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Download CSVEgypt · Moustafa Kamal Madbouly · Day 4 · 12 sentences
- This year, the General Assembly convenes under a theme that accurately reflects the challenge facing the international system.
- It is no exaggeration to say that confidence in the effectiveness of collective action and the multilateral system has declined.
- This is not a call to rebuild the international system from scratch.
- The multilateral international system remains an indispensable choice.
Gambia (Republic of The) · Mohammed Jallow · Day 3 · 11 sentences
- Respect for the United Nations Charter and international law is under visible strain, with developing countries facing intensifying debt burden, climate vulnerabilities, huge gaps between commitments made and implementation, and feeling of marginalization and inadequate representation in the global system.
- Therefore, the task before us is building stronger, better equipped, representative, responsive, and an effective multilateral system and global financial architecture that delivers for all nations and regions.
- We need stronger early warning systems that enable us to act before crises escalate, timely mediation before positions become entrenched, and peacebuilding that addresses the conditions that allow conflict to take root.
- The implementation of the outcomes of the peacebuilding architecture review must translate into stronger prevention, greater national ownership, and closer coordination across the United Nations system.
Vanuatu · Odo Tevi · Day 6 · 11 sentences
- For Vanuatu, developments in international system are never distant or abstract.
- We call for stronger regional early warning system, pre-positioned humanitarian assistance, rapid access to climate and disaster financing, and greater investment in resilient infrastructure and food and water security.
- Energy systems are changing.
- We need an international system in which developing countries and small states are participants in transformation, not simply consumers of made elsewhere.
Dominica · Sylvanie Burton · Day 1 · 10 sentences
- I strongly believe that most right-thinking individuals would agree that the UN system has substantially delivered for all countries over the several decades of its existence.
- Our responsibility must also be to address the root causes of these problems and build systems that are fairer, stronger, and better able to serve our people.
- A fundamental question that one must ask is, can the international system still deliver?
- For Dominica, this means resilient roads and bridges, resilient buildings, reliable communications, modern water systems, strengthened health infrastructure, and disaster-ready communities.
Kenya · William Samoei Ruto · Day 2 · 9 sentences
- The United Nations system helped eradicate smallpox, vaccinated generations of children, fight hunger and disease, expand access to education and bring clean water and humanitarian assistance to communities across the world.
- It is the widening distance between the equality this system proclaims and the inequality that is inherent in its structures.
- Does the international financial system
- But national effort can only go so far when the international financial system makes development more expensive.
Lesotho · Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane · Day 4 · 8 sentences
- Your election reflects the confidence of Member States in your steadfast commitment to multilateral system.
- 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.
- Charting similar paths towards digital sovereignty, central to that experience has been the value of the United Nations system acting as one, coordinated around priorities that we ourselves defined.
- Lesotho is undertaking reforms to strengthen our healthcare system and invite partnerships to ensure universal access to quality,
Secretary-General of the United Nations · António Guterres · Day 1 · 7 sentences
- Yet, our institutions and systems of governance continue to reflect the power realities and interests of a largely bygone era.
- 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.
- But it requires a multilateral system centered in the UN that is balanced and representative, strong, effective institutions that reflect the realities and progressively changing relative weight of countries and economies in today's world, not the power arrangements of 80 years ago.
- Homes, energy and water systems and transport have come under repeated attack, threatening food and energy supply chains globally.
Paraguay · Santiago Peña Palacios · Day 2 · 7 sentences
- Excluding it doesn't serve to strengthen the system.
- It deprives the system of capacities that could benefit us all.
- They go to the very heart of the international system.
- It is the only system that enables all the countries of the world to coexist, but it must become more effective at preventing conflict, protecting people, and ensuring respect for the rules that states themselves have agreed upon.
Bhutan · Tshering Tobgay · Day 1 · 6 sentences
- Think one country, two systems.
- GMC was given something extraordinarily rare, the freedom to design an entire city and its operating systems from first principles.
- The result is a core operating system that is now in place.
- But GMC's operating system was designed around a deeper conviction that prosperity and values should reinforce one another.
Botswana · Duma Gideon Boko · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- But when commitments remain out of reach for those who need them most, confidence in the system weakens.
- Developing countries frequently face borrowing costs several times higher than those of wealthier nations because the system was not designed with the circumstances of the global south in mind.
- When nations spend more to service debt than invest in education, job creation, or provision of healthcare, trust in the system erodes.
- Mr. President, Botswana supports reforms that strengthen the effectiveness, coherence, and responsiveness of the United Nations system.
Ukraine · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- Our FREIA program does not replace proven and effective systems, like, for example, Patriot systems or upgraded anti-ballistic SAMP-T systems.
- We want to build a system that can be produced on a much larger scale and at a lower cost, a system that can become an integrated part of Ukraine's defense and Europe's defense, one that can help any freedom-loving nation.
- The global waiting list for anti-ballistic systems is very long.
- Unfortunately, this is the reality, even in the Gulf, where countries really worked to build strong anti-ballistic system, anti-ballistic defense.
Serbia · Aleksandar Vučić · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- The international system as we knew it has collapsed.
