauru.
- Restoring our name gives back to them a piece of the inheritance because the identity handed down by our own ancestors has a place in the community of nations.
- or the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea is left hollow.
Czechia · Petr Pavel · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- Our shared ambition should be to draw inspiration from the founders of the United Nations.
- That is where the United Nations remains indispensable as a forum for dialogue, even when agreement seems very distant.
- Ladies and gentlemen, as Secretary-General Antonio Guterres nears the end of his mandate, We commend his efforts to reform and modernize the United Nations.
- The next Secretary-General will face a defining task: adapting the United Nations to a world of growing geopolitical rivalry and fragmentation.
Argentina · Javier Gerardo Milei · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- To that end, it undertook to uphold international law, defend the sovereignty of nations, and provide a forum in which conflicts could be resolved through cooperation rather than immediately through the force of arms.
- During the pandemic, bodies under the auspices of this house put themselves before scientific evidence and the sovereignty of nations and promoted forced lockdown policies throughout the world that ruined jobs, that ruined the education of entire generation of children and cost the lives of millions of people who died alone without basic medical care.
- These are dangerous times, but they are also extraordinary times because during long periods of stability, nations manage the world they have inherited.
- We believe in alliances and, above all, in nations.
Timor-Leste · José Ramos-Horta · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- Excellencies, at one time in history, waking up from the horrors of World War II, we were intoxicated with the dreams of a United Nations promising a new dawn for humanity.
- Excellencies, we are gathering in this hall of nations, countries large and small, some insanely rich, too many shockingly poor, but all enjoying equal voting rights.
- The Charter of the United Nations was not written to make the strong weak.
- I selected 10 sentences for peace for the United Nations General Assembly, giving them a voice.
Serbia · Aleksandar Vučić · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- Mr. President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The theme of this year's session, "Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation: A United Nations that Delivers for All," captures at least in part the moment in which we find ourselves.
- I agree that we need to restore trust in the United Nations.
- We must therefore ask the essential question, where is the United Nations in such a world?
- Yet it by no means follows that we need the United Nations less.
Guinea · Mamadi Doumbouya · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- Mr. President of the 81st session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Mr. Secretary-General of the United Nations, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, heads of state and government.
- Mr. President, at the outset, I wish to convey to you on behalf of the sovereign peoples of the Republic of Guinea and our delegation our warmest congratulations upon your election to the presidency of this 81st session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
- I cherish the hope that our proceedings under your skillful stewardship will allow the United Nations, our organization, to best address and meet the legitimate aspirations of the peoples of the world.
- I also wish to applaud the continuous and consistent efforts of the Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres, at the helm of our United Nations.
Comoros · Azali Assoumani · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- Mr. President of the General Assembly, Your Majesties, Your Highnesses, the United Nations Secretary-General, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Your Excellencies, Heads of Delegations, distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen.
- Secretary-General of the United Nations, and commend his commitment to peace and development at a time when the international order is under severe strain.
- Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, allowing the conflict in the Middle East to continue directly weakens the United Nations by calling into question its ability to maintain world peace and by undermining its credibility amongst the peoples we represent.
- The international community will regain its credibility first by taking urgent action to silence the guns, to protect civilian lives, whether Israeli, Palestinian, Lebanese, or Syrian, and ultimately implementing United Nations resolutions, including the two-state solution with Israel and Palestine coexisting peacefully.
Kuwait · Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- We affirm our support for His Excellency and we salute his wise choice of theme for this session, Restoring Trust and Managing Transformation: A United Nations that Delivers for All.
- In this regard, the State of Kuwait expresses its deep appreciation to the brotherly and friendly nations who have stood by Kuwait and demonstrated solidarity.
- In this regard, we welcome the measures and decisions taken by the United Kingdom, France and several other nations to condemn settlement activities and to impose sanctions against settlers involved in acts of violence and terrorism against Palestinians, as well as banning the import of goods and products originating from the settlements.
- And with regards to developments in the Republic of Sudan, the Federal Republic of Somalia, and the State of Libya, we affirm the need to adhere to peaceful resolution and to engage in political dialogue to resolve disputes as per the relevant Security Council resolutions and the principles of international law so as to protect the unity, territorial integrity, and sovereignty of these sisterly nations.
