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Download CSVKuwait · Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah · Day 3 · 28 sentences
- In this context, we emphasize that Security Council reform and the Security Council is the body charged with maintaining international peace and security has become essential to keep pace with the significant increase in the number of member states and the changes in international relations since the establishment of the organization.
- And furthermore, to inflict harm on the economies of the region and the world and to disrupt global trade and oil markets, Iran is obstructing maritime navigation and closing the Strait of Hormuz to use it as a bargaining chip in the war, in violation of international law and the relevant Security Council resolutions.
- We also salute the countries that have sponsored the Security Council Resolution 2817 and the other resolutions issued by the Human Rights Council and the International Maritime Organization, which have condemned the Iranian aggression as a threat to international peace and security.
- And based on Kuwait's belief that the security and stability of the Arabian Gulf region constitutes a fundamental pillar of regional and international security and stability, as demonstrated by the repercussions of the war and Iranian aggressions, we reiterate the support for all diplomatic efforts aimed at de-escalation and a peaceful resolution to the existing dispute.
Bulgaria · Iliana Iotova · Day 2 · 22 sentences
- The Security Council ought to reflect the world of today with more equitable regional representation and greater legitimacy and effectiveness.
- Your Excellencies, peace and security are among the main responsibilities of the international community.
- Is it not time to rethink European security policy?
- It must be a real participant in negotiations on the post-war security architecture of the continent after the end of the war.
Saudi Arabia · Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud · Day 5 · 21 sentences
- While crises and conflicts continue in many parts of the world, there is an increasing need to uphold the principles of the UN Charter, respect international law, and strengthen the effectiveness of international institutions in maintaining international peace and security and advancing sustainable development.
- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the countries of the region have been subjected to flagrant Iranian attacks targeting their security resources and civilian and economic facilities.
- The Kingdom reiterates its full right to protect its security and sovereignty, its citizens and residents, and its national resources.
- We call upon the international community to shoulder its responsibilities in confronting all threats to international peace and security.
Bahrain · Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani · Day 4 · 20 sentences
- We would like to express the Kingdom of Bahrain's appreciation to your brotherly country, the People's Republic of Bangladesh, as well as the Secretary-General for his tireless efforts in the service of international peace and security and the Sustainable Development Goals.
- We meet at a time when the Arab Gulf is facing a security situation of a severity not witnessed in decades.
- All the same, we continue to exercise the utmost restraint, seeking to ensure that security and peace prevail for the benefit of the people of the region.
- Security Council Resolution 2817 also referred to Bab el-Mandeb, recognizing that a threat to one waterway is a threat to navigation through all waterways.
Mongolia · Khurelsukh Ukhnaa · Day 1 · 19 sentences
- 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.
- A stronger United Nations, in turn, will deliver more efficiently towards global peace, security, and sustainable development, thereby creating conditions for all Member States to benefit.
- Despite the remarkable heights of development and progress humanity has reached, our planet is currently confronted with more than 90 armed conflicts, around 30 of which are international, demonstrating that global peace and security remain unstable and that geopolitical and geostrategic competition continues to intensify.
- Believing that reform of the Security Council should be at the core of broader United Nations reform, Mongolia maintains its principled position in support of expanding the number of both permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council, ensuring equitable representation of developing countries in the Council, and promoting greater openness and transparency in its work.
Haiti · Alix Didier Fils-Aimé · Day 4 · 19 sentences
- that is peace, security, and the well-being of all peoples.
- 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.
- I want to pay a particular tribute to the kindred peoples who, by contributing to the Gang Suppression Force and supporting its full rollout, have chosen to share with us the burden of fighting for peace and security.
- I also want to underscore the privileged partnership with the United States of America and the steadfast support of Canada and the invaluable assistance of our partners such as France, Chile, and Mexico in the modernization of our national security capacity.
Trinidad and Tobago · Kamla Persad-Bissessar · Day 1 · 18 sentences
- Transnational organized crime, continues to pose a serious threat to the security and development of small island states.
- 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.
- A central part of our agenda has been restoring security to our communities.
- Remain confident that this partnership will continue to promote freedom, security, and prosperity in our region.
Vanuatu · Odo Tevi · Day 6 · 18 sentences
- Mr. President, the international political and security environment is becoming increasingly difficult.
- Our security depends fundamentally on something else, international law, multilateral institutions, diplomacy, and the equal sovereignty of states.
- They are our security architecture.
- Mr. President, the security environment is also changing in ways that are particularly important for the Pacific region.
France · Emmanuel Macron · Day 1 · 17 sentences
- This is why at the Security Council, France supports reforms aimed at bolstering its effectiveness.
- We must open up to new members, new regions, first and foremost Africa, but In terms of the substance, the Security Council must be able to take action in the face of mass violations of international law.
- And we are seeking to secure the commitment of each and every permanent member of the Security Council for this initiative.
- Back in 2018, I already mentioned the role played by regional organizations and better coordination between these regional bodies and the UN at the Africa forward meeting in Nairobi with over 30 African heads of state and in Addis Ababa, the headquarters of the African Union, together with the UN, we stated clearly that the African Union and regional organizations should be fully equipped to play their role as regards peace and security on the African continent.
Russian Federation · Sergey Lavrov · Day 5 · 17 sentences
- They're taking responsibility for ensuring security in their own regions.
- This is what drives our concept for collective security in the Persian Gulf.
- Almost a year ago, the Security Council approved the peace plan for the Gaza Strip, but peace does not reign there.
- But if that were to be the case, Israel's security would also be constantly under threat.
Poland · Karol Nawrocki · Day 2 · 16 sentences
- At the same time, the state responsible for those crimes had a say in shaping the post-war order as a permanent member of the Security Council.
- 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.
- Neo-imperial and neo-colonial policies are, in essence, an attempt to return to a world in which the borders, security and future of states and nations would be decided not by the states and nations themselves, but by other states that consider themselves stronger and predestined to dominate.
- We continue to view the North Atlantic Alliance as the guarantor of European security.
Yemen · Abdullah Abdulkader Al Alimi-Bawzer · Day 3 · 16 sentences
- The coalition to restore legitimacy in Yemen led by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has played a critical role in reducing the dangers posed by this group through its support for the Yemeni government, thereby contributing to regional and international security and stability.
- It is an effective deterrent action against those who threaten the security and stability of states.
- Rather, we face an extension of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is also using terrorist groups to threaten international peace and security.
- 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.
Kazakhstan · Mukhtar Tileuberdi · Day 4 · 16 sentences
- Guided by pragmatic and proactive foreign policy, we continue our efforts to strengthen international peace and security and to advance pragmatic solutions to our shared global challenges.
- Central to this renewal is reform of the Security Council.
- Mr. President, the international security environment continues to deteriorate.
- To the contrary, through international trust, it strengthens sovereignty, enhances security, and promotes development.
Kyrgyzstan · Sadyr Zhaparov · Day 1 · 15 sentences
- For 80 years, this unique global organization has been standing at the forefront of safeguarding peace, security, and development.
- Armed conflicts and humanitarian crises in different parts of the world including Ukraine, Iran, Sudan, and Palestine, demonstrate the complexity of the current international environment and require all of us to work together to strengthen peace, security, and sustainable development.
- 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.
- We fully understand that membership in the Security Council is not a privilege or reward.
Libya · Mohamed Younis Menfi · Day 2 · 15 sentences
- This transformation is reshaping the meaning of security, the nature of alliances, and the capacity of the international order to uphold the foundations and principles upon which and for which it was established.
- We affirm our full solidarity with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in safeguarding its security, its territorial integrity, its citizens, and its holy sites.
- The security of the Kingdom and the Gulf, given their Arab and Islamic weight, is not a national matter, but it is a pillar of the security and stability of our region.
- In that war, interests and interventions collide, and its effects extend beyond the borders of Sudan, endangering the security and stability of the region and the unity of its states.
Kenya · William Samoei Ruto · Day 2 · 15 sentences
- It gave this organization, the United Nations, a duty to prevent conflict, defend peace, and make collective security real.
- On peace and security, the contradiction is increasingly difficult to ignore.
- The equality proclaimed in this Assembly ends at the doors of the Security Council.
- Africa has 54 member states, more than a quarter of this Assembly, yet no permanent voice in the body entrusted with the primary responsibility of international peace and security.
Japan · Takaichi Sanae · Day 1 · 14 sentences
- There, I appealed that it is essential for countries to acquire the capabilities to freely determine their own futures and resilience across economic, social, and security domains.
- For global energy security, It is crucial to ensure free and transparent energy trade, engage in international coordination on strengthening oil stockpiling, and enhance collaboration between producing and consuming countries.
- The security of the Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic is inseparable.
- The advancement of North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, as well as its use of malicious cyber activities, including cryptocurrency thefts, as a source of funding, are clear violations of relevant Security Council resolutions and pose a serious threat to international peace and security.
Morocco · Nasser Bourita · Day 1 · 14 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.
- First, confronting non-state armed groups as a threat to international security and stability.
- that threaten the security and stability of states has grown considerably.
- It is already affecting water and food security.
Egypt · Moustafa Kamal Madbouly · Day 4 · 14 sentences
- Accordingly, Egypt remains committed to a clear vision for regional security based on state sovereignty, territorial integrity, respect for national institutions, rejection of the dismantling of states or the creation of parallel entities, and prioritizing political solutions and inclusive national settlements over the logic of force and the imposition of a fait accompli.
- Security is indivisible.
- The security of one state cannot be built upon the insecurity of its neighbors or upon threats to shipping, trade, and energy routes or violations of state sovereignty through attacks carried out in violation of international law.
- They must be viewed within an interconnected regional security environment that supports the state's institutions, unity, and sovereignty, that encourages political settlements and peace building based on the principle of national and regional ownership of solutions, ending external interferences and preventing crises from turning into arenas for regional and international competition over the resources and capabilities of the peoples of the region.
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.
- How can we restore this trust while the Palestinian people are subjected daily to the most horrific crimes and violations and denied their most basic rights to life, security, freedom, and self-determination, while the international community remains unable to put an end to their ongoing humanitarian suffering or to enforce respect for international law and international humanitarian law?