- The traditional system of international justice is seriously undermined whenever interests prevail over law and the same rules do not apply to everyone.
- How many times over the past two days from this Rose Room Have you heard calls and appeals for observance of the principles of international public law, particularly when it comes to the conflict in Ukraine, while the majority of those same countries shamelessly and recklessly remain silent about the fact that they themselves participated in trampling the Charter and destroying the foundations of the international public law system?
- Other parts of the UN system face financial pressures, overlapping mandates, bureaucratization, and the justified demand of member states to see more concrete results.
Madagascar · Michaël Randrianirina · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- The most vulnerable populations affected repeatedly or continuously by health crises, food insecurity and hunger, the impacts of climate change and conflicts exacerbated by current geopolitical tensions, sometimes come to feel a certain skepticism regarding our collective capacity within the United Nations system to respond to the scourges of our age.
- Driven by a firm political determination to build a brighter future for this dynamic youth, we recognize the importance of an education system which is fully aligned with labor market realities, an essential condition for sustainable development.
- we must be concerned that the multilateral system is struggling to contain escalating tensions fueled by geopolitical rivalries.
- Confronted with this reality, we must have the courage to recognize and to accept the limitations of the multilateral system in its current form and functioning.
Tonga · Lord Fakafanua · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- The Pacific loses an estimated of $500 million every year due to natural disasters such as cyclones, flooding, Early warning systems give communities time to prepare and reduce these losses.
- We therefore need integrated warning and response systems that can protect our communities against the full range of planetary risks.
- We cannot again be asked to adapt only after systems have been built and the rules written.
- Digital skills and secure, resilient systems must support it.
Samoa · Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- Critically, such reforms must not weaken the operation of the UN multi-country offices or the resident coordinator system.
- A fairer financial system is not only in the interest of developing countries, it is in the interest of global stability and shared prosperity.
- We are working towards a whole of system transformation that delivers electricity that is reliable and affordable, reduces our dependence on imported fuels, strengthens resilience, and supports sustainable development.
- The clean energy transition is also an opportunity for Samoa to build a smarter, more resilient, and investment-ready energy system.
Jamaica · Kamina Johnson Smith · Day 5 · 6 sentences
- Small states have long served the international system as bridge builders, consensus makers.
- These are the strengths which our multilateral system needs now more than ever.
- Developing countries cannot reasonably be expected to simultaneously finance climate adaptation, modernize infrastructure, strengthen social protection, manage debt, absorb external shocks, and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals without an international financial system responsive to their realities.
- We ask for an international system that gives responsible countries the space and support to succeed.
Zambia · Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe · Day 5 · 6 sentences
- We also commend the Secretary-General for his strong leadership at a challenging time in our multilateral system.
- Trust means the global system must not protect the interests of the powerful at the expense of the vulnerable.
- And yet, developing countries continue to confront a financing system that does not adequately reflect and respond to their development needs.
- Our energy systems must become more diversified, and our water sources, forests, and ecosystems must be protected.
Indonesia · Sugiono · Day 5 · 6 sentences
- ASEAN brings together nations with different histories, political systems, level of development, and national interest.
- Excellencies, resilience at home and at the regional level must be matched by a multilateral system capable of supporting and sustaining it.
- A multilateral system fit for the 21st century must be more representative, more agile and better able to deliver.
- It is a test of whether multilateral system can uphold the very principles it was created to defend and whether it can deliver when it matters most.
Algeria · Ahmed Attaf · Day 6 · 6 sentences
- This matter is not simply a temporary crisis facing the international system, rather, it is a profound review of our collective conscience.
- And because we built a system of international relations whose central purpose was to reject war and to safeguard a lasting peace, but without providing this system with the means and instruments necessary to achieve an ambition of this size, For this reason, the theme that was chosen by the President of our General Assembly for this session, namely, Restoring Trust and Managing Transformation, a United Nations delivering results for all.
- How do we restore confidence in an international system whose rules and institutions have lost credibility?
- Reforming the United Nations system is no longer an institutional luxury, nor is it a choice that can be postponed indefinitely.
Türkiye · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- It is for this reason that I think that this year's General Assembly theme is particularly timely and pertinent because it focuses on restoring trust in the international system.
- We must acknowledge that a system in which the will of more than 190 countries is subject to the whim of just five countries is not a fair system, and it is not capable of fully inspiring or establishing trust either.
- Let us not forget that an international system where wrongdoers get away with it and to make it worse, where impunity has become the norm, such an international system, let's face it, is doomed to decay.
- It must be understood that techno-polarization and digital hegemony serve neither the interests of the UN-centered system nor the interests of those of the states that constitute the United Nations core.
Qatar · Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- I would also like to express our appreciation to the staff of the United Nations system for their efforts amid difficult and complex circumstances.
- 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 have previously called from this very podium for the establishment of such a system, and we reiterate that call after recent events have demonstrated the urgent need for it.
- In the absence of such a system, it has become possible for a war to erupt.
Cyprus · Nikos Christodoulides · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- We rely on an international system in which sovereignty and territorial integrity are respected.
- What is also needed is a genuine willingness of member states to contribute and protect the multilateral system.