Micronesia (Federated States of) · Aren Palik · Day 5 · 6 sentences
- Let me begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, on your election as President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- I also extend Micronesia's appreciation to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for your dedicated and steadfast service, principled leadership, and personal commitment to the values of the United Nations.
- Micronesia stands in solidarity with all nations that have endured the recent waves of natural disasters around the world.
- Mr. President and Excellencies, the theme of this session, and I quote, "Restoring trust, managing transformation, a United Nations that delivers for all."
India · Subrahmanyam Jaishankar · Day 5 · 6 sentences
- We are gathered at this General Assembly when the United Nations enters its ninth decade.
- As a result, nations are now more focused on de-risking and diversifying.
- These directions bode ill for the aims and objectives of the United Nations.
- 600 major Indian development projects in 78 nations testify to our commitment, a commitment that ranges from infrastructure, manufacturing, and agriculture to IT and to capacity building.
San Marino · Luca Beccari · Day 5 · 6 sentences
- 81 years ago, the United Nations was created to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.
- I also wish to express our appreciation to Secretary General Antonio Guterres for his leadership at a time of profound international unsustainability and for his continuing effort to strain the United Nations multilateral system.
- The United Nations must remain relevant and credible.
- 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.
Malaysia · Mohamad Haji Hasan · Day 5 · 6 sentences
- to Khalilurrahman on his election as President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- Nowhere are the shortcomings of the United Nations more glaring than in the Security Council.
- The paralysis of the Security Council will not be the paralysis of the United Nations.
- Mr. President, it is fair to say that global trust in the United Nations' ability to deliver is at an all-time low.
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea · Kim Son Gyong · Day 6 · 6 sentences
- Mr. President, Last year, we meaningfully celebrated the 80th founding anniversary of the United Nations.
- Humanity desires that the United Nations should fulfill its mission and responsibility as an organization established to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.
- In order to overcome all the existing crises and challenges and promote peace, security and sustainable development, all Member States should seek appropriate solutions to problems while strictly complying with the intrinsic purposes and principles of the UN Charter and giving priority to unity and cooperation among nations.
- The United Nations should no longer be misused for the sinister political purposes of specific forces.
Bosnia and Herzegovina · Denis Bećirović · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- Dear President of the United Nations General Assembly, respected Secretary-General of the United Nations, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, It is an honor and a pleasure to address the 81st session of the UN General Assembly on behalf of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 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.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina is a reliable and responsible member of the United Nations.
- It is a direct assault on the values of the United Nations, whose court delivered a final judgment against this war criminal.
Trinidad and Tobago · Kamla Persad-Bissessar · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- Mr. President, this year, the theme chosen is a very apt one, that being restoring trust, managing transformation, and United Nations that delivers for all speaks directly to the challenges confronting the community today.
- Ideally, the transformation that is required involves a United Nations that is responsive, that is effective and capable of making tangible differences to the safety, security, and well-being of people.
- Restoring trust in the United Nations will depend on its ability to deliver on the commitments already made and to demonstrate that multilateralism can make a meaningful difference in the lives of people.
- Mr. President, as I close, I say that Trinidad and Tobago's longstanding commitment to multilateralism and the United Nations has been anchored in delivering results and adding value to the lives of citizens everywhere.
Croatia · Andrej Plenković · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- This is why freedom of navigation, maritime security, and the strict implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea matter to everyone.
- The United Nations must begin with its own transformation.
- The United Nations needs leadership capable of bringing Member States together defending the Charter and turning reform into measurable results.
- That is the experience Croatia brings to the United Nations.
Belgium · Maxime Prévot · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- That compass is the Charter of the United Nations.
- Any lasting peace must be grounded in the Charter of the United Nations and in respect for Ukraine's sovereignty, political independence, and territorial integrity.
- The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea confers rights, but it also imposes obligations.
- Defending the United Nations doesn't mean pretending that everything within it works well.
