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200 sentences in 83 speeches for sea
Download CSVBelgium · Maxime Prévot · Day 1 · 8 sentences
- They hear the wind, the sea, the voices around them.
- Think of the Strait of Hormuz, the Sable Mandate Strait at the entrance of the Red Sea, the Suez Canal, the Bosporus, the Strait of Malacca, or the Panama Canal.
- More than 80% of global merchandise trade by volume is carried by sea.
- The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea confers rights, but it also imposes obligations.
Greece · Kyriakos Mitsotakis · Day 3 · 7 sentences
- And few examples are more powerful than the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
- And from the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea to the Indo-Pacific, strategic maritime routes are increasingly becoming arenas of geopolitical confrontation.
- And as a leading maritime nation, Greece actively contributes to maritime security through the operation of the European Union, Daspides, in the Red Sea.
- And I repeat, that the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea provides the only institutional framework to solve our only long-lasting dispute concerning the delimitation of our continental shelf and our exclusive economic zones.
Marshall Islands · Hilda Heine · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- Mr. President, as a low-lying atoll nation with no higher ground, sea level rise is an immediate and stark reality.
- This week's UN high-level meeting on sea level rise has helped achieve new understanding in international law.
- Our boundaries and baselines of today, the political footprint on the map, will endure in the face of aggressive sea level rise scenarios.
- We are taking action, and we urgently need strengthened partnership to better protect our islands before sea level rise overtakes us.
China · · Day 6 · 7 sentences
- In the course of history, Japanese militarists brazenly launched wars of aggression and committed numerous heinous crimes, including the illegal occupation of China's islands and reefs in the South China Sea, inflicting immense suffering on the people of China and the region.
- Regarding the statement by the Philippines on September 26th, China's consistently maintained that the UN is not the appropriate forum to discuss the South China Sea issue.
- China's position on the South China Sea arbitration is consistent and clear.
- It has seriously undermined the principles and spirit of the convention and substantially impaired the authority and integrity of the international law of the sea.
Romania · Nicuşor-Daniel Dan · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- Next year, we will begin extracting, exploiting 100 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the Black Sea.
- Romania is a gateway between Europe and the rest of the world, located at the intersection of the Danube, the Black Sea, and major trade corridors.
- In response to the disruption of freedom of navigation in the Black Sea, together with Bulgaria and Turkey, Romania is part of the mine countermeasures task group in the Black Sea.
- And in order to enhance security in the Black Sea area, Romania places particular emphasis on the EU strategic approach.
Bulgaria · Iliana Iotova · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- Bulgaria believes that security and stability in the Black Sea region is an integral part of its national security in all of its aspects.
- Indeed, the problem of the Black Sea has gone from regional to global in scale, with negative regional consequences.
- Applying the approach of practical diplomacy, we are preparing an initiative under which it will strive, together with countries of the region and all interested parties, to reach an agreement and collective action to ensure the freedom and security of navigation in the Black Sea.
- calls for the Black Sea to be transformed from a zone of heightened risk and threat into a zone of shared security, one of security, free transport, energy, trade, digital corridors, tourism, a zone in which different cultures, religions, and political systems can peacefully coexist.
Fiji · Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- The freedoms of navigation guaranteed under the international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, must be respected.
- This Assembly has this week addressed the threats posed by sea level rise.
- Maritime zones once lawfully established and deposited within the United Nations, must remain, notwithstanding the physical changes brought by the sea level rise.
- See what a rising sea means to a village that has nowhere to move.
Yemen · Abdullah Abdulkader Al Alimi-Bawzer · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- The Yemeni government accepted that initiative, while the Houthi militias rejected it and instead escalated their actions in the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb to serve an Iranian agenda that goes beyond the interests of Yemen and its people, turning one of the world's most important waterways into a tool of pressure and bargaining.
- Recent years have clearly demonstrated a truth that the international community must not dismiss, namely that ensuring security at sea begins with eliminating the source of the threat on land.