- It goes to the credibility of the international system itself.
- We believe in a multilateral system in which every state has both rights and responsibilities.
Poland · Karol Nawrocki · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- Despite many achievements, we must not forget that at the very root of its creation, lies a fundamental flaw, an original flaw, that continues to undermine the system's credibility to this day.
- It is not too late to restore the primacy of international law and strengthen the foundations of a system in which principles matter, and in which the international community, acting jointly and in solidarity, opposes aggression, which is prohibited by the Charter of the United Nations.
- As we engage in the work of the G20, we view this forum as key to rebuilding trust in international relations and developing responses to the most important challenges of the modern world, from economic security through supply chain resilience to the stability of the trading system.
- It was an expression of the courage of people who, despite repression and the lack of freedom, refused to live under a system based on lies and violence.
Namibia · Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- Mr. President, confidence in the international system is increasingly declining.
- Therefore, we shall not be passive observers to the efforts aimed at dismantling or weakening the international system that had served us over eight years, albeit with some shortcomings.
- Mr. President, UN system needs constant transformation to be effective.
- The system must thus become more inclusive, equitable and responsive to the realities of the middle income countries.
Slovenia · Janez Janša · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- For this reason, I call on the member states of the United Nations regional organizations, and the United Nations system to develop a new approach and a strategy for the prevention of genocide and other mass atrocities.
- And when institutions created to protect universal standards are instrumentalized for political purposes, we have weakened the very multilateral system they were created to defend.
- And yet, there is often no sufficiently serious condemnation of these executions or of the broader violation of human rights under a system that seeks complete control over social, political, and economic life.
- Distinguished delegates, the multilateral system was created to prevent power from replacing principle.
Nepal · Balendra Shah · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- Other friendly countries, the United Nations system, humanitarian agencies, philanthropies, and people around the world stood with Nepal.
- They are part of planet's life support system.
- Let us strengthen joint early warning systems.
- Today, that international system is under strain.
Solomon Islands · Matthew Cooper Wale · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- We are strengthening our health system with a renewed focus on tackling the scourge of non-communicable diseases, eradicating malaria, and building a new national referral hospital.
- We are reforming our public finance systems so that every dollar delivers for our people.
- Last year, the International Court of Justice confirmed in its landmark advisory opinion that states have legal obligations to protect the climate system.
- Climate finance, including support for loss and damage, must be grant-based and channeled through our national budget systems.
Guatemala · Carlos Ramiro Martínez Alvarado · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- Mr. President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The international system that has guided our relations over recent decades is undergoing a profound transformation.
- At the same time, democracy faces a twofold challenge: the resurgence of authoritarian tendencies that seek to undermine the will of the people, and the spread of organized criminal networks that infiltrate institutions, corrupt justice systems, capture economies and territories, and erode public trust.
- We have expanded educational opportunities, promoted scholarships, strengthened instruction in national languages, and accelerated the digital transformation of the school system.
- We have also strengthened early warning systems for earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, and volcano hazards.
Micronesia (Federated States of) · Aren Palik · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- These pressures intensify humanitarian needs, disrupt food and water systems, and strain governments' capacities.
- The world must accelerate the transition to resilient, affordable, and community-centered renewable energy system.
- Already, the burden of non-communicable disease strains our health system, reduces workforce productivity, and diverts limited resources.
- Mr. President, we must implement the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index, MVI, into a modern, coherent, and responsive system that moves decisively from concept to practice.
Singapore · Vivian Balakrishnan · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- A system built on individual coercive bargains would inherently be more volatile and more unstable.
- Actually, the multilateral system today still works more often than the headlines would suggest.
- But we all know the multilateral trading system has frayed.
- First, the loss of control of autonomous systems.
Burkina Faso · Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré · Day 6 · 5 sentences
- In this regard, the Confederation of Sahel States welcomes the adoption in March 2026 by the General Assembly of the resolution recognizing the transatlantic slave trade of enslaved Africans and the system of racial servitude as the gravest crime against humanity.
- Mr. President, in terms of international peace and security, our world remains up against multiplication of armed conflicts, the emergence of new crises, and a return to the principle of might is right, unilateral approaches, Unlawful sanctions, selective interventions and double standards weaken the international order and put the multilateral system to test.
- The inability of the Security Council to prevent or resolve in a lasting way these crises reveals the limits of a system that too often protects the interests of powers to the detriment of human life.
- The Pact for the Future, the Compromisos de Sevilla, the Doha Programme of Action, the UNAT Initiative and the OASO Programme of Action for landlocked developing countries can contribute to making the multilateral system more effective, more inclusive and more focused on results, as long as they do not just remain promises.
Malawi · George Chapatula Chaponda · Day 6 · 5 sentences
- Global systems are failing to manage rapid technological, economic, and environmental shifts equitably.
- We need sustainable investment in the early warning systems.
- The current system traps developing nations in cycles of unsustainable debt, forcing governments to choose between servicing foreign loans of funding basic education and health care for their citizens.
- as indispensable foundation of an effective multilateral system.