Morocco · Nasser Bourita · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- Amid the major divisions the world has experienced over the past decade, he has emerged as a voice of wisdom, consensus and pragmatism, defending tirelessly and courageously the United Nations system and international law as the two fundamental pillars for the maintenance of international peace and security.
- Morocco also renews its support for the pivotal role of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UNRWA.
- Second, there is no approach or mechanism other than the political negotiation process under the auspices of the United Nations and on a sole basis, namely the autonomy initiative presented by the Kingdom of Morocco.
- It is in this context that the Kingdom of Morocco has presented its candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the Security Council for the term 2028-2029, so that it may continue to serve peace, collective security and multilateralism with full respect for the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations.
Dominican Republic · Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- Excellency Khalilur Rahman, President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, Your Excellency Mr. Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, Heads of State and Government, distinguished Heads of Delegation, ladies and gentlemen.
- Mr. President, for countries like ours, A rules-based order is a condition for our security and a guarantee that it is the norms agreed on by everyone and not force that resolve disputes between nations.
- Six days later, the council adopted resolution 2793, which authorised a banned suppression force with a strong mandate and with the support of a United Nations support office.
- We will continue to protect our borders, to implement our migratory laws, and strengthen and equip our armed forces in exercise of sovereign equality that the United Nations recognizes for each state.
Rwanda · Justin Nsengiyumva · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- Excellency Dr. Kalu Rahman, President of the 81st General Assembly, Excellency Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, Excellencies, Heads of Delegations, ladies and gentlemen, good evening.
- On behalf of the Government of Rwanda, allow me to begin by congratulating His Excellency Dr. Karelle Raman on his election as President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- The United Nations has yet to demonstrate that it can adapt to a changing and uncertain world, and it is up to Member States to make this a reality.
- We believe this principle holds for the multilateral system as a whole and for the United Nations in particular.
Andorra · Xavier Espot Zamora · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- Because multilateralism is nothing more than the application of this same principle to relations among nations.
- I am convinced that your experience in multilateralism will help strengthen the role of the United Nations at a particularly decisive moment for the world and for this organization itself.
- The theme that you have chosen for this session, Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation, and Effective and Inclusive United Nations for All, accurately expresses the challenges of our time.
- For this reason, we are particularly concerned by the increase in attacks against civilians, humanitarian personnel, and United Nations staff who are carrying out their mission, often under extreme conditions and at extraordinary personal risk.
Uzbekistan · Saida Mirziyoyeva · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- That is why we need the United Nations more than ever.
- We need the United Nations capable of implementing decisions, not just making them.
- We need the United Nations where voices of every country are heard.
- In the coming days, we will hold a high-level dialogue with the United Nations Population Fund on issues of demographic stability and human capital.
Palestine (State of) · Mahmoud Abbas · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- Excellency Dr. Khalil al-Rahman, President of the General Assembly, Excellency Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Excellencies, Heads and Members of Delegations, For the second consecutive year, the Palestinian delegation was denied the entry visas required to reach New York and participate in the meetings of the United Nations General Assembly in person.
- Ladies and gentlemen, We have long warned the international community, through the United Nations General Assembly and through the Security Council, that these Israeli policies, in violation of international law, would destroy the two-state solution, and that this is what is happening now.
- The ongoing Israeli attacks on United Nations headquarters and institutions in Jerusalem and the West Bank also undermine UNRWA's ability to continue carrying out its duties in providing support and assistance to Palestinian refugees, especially in the fields of education, health care, and vocational training.
- This requires urgent and responsible intervention by the United Nations Security Council.
Portugal · Luís Montenegro · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- Work in defense of the United Nations Charter, international law, and multilateralism.
- Mr. President, Excellencies, despite everything, the United Nations is a political masterpiece of humanity.
- It therefore deserves a more prominent role in the United Nations.
- The most effective response is a multilateral response, and the United Nations is at the heart and should be and should continue to be at the heart of the multilateral system.
Thailand · Anutin Charnvirakul · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- It is an honor to address this assembly for the first time as being the Prime Minister of Thailand and as we mark 80 years of membership to the United Nations.
- The United Nations must reflect today's world, not the distribution of power 80 years ago.