- Mr. President, Tunisia follows with deep concern the continuing escalation in the Middle East and its dangerous repercussions at the security, political and economic levels.
- for wisdom and reason to prevail, and for a return to dialogue and negotiations, giving absolute priority to political and peaceful and diplomatic solutions as the only means of resolving existing disputes in a manner that strengthens the foundations of security and stability in the region and prevents further escalation.
Algeria · Ahmed Attaf · Day 6 · 14 sentences
- Nor can we advocate for international peace and security while the system of international relations continues to favor war as a means of resolving dispute.
- We call for a profound reform of the Security Council that would make it more representative, more equitable, and more effective.
- We stress that correcting the historical injustice suffered by Africa requires permanent and fair African representation in the Security Council with full powers.
- My country follows with deep concern the continuing escalation in the Gulf region, where we are witnessing a conflict that is weighing heavily on the states and peoples of the region and is undermining their security and stability and threatening the welfare and development of their peoples, peoples that have found themselves held hostage to calculations that are not their own.
Canada · Anita Anand · Day 5 · 13 sentences
- We are also ready to work together on enhancing international security.
- These investments are strengthening our ability to protect Canada and to contribute to peace and security around the world.
- Canada is an Arctic nation, and the Arctic is central to our identity, our security, and our future.
- This is why we are investing in Arctic security in consultation with Indigenous peoples.
Latvia · Edgars Rinkēvičs · Day 2 · 12 sentences
- International peace and security.
- Sovereignty and territorial integrity are the foundation of our freedom and our security.
- Russia is a permanent member of Security Council.
- With that comes a special responsibility for international peace and security.
Burundi · Évariste Ndayishimiye · Day 2 · 12 sentences
- 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.
- As the African Union champion for the Youth Peace and Security Agenda, I have this year once again convened a continental youth dialogue coupled with the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.
- It upholds the rights and freedoms of all and ensures security as well as the guarantee that crimes it has experienced in the past will not be repeated.
- We therefore strongly reaffirm the need for reform of the United Nations Security Council in order to allow for permanent African representation and more equitable participation by the continent in the international community's decision-making mechanisms.
Estonia · Alar Karis · Day 2 · 12 sentences
- It is a carefully crafted agreement to safeguard peace and security, promote development and uphold human rights.
- For more than 12 years ago, since the illegal annexation of Crimea and occupation of eastern Ukraine in 2014, a permanent member of the Security Council, the Russian Federation, has been perpetrating a war of aggression at the very heart of Europe.
- For example, by increasingly targeting Ukraine's Black Sea ports, commercial shipping, grain infrastructure, and alternative export routes, Russia is putting global food security at grave risk.
- As such, It will be a multilateral effort and example of true cooperation for international peace and security.
Burkina Faso · Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré · Day 6 · 12 sentences
- But it is also with a sense of pride inspired by the resilience of the populations of the Sahel and the hope of the bravery of the defence and security forces of the confederation, as well as the crucial role played by volunteers.
- I bow down with profound respect before the memory of the defence and security forces of the Confederation of Sahel States, our volunteers, defence volunteers, working for the motherland and all patriotic forces who have fallen in the field of honour.
- It is the source that nourishes our determination on a daily basis to recover the integrity of our territories, to defend our dignity and to ensure our sacred rights, to live free in peace and security.
- When our states adopt exceptional measures, as strictly contained by our national legislation and our international obligations, the idea is to protect the populations, to preserve public order and guarantee national security.
Denmark · Christina Markus Lassen · Day 6 · 12 sentences
- Respecting them is the precondition for international peace and security.
- And we deeply regret the unwillingness of a few Council members to acknowledge that sanctions measures have been reinstated in full accordance with Security Council Resolution 2231.
- Excellencies, last year, this Assembly endorsed the New York Declaration, a roadmap towards the two-state solution, a path to lasting peace and security for Israelis and Palestinians.
- Since then, The comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflict has been endorsed by the Security Council.
United Republic of Tanzania · Deogratius Ndejembi · Day 1 · 11 sentences
- Mr. President, global peace and security are vital for sustainable socioeconomic development.
- The United Nations, through its Charter, has remained central to international efforts to maintain peace and security, uphold international law, promote conditions conducive to development.
- These developments underscore the urgent need to reaffirm multilateralism, strengthen respect for international law, and reinforce the central role of the United Nations in maintaining international peace and security.
- In that regard, Tanzania remains firmly committed to supporting the efforts of the UN Security Council to fulfill its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Masoud Pezeshkian · Day 2 · 11 sentences
- and we wish to cooperate and collaborate for security.
- The people of Iran, in the past seven months, our people have been in the streets every night demonstrating in support of their land, of their homeland, so as to not allow those who were equipped and trained and armed by Israel and America to cause disruption in the security of their country.
- We do not wish to use our power for hegemony, and we do not seek our security in the insecurity of others.
- For the agricultural sector, it is food security.
Palestine (State of) · Mahmoud Abbas · Day 3 · 11 sentences
- 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.
- We also welcomed Security Council Resolution 2803 and the roadmap for implementing the second phase.
- This requires urgent and responsible intervention by the United Nations Security Council.
- It also requires the implementation of Security Council Resolution 2334.
Greece · Kyriakos Mitsotakis · Day 3 · 11 sentences
- Ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor to address the General Assembly for the eighth time as Prime Minister of Greece, and I do so at a moment of particular importance, as Greece reaches the end of our second year on the UN Security Council.
- with grave consequences for supply chains, for energy markets, and for food security worldwide.
- 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 this topic will remain a high priority when Greece assumes the presidency of the Security Council next month.
Lebanon · Nawaf Salam · Day 4 · 11 sentences
- Without mutual trust, peace and security cannot take root among States.
- Lebanon's future will not be decided on its behalf nor may its security and stability become the price of settlements concluded in its absence third our position on the war has been clear from the outset we want it to end we want the ceasefire consolidated we want Israel to withdraw from all Lebanese territory up to our internationally recognized borders in accordance with the 1990 with the 1949 General Armistice agreement and as firm by resolution 1701 we want the release of all our detainees, the safe and dignified return of our people to their villages and towns, and the reconstruction of what the war has destroyed.
- We have taken note of Security Council Resolution 2790 of 2025.
- This is despite the dozens of resolutions adopted by this Assembly and by the Security Council that lay clear foundations for that right, not to mention the Arab Peace Initiative.
Mali · Abdoulaye Diop · Day 6 · 11 sentences
- where for several decades we had a security crisis.
- The NATO action in Libya significantly worsened the security, political, humanitarian, and human rights situation in our region through, in particular, the spread of terrorism and violent extremism.
- First, in the armed way, we know that it's attacking civilian populations, it's a security crisis.
- regional and international responses, including the deployment of international forces, have failed to hold to these complex security crises and massacres affecting Sahelian populations.
El Salvador · Alexandra Hill Tinoco · Day 6 · 11 sentences
- President of the General Assembly, Secretary-General, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, As we're here talking about peace, international security and cooperation, thousands of people are dying.
- They just want peace, security, jobs, freedom, and a safe future for their children.
- the International Monetary Fund has said that improvements for security has strengthened trust in and uh the economic activity of my country and it's estimated the El Salvadorian economy will grow by 4.5% in 2026 so this is skyrocketed and this is driven by investment, private consumption, remittances, tourism, and inward capital flows.
- This is what recovering security really means.
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea · Kim Son Gyong · Day 6 · 11 sentences
- all the crises the international community is faced with point one clear fact: that infringement on sovereignty, threat to security interests, and denial of right to development of other countries are bound to breed regional instability and crisis, and lead to aggression and 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.
- Mr. President, The sovereignty, security interests, and territorial integrity of sovereign states are ruthlessly trampled upon, and international law and order feebly collapse due to the unilateral high-handedness and tyranny of a hegemonic state.
- The current military inclination is further aggravating the already vulnerable security landscape in the region.
New Zealand · Victoria Louise Hallum · Day 6 · 11 sentences
- whose sovereignty, security and prosperity depends on a functioning, inclusive multilateral system, grounded in agreed rules and norms, with the UN Charter at its centre.
- First and foremost, we call on the new Secretary-General to be a courageous guardian of the UN Charter and to assert the UN's vital role on peace and security.
- The UN Security Council needs to fulfil its responsibilities.
- This Assembly also has a legitimate and necessary role to play in maintaining peace and security.
Benin · Marc Hermanne Gninadoou Araba · Day 6 · 11 sentences
- No nation can build lasting security and prosperity through isolation.
- the reform of the stewardship of international peace and security.
- The Security Council, for the most part, reflects a balance of forces, the balance of forces in a world which is no longer today's world.
- We're demanding for the stewardship of international peace and security, for that stewardship to be in keeping with the world we claim to serve.
Secretary-General of the United Nations · António Guterres · Day 1 · 10 sentences
- And such a world can help us avoid hegemonic tendencies and also what I have called the great fracture, the division of the world into two rival blocks with separate economic, technological, and security systems.
- And technological power alone cannot guarantee security.
- And they will determine whether we drift deeper into division and instability or move toward cooperation, justice, and collective security.
- Excellencies, the first great power test in the 21st century is peace and security.
Türkiye · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Day 1 · 10 sentences
- to live together in peace with one another as good neighbors, and to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, unquote, they declared at the time.
- 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.
- The Security Council must absolutely be reformed in accordance with the principle that the world is bigger than five.
- 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.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · Andy Burnham · Day 1 · 10 sentences
- Overcoming the forces of division and instability starts with national security.
- There is no national security without a strong, cohesive society underneath it.
- We are going to be much prouder in standing up for our values and the rule of law, and we are going to help our people to strengthen their resilience Because faced with this information warfare, security starts in every home.
- Today, I am asking our security chiefs in the UK to begin work on a new National Centre for Information Defence.
Croatia · Andrej Plenković · Day 1 · 10 sentences
- Croatia supports a negotiated two-state solution in which Israelis and Palestinians will live in peace and security.
- 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.
- For us, freedom of navigation and maritime security are both a national interest and a global responsibility.
- Our responsibility is to govern them so that change expands human freedom and security instead of weakening them.