New Zealand · Victoria Louise Hallum · Day 6 · 5 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.
- Citizens and donors expect the UN to operate as one, with agencies working together through a strengthened resident coordinator system.
- The UN development system must remain relevant, responsive and accessible to all member states based on need, rather than size, income level or location.
- We welcome progress in advancing the UN's multidimensional vulnerability index and want to see further work to ensure its practical application across the multilateral development system.
Finland · Alexander Stubb · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- It should support the UN system, not substitute it.
- It has never been a perfect system.
- Fundamental norms are being questioned in a way that erodes confidence in the entire multilateral system.
- I would like to thank Secretary-General Guterres for his service and his dedication to reforming and rationalizing the UN system.
Czechia · Petr Pavel · Day 2 · 4 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.
- Today, however, we are witnessing profound changes that are reshaping the post-war system.
- The success of UN reforms will be judged not by new structures or new language, but by whether the multinational system can deliver, uphold international law, and make its rules matter.
- Technology should advance our common goals, and no system should ever operate beyond human responsibility and accountability.
Estonia · Alar Karis · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- We have reduced our emissions by 66% over the past 35 years while transforming our energy system.
- Estonia supports a system-wide reform of UN80 and humanitarian reset, which are both well underway and have already delivered some encouraging results.
- For example, humanitarian sector, alongside stronger data harmonization, could move towards a shared interoperability model that allows many systems to coexist while quickly and safely exchanging data.
- We stand firmly behind the United Nations human rights system and will continue to defend and strengthen it.
Montenegro · Jakov Milatović · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- And eight decades later, as conflicts take lives and displace millions, Geopolitical rivalries placed the international system under growing pressure, and new challenges test our collective capacity to respond.
- Our engagement with the United Nations system is guided by the same principles.
- 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.
- Conflicts are eroding trust in the international system.
Liberia · Joseph Nyuma Boakai · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- 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.
- At a core, this is a crisis of international financial system designed for a different era.
- A financial system that decides the fate of billions cannot continue to be governed by the few.
- Reform of our international financial system is not a technical exercise.
European Union · António Costa · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- Excellencies, The United Nations must remain at the center of the multilateral system.
- It will help to build bridges across regions, and it will contribute to advancing the reform and modernization of the United Nations and the multilateral system, helping to turn shared commitments into concrete action.
- This commitment will depend on the robustness of the multilateral system tomorrow.
- Ladies and gentlemen, A more robust multilateral system also calls for stronger partnerships.
Senegal · Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- We will not settle crises by allowing the multilateral system to become ever more piecemeal.
- That was the rationale behind our contribution to efforts to strengthen the UN system.
- This is a cutting edge institution and the site will house all UN system entities in the region and that will foster greater coherence and effectiveness in the UN's work.
- It's a matter of justice, credibility and balance across the international system.
Thailand · Anutin Charnvirakul · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- We must give countries a genuine stake in the international system, including a stronger voice for the global South.
- An international system cannot command trust if large parts of its membership feel they have too little to say in shaping it.
- The United Nations must remain the centerpiece of the multilateral system, but we cannot expect it to do everything.
- No country can write its future alone, and no international order can earn lasting trust if too many countries feel that the system is written for them but not with them.
Maldives · Hussain Mohamed Latheef · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- But the international system can widen or narrow our choices.
- It must become a lasting mechanism that gives developing countries not just a place in the financial system, but a voice in shaping it.
- The UN development system must respond to the needs of program countries and remain guided by relevant international frameworks.
- That principle must remain at the heart of the international system.
Tuvalu · Feleti Teo · Day 4 · 4 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.
- And sixthly, it supports science, technology, data, and knowledge systems that enable informed decision making and long-term planning for vulnerable countries.
- Tuvalu reminds states of their legal obligation to take appropriate action to protect the climate system from greenhouse gas emissions, as failure to do so constitutes an internationally wrongful act as confirmed by the ICJ advisory opinion.
- Mr. President, as we call for a multilateral system that delivers for all nations, we must also uphold the principles of dignity, inclusion, and equality for all the people.
Saint Lucia · Philip J. Pierre · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- 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.
- Reparations are about addressing the continuing effects of slavery and colonial exploitation, restoring dignity, advancing development, and building more equitable equitable relationships with the states and institutions that benefited from these systems.
- And while it offers enormous opportunities for mankind, It can also create a new hierarchy in which a small number of corporations and powerful states control the systems on which the rest of humanity depends.
- However, an unfair international financial system threatens the very existence of small states like Saint Lucia.
Liechtenstein · Sabine Monauni · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- We hope that both small and medium-sized states will come together in our common interest for a strong multilateral system on the basis of respect for international law.
- Unless we have a clear understanding of the methods, processes and purposes of the huge variety of AI systems, how can we risk the consequences to human rights, to our environment, to the long term capacities for our critical thinking and ultimately to the future of the human species?
- We are already seeing the impacts on civilians as armed forces increasingly integrate AI capabilities into their targeting systems in warfare.
- AI tools have to be made for humanity, lest we become the source material for AI systems to use, or merely the victims in its crosshairs.
