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183 sentences in 95 speeches for promise
Download CSVKenya · William Samoei Ruto · Day 2 · 7 sentences
- The promise made in San Francisco now belonged to us as well.
- And that promise changed the world.
- The United Nations has not fulfilled every promise of its charter, but without it, our world would have been poorer, more dangerous, and less free.
- They were one promise.
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Geoffrey Hanley · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- I rise before this Assembly at a time when the world is not short of promises, declarations or commitments.
- Saint Kitts and Nevis therefore comes with a clear proposition Trust will be restored not by what we promise, but by what we deliver.
- The time has come to move from promise to proof.
- And promises must become performance.
Bahamas (the) · Philip Edward Davis · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- Mr. President, every generation inherits a promise it did not make.
- 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.
- Mr. President, the founders of this organization made their promise in the ruins of war.
Mozambique · Daniel Francisco Chapo · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- That promise has shaped generations.
- Today, however, the promise that we face is one of the toughest tests as we live in a world marked by protected wars, growing geopolitical rivalities, persistent humanitarian crisis, severe weather events, and other highly complex challenges at the world.
- In short, restoring trust means renewing the promise made 81 years ago.
- In the area of development, we are still far from fulfilling the promise of the 2030 agenda.
Senegal · Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- 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.
- It is high time to once again place this promise at the heart of the UN's work.
- It will host a promise.
- That is our promise to those young people, and it is the Olympic promise.
Dominica · Sylvanie Burton · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- Excellencies, The world does not need another generation of promises that remain unfulfilled.
- The SDGs represented a promise that by 2040, we would make meaningful progress in ending poverty and hunger, improving health and education, advancing equality, protecting our planet, and building more peaceful and inclusive societies.
- Today, that promise is at risk.
- Let this 81st session be remembered as the moment when vulnerability was met with solidarity, promises were honored, and trust was rebuilt through meaningful delivery.
Timor-Leste · José Ramos-Horta · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- Throughout this remarkable journey, you have remained true to yourself, a compassionate and enlightened leader, tireless, humble, and approachable, neither dazzled by the promise of your office nor daunted by the immense weight of an unrelenting agenda 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Then came the end of Cold War, bringing us euphoria, celebration, new promise of peace.
- This very institution was founded on a promise.
- Many of those promises remain unmet, raising concern that the phrase "never again" has lost meaning.
Botswana · Duma Gideon Boko · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- The choices we make will determine whether multilateralism restores trust, manages transformation, and delivers for all, or becomes a cautionary tale of promises made and forgotten.
- That is the tradition I bring to this podium, representing a nation staking its existence on the promise that shared rules, faithfully observed, remain humanity's best instrument for peace and prosperity.
- Mr. President, Health is where the promise of international solidarity is tested most directly, and Botswana speaks from hard-earned experience.
- Let us ensure that history remembers this 81st session for the trust we built, the promises kept, and the future created.
Somalia · Hassan Sheikh Mohamud · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- One set, from one framework to another one set, promises to the next without sufficient transformation in their daily lives.
- The promise of the Charter belongs equally to every human being and every member state.
- Therefore, the promise of sustainable development cannot be fulfilled without reform of the international financial architecture.
- Let us move beyond the promises and towards performance.
Brunei Darussalam · Prince 'Abdul Mateen · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- At its heart is a simple promise that progress today should not come at the expense of tomorrow.
- Confidence in the international system is strengthened when promises are kept, when international law is applied equally, when dialogue is chosen over force, when sovereignty is respected, and when every nation, large or small, knows that its voice matters.
- The world does not need another promise that we fail to keep.
- It needs us to honor the promises we have already made.
Indonesia · Sugiono · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- And we share a founding promise to build a future of peace.
- For eight decades, We have worked to turn that promise into progress.
- Today, we reaffirm our promise for a future peace we all share.
- And only through our collective resilience Can the United Nations be strong enough to fulfill the promise we made 81 years ago, a future of peace for generations to come?
South Sudan · Cecilia Adout Majok Adeng · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- 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.
- This ultimately about completing the promise of independence.
- Mr. President, for South Sudan, restoring trust means delivering on the promises of peace.