- A lasting maritime security in the Red Sea, Bab el-Mandeb, and the Gulf of Aden cannot be built while a non-state armed militia remains on the shores.
- Nor is the threat confined to Yemen and the Red Sea.
Tuvalu · Feleti Teo · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- Mr. President, Tuvalu extends its deepest sympathy and condolences to all communities worldwide that are affected by ongoing armed conflicts and recent natural disasters, including the devastating floods in Nepal and Myanmar, the earthquake in Colombia, and the tragic loss of lives at sea in Vanuatu.
- 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.
- For Tuvalu, sea level rise is not a future threat, it is a present reality.
- Namely, firstly, it affirms the continuity of statehood and sovereignty despite sea level rise.
Bahamas (the) · Philip Edward Davis · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- The sea does not negotiate.
- Families watched the sea take the only land they had.
- Most of my country sits barely above sea level.
- That is why the Bahamas proudly endorses yesterday's declaration on sea level rise, which affirms that our statehood, our boundaries, and our seat in this assembly will not be washed away by the sea.
Philippines · Ma. Theresa Lazaro · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- Nearly 90% of world trade moves by sea, supported by close to 2 million seafarers, more than 25% of whom are Filipinos.
- They are essential workers, yet increasingly vulnerable to conflict and attacks at sea.
- International law must remain our guiding lighthouse, with UNCLOS, the Convention on the Law of the Sea, standing firmly as the constitution of the oceans.
- This year also marks a decade since the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award, an award that is final and legally binding, and that demonstrates how international law provides states with peaceful means to clarify rights and resolve differences.
Philippines · · Day 6 · 5 sentences
- Mr. President, the Philippines exercises its right of reply to the statement of the delegation of China concerning the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award.
- The Philippines recalls the UNCLOS and the award are the twin anchors for our policy and actions in the South China Sea.
- The tribunal affirmed that UNCLOS comprehensively allocates maritime entitlements and that claims to historic rights to resources within the sea areas falling within the so-called nine-dash line are contrary to the convention and without lawful effect to the extent that they exceed the geographic and substantive limits of China's maritime entitlements under UNCLOS.
- The certainty and predictability provided by UNCLOS underpinned the freedoms of navigation and overflight and other internationally lawful uses of the sea and enable the unimpeded flow of lawful commerce through the world's waterways.
Türkiye · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- As Turkey, whenever we have acted upon this principle, as in the case of the Black Sea Grain Corridor, we have achieved results and we have contributed to both regional and to global security.
- We continue our contacts with the parties with a view to restoring safety of navigation in the Black Sea, ensuring food security, and preventing the war from spreading to a wider region.
- I would like to particularly emphasize that recent attacks against commercial ships in the Black Sea, regardless of who carries them out, are unacceptable.
- In the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean region, we wish to see existing issues resolved on the basis of good neighborly relations and accordance with international law.
Mauritius · Dhananjay Ramful · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- We also support the legal principle affirmed by the ICJ that states are under no obligation to update the maritime baselines or zones to account for climate-induced sea level rise.
- Mauritius calls for the principle that statehood and sovereignty are not impacted by sea level rise to be formally codified.
- I am pleased to inform that Mauritius will, with the support of the European Union and the Commission de l'Ocean Indien, will host a ministerial conference on cybercrime and sea cable security in the Western Indian Ocean in the first quarter of 2027.
- 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.
Micronesia (Federated States of) · Aren Palik · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- Extreme weather events, sea level rise, and resource degradation are eroding stability across vulnerable regions, especially the Pacific.
- It faces mounting pressure from climate change, sea level rise, pollution, and unsustainable exploitation.
- Micronesia is partnering with GIZ and five co-leading states to develop sea-based management tools and marine protected area proposals under the BBNJ framework, translating our commitment to conserve 30% of our ocean into concrete, durable protection for areas beyond national jurisdiction.
- Mr. President, on deep sea mining in the international seabed area, Micronesia employs a precautionary approach.