China · Han Zheng · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- The international system centered on the UN and the international order underpinned by international law that emerged after World War II must be upheld.
- We must firmly safeguard the WTO-centered, rules-based, multilateral trading system, build an open world economy, jointly foster and strengthen new growth drivers, and see that economic globalization is inclusive and delivers benefits to all.
- We should reject ideological prejudice and respect the development path and social systems decided on independently by the people of all countries.
- It has mobilized over 23 billion US dollars and carried out more than 2,000 projects under the Global Development Initiative, and it has granted zero-tariff status to all the African countries and LDCs having diplomatic relations with it to empower the Global South in pursuing modernization China has been a progressive force in an era of change China has always spoken up for the Global South stood up for the legitimate rights and interests of developing countries and continued to work toward a more just and equitable global governance system.
Belize · John Briceño · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- Poorly governed, it can deepen inequality, expose critical systems, displace workers, and leave developing countries dependent on technologies and rules designed elsewhere.
- Yet we still borrow in a system that prices our vulnerability as risk, rather than treating resilience as an investment.
- The multidimensional vulnerability index must become a working instrument across the international financial system in eligibility for concessional finance, in debt sustainability analysis, and in the decisions of the institutions that allocate capital.
- Belize calls once more for Taiwan's meaningful participation in the United Nations system.
Belarus · Maxim Ryzhenkov · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- An even more alarming sign is the collapse of the system of strategic stability.
- It is the inevitable result of actions by certain states aimed at deliberately undermining the system of international relations, so that the world would develop not according to the laws of peaceful coexistence, but rather the principle of might makes right and political selfishness.
- During the Cold War, the balance of power was maintained by a system of checks and balances between the two opposing political systems.
- The very fact that new international global initiatives are emerging outside the system, for example, Trump's Board of Peace or the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, China's project, this confirms that the UN is failing to recognize new trends.
Tunisia · Mohamed Ali Nafti · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- Mr. President, Trust in the international system is measured by the extent to which its members adhere to the principles of the Charter and its resolutions, and by the organization's ability to ensure respect for international law without selectivity or double standards, and to protect the oppressed peoples who have no refuge except international legitimacy.
- The catastrophic humanitarian conditions endured by the Palestinian people, particularly in the Gaza Strip, as a result of continued casualties, displacement, the destruction of homes and infrastructure, and the collapse of the health care system, require safe, urgent, and sustained humanitarian access.
- Rather, it means ensuring that everyone benefits from the UN system while directing greater support and attention to those in greatest need and to the peoples and countries facing war, poverty, marginalization, and the effects of global crisis.
- Tunisia reaffirms its readiness to continue contributing to the development of the peacekeeping system in ways that enhance its effectiveness and credibility.
Grenada · Ingrid Jackson · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- We must renew our global systems, strengthen our multilateral partnerships, and summon the collective will necessary to build a world worthy of the next generation.
- Mr. President, as we speak of transforming our multilateral system, we must also ensure that its leadership reflects the diversity, experience, and aspirations of the people it serves.
- Her election would represent a historic milestone for Caribbean region and a powerful affirmation that every region including small island developing states can contribute to leadership at the highest level of a multilateral system.
- Mr. President, this transformation must also take place in the international financial system.
Kyrgyzstan · Sadyr Zhaparov · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- Therefore, I would like to reiterate, Kyrgyzstan firmly adheres to international law, justice, and the protection of human rights, and supports the multilateral system based on mutual respect, balance of interest, and responsibility toward future generations.
- In my view, this is the only possible way to improve the international sanctions system.
- In particular, the state concept for the sustainable development of the Issyk-Kul ecological and economic system until 2030 is being implemented.
Peru · Keiko Sofia Fujimori Higuchi · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- if at the same time we do not tackle the challenge that is developing a better educational system.
- On the other hand, we've noted that shortcomings and weak points in our education system combined with other factors to predict crime and indeed fuel crime.
- With that in mind, my government has launched a wholesale reform of the Peruvian education system.
Switzerland · Guy Parmelin · Day 1 · 3 sentences
Seychelles · Mathew Antonio Patrick Herminie · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- This requires a multilateral system that is principled yet practical, ambitious yet accountable, and representative yet effective.
- Our nations represent a rich tapestry of cultures, languages, and political systems.
- Seychelles enters this General Assembly with deep humility, clear conviction, and an unshakable belief in the multilateral system.
Burundi · Évariste Ndayishimiye · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- In this regard, Burundi believes that discussions on reform must also address the financial viability of the United Nations system by strengthening the predictability, transparency, and sustainability of its financing.
- The African Union has designated 2026 as the year of assuring sustainable water availability and safe sanitation systems to achieve the goals of Agenda 2063.
- It is also a guarantee of progress for the entire multilateral trading system.
Eswatini · King Mswati III · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- Firstly, can we restore trust in our collective systems?
- Yet, even as we recover from that crisis, recent resurgences of impox, recurring Ebola outbreaks, and other emerging infectious diseases remind us that our health system must remain vigilant and resilient.
- The Kingdom of Eswatini stands ready to work with all Member States, the United Nations system, regional organizations, and international partners to advance peace, dialogue, sustainable development, and human dignity for all.