- That is the promise of independence.
Sierra Leone · Julius Maada Bio · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- Trust grows when promises are honored, when the law protects everyone, when institutions serve their people and when citizens can see a future for themselves.
- Imperfect as it is, that quality remains one of humanity's boldest promises.
- They need reason to believe that cooperation still works, that law still matters, and that promises made here will be honored in their lives.
Belgium · Maxime Prévot · Day 1 · 3 sentences
Montenegro · Jakov Milatović · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- This implies that a promise creates responsibility.
- 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.
- Not new promises for every new challenge, but a renewed confidence that the promises we have already made still carry weight.
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Judith Suminwa Tuluka · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- However, For the sake of truth, we must recognize that for millions of Congolese, this peace remains only a promise.
- We want a transformation that inspires confidence and trust because it keeps its promises and trust that makes transformation possible in the long term.
- We are convinced that justice rendered to the UN will strengthen the security of all, because it is by restoring to institutions the strength of their principles, to peoples the proof of our word, and to future generations the right to hope that we will restore the full meaning of the promise of the UN together.
Colombia · José Manuel Restrepo · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- I have done so because I assured the Colombian people that I would not leave the country during the four years of my term, and I'm keeping that promise.
- nor is it a naive promise that our problems will just disappear.
- I don't promise you a perfect country, but I can assure you that I am working tirelessly to build you a nation that is to build a nation that is safer, more prosperous, and with more opportunities for its people.
Fiji · Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu · Day 3 · 3 sentences
South Africa · Ronald Ozzy Lamola · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- The promise of democracy and international cooperation wanes when we cannot demonstrate that they can address inequality and insecurity.
- To us, Mr. President, unsustainable debt betrays the promise of development and destroys the prospects for democracy.
- South Africa today stands tall in the family of nations because the United Nations delivered on the promise of its charter.
Monaco · Christophe Mirmand · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- unique because everybody must shoulder it without leaving it to others to honor the promise of San Francisco.
- Four years before the 2030 deadline, the Sustainable Development Agenda must not become the symbol of our broken promises.
- Trust is not decreed, it is won, through deeds and through promises kept.
North Macedonia · Hristijan Mickoski · Day 4 · 3 sentences
Antigua and Barbuda · Walton Alfonso Webson · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- Can development remain a promise for all rather than a privilege for some?
- We cannot fulfill the promise of a bus when carrying unsustainable debts Nor can we build resilience when the cost of capital itself penalizes vulnerability.
- It is the hope of Antigua and Barbuda that this United Nation can still fulfill the promise of its charter.
Grenada · Ingrid Jackson · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- Haiti represents a promise yet to be fulfilled.
- It is a promise to the Haitian people that the international community must honor, not with pity, but with purpose, not temporarily, but sustainably.
- Let us protect our oceans and our planet, and let us transform our multilateral institutions so that they deliver not simply promises, but progress.
President of the General Assembly (opening) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Luxembourg · Guillaume of Luxembourg · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Latvia · Edgars Rinkēvičs · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Ethiopia · Taye Atske-Selassie Amde · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Eswatini · King Mswati III · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Spain · Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- We did it because the majority of us believed in this common promise, because we were convinced that peace, sustainability, equal opportunities were not ideological positions, but rather a comprehensive part of the future of humanity.
- The United Nations came to being with the promise that all human beings had their place in this house.
Andorra · Xavier Espot Zamora · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- between institutions and citizens, and above all, in the ability of the international community to fulfill the promise that gave meaning to the creation of the UN, to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, to uphold the inherent dignity of every human being, and to promote an international order founded on human rights.
- It is a promise, the promise that the place where a person is born should not determine their opportunities, life expectancy, or future.
Guyana · Mohamed Irfaan Ali · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- We must renew our commitment to them, not as an inventory of promises, but as a covenant with our peoples and practical blueprint for ensuring that development reaches every citizen.
- She has served her country, represented the developing world, and worked within the multilateral system with a deep understanding of both its promise and its imperfections.
Nigeria · Kashim Shettima · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Barbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- We equally now understand enough about the rapid development of AI to know that as we welcome its promise, we must anchor its development in a universal humanizing framework that does not imperil our existence as human beings.