Cabo Verde · Francisco Avelino Vieira de Carvalho · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- We have learned to confront drought and scarcity, to transform sea from a barrier into a bridge.
- The droughts, the desertification, water scarcity, ocean acidification, and the rising sea levels.
- Just look at what is happening currently on the island of Sal, where only two days ago, rising sea waters flooded the avenue in front of the hotels.
- And at the United Nations, Cabo Verde co-facilitated negotiations on the political declaration of the third conference on the oceans and the declaration on sea level rise.
New Zealand · Victoria Louise Hallum · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- We also call on you to safeguard the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, the constitution for the oceans, which provides the framework within which all activities in the oceans and seas must be carried out.
- Rising sea levels continue to threaten the viability of many communities and pose a threat to low-lying island states.
- The political declaration on sea level rise endorsed this week is a potent demonstration of the UN's ability to address contemporary challenges affecting its members.
- We particularly welcome the declaration's affirmation of the preservation of maritime zones and the presumption of continued statehood, notwithstanding sea level rise.
China · · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- In response to the statement of the Philippines, China once again reiterates that the award in the South China Sea arbitration is illegal, null, and void.
- First, the China-Philippines dispute in South China Sea are in essence issues of territorial and maritime delimitation.
- The South China Sea arbitration is a natural example in international law of the sea, no matter how the Philippines portrays or whitewash it, the fact of it being illegal, null and void, ultra virus and reactionary in nature remains unchanged.
- We urge the Philippines to stop playing up the issue in the multilateral fora, return promptly to the right track of bilateral consultations, work with China to manage differences in the South China Sea, and work together to safeguard peace and stability in the South China Sea.
Philippines · · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- The 2016 South China Sea arbitral award was rendered by a tribunal constituted pursuant to Annex VII of the UNCLOS.
- Further, There is no legal basis for China's expansive maritime claims, including claims based on historic rights, and that the freedom of navigation, overflight, and other lawful uses of the sea under UNCLOS must be respected.
- In this regard, the Philippines remains concerned by actions at sea that interfere with the exercise of its rights and jurisdiction in its maritime zones.
- Maritime claims and entitlements in the South China Sea must be determined in accordance with UNCLOS.
Naoero · David Ranibok Adeang · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- or the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea is left hollow.
- Its role is not to determine whether deep sea bed mining is, as a matter of public policy, a correct course of action.
- For 15 years, Nauru has invested critical resources in sponsoring the exploration of a portion of the deep sea bed.
Portugal · Luís Montenegro · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- Similarly, The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz must end and freedom of navigation must be guaranteed, including safe and toll-free passage, including through the Red Sea.
- Climate change and freedom of navigation share a common priority of our policy, the sea and ocean.
- Protecting the marine environment and its biodiversity, Combating ocean warming, addressing the threat of sea level rise, and ensuring universal freedom of navigation are essential priorities on the ocean agenda, which is an agenda we all have to pay attention to.
Kuwait · Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- in addition to seizing support for proxies and militias and addressing the security concerns of all countries in the region, including the Iranian nuclear file, ballistic missiles and drones, while stressing the guarantee of freedom and safety of navigation and the right of passage through the Straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb in accordance with the international law and the 1982 UN Convention on Law of the Sea.
- Most important of these issues are the maritime border demarcation beyond marker 162, as per the rules of international law and the 1982 UN Convention on Law of the Sea.
- We also stress the need to preserve the security and safety of maritime navigation in the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
Solomon Islands · Matthew Cooper Wale · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Our islands are being lost to the sea.
- Mr. President, Solomon Islands welcomes the convening of the second high-level meeting on sea level rise and the adoption of the first political declaration on sea level rise.
- Solomon Islands reaffirms that maritime boundaries, once established and deposited in accordance with UNCLOS, together with the rights and entitlements that flow from them shall continue to apply, notwithstanding any physical changes caused by climate change related sea level rise.