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) · Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- 4. Equally, the institutional failure of global trade is today patently clear, because no nation can thrive in supranational systems which do not promote national industry and which prioritise outsourcing and award that strategy.
- I wish to thank all of the countries of America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, as well as the United Nations system as a whole.
- and doors through which we must walk to establish new basis for an economy which serves development at a national level and what we must do to ensure full justice for all regardless of social or political class and I know what we must do to develop a justice system and a system of social equality as foreseen by the father of our liberation, Simon Bolivar in August.
Uganda · Jessica Rose Epel Alupo · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- Regarding the ongoing UN Aid Initiative, Uganda commends efforts to streamline the UN system to make it cost-effective, efficient and well-coordinated.
- An inclusive international tax system is critical for strengthening global cooperation, curbing illicit financial flows, and addressing profit shifting by multinational corporations.
- Ambassador Olara Otunu brings over four decades of distinguished service across the UN system, international diplomacy, and public administration.
Italy · Antonio Tajani · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- It requires us to draw on the strength of our values to engage with others, build partnerships among equals, and mend the fabric of an international system that risks descending into chaos.
- Producing vaccines in Africa saves lives, strengthens health systems, creates jobs, and supports growth capable of generating stability.
- Automated systems operating without human oversight may produce extremely dangerous decisions.
Palestine (State of) · Mahmoud Abbas · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- Settler terrorism is escalating under the protection of the occupying forces, while the crimes of land theft, home demolition, checkpoints, and raids continue under a system of laws, measures, and practices, all built on racial discrimination, ethnic cleansing, and state terrorism.
- We established a unified needs-based national system for social protection and social welfare, abolished the previous laws and regulations on this matter, and obtained an independent international audit confirming the validity of our measures.
- We also continue to reform the education system and develop criteria and curricula in accordance with international standards and in cooperation with UNESCO in a manner that promotes the values of peace, tolerance, and respect for others while preserving our national identity and the rights of our people.
Somalia · Hassan Sheikh Mohamud · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- In countries like mine, where the United Nations has maintained a sustainable presence for more than three decades, operations can become more effective by aligning more closely with our national priorities and using credible national systems.
- Through constitutional reform, we are laying the foundations of universal suffrage, accountable institutions, and a multi-party political system that allows every Somali citizen have a voice.
- Somalia stands ready to work with every member state to reform the Security Council, strengthening cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union, and improve development financing, confront climate change, and build multilateral system that treats every nation and every person with equal dignity.
Australia · Anthony Albanese · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- In this moment, we need to lean in and strengthen and modernise the fundamental parts of the UN system that help to build peace and promote economic development and sustainability.
- Clearly, the multilateral system we have all known and benefited from is under immense strain.
- We are investing in the multilateral system by elevating Pacific voices in shaping global decision making, working with them to advance their development needs and counter the transnational organised crime that is spreading across the beautiful Pacific Ocean that we share.
Ireland · Micheál Martin · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- And if our multilateral system is not working effectively, the answer is not to walk away from it, it is to make it stronger, fairer and fit for the world we live in.
- The multilateral system anchored in the United Nations Charter, has been the foundation of many of humanity's greatest achievements.
- Ireland also welcomes wider reforms in efforts in the United Nations system.
Kiribati · Taneti Maamau · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- The International Court of Justice advisory opinion on climate change advances climate justice by affirming that all states have binding duties to protect the climate system and achieve deep, rapid, and sustained greenhouse gas reductions consistent with limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
- We continue to strengthen our health systems across our widely dispersed and remote islands, improve access to essential services, and address both communicable and non-communicable diseases.
- For island nations such as Kiribati, Respect for international law is fundamental to our security, sovereignty, and stability of the international system.
North Macedonia · Hristijan Mickoski · Day 4 · 3 sentences
Albania · Edi Rama · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- But the systems confronting us today do not wake up with hatred in their hearts.
- It means that no nation should be helpless before systems it cannot understand, it cannot inspect, and forget about challenging them.
- Fourth, democracies must create a shared early warning system so that evidence of artificial intelligence driven manipulation can travel between all like minded nations as quickly as the manipulation itself.
Papua New Guinea · James Marape · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- We do not have to share the same religion, same culture, same political system or worldview.
- What about religion, nationality, political system, we breathe the same atmosphere.
- Let no state compel the human soul, Mr. President, we may have different religions, We may have different political systems, we may have different cultures and national interests.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Godwin Friday · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- As we have heard from many speakers in this chamber, trust in the multilateral system is broken.
- 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.
- We renew our call for Taiwan's meaningful participation in the United Nations system and its specialized agencies.
Mauritius · Dhananjay Ramful · Day 4 · 3 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 also call for the strengthening of the rules-based multilateral trading system and for fair, transparent and equitable mechanisms for resolving trade disputes.
- As non-communicable diseases and a rapidly aging population place growing pressure on our health system, We are strengthening public healthcare through major investment, improved service delivery, expanded specialised care, and a greater focus on prevention.
