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Download CSVAlgeria · Ahmed Attaf · Day 6 · 20 sentences
- And what future awaits humanity if imposing fait accompli and once again becomes a tool for managing conflict or determining their outcome.
- If restoring trust begins with institutional reform, then it cannot be complete without doing justice to the peoples aspiring to self-determination and the realization of their national projects.
- The Gulf region and the Middle East region are passing through one of the most dangerous periods in their history, not only because of the scale of destruction left behind by successive wars, but also because of the erosion of the boundaries that separate what is acceptable and what must remain rejected and condemned in international relations in this context.
- 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.
United States of America · Donald Trump · Day 1 · 16 sentences
- Upon taking office last year, I immediately opened negotiations with Iran and offered them full economic cooperation in exchange for ending their nuclear program and support for terror, but they refused.
- Then, in Operation Midnight Hammer, the U.S. military obliterated their nuclear program beneath mountains of rubble.
- Iran's goal was to complete their mad dash to a nuclear bomb from behind this conventional ballistic missile shield.
- As a result of Operation Epic Fury, all 159 ships of their navy are now lying at the bottom of the sea.
Israel · Benjamin Netanyahu · Day 3 · 16 sentences
- In fact, I want you to know that many of their leaders even thank us privately for taking out Iran's nukes.
- For God's sakes, they invented the term, their colonies, braced the entire globe, colonialism.
- The very Israelis, their neighbors.
- In front of their parents.
Yemen · Abdullah Abdulkader Al Alimi-Bawzer · Day 3 · 15 sentences
- Rather, we ask how many more children must be deprived of their future before the world stands resolutely with the Yemeni people and their struggle to restore their state and their stability.
- However, the terrorist Houthi militias have responded to those efforts with intransigence, using periods of humanitarian truces to advance their military arsenals at the expense of the livelihoods of ordinary citizens.
- The Yemeni government accepted that initiative, while the Houthi militias rejected it and instead escalated their actions in the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb to serve an Iranian agenda that goes beyond the interests of Yemen and its people, turning one of the world's most important waterways into a tool of pressure and bargaining.
- The international community's hesitation to designate the Houthis as a terrorist group provided them with a valuable opportunity to expand their influence and magnify the threat they pose.
Lebanon · Nawaf Salam · Day 4 · 15 sentences
- It is their selective application, if not their outright non-application.
- where some states spend more on servicing their debt than on the health of their citizens and the education of their children.
- Our aim in pursuing reform is not to ask our people to renew their trust in the state.
- That does not mean, however, that we accept its becoming, once again, an arena for the conflicts of others or a bargaining chip in their hands.
Haiti · Alix Didier Fils-Aimé · Day 4 · 15 sentences
- Haiti will never forget their solidarity nor their sacrifices.
- We thank them all for their staunch commitment side by side with the Haitian people.
- The fact that those who historically contributed the least are among those who are paying the heaviest price, often to the detriment of their own development.
- From this rostrum, I wish to express my thanks to the countries that have opened their doors and have encouraged their integration.
France · Emmanuel Macron · Day 1 · 14 sentences
- Every speaker has described the return of imperialism, of arrogance, the return of unrestrained force which knows no rules, a world in which we see power concentrated in the hands of the few, a world in which some believe that they can undermine the international order so as to push their borders outwards, those that believe that people's sovereignty can be toppled over, that they could use that sovereignty, people who believe that they can decide the fate of the planet, whether that be as regards the climate or AI.
- Our duty, today more than ever, is to hold firm here at the United Nations in order to make decisions to further our common interests so that people can choose their fate freely their development model, choose their future, to refuse their sovereignty being taken hostage by unjust forces, by fear.
- 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.
- We cannot substitute for their decisions.
Poland · Karol Nawrocki · Day 2 · 14 sentences
- Their goal is to weaken states, undermine public trust, and shatter the unity of the international community.
- Polish Blue Helmet soldiers are currently serving in Lebanon, carrying out their duties with dignity, despite the difficult security situation throughout the region.
- That is why Poland consistently works toward a model of international cooperation that gives countries room to develop, strengthens their resilience, and allows them to make sovereign decisions.
- Yes, the family, mother and father, and an appreciation for their roles are the first steps toward overcoming the demographic crisis.
Tunisia · Mohamed Ali Nafti · Day 5 · 14 sentences
- Tunisia also believes that addressing the liquidity crisis in the organization requires all states to meet their financial obligations in full.
- 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?
- It also requires allowing the UN and its specialized agencies to carry out their missions, especially the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UNRWA.
- Tunisia will remain steadfast in its support for the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, which are not subject to prescription, foremost among them their right to establish an independent and fully sovereign state on the entirety of Palestine, with Al-Quds al-Sharif as its capital.
Türkiye · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Day 1 · 12 sentences
- On this occasion, I once again call upon all countries who have not yet recognized the state of Palestine to reconsider their position.
- From Gaza to Ukraine and Russia, from Myanmar to Darfur, from Iran to Lebanon, 250,000 people have lost their lives.