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Geoffrey Hanley · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- And in 2025, global average temperature remained about 1.43 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial baseline, while global mean sea level stood approximately 11 centimeters higher than in 1993.
- Mister President, climate induced sea level, rise must never erase a state's international legal personality.
- Across climate action, sea level rise, and ocean governance, one reality remains: resilience has a cost.
Bahrain · Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- We also condemn their threats to freedom of navigation in the Bab el-Mandeb and the Red Sea.
- Mr. President, The position of the Kingdom of Bahrain is grounded in international law, the rights of peoples, and The Strait of Hormuz is an international strait and the right of transit through it is established for the vessels of all states under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
- The security of navigation in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Bab el-Mandeb is part of the same system.
Azerbaijan · Jeyhun Aziz oglu Bayramov · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- We are particularly concerned by continuing decline of the Caspian Sea with serious implications for biodiversity, livelihoods, and economic activity across the region.
- Strategic infrastructure projects along the Middle Corridor, spearheaded by Azerbaijan, including the Baku International Sea Trade Port and the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, are helping to create more resilient, diversified, and sustainable supply chains between Asia and Europe.
- This project envisages an advanced fiber optic network across the Caspian Sea, further strengthening Azerbaijan's role as a regional digital hub and a key link between Europe and Asia.
Iceland · Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- The Convention on the Law of the Sea became the constitution of the ocean, on which countries like mine depend, now strengthened further by the BBNDJ agreement.
- The freedoms codified in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea are not optional, not at all.
- Leaders who deny or distort science should explain themselves to island communities watching the sea rise around them, to families losing land and livelihoods to drought and erosion, like in the Sahel.
Vanuatu · Odo Tevi · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- There is growing interest in our maritime spaces, our sea lanes, our resources, and our geopolitical location.
- Sea level rise also raises fundamental questions on sovereignty, identity, and security.
- Vanuatu joins its Pacific colleagues in affirming the continuity of statehood and the preservation of maritime zone and sovereign rights in the face of sea level rise.
United States of America · Donald Trump · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Kyrgyzstan · Sadyr Zhaparov · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- In order to understand the potential scale of this environmental challenge and the costs associated with preventing it, it is important to look at the fate of the Aral Sea and Lake Chad, both of which have suffered severely over recent decades.
- Not so long ago, the Aral Sea and Lake Chad, just like Issyk-Kul today, were full and reservoir was full of water.
United Republic of Tanzania · Deogratius Ndejembi · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- Mr. President, Tanzania joins small island and coastal states in pushing for a workable solution to address sea level rises.
- We commend the President for convening today the high-level event addressing the existential threats posed by sea level rise, and we look forward to the adoption of the UN Declaration on Sea Level Rise, which will provide a comprehensive framework for international cooperation, scientific advancement, adaptation resilience, and legal stability.
Japan · Takaichi Sanae · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- This holds true also in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
- This is demonstrated by Japan's consistent support for and its contributions of judges to various international judicial organizations, such as the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
Croatia · Andrej Plenković · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- War disrupts food and energy supplies, while insecurity from the Strait of Hormuz to the Black Sea affects shipping, prices and livelihoods across continents.
- 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.
Argentina · Javier Gerardo Milei · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- Today, the Sea Lion project is moving towards oil extraction on the Argentine continental shelf in the North Malvinas Basin under British licenses that Argentina rejects as illegal and illegitimate.
- Any such activity not authorized by the Argentine Republic in this regard constitutes an unlawful act under both international law, including the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and Argentine domestic law.
Ukraine · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Ethiopia · Taye Atske-Selassie Amde · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- Despite this tremendous achievement, Mr. President, we have come to recognize that our efforts to build a strong economy cannot generate a sustained development without reliable and dependable access to the sea.
- It is upon this unwavering aspiration that we are pursuing all possible diplomatic avenues to secure access to and from the sea to ensure ETiPS integration into global trading system.