- The United Nations must remain the centerpiece of the multilateral system, but we cannot expect it to do everything.
- The future of United Nations will depend on the trust we rebuild through our action today.
Greece · Kyriakos Mitsotakis · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- 12 months ago, as we marked the 80th anniversary of the United Nations, we spoke of the need to reinvigorate multilateralism.
- Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has steered these United Nations through this exceptionally turbulent decade with a steadfast commitment to its Charter and the values it embodies.
- And few examples are more powerful than the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
- For the United Nations, Cyprus remains a litmus test of its credibility, of its ability to uphold its own resolutions and the principles of the Charter.
Sweden · Maria Malmer Stenergard · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- Mr. President, 80 years ago, when Sweden joined the United Nations, the foundations of our modern society were being laid.
- It strikes at the heart of the very principles upon which the United Nations was founded.
- Mr. President, Sweden has been an active contributor to the United Nations for 80 years, and we remain committed.
- Africa, home to 1.3 billion people and the largest regional bloc in the United Nations, has no permanent seat.
Holy See · Cardinal Pietro Parolin · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- Mr. President, I am honored to extend to you and to the distinguished representatives of the nations assembled here, the warm greetings of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, while also congratulating Your Excellency on your election as President of this esteemed assembly.
- I wish also to thank him for his service to the United Nations and wish him well.
- Mr. President, in a world marked by rapid technological change, environmental threats, renewed conflicts, and deepening fractures in the international order, This year's theme, restoring trust, managing transformation, a United Nations that delivers for all, is not merely aspirational.
- Mr. President, the transformation the world is facing, technological, geopolitical, social, will not wait for the activity or inactivity of the United Nations.
Gabon · Marie-Édith Tassyla-Ye-Doumbeneny · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- Mr. President of the General Assembly, Mr. United Nations Secretary-General, Excellencies, Heads of Delegation, Ladies and Gentlemen.
- As the Secretary-General of the UN, Antonio Guterres, comes to the end of his second term, the President of the Gabonese Republic pays special tribute to him for his steadfast commitment to multilateralism and to upholding the principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter.
- Ladies and gentlemen, Gabon fully aligns itself with the theme for this session, "Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation: A United Nations that Delivers for All."
- For Gabon, restoring trust among nations requires more than ever a return to the fundamental principles of international law in general and of the Charter of the United Nations in particular.
Sao Tome and Principe · Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- For Sao Tome and Principe, this reality underscores the importance of an international order based on the charter of the United Nations, international law, and the sovereign equality of states with principles applied universally and consistently.
- 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.
- We reaffirm our support for a two-state solution that allows Israel and Palestine to live side by side in peace and security on the basis of international law and the relevant United Nations resolutions.
- Excellencies, Sao Tome and Principe will remain faithful to the Charter of the United Nations, international law, peace, human rights, and multilateralism, standing as a voice of dialogue and moderation, and as a committed partner for stability in the Gulf of Guinea.
Eritrea · Osman Saleh Mohammed · Day 6 · 5 sentences
- Your Excellency, Dr. Khalilur Rahman, President of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- Your Excellency, Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- Allow me to join previous speakers to congratulate Your Excellency for your election to the presidency of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- In previous summits, I have dwelt on the historical backdrop of the establishment of the United Nations, the popular aspirations of humanity for peace, growth, and prosperity that underpinned the creation of the United Nations, the economic injustices that prompted those aspirations in the first place, the innate mission of the United Nations, as well as its structure and operational modality as elaborated in the foundational precepts elaborated below.
United Arab Emirates · Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar · Day 6 · 5 sentences
- Amid growing threats to navigation in our region and beyond, my country has continued to emphasize the principles of freedom of navigation and the right of transit passage, We stressed the need to secure and protect the safe flow of supply chains, trade and energy in accordance with international law, including the law of the sea and the principle of state sovereignty, recognizing these as pillars of food security, development and prosperity of nations.
- The UAE has also stood ready to support nations undergoing positive transformations, such as Syria and Lebanon, as they move towards a secure and stable future.