Botswana · Duma Gideon Boko · Day 2 · 10 sentences
- When Botswana gained independence in 1966, we carried a founding belief that our security and prosperity would come from disciplined integration into a community of nations governed by rules that all had agreed to honour.
- That is why Botswana calls on this General Assembly, the Security Council, and every organ of the United Nations to recommit to dialogue as the first instrument of diplomacy.
- For Botswana, custodian of the Okavango Delta, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and the Kalahari ecosystem, Climate change directly affects livelihoods, water security, and biodiversity.
- We also believe that efficiency gains should be redeployed to strengthen the capacity of the organization to prevent conflict, address emerging security threats, and deliver meaningful results in program countries in line with the UN80 vision.
Mozambique · Daniel Francisco Chapo · Day 2 · 10 sentences
- Your Excellencies, today, the three pillars amongst which the UN work peace and security, development and human rights are under unprecedented pressure.
- In the realm of peace, security, we witness proliferation of conflicts, worsening of civilian suffering, and the spread of terrorism and the expansion of transnational organized crime.
- living side by side with peace and security with Israel has a legitimate and lasting path forward.
- In Cabo Delgado, we have made progress in fighting terrorism and strengthening security.
Somalia · Hassan Sheikh Mohamud · Day 3 · 10 sentences
- Yet, the United Nations has increasingly become associated with political gridlocks in the Security Council, prolonged negotiations without tangible outcomes, and a weakening capacity to mobilize collective action in response to the threats to international peace and security.
- The Security Council must become more representative, transparent, and effective.
- Given that many of the discussions directly concern African states, they have the right to full representation on equal par with all other permanent Security Council members.
- Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, Somalia currently broadly serves as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and as a member of the African Union Peace and Security Council.
China · Han Zheng · Day 5 · 10 sentences
- Since then, he has proposed the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative.
- First, we should safeguard the post-war international order and foster lasting peace based on common security.
- We should turn into action the vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security and reject the Cold War mindset and bloc confrontation.
- We should settle differences and disputes through dialogue and consultation, and oppose unilateral military actions that violate the UN Charter and circumvent Security Council authorization.
San Marino · Luca Beccari · Day 5 · 10 sentences
- And reform must include the Security Council.
- San Marino is also a member of the Uniting for Consensus group and supports its effort to promote a comprehensive and balanced reform of the Security Council.
- There is no alternative to the two-state living side by side in peace, security, and mutual recognition.
- Escalation across the region, threatening international peace and security.
President of the General Assembly (opening) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 1 · 9 sentences
- And right now, in Haiti, the entire United Nations family is delivering amid immense security and governance challenges.
- consider peace and security one of the pillars of the organization.
- Under the UN Charter, the Security Council bears primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.
- To be fair, the Security Council, when it acts, proves its strength and effectiveness.
Luxembourg · Guillaume of Luxembourg · Day 1 · 9 sentences
- Its charter called upon us to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and above all, to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.
- We must protect the rights, security and the well-being of all.
- Madam President, Luxembourg's commitment to the United Nations is underpinned by all three pillars: peace and security, human rights and development.
- The same level of responsibility applies to peace and security.
Zimbabwe · Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa · Day 3 · 9 sentences
- Mr. President, Zimbabwe is grateful for the confidence placed in us through our election to the Security Council for the 2027 to 2028 term.
- Secondly, We shall advocate for the strengthening of cooperation between the United Nations and the regional organizations, such as the African Union and its Peace and Security Council.
- The support of Zimbabwe will also be extended to the women and youth peace and security agendas.
- Those most affected by the decisions of the Security Council should not be the least heard.
Gambia (Republic of The) · Mohammed Jallow · Day 3 · 9 sentences
- Mr. President, the stakes are perhaps greatest in international peace and security, one of the foremost purposes for which this Organization was created.
- We also reaffirm our support for United Nations peacebuilding operations and pay tribute to the men and women who serve under the UN flag, including government, military, and police personnel who have contributed with distinction to international peace and security.
- Their safety and security must remain a priority alongside performance, accountability, and strict adherence to international law.
- Security measures are necessary, but they must be accompanied by increased support for democratic governance institution building, education, job creation, development, and climate resilience.
Barbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 9 sentences
- the Security Council still has 15 members, five of them permanent and armed with that veto.
- From climate and security and illicit armed armed flows.
- Where populations face genocide, crimes against humanity, or large-scale war crimes, the veto should not be allowed to paralyze the Security Council when action is most urgently needed.
- 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.
Iraq · Ali Falih Al-Zaidi · Day 4 · 9 sentences
- In this manner, We add to Iraqis' victory over terrorism a redoubled determination and momentum to finish building our military and security capacities in order to protect our country, our people, and our sovereignty.
- Our ambition is for Iraq to be a global hub for energy production, and to leverage its potential to promote regional and international security and stability in a sustainable manner.
- In order to contain the subsequent risks and the consequences on our peoples, we are working to diversify our oil export ports and develop energy lines and corridors linking Iraq, Turkey, Jordan, and Syria in order to reach global markets with the aim of contributing to energy security and diversifying supply routes.
- Ladies and gentlemen, the security of states and the maintenance of peace are a shared responsibility, as per the Charter of the United Nations.
Niger · Lamine Zeine Ali Mahaman · Day 4 · 9 sentences
- Niger reaffirms its support for a two-state solution, allowing the State of Palestine and the State of Israel to live side by side in peace, security, and dignity.
- How to restore trust when 81 years after San Francisco, Africa, with its more than around 1.5 billion inhabitants and its 54 states, still does not have a single permanent seat on the Security Council.
- Ladies and gentlemen, this is an opportunity to commend the courage of our defense and security forces and to pay tribute to all of our civilian and military martyrs.
- Ladies and gentlemen, we remain open to any security cooperation, of course, which takes into account our strategic interests, mutual interests, and respect for our sovereignty.
Malawi · George Chapatula Chaponda · Day 6 · 9 sentences
- agriculture modernization through mechanization and commercialization to guarantee food security.
- This year, we faced the added threat of El Nino-related extreme weather, which reached further undermining livelihood, food security, and economic stability.
- We call for an urgent, comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council to correct the historical injustice done to Africa.
- Mr. President, the fourth opportunity for restoring trust Managing transformation and thereby ensuring a United Nation that delivers for all lies in strengthening global health security.
Sudan · Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim · Day 6 · 9 sentences
- These sanctions have negatively affected its economy, security, and territorial integrity.
- Hence the need for United Nations reform, particularly reform of the Security Council.
- Africa should be represented by two permanent seats, And the working methods of the Security Council should be improved in line with current developments and realities.
- The Sudanese people alone are the makers of that decision and will determine their future without influence or pressure in accordance with the principle of national ownership of peacebuilding affirmed in Security Council Resolution 2736.
Lithuania · Gitanas Nausėda · Day 1 · 8 sentences
- These actions constitute a serious threat to regional and international peace and security.
- 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.
- We cannot tolerate any longer Moscow's colonial aspirations which undermine global food security and driving up food prices.
- As a result, human rights, democracy, and security suffer.
Romania · Nicuşor-Daniel Dan · Day 2 · 8 sentences
- Ladies and gentlemen, we have entered the fifth year of the illegal, unprovoked, and unjustified full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine waged by a permanent member of the Security Council.
- This member entrusted by the entire UN community with the responsibility of maintaining international peace and security, has deliberately disavowed its fundamental obligation and is pursuing a revisionist agenda.
- This initiative safeguards freedom of navigation and the region's energy security.
- And in order to enhance security in the Black Sea area, Romania places particular emphasis on the EU strategic approach.
Czechia · Petr Pavel · Day 2 · 8 sentences
- After the Second World War, a robust multilateral system based on rules and global cooperation was built, spanning security, human rights, and economic development.
- This applies particularly to permanent members of the UN Security Council.
- That aggression was launched and continues to be waged by another permanent member of the UN Security Council, Russia, in violation of the UN Charter and fundamental principles of international law.
- Russia's aggressive posture poses a direct threat to European security as a whole.
Ukraine · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Day 2 · 8 sentences
- And it is hard to imagine a more humiliating loss for a country that has a permanent seat on the UN Security Council and takes so much pride in its oil exports.
- That is our approach to security.
- These are ready-made security formats that we adapt to each specific country and each specific region.
- Also today, I signed security agreement with Australia, and drones are part of it too.
Central African Republic · Faustin Archange Touadera · Day 2 · 8 sentences
- At the same time, divisions within the Security Council, the body charged with protecting international peace and security, are paralyzing action where it is the most urgently needed.
- A fragile country needs security to develop.
- There cannot be lasting security without climate security.
- There cannot be climate security without climate justice.
Slovakia · Peter Pellegrini · Day 2 · 8 sentences
- For some, security means protecting borders.
- Security cooperation is more fragmented.
- The Security Council should better reflect today's realities and give a stronger voice to countries and regions that are still underrepresented.
- Our responsibility to the wider international order is also reflected in our candidacy for the Security Council for 2028 and 2029.
Montenegro · Jakov Milatović · Day 2 · 8 sentences
- In 2017, Montenegro joined NATO, strengthening not only our own security, but also contributing to the stability of our entire region.
- It is one of the best investments Europe can make in peace, security and long-term stability.
- Montenegro is a reliable, credible and predictable partner, committed to an effective multilateral system with the UN Charter at its core, aligned with the European Union's Common Foreign and Security Policy, and working closely with our NATO Allies and EU partners in support of international peace and security.
- This responsibility also extends to the Security Council itself, which must become more effective, representative, accountable, and transparent.
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Judith Suminwa Tuluka · Day 2 · 8 sentences
- How can we fail to mention the historic anomaly that is the absence of Africa among the permanent members of the Security Council?
- As a member of the Security Council 2026-2027, we reaffirm our support for the common African position enshrined in the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration, that is to say, two permanent seats for Africa with all of the associated privileges, including veto rights as long as they exist, and two non-permanent additional seats.
- Resolution 2773 of the Security Council has laid out an unambiguous path.
- Any change to its presence must be determined by the conditions of security on the ground, the strengthening of national capacity, and the guarantee that no vacuum of power will remain to the detriment of populations.