- And, Mr. President, it's not fair to the majority of Member States who still believe in the promise of this body Even as we call for greater equity with the reform of the Security Council, we must equally reform the secretariat to better support peacekeeping and the resolution of conflicts.
Maldives · Hussain Mohamed Latheef · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Saint Lucia · Philip J. Pierre · Day 4 · 2 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.
- 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.
Haiti · Alix Didier Fils-Aimé · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Liechtenstein · Sabine Monauni · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Samoa · Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Cuba · Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- And in the current situation, we promise to take the changes that are needed for the moment under the leadership of the party in a collective and democratic way, in consultation with the people, without compromising the independence, national sovereignty, or the social achievements of the revolution."
- Let us recover its role today, when we are perhaps still in time to do so, before the organization goes down in history as an unrealized dream of great promises.
Malaysia · Mohamad Haji Hasan · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Burkina Faso · Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- The promises of hope enshrined in the United Nations Charter, which extolled peace, are disregarded.
- The Pact for the Future, the Compromisos de Sevilla, the Doha Programme of Action, the UNAT Initiative and the OASO Programme of Action for landlocked developing countries can contribute to making the multilateral system more effective, more inclusive and more focused on results, as long as they do not just remain promises.
Sri Lanka · Vijitha Herath · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- For many of us in the developing world, the United Nations is also an expression of a fundamental promise that every nation, large or small, has a voice, that every people has a right to dignity and development, and that in an interdependent world, no country should be left to confront global challenges alone.
- For more than eight decades, amidst its flaws and with much room for improvement, the United Nations has given practical meaning to that promise.
President of the General Assembly (closing) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Secretary-General of the United Nations · António Guterres · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Türkiye · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Kyrgyzstan · Sadyr Zhaparov · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Republic of Korea · Lee Jae Myung · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Naoero · David Ranibok Adeang · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Viet Nam · To Lam · Day 1 · 1 sentence
United Republic of Tanzania · Deogratius Ndejembi · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Bhutan · Tshering Tobgay · Day 1 · 1 sentence
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · Andy Burnham · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Paraguay · Santiago Peña Palacios · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Argentina · Javier Gerardo Milei · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Estonia · Alar Karis · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Libya · Mohamed Younis Menfi · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Palau · Surangel Whipps · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Dominican Republic · Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Ukraine · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Central African Republic · Faustin Archange Touadera · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Panama · José Raúl Mulino Quintero · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Honduras · Nasry Juan Asfura Zablah · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) · Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Uganda · Jessica Rose Epel Alupo · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Rwanda · Justin Nsengiyumva · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Zimbabwe · Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Gambia (Republic of The) · Mohammed Jallow · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Côte d’Ivoire · Tiémoko Meyliet Koné · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Yemen · Abdullah Abdulkader Al Alimi-Bawzer · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Armenia · Nikol Pashinyan · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Thailand · Anutin Charnvirakul · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Australia · Anthony Albanese · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Ireland · Micheál Martin · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Nepal · Balendra Shah · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Austria · Beate Meinl-Reisinger · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Lebanon · Nawaf Salam · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Solomon Islands · Matthew Cooper Wale · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Pakistan · Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Niger · Lamine Zeine Ali Mahaman · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Egypt · Moustafa Kamal Madbouly · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Tonga · Lord Fakafanua · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Mauritania · Mohamed Salem Merzoug · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Mexico · Roberto Velasco Álvarez · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Mauritius · Dhananjay Ramful · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Guatemala · Carlos Ramiro Martínez Alvarado · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Togo · Robert Komlan Edo Dussey · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Belize · John Briceño · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Cambodia · Sokhonn Prak · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Philippines · Ma. Theresa Lazaro · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Singapore · Vivian Balakrishnan · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Germany · Johann Wadephul · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Jamaica · Kamina Johnson Smith · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Zambia · Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Malawi · George Chapatula Chaponda · Day 6 · 1 sentence
United Arab Emirates · Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar · Day 6 · 1 sentence