- The United Nations, as the United Nations prepares to transition to a new leadership, We look forward to the next Secretary-General using his or her good offices to activate preventive and mediation mechanisms before the first signs of crises emerge, rather than merely reacting once they have erupted.
- This is complemented by the empowerment of human capital, building a knowledge and innovation-based economy, and the harnessing of the opportunities offered by the comprehensive economic partnership agreements concluded between the UAE and 38 nations and other frameworks to diversify markets and supply chains and to broaden horizons for trade and investment.
New Zealand · Victoria Louise Hallum · Day 6 · 5 sentences
- We continue, therefore, to invest in the United Nations and agreed international rules as an exercise of our sovereignty, because we believe it is essential to our interests and, indeed, the interests of all.
- The United Nations was created to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.
- At a time of multiple and overlapping crises and growing constraints, we need a United Nations that is focused on its core tasks disciplined and accountable.
- The fundamental premise of the United Nations is that every state, regardless of size or circumstance, has a stake in shaping our shared future.
Brazil · Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- I address specifically the Secretary-General of the United Nations in particular.
- Since I first took up to this podium in 2003, this is undoubtedly the most critical moment for the United Nations.
- They are promoting a race with no ethical boundaries, bypassing the United Nations and the scientific panel on artificial intelligence.
- Faced with the paralysis of the United Nations, we need to rediscover the political will so that it may once again become a temple of peace.
Türkiye · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- Mr. President, distinguished members, when the UN Charter was signed on the 26th of June 1945, the member states declared the following with a lot of hope: "We, the peoples of the United Nations, determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties can be maintained.
- This picture must be a shocking one for all of us, and what it tells us is clear: the United Nations, established 81 years ago to maintain international peace and security, is no longer able to fulfill this mission, or, more precisely, it has been rendered unable to do so.
- It must be understood that techno-polarization and digital hegemony serve neither the interests of the UN-centered system nor the interests of those of the states that constitute the United Nations core.
- In South Asia, It is important that all disputes, including the Kashmir issue, be addressed through dialogue within the framework of the United Nations Charter and of relevant resolutions.
Viet Nam · To Lam · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- Climate change, natural disasters, pandemics, and emerging technological risk continue to pose direct threats to the lives of the people and their livelihoods, and to the development and stability of many nations.
- Distinguished guests, From the losses of the Second World War, humanity created the UN with the aspiration to prevent wars, safeguard peace, promote cooperation and place relations among nations on the foundation of common principles.
- First, we must restore trust among nations on the basis of respect for the UN Charter and international law.
- 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.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · Andy Burnham · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- As more elections approach across Europe, more nations are grappling with these issues, some for the first time.
- That is the kind of promise and hope that led Britain to host the very first meeting of this General Assembly in London, and led to the world to create this institution, these United Nations, our United Nations.
- It marks the personal connection he made with Manchester and the bond between our two nations.
- We will not stand by as the horrific suffering continues to grow and the prospect of a two-state solution, the best hope for peace and stability for both nations, comes under attack.
Ecuador · Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azin · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, distinguished delegations, ladies and gentlemen.
- This is the reality that the United Nations must recognize and rise to.
- And as a founding country, Ecuador believes in the United Nations.
- supporting the organization that the United Nations also needs to involve a willingness to transform the United Nations and that's why we support the UN80 initiative and pose an essential question, what United Nations of the world needs today?
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Judith Suminwa Tuluka · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- Lastly, I pay tribute in particular to Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, at a time when his mandate is coming to its end.
- Mr. President, the theme of this session, Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation, the United Nations that delivers for all, expresses perfectly the challenge that we must collectively address to restore the hope that the UN nurtured when it was created.
- This ought to be the ambition of the United Nations.
- That is why our ambition for the United Nations is inseparable from what we hold dear for our own country.
Albania · Edi Rama · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- Mr. President, dear representatives of the peoples of the United Nations, I've been very positively surprised that A lot of friends wanted to know about what's going on in our country with artificial intelligence.
- Fourth, democracies must create a shared early warning system so that evidence of artificial intelligence driven manipulation can travel between all like minded nations as quickly as the manipulation itself.
- And smaller nations and smaller languages must not be abandoned outside this protective architecture.