European Union · António Costa · Day 3 · 8 sentences
- The European Union also continues to call for a comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council to make it more effective, inclusive, democratic and accountable.
- Because the best argument for multilateralism is what it delivers on peace and security with the Treaty of Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, on climate action with the Paris Agreement, on poverty and health with the global response to COVID-19.
- They have repercussions on food security, energy markets, immigration, development and global stability.
- This is a devastating aggression on a sovereign state committed by a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
Colombia · José Manuel Restrepo · Day 3 · 8 sentences
- The government deployed to the affected areas alongside the security forces, emergency services, volunteers and rescue workers, and From the very beginning, we started receiving the generous assistance from friendly countries and international organizations, such as all of you.
- The first step is a basic one, restoring security.
- Consequently, from the very beginning of my government, I gave the security forces one clear instruction.
- Security, while essential, is not enough.
Kiribati · Taneti Maamau · Day 4 · 8 sentences
- Our economy, food security, livelihoods, culture, and the way of life depend on healthy, sustainable marine resources.
- weather events continue to place pressure on our communities, infrastructure, water security and livelihoods.
- Through our long-term national development mission, the GIDA vision for 20 years, our national priorities, and the Tamusindano policies, we continue to invest in resilience infrastructure, water security, coastal protection, disaster preparedness, renewable energy, and community-based adaptation.
- For Kiribati, on peace and security.
North Macedonia · Hristijan Mickoski · Day 4 · 8 sentences
- Security will no longer depend on armies and borders, but also on power grids, data centers, cables, satellites, algorithms, and trust in the information we receive every day.
- What we called economic interdependence yesterday, we increasingly see today as a matter of national security.
- They are one geopolitical orientation, an orientation grounded in democracy collective security, the rule of law, and an open economy.
- And without wishing to sound patronizing, if anyone wants to see an example of a country that has repeatedly given up something that naturally belongs to it as a fundamental right, something that many take for granted, all they need is to look at the recent history of my nation, a history marked by challenges, by security risks of regional proportions, by constant compromises and concessions made in the name of peace and cooperation and the higher goal of integration, often at the expense of most basic understanding of dignity and justice.
Mauritania · Mohamed Salem Merzoug · Day 4 · 8 sentences
- After more than eight decades since the establishment of the UN, The Security Council reform has become a necessity to ensure a fair representation of Africa, including permanent and non-permanent membership, while reviewing the financial architecture.
- On the national level, we have adopted a comprehensive strategy with its political, economic, social and security dimensions.
- Our approach addresses the hiking prices, confronting any threats to the security or terrorism, while tackling also vulnerability and poverty.
- The complementarity between all those dimensions ensured our country's security and stability in an environment full with disruptions.
Mauritius · Dhananjay Ramful · Day 4 · 8 sentences
- Created in the aftermath of the Second World War, The immediate focus was obviously on peace and security, but the UN system has evolved significantly over the decades to expand its scope and sphere of influence within the confines of its charter.
- We all acknowledge that the three pillars of the UN Charter are peace and security, development, and human rights.
- The twin institutional pillars provided in the Charter were and still are the Security Council and ECOSOC as the apex bodies for achieving these purposes.
- This must be done as we bring about the reform of the Security Council.
Jamaica · Kamina Johnson Smith · Day 5 · 8 sentences
- It is fundamental to our sovereignty, our security, and our development.
- Mr. President, development also requires peace and security.
- At home, Jamaica has invested heavily in our security forces, strengthened the legislation, enhanced intelligence gathering, oversight, and transformed policing.
- This support must include the financial, logistical, and operational resources necessary to restore security.
Sao Tome and Principe · Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz · Day 5 · 8 sentences
- Excellencies, food security and the strengthening of productive capacity are urgent priorities.
- If the land is essential to our food security, the sea and our biodiversity represent one of the broadest horizons for our development.
- At the same time, in the face of threats posed by illegal fishing and transnational crime, Sao Tome and Principe will continue to work with the states of the region and international partners to strengthen maritime security and promote a sustainable blue economy, thus preserving our resources for future generations.
- Sao Tome and Principe reaffirms its commitment to constitutional order political pluralism, fundamental freedoms, and respect for the sovereign will of its citizens, and will continue to pursue reforms aimed at strengthening justice, security, gender equality, human rights, and trust in institutions.
Turkmenistan · Vepa Hajiyev · Day 6 · 8 sentences
- Rising conflict potential, the erosion of trust, economic instability, climate risk, and the rapid development of new technologies are becoming increasingly intertwined, directly affecting the security and well-being of peoples.
- 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.
- Ladies and gentlemen, ensuring international peace and security remains a key priority for Turkmenistan.
- 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.
United States of America · Donald Trump · Day 1 · 7 sentences
- The regime continued building a vast missile and drone stockpile that threatened the security of every American service member in the region and everyone else in the region.
- Security Council for voting overwhelmingly to pass a resolution condemning Iran's despicable terrorist attacks on commercial shipping.
- That resolution, I'm pleased to say, received more cosponsors from U.N. member nations than any Security Council resolution in history.
- 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.
Qatar · Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani · Day 1 · 7 sentences
- Ladies and gentlemen, at the heart of the dangerous situation we're witnessing lies the absence of a regional system of collective security, one that respects the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of states, one that promotes the peaceful settlement of disputes and the non-interference in the internal affairs of states.
- We remain deeply convinced, and our conviction is based on realistic considerations, convinced that the crisis in the Gulf can be resolved through diplomatic means, by reopening the Strait of Hormuz to maritime navigation and returning to negotiations in order to avert war, paving the way toward a lasting solution that ensures security and stability for the entire region, including Iran, while opening prospects for cooperation across various fields and ensuring non-interference in the internal affairs of states.
- Recognizing the nexus of peace, security, development, human rights, and the rule of law, the State of Qatar maintains its investment in development, education, health, security, and economic diversification in conformity with the Qatar National Vision 2030.
- Israeli aggression, marked by arrogance and hubris, has expanded to encompass neighboring countries, affecting the security of the region as a whole.
Finland · Alexander Stubb · Day 1 · 7 sentences
- You seek security where you can get it.
- 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.
- Now, since my first speech here two years ago, I've consistently called for a reformed Security Council.
- No single state should have veto power, and if a member of the Security Council violates the UN Charter, its voting rights should be suspended.
Angola · João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço · Day 1 · 7 sentences
- In addition to terrorism which remains active in some countries, particularly in Africa, the situation of global peace and security has been worsening year after year bringing us to the present moment in which we note with deep concern that the world has taken a course that brings it alarmingly close to a global conflict.
- We call for effective implementation of the Security Council Resolution 2719, which must ensure a predictable, adequate and sustainable financing for African Union-led peace support operation authorized by the United Nations Security Council, because investing in Africa's capacity to prevent and resolve conflicts is also an investment in international peace and security.
- The food security and energy and humanitarian situation of countries and the world in general has deteriorated considerably following the outbreak of wars against Ukraine and more recently against Iran.
- It neither produces nor possesses nuclear weapons, chemical or biological weapons that could constitute an imminent or real threat to the national security of other countries, including the neighboring countries.
Suriname · Jennifer Geerlings-Simons · Day 1 · 7 sentences
- The consistent application of international law and the strengthening of its institutions is also essential to maintain international peace and security, protect human rights, and ensure sustainable development for all.
- Mr. President, as mentioned before, the international community is experiencing profound uncertainty, including energy and food security crisis, leading to intensified displacement of many people globally.
- We also call for sustained international support for Haiti to restore security, constitutional order, and democratic governance.
- Equally important is the overdue reform of the Security Council.
Sierra Leone · Julius Maada Bio · Day 1 · 7 sentences
- The inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination must be realized through a viable state of Palestine living alongside the state of Israel in peace and in security.
- Of course, nations have legitimate security needs.
- The Security Council still reflects the world of 1945.
- During our term on the security council in twenty twenty-four, 2025, we worked as a voice of reason and a bridge across division.
Belgium · Maxime Prévot · Day 1 · 7 sentences
- And with it, the security of all those who believed they could rely on that promise.
- We are an open economy, with an economy tied to the world and a security bound up with that of our partners.
- The International Ship and Port Facility Security Code, the famous ISPS Code, offers a very concrete example of what multilateralism can achieve when it works.
- Freedom and security are not opposing ideas.
Namibia · Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah · Day 2 · 7 sentences
- Those conflicts continue to undermine international mechanisms and the structures established to maintain international peace and security.
- 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.
- This fairness and justice should extend to the participation of women in decision-making, including in the prevention and resolution of conflict, post-conflict reconstruction and peacebuilding, in line with the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security.
- The women, peace and security agenda has contributed positively to the rehabilitation, reconciliation, and reintegration efforts in conflict-affected regions, serving as a core framework for stabilizing post-conflict situations.
Italy · Antonio Tajani · Day 2 · 7 sentences
- Russia, as a permanent member of the Security Council, cannot evade its responsibilities.
- It is the first step towards a European security that protects everyone, including Russia.
- And as war advances, the principles on which we have built 80 years of international relations retreat, the prohibition of the use of force, international humanitarian law, and freedom and security of navigation.
- Food security concerns us all and demands common solutions.
Madagascar · Michaël Randrianirina · Day 3 · 7 sentences
- Excellencies, Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, can we speak of development when international peace and security are being tested by multiplying crises around the world and persistent tensions?
- Our country remains a committed and operational partner in the service of peace, development and security.
- Maritime security in the Mozambique Channel and the western Indian Ocean remains at the heart of the regional initiatives in which Madagascar actively participates.
- We also want to be part of strengthened regional cooperation in order to guarantee the security of our maritime areas.
Liberia · Joseph Nyuma Boakai · Day 3 · 7 sentences
- Prevention must be at the heart of international peace and security.
- 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.
- Through our joint security forces, we are tightening the vise on transnational drug cartels.
- So we call on international partners for targeted support in coast guard surveillance, intelligence sharing, and post security technologies, sustainable development, and reforming the international financial system.
Senegal · Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye · Day 3 · 7 sentences
- War in Ukraine, the Middle East, Sudan, Haiti, Yemen, and Africa, including the expansion of terrorism in the Sahel, all of these bear witness to the continued worsening and deep cracks in international peace and security.