Philippines · Ma. Theresa Lazaro · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- Achieving these goals requires renewed political will, stronger partnerships with the private sector, reform of the international financial architecture, and a United Nations development system responsive to the evolving needs and priorities of developing countries.
- We need AI systems that uplift the vulnerable, strengthen national resilience, promote gender equality, and foster human-centered partnerships, not exclusion and fragmentation.
- International cooperation to protect maritime security must also extend to critical maritime infrastructure, the physical and digital nervous system of our shared prosperity.
Russian Federation · Sergey Lavrov · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- This dealt an irreversible blow to the authority of the agency and the entire nuclear non-proliferation system.
- In order to supposedly constrain Russia, the US has destroyed the European security system and created a Russophobic regime in Kyiv.
- We believe that the new Secretary-General who we will elect before the end of the year, will meticulously uphold its mandate, as well as the principles of impartiality and equidistance enshrined in the Charter; that the new SG will represent the entire international community instead of serving the interests of some States; that the new SG will not undermine the intergovernmental nature of the UN system, nor dilute the prerogatives of the Security Council and its permanent members.
Saudi Arabia · Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- Mr. President, the work of this session is taking place at a time when the world and the multilateral system are facing rapidly evolving and unprecedented challenges.
- Mr. President, energy security rests on the strength and resilience of the energy system and its capacity to withstand and adapt to disruptions.
- The Kingdom continues to develop a more efficient and sustainable energy system through the deployment of emissions reduction technologies, including carbon capture, utilization and storage, and carbon dioxide removal.
Sri Lanka · Vijitha Herath · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- Sri Lanka once again calls for reform of the international financial system and for fairer rules governing debt and development finance.
- Mr. President, we reiterate our call on the global community to promote meaningful technology transfers, ensure equitable access for developing nations, bridge the digital divide, and build safe, secure, and trustworthy systems that leave no one behind.
- However, genuine faith in multilateralism requires the courage to acknowledge where the system has fallen short, the humility to listen to those who feel unheard, and the determination to make our institutions more effective, more representative, and more responsive.
Sudan · Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- Mr. President, the need remains urgent for comprehensive equitable and expeditious reform of the international system in light of these changes and challenges, as well as for political administration through dialogue, respect for international law, and the peaceful settlement of disputes.
- The continued disregard for and violation of the purposes and principles of the UN Charter through the use or threat of use of force in international relations, and through interference in the internal affairs of states in various forms, and through disregard for the established principles of international law, threaten confidence in the multilateral international system and in the charter of the United Nations itself.
- The international financial system should be reformed so as to ensure equality of opportunity in accessing finance and in implementing the Millennium and Sustainable Development Goals, as well as climate action.
Antigua and Barbuda · Walton Alfonso Webson · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- Whether confronted by climate change, challenging inequalities, or calling for reform, the international financial system, he was a fearless and principled advocate.
- Nor can we accept an international system in which rules are binding upon the weak but negotiable for the powerful.
- The credibility of the international system depends upon this consistency.
President of the General Assembly (opening) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Brazil · Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- Men and women who refused to accept war as a destiny, colonialism as a right, apartheid as a legitimate system.
- But we have a modern and robust election system Under the watchful eye of a pluralistic citizenry and a free press, we will not allow the enemies of democracy, whether domestic or foreign, to undermine popular will.
Luxembourg · Guillaume of Luxembourg · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Mongolia · Khurelsukh Ukhnaa · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- Mr. President, on behalf of the people of Mongolia, I extend my heartfelt gratitude to the United Nations and its system organizations for their valuable contributions to our country's development and progress and their long-standing constructive cooperation over the 65 years since Mongolia's accession to the United Nations as a full-fledged member.
- Furthermore, the United Nations General Assembly resolution initiated by Mongolia, proclaiming 2026 as the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, provides a new opportunity to raise global awareness of the importance of rangeland ecosystems, support the livelihoods of pastoralists, strengthen sustainable food systems, conserve biodiversity, and preserve the cultural heritage of nomadic peoples.
Suriname · Jennifer Geerlings-Simons · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Naoero · David Ranibok Adeang · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Masoud Pezeshkian · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Slovakia · Peter Pellegrini · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Rwanda · Justin Nsengiyumva · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Zimbabwe · Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Guyana · Mohamed Irfaan Ali · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- We must bring greater coherence to a system too often divided by institutional rivalries, bureaucratic silos, and competing mandates.
- She has served her country, represented the developing world, and worked within the multilateral system with a deep understanding of both its promise and its imperfections.
Colombia · José Manuel Restrepo · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Barbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- And as for the wider international legal order, we know that countries of every size and capacity depend on a system in which rules are made collectively and applied consistently and fairly.
- And yet, these same extraordinary systems can just as quickly reproduce discrimination, widen surveillance, and spread falsehoods faster than institutions can respond.
Bangladesh · Tarique Rahman · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Bahamas (the) · Philip Edward Davis · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- The Bahamas is taking action, but no nation acting alone can hold back the tides, nor can we build resilience inside a financial system designed at Bretton Woods in 1944, which still declares us too prosperous to help until the next storm makes us poor.