- The people of Gaza are still searching for their loved ones beneath the rubble.
- They are recovering the bodies of their spouses, their children, or parents.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · Andy Burnham · Day 1 · 12 sentences
- Russian agencies have used every means at their disposal to spread lies and disinformation and prey on people's fears.
- The idea that anyone would try to use such things to their advantage is just repulsive, but it is what they do.
- We're talking about an insidious campaign that reaches into people's homes and twists what they feel about their own country and community, creating a narrative of decline, stoking division, and sowing despair.
- 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.
Ireland · Micheál Martin · Day 3 · 12 sentences
- Collectively, however, we are not delivering on their ambition.
- Women and girls are being told that their ambitions, their education, their voices, and their very presence in public life are unacceptable.
- Girls are being denied the education that should shape their futures.
- Women are being denied the ability to work, to participate fully in society, and to contribute to the economic and social life of their country.
Mauritania · Mohamed Salem Merzoug · Day 4 · 12 sentences
- Defending the United Nations is a defense of the right of all peoples to determine their future and participate in decision making those decisions that define their destiny.
- Our foreign policy is based on good neighborliness, the respect of states' sovereignty, independence and the non-interference in their internal affairs as well as the peaceful settlement of disputes and ensuring the just causes.
- COVID-19 and The subsequent disruptions in the supply chains of food and energy, as well as the conflicts and wars, demonstrated how the interests of states are interconnected along with their peace and security.
- However, the high influx of migration and their complexity reveals the reality that should be analyzed without any exaggerations.
Belarus · Maxim Ryzhenkov · Day 5 · 12 sentences
- They have an unbridled desire to preserve their slipping hegemony and they are attempting to undermine global stability and the maintenance of peace.
- And to achieve this, they are prepared to sacrifice even the well-being of their own citizens.
- Do the peoples of the United Europe really crave some sort of revenge against Russia, especially at the cost of their own impoverishment?
- And we know this, but in Brussels, someone is very eager to play toy soldiers and to cement their greatness in history.
South Sudan · Cecilia Adout Majok Adeng · Day 6 · 12 sentences
- trust among citizens, trust between citizens and their institutions, trust among nations, and trust between member states and the international institutions created to serve them.
- For South Sudan, therefore, restoring trust must mean strengthening partnership between the United Nations and member states, respecting national ownership, recognizing progress while acknowledging remaining challenges, and ensuring that international engagements ultimately strengthen the capacity of the nations to assume the responsibility of their own future.
- Their message reinforced something that South Sudan has learned through painful experience.
- The liberation struggle sought to give the people of South Sudan the right to determine their destiny.
Secretary-General of the United Nations · António Guterres · Day 1 · 11 sentences
- Their reach now extends across politics, economies, information flows, technological development, and the civic space on which societies depend.
- Building a networked future begins with the recognition, especially by superpowers, that their power isn't so super, that their power has limits.
- Will we act to ensure that power is governed by law or by force, by cooperation or coercion, by responsibility to young people and future generations, or indifference to their fate?
- but not for themselves in their own lives.
Brazil · Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva · Day 1 · 11 sentences
- This is the observation of someone who represents a nation that loves peace and freedom, someone who fought against a military dictatorship and defended their country against a coup d'etat.
- The Venezuelan people deserve to define their own destiny.
- Workers are robbed, mothers lose their children, police officers do not make it back home.
- For a long time, Brazilian states acted each in their own way.
Argentina · Javier Gerardo Milei · Day 2 · 11 sentences
- I would remind them of what Mises said, "Good people do not think about controlling the lives of their fellow human beings."
- Those who were supposed to guarantee collective security and human rights failed in their task.
- We've imposed sanctions on the companies involved and their suppliers and we've submitted a national sovereignty defense bill to Congress.
- Today I have come to tell you that Argentina is not going to sit around waiting for the UN and the international community to live up to their own mandate.
Hungary · András Bálint Baka · Day 3 · 11 sentences
- Many countries represented here opened their doors to Hungarians who fled their country after the revolution.
- We affirm Ukraine's right to self-defense its sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders, and the right of its people to decide their own future.
- We remember those who have lost their lives in this war, and we want diplomacy to bring the killing to an end.
- A lasting peace must give their families reasons to believe that their children can grow up without the fear that has marked so many lives.
Australia · Anthony Albanese · Day 3 · 11 sentences
- Having known the untold sorrow of two devastating global conflicts in their lifetimes, they vowed to work together to prevent another.
- And instead of surrendering to fear, or dealing in retribution, or abandoning their fate to a world governed by force alone, they came together to renew and affirm their faith in humanity, in the essential and equal dignity and worth of every individual, in the sovereignty of every nation, and in the capacity and indeed the responsibility of all of us to give the Universal Declaration of Human Rights life and weight and real meaning by engaging in the dialogue that builds trust and deepens understanding, and backing those words with actions.
- It is a world in which all countries have the freedom to decide their own future, and all countries have their decisions listened to.
- world leaders about their campaign resulting in our nation's social media ban for under 16s.