- No country No peace, no security can be viable, nor can it last without the two-state solution, Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital and Israel, the two living side by side within safe and internationally recognized borders.
- It is for this reason that as interim president of ECOWAS, I will spare no effort to work to bring about peace and security in the sub-region.
- The status quo when it comes to reforming the Security Council bears witness to that fact.
Ireland · Micheál Martin · Day 3 · 7 sentences
- It has driven advances in poverty alleviation, healthcare, education, social protection, and food and nutrition security.
- And this principle is at the heart of our vision for the United Nations, as well as our unwavering commitment to the pillars which guide its work, peace and security, human rights, and development.
- The fact that a permanent member of the Security Council is seeking to change borders by force in clear violation of the UN Charter is utterly unacceptable.
- The rules and institutions that we have built over generations exist to protect the rights, security, and sovereignty of all states and all peoples.
Saint Lucia · Philip J. Pierre · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- And in our own Caribbean neighborhood, people of Haiti continue to endure a humanitarian and security crisis that demands more than statements of concern.
- It is a direct threat to national security, economic stability, food and water security, and human survival.
- The Security Council is urged to renew the Force's mandate and Member States to provide the necessary resources to operate effectively and successfully.
- Saint Lucia advocates for comprehensive reform of the Security Council to enhance its legitimacy and effectiveness in addressing global challenges, thereby restoring trust and a more inclusive multilateral system.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Godwin Friday · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- The United Nations governance model designed in 1945 cannot adequately address the security and economic challenges of today.
- Therefore, we join with other nations in calling for reform, specifically of the Security Council, to include a permanent member from the continent of Africa, with all the attendant rights and privileges.
- Mr. President, let us restore trust through the pursuit of peace and security.
- Trust in the international system begins with the conviction that everyone matters, and that the security of small states is as precious as that of great powers.
Guatemala · Carlos Ramiro Martínez Alvarado · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- Transnational organised crime is more than just a threat to public security.
- Restoring the legitimate presence of the state also means providing security in accordance with the law, strengthening prevention, protecting communities, and pursuing criminal networks rather than only their visible manifestations.
- Mr. President, we must strengthen the timely exchange of information operational and judicial coordination, border security with respect for human rights, the protection of ports and transit routes, financial and asset investigations, and the recovery of assets derived from illicit activities.
- Lasting security cannot be achieved through law enforcement alone.
India · Subrahmanyam Jaishankar · Day 5 · 7 sentences
- It was founded to maintain international peace and security and take effective collective action to that end.
- The inability to maintain peace is not just undermining security, but threatening progress and retarding development.
- Even as this is underway, there is an urgent need to address the security of seafarers and supply of food grains and energy.
- India is prepared to do everything possible to ameliorate this situation, especially with regard to food and energy security.
Gabon · Marie-Édith Tassyla-Ye-Doumbeneny · Day 5 · 7 sentences
- Mr. President, restoring trust depends above all on concrete action that enables us to address together global challenges relating to peace and security, climate change, sustainable development and pandemics.
- Consequently, Gabon calls for a substantial strengthening of security in this strategic area, which represents a foundation for shared prosperity.
- Mr. President, Gabon, in its capacity as member of the African Union's Peace and Security Council, stresses the urgent need to implement UN Security Council Resolution 2719 on the financing of peacekeeping operations.
- Fulfilling this commitment would help consolidate peace in Africa and strengthen cooperation between the UN Security Council and the AU's Peace and Security Council.
Zambia · Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe · Day 5 · 7 sentences
- Our people continue to experience the devastating effects of droughts, floods, and changing weather patterns with significant impact on agriculture, food security, water availability, energy generation, and livelihoods.
- Water security is integral to climate resilience and sustainable development.
- We remain committed to strengthening water security, climate resilience, and sustainable management of water resources while working with the international community to ensure that climate and water action delivers tangible benefits for our people and future generations.
- Mr. President, I turn to multilateralism, geopolitics, and peace and security.
Costa Rica · Boris Vasir Marchegiani Carrero · Day 6 · 7 sentences
- President, international peace and security are facing increasingly complex threats.
- Illegal mining, spearheaded by transnational criminal organizations on our border with Nicaragua, has wrought havoc on the environment, and is producing risks to public health, the economy, and regional security.
- They converge in one global crisis that is imperiling food security, public health, and development opportunities for millions and millions of people.
- President, there can be no lasting security in a world where we see the erosion of democratic institutions.
President of the General Assembly (closing) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 6 · 7 sentences
- We heard that the maintenance of peace and security, one of the three pillars of the Organization, meant more than containing violence.
- 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.
- Excellencies, While peace and security, human rights and sustainable development are perennial concerns in this hall, artificial intelligence, including artificial general intelligence, has moved from the margins of our discussions to the center.
Syrian Arab Republic · Ahmad Al-Sharaa · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- We also built diplomatic bridges, and in parallel, we proved to the world that the security of the region has to start in Damascus.
- We have been working with the OPCW, and we are working with the IAEA with transparency, as we believe that collective security is our duty.
- Stability and security has been established.
- Any other attempts will be thwarted according to Security Council Resolution 497.
Dominican Republic · Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- 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.
- Renewing representation requires a Security Council that looks more like the multipolar world of the present.
- We Trust that the Security Council and the General Assembly will rise to this moment.
- Since 2021, the Dominican Republic has warned in each and every forum that this crisis is a threat to the peace and security of the region, and particularly for my country.
Serbia · Aleksandar Vučić · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- Do you know which countries, dear friends, took part in decision making in the UN Security Council to bomb an independent and sovereign country that had attacked no other country?
- In spite of everything, Serbia will defend its country its territorial integrity, the UN Charter, the UN Security Council Resolution 1244.
- The Security Council is often blocked precisely in the crisis in which it should be most active.
- Artificial intelligence is already changing the economy, education, medicine, security, the labor market, and the way states function.
Eswatini · King Mswati III · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- Since the Ezulwini Consensus was adopted in 2005, sadly, Africa still has no permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
- The question is, How many more years should African leaders travel to New York and stand before this Assembly to call for a fair representation in the UN Security Council?
- Mr. President, we are being deprived of the opportunity to contribute to global security issues.
- During the 46th SADC Summit, Eswatini assumed the chairmanship of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation Troika, whose mandate is to promote peace and stability in the Southern African region.
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) · Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- These are peace, development, equality, the climate crisis, free trade, energy security and, more recently, artificial intelligence.
- We must at the same time guarantee security of supply, affordable prices, and environmental sustainability.
- But actually doing that in a forced or imposed way is a direct threat to food security, employment and production.
- As such, energy security is vital if we are to ensure the survival of the international economy and to buttress development.
Ghana · John Dramani Mahama · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- And yet, Africa remains without a single permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.
- Africa must be granted permanent representation on the UN Security Council, complete with all the rights and responsibilities.
- Mr. President, Security Council reform is not a favor to Africa.
- Ghana remains unwavering in its recognition of the sovereign state of Palestine and its steadfast support for a viable two-state solution where Israel and Palestine will live side by side in peace, security with guaranteed borders.
Guyana · Mohamed Irfaan Ali · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- This week, I am pleased to join members of the Shield of Americas in adopting a joint communique which underscores our collective resolve to strengthen the resilience of our region in economic, security, and multilateral coordination.
- We need a Security Council that reflects the geopolitical realities of the 21st century, not the power structures of 1945.
- Multilateralism rests upon the proposition that our destinies are bound together, that the security of one cannot be at the insecurity of another, and that in an interdependent world, cooperation is a necessity, and where there can be no enduring prosperity when inequality deepens.
- In the humblest of ways, I call on the P5, the Security Council, and every member and every member here.
Portugal · Luís Montenegro · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- In the Middle East, The humanitarian tragedy must end and we must move towards the two-state solution, with Israel and Palestine coexisting as two sovereign states in peace and security.
- The results in maintaining peace and security will, to a large extent, depend on the decision by the members of the Security Council and particularly its permanent members.
- We must strive to make the Security Council more representative, which requires permanent seats for Africa, Brazil and India, thereby reflecting the changing world.
- Excellencies, starting in January, Portugal will bring to the Security Council as a non-permanent member, a global perspective and a culture of dialogue and bridge building.
Côte d’Ivoire · Tiémoko Meyliet Koné · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- The trust of peoples, for its part, is nourished by tangible results and by the certainty that the decisions taken on their behalf genuinely serve their security, their dignity, and protect their future.
- Cote d'Ivoire remains deeply concerned about the resumption of hostilities in the Near and Middle East, the consequences of which weigh on peace and on food, energy, and economic security throughout the world.
- Cote d'Ivoire will continue to contribute to ongoing initiatives aimed at supporting the Haitian authorities and international partners in order to restore security in the sister nation so as to restore democratic legitimacy to its institutions.
- In this regard, we commend the efforts of the United Nations, the African Union, ECOWAS, and all the partners working on security and stabilization efforts in our region.
Thailand · Anutin Charnvirakul · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- Mr. President, the UN's purposes remain as relevant as ever to promote peace and security, human rights and dignity, sustainable development, and cooperation among sovereign equals.
- But we cannot build lasting peace if security is assured for some and denied to others.
- It requires dialogue to settle differences and respect for international law so that all countries can live with security and dignity.
- And that is why Thailand supports Security Council reform that gives developing countries and underrepresented regions, particularly in the global south, a greater role in decision making.
Slovenia · Janez Janša · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- The General Assembly has adopted resolution after resolution, while the Security Council and Human Rights Council have repeatedly addressed the situation.
- Let me be clear, the search for peace and security in the Middle East is of profound importance and the suffering of Palestinian and also Israeli civilians this serious and sustained consideration every civilian life matters but we are applying the same but are we applying the same standard of urgency when victims are elsewhere last year alone or 4,800 Christians were killed because of their religion.
- In return, this body produced a single Security Council resolution.
- For my country, for Slovenia, sovereignty and territorial integrity are fundamental to our own security.
Australia · Anthony Albanese · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- And that is why Australia is seeking a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2029-2030.