- We choose the truth, not because truth is always easy or comfortable, but because without a shared commitment to reality, there cannot be a shared public life and without that commitment of all of us to the reality of world we live in we are engaged in the most horrendous betrayal that parents of this world in the history of humanity have done to their own children and without a shared world there cannot be United Nations.
Mauritius · Dhananjay Ramful · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- Mr. President, the United Nations has now completed the first eight decades of its existence.
- Developing nations must have a seat at the table as equal stakeholders.
- Trust, especially amongst neighbors and in the region, is reinforced when there is respect for the rule of law for the resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly, the ruling of the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea, and the ICJ's advisory opinion on the Chagos Archipelago, which carries authoritative obligations.
- Mr. President, we find ourselves at a critical juncture in the history of the United Nations.
Togo · Robert Komlan Edo Dussey · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- At a time when you are completing your term, Togo would like to pay a particular tribute to you for these years of commitment, of courage, of listening and of service for the defense of the ideals of the United Nations and to reform our organization.
- Violations of international law and of the United Nations Charter are increasing in number.
- We count on the continued mobilization of Member States of the United Nations and its agencies, of regional organizations, of scientific institutions and of technology platforms to translate this resolution into concrete action.
- 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.
Republic of Moldova · Vasile Tofan · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- Nations, like people, are shaped by the choices they make, whom they trust, whom they elect, whom they call friends, and how they respond when things turn against them.
- And that leads to a broader point about small nations.
- Nations are not bargaining chips.
- And because we believe small states should help shape the international system, not simply depend on it, Moldova is honored to present its candidacy for the presidency of the 82nd session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Djibouti · Abdoulkader Houssein Omar · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- Mr. President, allow me, on behalf of the Republic of Djibouti, to extend my warm congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Khalilur Rahman of Bangladesh on his election as President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, and to wish him every success in carrying out his mandate.
- The Republic of Djibouti welcomes the choice of the theme for this session, Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation, a United Nations that Delivers for All.
- In the face of these challenges, we must reaffirm the essential mission of the United Nations and strengthen a renewed, more inclusive and more effective multilateralism that takes full account of the interests of all States, large and small.
- In this regard, we recognize the crucial role played by AUSOM in stabilizing the country, as well as the crucial support provided by the United Nations, particularly through UNSOS.
Switzerland · Guy Parmelin · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- President of the General Assembly, United Nations Secretary-General, Heads of State and Government, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Switzerland is a country of mountains, valleys and different languages.
- The most fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter, the prohibition of the use of force and respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, are being openly violated.
- The theme of this 81st session of the General Assembly, Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation, a United Nations that Delivers for All, therefore aptly sums up the task before us.
Palau · Surangel Whipps · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- Secretary General Antonio Guterres, thank you for your leadership and service to the United Nations.
- At our Pacific Leaders Meeting in Palau, leaders expressed deep concern that China's ballistic missile test overflew several Pacific nations without adequate notice.
- It must remain an ocean of peace where nations meet in cooperation, international law is respected, and the security of the Pacific peoples is never compromised.
Honduras · Nasry Juan Asfura Zablah · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- President of the General Assembly, Secretary-General, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Distinguished delegates, Honduras is coming to this Assembly today with the title of a founding nation, one of the 50 countries who 81 years ago signed the agreement in San Francisco, California, that was the United Nations Charter, the Charter that today governs our work.
- No national effort alone can suffice in view of the global conditions that today determine the development of our nations.
- May God bless your nations.
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) · Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- A very good evening to you, distinguished President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, distinguished heads of state, heads of government, and heads of delegation.
- I wish, before the 81st General Assembly of the United Nations, to thank President Donald Trump and his government for their readiness to resume the course of diplomatic relations and cooperation with Venezuela.
- I wish to thank all of the countries of America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, as well as the United Nations system as a whole.
Georgia · Irakli Kobakhidzhe · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- These priorities are fully aligned with Georgia's commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals and are reflected in our new United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for 2026-2030.
- At a time of growing global uncertainty, the United Nations remains indispensable as a forum for dialogue and collective action.