Montenegro · Jakov Milatović · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Uzbekistan · Saida Mirziyoyeva · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Georgia · Irakli Kobakhidzhe · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- Our strategic location and direct access to the Black Sea facilitate trade and investment, linking landlocked countries in our wider region to global supply chains.
- Through a Black Sea submarine fiber optic connection and next generation data infrastructure, Georgia aims to strengthen secure, resilient, and diversified digital links between Europe and Asia.
Maldives · Hussain Mohamed Latheef · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Tonga · Lord Fakafanua · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Kazakhstan · Mukhtar Tileuberdi · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- Beyond the tragic loss of life, Kazakhstan strongly condemns the repeated drone attacks against Kazakh crude oil export infrastructure, including against commercial vessels in the Black Sea basin.
- On the same day, the heads of states of the founding countries of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea declared an International Day of Aral Sea and Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers with the aim of raising global awareness of the region's environmental challenges and mobilizing greater international support for their preservation.
Belize · John Briceño · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- We have the Law of the Sea Regime and the Declaration on Sea Level Rise.
- Belize therefore calls upon Guatemala to immediately cease all incursions by air, land, or sea, to comply fully with its obligations under the UN Charter, the Chicago Convention, and the OAS confidence building measures, and to respect the integrity of the ICJ process.
Saudi Arabia · Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- In this regard, the Kingdom stresses the importance of ensuring freedom of navigation in all international waterways, foremost among them the Strait of Hormuz, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden.
- The kingdom in this regard welcomes the statement issued by the members of the Security Council including the condemnation of the missile and drone attacks carried out by the Houthi terrorist militia against the kingdom and against commercial unity to reject and condemn all the Houthi terrorist militias aggressions and criminal acts that threaten the security of navigation in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait.
Singapore · Vivian Balakrishnan · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Tunisia · Mohamed Ali Nafti · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- Tunisia also reaffirms its commitment to freedom of navigation and maritime security in accordance with the principles and provisions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and customary international law, while preserving global energy security, international supply chains, and the economic rights of states.
- In this context, the Tunisian authorities continue their efforts to save the lives of irregular migrants on land and at sea, provide them with care and create suitable conditions for their voluntary return to their countries of origin in coordination with the International Organization for Migration, while safeguarding their dignity and rights and combating human trafficking and migrant smuggling, and also supporting them once they are back in their countries of origin.
Djibouti · Abdoulkader Houssein Omar · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Finland · Alexander Stubb · Day 1 · 1 sentence
France · Emmanuel Macron · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Republic of Korea · Lee Jae Myung · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Sierra Leone · Julius Maada Bio · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Viet Nam · To Lam · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Morocco · Nasser Bourita · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Latvia · Edgars Rinkēvičs · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Czechia · Petr Pavel · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Estonia · Alar Karis · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Palau · Surangel Whipps · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Cyprus · Nikos Christodoulides · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Dominican Republic · Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Italy · Antonio Tajani · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Armenia · Nikol Pashinyan · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Australia · Anthony Albanese · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Nepal · Balendra Shah · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Kiribati · Taneti Maamau · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Malta · Robert Abela · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Lesotho · Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane · Day 4 · 1 sentence
North Macedonia · Hristijan Mickoski · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Liechtenstein · Sabine Monauni · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Norway · Espen Barth Eide · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Sweden · Maria Malmer Stenergard · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Thongsavanh Phomvihane · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Cuba · Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla · Day 5 · 1 sentence
India · Subrahmanyam Jaishankar · Day 5 · 1 sentence
San Marino · Luca Beccari · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Oman · Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Canada · Anita Anand · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Sao Tome and Principe · Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Eritrea · Osman Saleh Mohammed · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Sri Lanka · Vijitha Herath · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Sudan · Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim · Day 6 · 1 sentence
United Arab Emirates · Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Turkmenistan · Vepa Hajiyev · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Antigua and Barbuda · Walton Alfonso Webson · Day 6 · 1 sentence