- Should our Security Council bid prove successful, our purpose and approach will be consistent with how we have always conducted ourselves at the UN.
- As a member of the UN Security Council, Australia will safeguard the rules that protect us all by upholding international law, including the UN Charter, and the sovereignty of all states.
- In our region, the Indo-Pacific, we are elevating relationships that help to build sovereign capability and offer nations sovereign choice, free from coercion, so that our partners can address the big issues confronting them: economic security, human development, energy security, transnational crime, sovereign capabilities, trade and investment, and science and technology.
Austria · Beate Meinl-Reisinger · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- This is why we are a proud host country of the organization, why we successfully campaigned for a seat on the UN Security Council.
- Austria will be a reliable partner in the Security Council during the next two years.
- To spare no effort on the Security Council to protect our common rules.
- Israelis and Palestinians deserve to live side by side in peace and security, with a credible path to a two-state solution.
Maldives · Hussain Mohamed Latheef · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- Security cannot be built by exporting insecurity.
- For the Palestinian people, a sovereign future means freedom, dignity, self-determination, and the right to live their security in their own state.
- It is a matter of national planning and national security.
- The Security Council cannot reflect the world of 1945 while deciding for the world of today.
Tuvalu · Feleti Teo · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- Tuvalu reaffirms its strong commitment to the values and the principle of the UN Charter and to international law and to a multilateral system that protects the dignity and security of all people.
- This year also marks the historical and first deployment of Tuvalu police officers to serve in the UN mission in South Sudan, a deployment that confirms that even the smallest member of the UN can contribute meaningfully to international peace and security.
- Mister President, Climate change is and remains the single greatest existential threat to Tuvalu's survival, security, and sustainable development.
- It is also an issue of economic security, food security, and climate security.
Solomon Islands · Matthew Cooper Wale · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- Peace and security are inseparable from development.
- Transnational criminal networks are using our ocean as a highway for illicit drugs, undermining our sovereignty and national security, destroying young lives and tearing at the fabric of our communities.
- Food and water security is under threat, and communities are being forced from their ancestral lands.
- Every day, our people are defending their coastlines, strengthening their resilience, protecting their food and water security, and their cultural heritage, and where there is no other choice, relocating.
Pakistan · Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- The unanimous adoption of Resolution 2788 on strengthening mechanisms for peaceful settlement of disputes under Pakistan's UN Security Council presidency demonstrated our unwavering commitment to global peace.
- Ladies and gentlemen, terrorism remains one of the gravest threats to international peace and security.
- Mr. President, United Nations peacekeeping remains one of the strongest expressions of collective security.
- Here I pay tribute to the visionary leadership of President Xi Jinping for spearheading the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative and the Global Governance Initiative.
Guinea-Bissau · Ilídio Vieira Té · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- Devastating conflicts also persist in several regions of the world, as do security challenges, particularly in the Sahel.
- It is essential that Africa have more adequate and effective representation in the international institutions that play a central role in shaping responses to the challenges of peace, security, and development.
- The reform of the United Nations Security Council must reflect the legitimate aspirations of the African continent and ensure fairer, permanent, and effective representation in keeping with the principle of a more inclusive, equitable, and representative international order.
- We welcome the adoption of Security Council Resolution 2797 of 2025 and view favorably the autonomy initiative presented by the Kingdom of Morocco as a basis for resolving this dispute.
Tonga · Lord Fakafanua · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- We need a more inclusive Security Council equipped for today's challenges, a Security Council that recognizes the triple planetary crisis as a profound threat to peace and security.
- It strengthens our food security and enables a sustainable blue economy.
- In this respect, our region is committed to directly utilizing innovative technologies and working closely with our trusted security partners to address our security challenges.
- For us, decarbonizing also means greater energy security and protection from global fuel price shocks.
Chad · Abdelmadjid Abdelrahim Mahamat · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Security Council reform illustrates alone this situation and this crisis of confidence.
- Chad reiterates to this end its complete support for the common African position, as stipulated in the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirt Declaration, and taken up in the African model for reform of the Security Council, presented in April by Sierra Leone on behalf of the Committee of Ten of the African Union.
- Mr. President, the clear ambition that my country has for its development can only be achieved with peace, stability and security in our region and also in the world.
- The security situation in the Sahel and in the Lake Chad Basin demands our constant attention.
Belize · John Briceño · Day 5 · 6 sentences
- with the United States that will strengthen our energy security and build the skills of our young people for the workforce of tomorrow.
- Mr. President, the current erosion of international peace and security carries an uncomfortable echo.
- A Haitian led, Haitian own political transition deserves a security environment in which it can actually succeed.
- We are concerned, too, for the safety and security of the 23 million people of Taiwan, who have no seat and no voice in this hall.
Iceland · Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir · Day 5 · 6 sentences
- The Security Council, entrusted with maintaining international peace and security, has too often been paralyzed when action was needed most.
- Our support for Ukraine defends a principle on which all our country's security depends, that no nation, no nation gets to decide the future of another.
- In Gaza, we continue to witness repeated violations of the ceasefire and continued suffering among civilians, despite the adoption of the 20-point comprehensive peace plan and Security Council Resolution 2803.
- ...peoples able to live in security, dignity and peace.
Belarus · Maxim Ryzhenkov · Day 5 · 6 sentences
- First, Reform of the UN Security Council.
- The voice of the global majority must be heard loud and clear in the Security Council.
- First of all, on food security, we are developing successfully and making a significant contribution to global food security.
- These include plans to bring Ukraine into NATO, contrary to all security realities, the failure to implement the Minsk agreements, which were the only legitimate path to peace, And let me remind you that the implementation of these agreements was sabotaged in order to buy time and allow Ukraine to rearm.
Tajikistan · Sirojiddin Muhriddin · Day 5 · 6 sentences
- Tajikistan reaffirms its support for the establishment of an independent and sovereign state of Palestine based on the 1967 borders and with East Jerusalem as its capital, living side by side with Israel in peace and security.
- Mr. President, for our region, Lasting security and sustainable development are also closely linked to Afghanistan.
- For the first time in its history, Tajikistan is seeking election to the United Nations Security Council for the 2028-2029 term.
- We congratulate proudly Kyrgyzstan on its election to the Security Council for 2027-2028 and look forward to its contribution to the work of the Council.
Djibouti · Abdoulkader Houssein Omar · Day 5 · 6 sentences
- We're living through a critical juncture exacerbated by the proliferation of conflicts, deepening existing crises and the emergence of conflicts and the emergence of new crises with devastating political, economic, humanitarian and security consequences.
- The international community must preserve the security gains that have been made and continue to support the Somali authorities in fully shouldering their responsibilities and protecting their institutions.
- We hope that the international community will stand mobilized so as to enable Somalis to assume lasting responsibility for their security, sovereignty, and the preservation of the integrity of their national territory.
- This strategic maritime passage is a vital artery for international trade, and any obstruction to free movement of shipping could seriously affect supply chains and energy security.
Congo · Constant Serge Bounda · Day 6 · 6 sentences
- This renewal requires a deep reform of international institutions, foremost amongst them, the Security Council.
- In accordance with the Ezulwini Consensus, Africa's demand for two permanent Security Council seats with veto power is not a request, but a right, a legitimate right grounded, which reflects the realities of the 21st century.
- The Republic of the Congo, as a member of the Committee of Heads of States and Governments of the African Union on Security Council reform, the C-10 Committee, will not compromise on this shared demand.
- Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, the Republic of the Congo reiterates its willingness to serve the international community With your support, we renew our aspiration to serve as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the 2030-2031 term.
South Sudan · Cecilia Adout Majok Adeng · Day 6 · 6 sentences
- health care for their families, roads connecting their communities, food security and economic opportunities, justice and equality, strong institutions, and a government whose authority ultimately drives from the will of its people.
- Electoral institutions require adequate resources, political dialogue must continue, security arrangements must advance, civic and voter education must reach communities.
- South Sudan recognizes that conducting peaceful elections requires security and strong institutions.
- South Sudan, therefore, continues to call for constructive engagements with the Security Council concerning restrictive measures, including the arms embargo.
Seychelles · Mathew Antonio Patrick Herminie · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- People is vital to maritime security.
- Freedom of navigation and maritime security must be preserved under international law.
- The Security Council's inability to act decisively in moments of global crisis undermines its very purpose.
- Our continent must hold no fewer than two permanent seats on the Security Council, with full prerogatives, including the veto, for as long as it exists.
Paraguay · Santiago Peña Palacios · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- I want, we want a transition with institutions, with security, with an economy and with a people that are once again integrated into the international community and in our region, integrated into Mercosur.
- Food and energy security, the food and energy security of millions of people depends on keeping that passage open.
- So I ask you today, respectfully but firmly, how can we have a United Nations for all when it is led by a Security Council of the few?
- In short, the Security Council must cease to be a pretty snapshot of the world as it was in 1945.
Palau · Surangel Whipps · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- Energy security is climate security and national security.
- The Strait of Hormuz situation demonstrates how quickly disruption in an important waterway threatens international stability, energy security.
- Reaffirming the primary responsibility of the UN Charter to maintain global peace and security, we uphold the sovereignty of Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, and condemn the actions of Iran to jeopardize maritime security and aim to obstruct, close, and interfere with international navigation through the strait.
- It is the foundation of our security and the source of our nourishment and lifeline for the global community.
Ecuador · Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azin · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- When it controls territories and infiltrates institutions, replaces legitimate authority, erodes the rule of law and destabilises entire societies, and when that happens in several countries at the same time, it is no longer just a domestic issue; it becomes a threat to international peace and security.
- Excellencies, security is not an end in itself, it's a condition for a country to be able to flourish.
- And today we are experiencing a crisis, a profound crisis, and recovering security means giving people about their future for a young person to be able to choose university rather than being trapped by a criminal gang for a family to open a business without fear for a company to invest and create jobs and for institutions to respond to the needs of citizens and not to elicit interests therefore the success of an economy is not measured only by how much production grows but rather how much is able to reduce poverty is measured in young people with decent jobs and children with a better education, and citizens who are able to build their future with dignity.
- Protecting nature is also a matter of security.