- And it means taking part in the digital age on our own terms, not as consumers of other people's systems, but as builders of our own.
Bahrain · Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- The security of navigation in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Bab el-Mandeb is part of the same system.
- His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, said from this very podium two years ago that the systems established to safeguard the international order were under severe strain.
Azerbaijan · Jeyhun Aziz oglu Bayramov · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- In an era marked by division, growing intolerance, and stark double standards, Azerbaijan advocates for a reinvigorated and reformed multilateral system underpinned by strict adherence to consistent and non-selective application of universally accepted norms and principles of international law.
- Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, in conclusion, I wish to reiterate that our shared challenges demand renewed global solidarity, more effective and trusted multilateralism, grounded in international law, and a reinvigorated system of cooperation.
Kazakhstan · Mukhtar Tileuberdi · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Togo · Robert Komlan Edo Dussey · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Republic of Moldova · Vasile Tofan · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- Our electricity system is increasingly integrated with Romania and the European grid.
- And because we believe small states should help shape the international system, not simply depend on it, Moldova is honored to present its candidacy for the presidency of the 82nd session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Holy See · Cardinal Pietro Parolin · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Thongsavanh Phomvihane · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Brunei Darussalam · Prince 'Abdul Mateen · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- In this sense, the TAC does not stand apart from the multilateral system; it reinforces it.
- Confidence in the international system is strengthened when promises are kept, when international law is applied equally, when dialogue is chosen over force, when sovereignty is respected, and when every nation, large or small, knows that its voice matters.
Iceland · Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- Power is shifting, conflicts are multiplying, and there is a growing tendency to treat the rules and institutions of the international system as constraints belonging to another age.
- We must choose whether to uphold the law when it's inconvenient, whether to defend the rights of people who are not our citizens, and whether to protect and respect a system even when that system does not deliver the outcome we want.
San Marino · Luca Beccari · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- I also wish to express our appreciation to Secretary General Antonio Guterres for his leadership at a time of profound international unsustainability and for his continuing effort to strain the United Nations multilateral system.
- San Marino believes that reducing food loss and waste is one practical contribution of a more secure and sustainable food system.
Malaysia · Mohamad Haji Hasan · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Canada · Anita Anand · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Sao Tome and Principe · Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- The implementation of our energy transition program and the National Energy Compact should contribute to a cleaner, more affordable, secure, and stable system, but it will require investment and international partnerships.
- Mr. President, peace remains the very raison d'etre of the multilateral system.
Benin · Marc Hermanne Gninadoou Araba · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Jordan · Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Chile · José Antonio Kast · Day 1 · 1 sentence
France · Emmanuel Macron · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Republic of Korea · Lee Jae Myung · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Sierra Leone · Julius Maada Bio · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Bosnia and Herzegovina · Denis Bećirović · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Viet Nam · To Lam · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Croatia · Andrej Plenković · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Morocco · Nasser Bourita · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Romania · Nicuşor-Daniel Dan · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Argentina · Javier Gerardo Milei · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Palau · Surangel Whipps · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Dominican Republic · Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Ecuador · Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azin · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Bulgaria · Iliana Iotova · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Central African Republic · Faustin Archange Touadera · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Panama · José Raúl Mulino Quintero · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Ethiopia · Taye Atske-Selassie Amde · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Mozambique · Daniel Francisco Chapo · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Spain · Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Judith Suminwa Tuluka · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Uzbekistan · Saida Mirziyoyeva · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Ghana · John Dramani Mahama · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Hungary · András Bálint Baka · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Portugal · Luís Montenegro · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Fiji · Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Côte d’Ivoire · Tiémoko Meyliet Koné · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Nigeria · Kashim Shettima · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Greece · Kyriakos Mitsotakis · Day 3 · 1 sentence
South Africa · Ronald Ozzy Lamola · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Lebanon · Nawaf Salam · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Monaco · Christophe Mirmand · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Malta · Robert Abela · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Pakistan · Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Niger · Lamine Zeine Ali Mahaman · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Haiti · Alix Didier Fils-Aimé · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Guinea-Bissau · Ilídio Vieira Té · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Geoffrey Hanley · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Norway · Espen Barth Eide · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Sweden · Maria Malmer Stenergard · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Cabo Verde · Francisco Avelino Vieira de Carvalho · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Germany · Johann Wadephul · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Tajikistan · Sirojiddin Muhriddin · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Djibouti · Abdoulkader Houssein Omar · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Eritrea · Osman Saleh Mohammed · Day 6 · 1 sentence
El Salvador · Alexandra Hill Tinoco · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Congo · Constant Serge Bounda · Day 6 · 1 sentence
United Arab Emirates · Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Turkmenistan · Vepa Hajiyev · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Costa Rica · Boris Vasir Marchegiani Carrero · Day 6 · 1 sentence
President of the General Assembly (closing) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Indonesia · · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Democratic People's Republic of Korea · · Day 6 · 1 sentence
China · · Day 6 · 1 sentence