- In this regard, the UN80 initiative provides a valuable opportunity to strengthen the effectiveness and capacity of the United Nations, while further enhancing its transparency and accountability.
Monaco · Christophe Mirmand · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- That is why Monaco calls on the real leaders of the United Nations to rethink the architecture of our system.
- These technologies must remain at the service of humanity, and the United Nations cannot remain a spectator.
- Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II, I wish to reiterate the commitment of Monaco to the United Nations, to its Charter, and to the ideal that led to its establishment, saving future generations from the scourge of war, and building together a common house where even the smallest states can take their rightful place, because here the law protects them all.
Chad · Abdelmadjid Abdelrahim Mahamat · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, heads of state and government, Secretary-General of the United Nations Organization, Distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, the Marshal of Chad, Mahamat Idriss Deby Ino, President of the Republic, Head of State, who, because of pressing national issues, has given me this great honor of representing him and conveying his message to you at this august assembly.
- Thus, the government of the Republic of Chad, on the 27th of July, 2026, informed the Secretary General of the United Nations as its depository of its sovereign and irrevocable decision to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
- Chad remains firmly committed to the ideals that prevailed at the time of the establishment of the United Nations.
Saudi Arabia · Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- In the name of God, the most gracious and most merciful, Your Majesties, Excellencies, and Highnesses, Mr. President of the United Nations General Assembly, Mr. Secretary General, distinguished guests, peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you.
- At the outset, we wish to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Khalil al-Rahman on his election as President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
- We further express our profound thanks and appreciation to His Excellency Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, for his continued effort in furthering the purposes of the UN.
Singapore · Vivian Balakrishnan · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- And in July, 19 small and medium-sized trading nations of the future of investment and trade partnership met in Auckland, not to negotiate a grand bargain, but to systematically reduce trade frictions and to strengthen supply chain resilience.
- The UN, the United Nations, has a critical role to play in building convergence because this is the only apex international institution with universal membership.
- No one today under the age of 80 has lived in a world without the United Nations.
Belarus · Maxim Ryzhenkov · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, let us begin with the theme of today's debate, Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation, a United Nations that Delivers for All.
- 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.
- The Republic of Belarus is a founding member of the United Nations.
Argentina · · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- In response to what was stated by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on the Malvinas Island, I wanted to remind you that the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding areas are part of the national territory of Argentina, illegally occupied by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, are the subject of a sovereignty dispute between the two countries, recognized by the United Nations and by other international organizations.
- In that resolution, the General Assembly urges the two parties to refrain from adopting decisions that imply introducing unilateral modifications in the situation while the islands go through a process recommended by the United Nations.
Romania · Nicuşor-Daniel Dan · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Masoud Pezeshkian · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- Crisis in one land will spill into the surrounding nations.
- But going back to the words of the President of the United States yesterday, shows those who are experts in international law and dialogue and diplomacy and basic human standards, that everything uttered about our country goes against the very essence and charter and the spirit of the United Nations.
Cyprus · Nikos Christodoulides · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Central African Republic · Faustin Archange Touadera · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Azerbaijan · Jeyhun Aziz oglu Bayramov · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Denmark · Christina Markus Lassen · Day 6 · 2 sentences
China · · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- Any attempt to deny or glorify the history of aggression, revive militarism, or challenge the postwar international order run counter to peace and justice and will be firmly rejected by all peace-loving nations and people.
- China will work with all the peace-loving nations in the world to resolutely contain Japan's neo-militarism under the cloak of becoming a normal country and prevent it from getting rampant and from destabilizing and disrupting the region and the world.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea · · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Jordan · Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Syrian Arab Republic · Ahmad Al-Sharaa · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Ukraine · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Bulgaria · Iliana Iotova · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Yemen · Abdullah Abdulkader Al Alimi-Bawzer · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Armenia · Nikol Pashinyan · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Russian Federation · Sergey Lavrov · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Nicaragua · Valdrack Ludwing Jaentschke Whitaker · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Burundi · · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Japan · · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Philippines · · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Democratic People's Republic of Korea · · Day 6 · 1 sentence