Ethiopia · Taye Atske-Selassie Amde · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- We resolutely stood firm as champions of collective security, helping the birth of the very organization in which we stand for.
- The question, therefore, is how much longer shall we wait before the pillars of collective security fractured beyond repair.
- Now it is demanding immediate justice through the comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council.
- A significant leap has also been achieved in attaining food security.
Honduras · Nasry Juan Asfura Zablah · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- We are reducing expenditure so that we can invest in healthcare, education, infrastructure, and security.
- The law applies to each and every individual in all four corners of the country because without legal security and certainty and without respect for private property, there can be no peace, development, employment, or investment.
- Security cannot be imposed by decree.
- It is only in so doing that we will enjoy security and prosperity in our hemisphere.
Uganda · Jessica Rose Epel Alupo · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- Accordingly, we remain and reaffirm our commitment to the principles of the UN Charter as the cornerstone of global diplomacy, supporting the interconnected pillars of peace and security, human rights, humanitarian affairs, and sustainable development.
- Uganda is committed to working with the entire membership to build consensus on necessary systemic reforms, particularly within the UN Security Council.
- Mr. President, Distinguished delegates, the peaceful resolution of conflicts through diplomacy is indispensable for sustainable peace, security, and economic growth.
- And our security approach is rooted in a Pan-African framework that seeks peace through collective alliances and regional cooperation.
Fiji · Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- Energy, food security, and supply chains are inseparable from peace.
- We must take it further still through connectivity, food and energy security, and Pacific-led financing, such as something the Pacific has built.
- This is also a security question.
- And that our partners treat Pacific narcotics interdiction as the shared security interest it is.
Bangladesh · Tarique Rahman · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- Energy security concerns, disruptions to global energy supply systems, and rising inflation are worsening the economic situation.
- Bangladesh remains steadfast in its commitment to multilateralism in maintaining international peace and security.
- The courageous participation of Bangladeshi women in peacekeeping missions, even under adverse circumstances, reflects our strong commitment to advancing the agenda of women, peace and security.
- This has placed immense pressure on our resources, environment, security and local communities.
Monaco · Christophe Mirmand · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- They are our front line of protection, and yours too, with the balance, as is set out by the Charter, between the three pillars: peace and security, development, and human rights.
- For almost five years, a permanent member of the Security Council has been waging a war of aggression against a sovereign state, in flagrant violation of the Charter.
- The only viable option is the two-state solution, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security.
- In Lebanon too, Monaco supports de-escalation efforts and calls on all parties to fulfill their commitments, first and foremost Security Council Resolution 1701.
Azerbaijan · Jeyhun Aziz oglu Bayramov · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- Azerbaijan supports a more effective UN capable of delivering tangible results for member states, especially in peace and security, development, climate resilience and humanitarian action.
- In this context, reform of the UN Security is essential to make it more representative, effective and responsive.
- Energy security, moreover, is closely intertwined with peace, regional connectivity, and sustainable economic development.
- As a reliable natural gas supplier to 16 countries, Azerbaijan ranks among the leading pipeline gas suppliers globally and plays a strategic role in strengthening energy security and diversifying supply routes across Europe and beyond.
Mexico · Roberto Velasco Álvarez · Day 4 · 5 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.
- The second concrete action is security that the government of President Sheinbaum understands from a comprehensive perspective, addressing the causes that push youth towards crime and also zero impunity.
- This is the result of a national security strategy that is being strengthened thanks to international cooperation on shared challenges, and that, I'd like to respectfully recall, is grounded in four principles.
- Today, we can say proudly that our progress in security really make Mexico stand out on the international stage.
Norway · Espen Barth Eide · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- Wars and security concerns divert resources away from the fulfillment of our sustainable development goals.
- Grain and fertilizer supplies disrupted by Russia's war against Ukraine undermine food security far beyond Europe's shores.
- A true reform of this organization must also address the composition and functioning of the Security Council.
- We need a Security Council that is open, transparent and accountable in its deliberation.
Togo · Robert Komlan Edo Dussey · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- To you, Secretary-General, Sir, and Mr. Antonio Guterres, I would like to convey Togo's sincere gratitude for your unfailing commitment to peace, to security, to solidarity, and to sustainable development.
- Mr. President, economic and climate vulnerabilities are having an impact on stability and security.
- In Africa, these are coupled with ongoing security challenges and can fuel tensions and conflict.
- This is why development questions, questions of peace and security must be tackled in a complementary and interlinked fashion.
Philippines · Ma. Theresa Lazaro · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- We firmly believe that the two-state solution remains the only viable path to lasting and durable peace, with Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace and security, and all others respecting their peaceful coexistence.
- Their tragedy reminds us that maritime security is human security.
- Open and secure seas, free from interference and coercion, are vital to our security, our economy, and our people.
- International cooperation to protect maritime security must also extend to critical maritime infrastructure, the physical and digital nervous system of our shared prosperity.
Germany · Johann Wadephul · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- And ultimately, It can influence decisions that determine global peace and security.
- In times when the Security Council as the central decision-making body is paralyzed, this is more difficult than ever.
- Germany stands up for peace and security.
- Germany is also taking on responsibility for peace and security beyond Europe, for example in Haiti.
Indonesia · Sugiono · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- For Indonesia, this means building greater self-sufficiency in food and strengthening our energy security.
- A food secure Indonesia can contribute more to regional and global food security.
- The experience sacrifice, and dedication of our peacekeepers will continue to shape Indonesia's contribution to international peace and security.
- Mr. President, it is in this spirit that Indonesia present its candidature for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2029-2030 term.
Cameroon · Lejeune Mbella Mbella · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- In recent decades, we have adopted agreements in different areas, and we continue to create the conditions for a world that is more just, a world where we can all live in peace and security.
- This is why financing for development should not be considered as some kind of alms or kindness It is an investment in stability, shared prosperity and collective security.
- Moreover, my country reiterates its solidarity when it comes to the African Union's common position for better representation of the African continent in the United Nations Security Council.
- Mr. President, in a world that is increasingly unstable, We have the duty to do everything possible to create conditions that favor peace, security, and stability of our international political environment in order to ensure well-being for everyone.
Sri Lanka · Vijitha Herath · Day 6 · 5 sentences
- As an island nation situated at the crossroads of the Indian Ocean, and as a country with a large number of migrant workers in West Asia, these developments have direct security, economic and social implications for us.
- Mr. President, The global security environment has deteriorated significantly in recent years.
- We welcome the resolution of the Security Council on a ceasefire in Gaza and urge all parties to uphold it.
- 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.
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.
- This entails the establishment of an independent, sovereign Palestinian state living side by side with Israel in peace and security.
- Across all these dossiers, the importance of developing and reforming regional and international multilateral institutions, remains paramount to strengthen their capacity to fulfill their responsibilities, foremost among them, the UN, including the Security Council.
- recognizing the importance of concerted, coordinated international action in confronting the challenges of water, climate, and food security.
Antigua and Barbuda · Walton Alfonso Webson · Day 6 · 5 sentences
- International law, cooperation, and multilateralism are fundamental to our security and stability.
- the Security Council, its composition, its decisions and its capacity to act.
- The veto must not paralyze the Council's work or prevent it from fulfilling its responsibility to maintaining international peace and security.
- Africa must have permanent representation at the Security Council.
Grenada · Ingrid Jackson · Day 6 · 5 sentences
- These security efforts are essential to creating the conditions for credible, free, fair, and inclusive Haitian-led elections, the strengthening of national institutions, and the restoration of constitutional governance.
- And even as we respond to the security crisis, humanitarian assistance must remain at the center of our efforts.
- At the heart of Vision 75 are five strategic pillars: education and skill training, healthcare, agriculture and food security, the environment and energy, and housing.
- We are investing in health and wellness, education and skills, food security, renewable energy, digital innovation, and environmental sustainability.
Timor-Leste · José Ramos-Horta · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- Regarding Western Sahara, we welcome the Moroccan proposal and the recent Security Council resolution as an opportunity for dialogue.
- Now the Security Council will elect a Latin American as our Secretary-General for 2027-2032.
- Timor-Leste urges comprehensive reform, expansion in both the permanent and non-permanent categories, so that developing countries and historically underrepresented regions have a stronger voice in decisions concerning international peace and security.
- It is required of us strong institutions, capable public servants, effective implementation of ASEAN commitments across political, security, economic, and social cultural communities.
Comoros · Azali Assoumani · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- In addition to its worldwide impact, the conflict threatens the food and energy security of vulnerable countries, such as the Union of the Comoros, which remain highly dependent on imports.
- The theme of this 81st session acknowledges that something is broken and that is why confidence must be restored through concrete actions that uphold the rule of law and collective security.
- Created in 1945 from the ruins of the Second World War, Our organization was founded to guarantee peace, security, and sovereign equality of states in strict respect for international law.
- Under General Assembly resolution 3385 of 12 November 1975 and 31/4 of 21 November 1976, and Security Council Resolution 376, Comorians are at home in Mayotte.
Nigeria · Kashim Shettima · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- Mr. President, the reform of this institution must begin with the reconstitution of the Security Council.
- Through ECOWAS, the African Union, and our Gulf of Guinea partnerships, we continue to advance mediation, democratic governance, counterterrorism, and maritime security.
- Our common security therefore demands cooperation equal to the reach of the threats before us.
- Within and beyond our continent, no claim to security can justify starving children, denying relief to civilians, or erasing communities from the land they call home.
Marshall Islands · Hilda Heine · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- Our collective stability and security as Pacific Islands Forum members and as a UN member state will be now better addressed.
- As a region of vulnerable island nations, we rightly define our own security priorities, and these deeply cut across every sector, placing a safe future for our youngest generation beyond grasp.
- The Marshall Islands affirms its longstanding support for Japan and its G4 partners to achieve permanent membership on the UN Security Council.
- How the UN addresses this very real security dilemma will be a test of its strength and relevance.
Lesotho · Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- 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.
- Lesotho has restored national peace and security following successive episodes of political and security unrest.
- We reiterate our support for comprehensive reform of the Security Council in line with the consensus to make it more representative, equitable, and reflective of our current geopolitical realities.
- Let us recommit ourselves to a multilateral system that delivers tangible results for humanity, protects our planet, promotes peace and international security, and ensures that no one is left behind.
Liechtenstein · Sabine Monauni · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- We joined out of enlightened self-interest, the belief that we need the UN to secure respect for our sovereignty through upholding international law as the basis for our security and prosperity.
- We are well aware of the political dynamic in the Security Council, primarily tasked with matters of peace and security, which severely limits the options for UN action.
- This Assembly, in particular, has wide authority over matters of peace and security, and it is universal in composition.
- This would result in catastrophic human cost, a further proliferation of conflict, and have devastating effects on development and on human security.
Micronesia (Federated States of) · Aren Palik · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- Mr. President and Excellencies, today's security landscape is not only by conflict, but by climate-driven fragility.
- We underscore the importance of safeguarding maritime security across the Blue Pacific.
- Solar, wind, and ocean-based technologies can reduce dependence on external fuel markets, strengthen energy security, and lower emission in line with science.
- For Micronesia, success must be measured not by declarations, but by tangible improvements in our people's lives, security, and dignity.
Jordan · Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein · Day 1 · 3 sentences
Chile · José Antonio Kast · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- This is a security initiative.
- In 2026, what we've seen is the development of a UN architecture that holds too many discussions and is too quick to act, a Security Council that reflects the political arena of 1945 and not the reality of 2026.
- We must reform the Security Council, not as a symbolic gesture, but as a vital prerequisite to ensure that the Council's decisions are once again respected and upheld.
Republic of Korea · Lee Jae Myung · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- The Republic of Korea is pursuing an AI transformation that will ensure stronger protection of human fundamental rights across fields such as social security, labor, housing, and culture, beginning with our AI universal basic health program.
- We also support the reform of the UN Security Council so that it operates in a more effective, democratic, and accountable manner.
- I hope that the United Nations, which created a pivotal moment for peaceful coexistence on the Korean Peninsula 35 years ago, and the Security Council, which has safeguarded the peace and stability of the international community, will once again play a responsible and constructive role.
Dominica · Sylvanie Burton · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- Every unit of clean electricity we produce strengthens our energy security.
- The security of a small nation is no less important than the security of a large one.
- For Dominica, these resources are part of our identity but they are also essential to our food security, our tourism product, and the livelihoods of our people.
Cyprus · Nikos Christodoulides · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- This commitment to regional cooperation, regional engagement is also demonstrated through the Cyprus Center for Land, Open Seas, and Port Security, jointly created with the United States.
- The UN Security Council has established the framework for the solution of the Cyprus problem.
- The relevant UN Security Council resolutions, international law, and the law, values, and principles of the European Union What is now required is political will by all parties and genuine willingness to return to meaningful negotiations, to engage seriously, to build on the body of work already achieved, and to reach a settlement that reunifies our country and our people, a settlement that allows Greek and Turkish Cypriots, Maronites, Armenians, and Latins to live together in peace, security, and prosperity.
Panama · José Raúl Mulino Quintero · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- Next December, our country will finish its mandate as a non-permanent member of the Security Council.
- I wish to reiterate to this General Assembly the need for Latin America and the Caribbean to have places with greater decision-making power in the Security Council, specifically a permanent seat, a permanent member of the Security Council of this organization.
- In terms of security, we will continue to work together with our allies to combat drug trafficking, which is a source of violence and social breakdown.
Spain · Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- 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.
- It's for this very reason that we must rebuild the nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament architecture to avoid a poorly designed security policy bring us back to another global conflict.
- In my country, ladies and gentlemen, in Spain, It was women who were the first to show us that security could not be achieved through force, but through social progress.
Andorra · Xavier Espot Zamora · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- Similarly, we reaffirm that a negotiated solution based upon the coexistence of two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace security, and mutual recognition remains the most solid path toward achieving a just and lasting peace in the Middle East.
- No nation can prosper while ignoring the suffering of others, because the security of one depends on the security of all.
- Secondly, I would like to emphasize the need for reform of the Security Council so that the UN can reflect the realities of today rather than those of 80 years ago.
Uzbekistan · Saida Mirziyoyeva · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- We support expanding the composition of the UN Security Council based on modern realities.
- In that spirit, Uzbekistan has offered its candidacy for the non-permanent membership in the Security Council for 2035 and 2036.
- Artificial intelligence must be inseparable from human rights, security, equal opportunity, and accountability.
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Rodrigo Paz Pereira · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- Because a nation that does not rebuild its trust cannot move ahead with money alone, with clear rules, with labor, with institutions that work, education, security, and justice.
- An agenda of energy, critical minerals, industrialization, infrastructure, digitalization, water, biodiversity, food security, education, health, gender, science, technology, connectivity, and other things.
- We have agreed to be part of the Shield of the Americas, but we have also agreed to be part of the Santiago Agreement to ensure that our democracies have security and certainty.
Hungary · András Bálint Baka · Day 3 · 3 sentences
South Africa · Ronald Ozzy Lamola · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- In our view, restoring trust in multilateralism will not happen without meaningful reform of global governance, principally the UN Security Council.
- Yet over the past decade, 70% of UN Security Council resolutions have concerned conflicts on the African continent.
- A permanent seat for Africa in the Security Council, with all the prerogatives of the permanent memberships, is long overdue.
Bahamas (the) · Philip Edward Davis · Day 4 · 3 sentences
Samoa · Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Energy security has become a defining issue for many small island nations.
- We also reiterate our long-standing call for meaningful reform of the Security Council to ensure that it remains effective, credible, and representative of today's realities.
- It is imperative that the UN resolves disputes peacefully and strengthen international peace and security.
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Geoffrey Hanley · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Together with distribution upgrades, these investments are strengthening water security.
- We are also strengthening food security to climate smart support for farmers and healthcare to our locally developed national digital health information system at the Joseph N. Franz General Hospital.
- data sovereignty, cyber security, and rights.
Brunei Darussalam · Prince 'Abdul Mateen · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- This remains a defining test of the credibility of the United Nations, and particularly the Security Council.
- It is in this wider context that Brunei Darussalam co-sponsored Security Council Resolution 2823, strengthening accountability for crimes against United Nations peacekeepers.
- It also means ensuring They have the security and stability to build their lives with confidence, supported by strong communities, quality health care and essential services, social protection, and a cohesive, resilient society.
Malaysia · Mohamad Haji Hasan · Day 5 · 3 sentences
Oman · Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- Based on the values and principles that help us achieve our shared goals of achieving security and stability for all and advancing economic development projects and prosperity, shared prosperity for our peoples.
- Subsequent events have shown that the escalation has extended to threaten the security of the countries of the region and paralyze navigation and trade through the vital Strait of Hormuz, affecting energy security, price stability, and confidence in the current international order.
- The Sultanate of Oman renews its solidarity with all neighboring countries, including the Member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council in the legitimate measures they take to maintain their security and protect their sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Brazil · Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Switzerland · Guy Parmelin · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Viet Nam · To Lam · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- Humane and inclusive and sustainable international commitments must be translated into action and bring people lives of peace, security, dignity and happiness.
- For the UN to adapt to the transformations of the time, Vietnam supports efforts to reform the organization, particularly the GA, the Security Council, and the Secretariat, with a view to enhancing effectiveness, prioritizing structural reform, and streamlining the apparatus, while fully harnessing the UN's advantage in advancing global agendas and safeguarding the interests of developing countries.
Rwanda · Justin Nsengiyumva · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- For more than three decades, the FDLR has spread genocidal ideology, committed grave abuses in eastern DRC, and directly threatened Rwandan security, including through cross-border attacks.
- Rwanda calls on all actors, including the Security Council, to support this same peace effort fairly and to encourage all parties to honor their commitments.
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Rob Jetten · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- To start with, here in the UN, improved African representation in the Security Council at the very least, because If we want to preserve the UN for the future, we must change the balance of power in line with the changing times and modernize our institutions.
- And many others understand it too, with Russia threatening global food security and millions of people experiencing the consequences.
Malta · Robert Abela · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Cabo Verde · Francisco Avelino Vieira de Carvalho · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- In this spirit, we also support the reform of the Security Council.
- We seek to transform knowledge into innovation, decent employment and opportunities to strengthen our education and health systems and to advance progresses in digital transformation, gender equality, energy transition, water security, and also in blue economy.
Republic of Moldova · Vasile Tofan · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Cuba · Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- The US behaviour relies on the fallacy proclaimed early on this year that Cuba is an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and the foreign policy of the United States.
- We are aware of the immense challenge that our country faces in terms of its security, survival, the well-being of its people, and the destiny of the nation.
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- Dear Mr. President, regarding the Canadian representative's remarks, I must underscore that the real affront to international law is to make a desperate attempt through disinformation, misdirection, demonization, and the labeling of a country as the so-called principal threat to peace and security to whitewash the Israeli regime's crimes.
- But neither his words nor Canadian representatives' remarks can erase documented realities, nullify court findings and orders, whitewash crimes witnessed by the world, or change the reality that the Israeli regime is the exclusive principal threat to the peace and security.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea · · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- On the other hand, it is widely known that Japan formulated the possession of preemptive attack capabilities by revising the national security strategy in 2022 and is now speeding up purchase and development of long-range missiles.
- The international community should sharpen vigilance against and strongly oppose and reject Japan's increasingly dangerous neo-militarist moves to seriously destroy regional peace and security.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea · · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- It is obviously aimed at covering up its criminal identity of undermining the foundation of security in the region while establishing legal and institutional mechanisms and expanding aggressive strike capabilities as a war state.
- The international community should never tolerate Japan's neo-militarist and dangerous rearmament moves, which pose serious security challenges in the Asia Pacific region, including the Korean Peninsula.
Peru · Keiko Sofia Fujimori Higuchi · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Bosnia and Herzegovina · Denis Bećirović · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Naoero · David Ranibok Adeang · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Argentina · Javier Gerardo Milei · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Equatorial Guinea · Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue · Day 3 · 1 sentence
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Papua New Guinea · James Marape · Day 4 · 1 sentence
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