Kyrgyzstan · Sadyr Zhaparov · Day 1 · 10 sentences
- At the same time, a number of developed countries have also expressed their aspiration to become members of the Security Council.
- This approach could promote universality, the equality of all states regardless of their size, the primacy of diplomacy, and avoid the double standards.
- Improvement of their implementation would strengthen the rule of international law and reinforce confidence in the United Nations.
- Some major states, in pursuit of their own interests, put pressure on smaller countries such as Kyrgyzstan, attempting to force them to bargain over certain matters and issuing ultimatums.
Belgium · Maxime Prévot · Day 1 · 10 sentences
- We depend on states keeping their word, on agreements surviving changes in the balance of power, and on borders not being redrawn at gunpoint.
- Sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the right of peoples to determine their own future do not change meaning when we cross the borders of a continent.
- We cannot ask humanitarian workers to give those answers because we have chosen to cut their funding.
- Their human dignity doesn't.
Libya · Mohamed Younis Menfi · Day 2 · 10 sentences
- There, the plight of the Palestinian people continues to worsen after decades of occupation, repression, and the alteration of their identity.
- Yet, they remain steadfast in their adherence to their right to life and to self-determination.
- All of humanity yearns for international instruments and resolutions, to move from texts and promises to a reality, and for the right of the Palestinian people to their state to be realized in accordance with international law.
- 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.
Palestine (State of) · Mahmoud Abbas · Day 3 · 10 sentences
- It has now come to threaten the very life and existence of the Palestinian people on their homeland.
- but rather a malicious colonial scheme aimed at making the lives of Palestinians more difficult in their homeland and forcing them to leave it.
- Do not allow terrorist gangs protected by the Israeli occupation forces to burn Palestinian homes while their occupants are sleeping inside them.
- So what is the international community waiting for in order to protect the Palestinian people, ensure their continued presence on their land, end the Israeli occupation and implement the two-state solution on the basis of international legitimacy.
North Macedonia · Hristijan Mickoski · Day 4 · 10 sentences
- Because a world without a place where all states, regardless of their size, can sit under the same roof and invoke the same principles would be even more dangerous than the world we see today.
- If we ask citizens to trust institutions, then institutions must demonstrate that their worth has value and that their commitments endure.
- It must be a foundation on which people can plan their future.
- And we cannot expect trust in international institutions if citizens come to believe that their fate is created more often by the political weight of their state than by the strength of an agreed principle.
Qatar · Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani · Day 1 · 9 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.
- The state of Qatar, through its role as a trusted mediator and peace facilitators, has consistently warned that time does not resolve lingering conflicts in the absence of a just settlement, rather it doubles their costs.
- Owing to considerations unrelated to the interests of the countries of the region, it has become possible for one party to drag its neighbors into a war that is not theirs, targeting their vital assets and installations, despite their strenuous efforts to avert escalation.
- At their core is the conviction that the dignity of the nation cannot be compromised.
Mongolia · Khurelsukh Ukhnaa · Day 1 · 9 sentences
- The United Nations is an organization based on the trust and commitment of each Member State, and the UN is strengthened by their dedication and sustained efforts.
- The effectiveness of the United Nations, the decisiveness of its actions, and the ability of nations to unite their efforts will ultimately depend upon us, the Member States.
- 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.
- Since 2006, when Mongolia deployed its first female peacekeeper to the UN mission in Western Sahara, Mongolian women have made valuable contributions to global peace over the past two decades through their courage, resilience, and ingenuity.
Sierra Leone · Julius Maada Bio · Day 1 · 9 sentences
- Trust grows when promises are honored, when the law protects everyone, when institutions serve their people and when citizens can see a future for themselves.
- Sierra Leone calls for their protection, unhindered humanitarian access, accountability, and a Sudanese-led political process that safeguards the country's sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity.
- Their legacy continues to be reflected in enduring disparities in wealth, power, and opportunity across our world.
- Developing nations must help shape the standards that will govern technologies affecting their people.
Spain · Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón · Day 2 · 9 sentences
- We all know who they are and what their modus operandi is.
- They cut their contributions to multilateral bodies like this one.
- They point to their leaders and officials.
- I've seen how they took off their masks and seized power in many places.
Ghana · John Dramani Mahama · Day 3 · 9 sentences
- In a very real sense, I belong to all these people because their tongues, including English, have become my tongue.
- No child No child's life is worth less because of the language they speak or the faith they profess or the color of their skin or the land of their birth.
- They were ripped from their families and communities they belong to.
- Their unpaid labor built the cities, industries, banking institutions, and empires of the modern Western world.
Uruguay · Yamandú Orsi · Day 3 · 9 sentences
- It is fitting that I begin by paying tribute to the people of the United States who 250 years ago, a quarter of a millennium ago, decided and understood that people have rights, the right to life, to their liberty and to happiness, and that these rights should guide every government, and that it is the governed who should decide who should govern them.
- the possibility for people to live, to work, to educate their children, pursue their aspirations and to look to the future without fear.
- When a people is displaced, when a family loses its home, when young people can see no way out and their mental health is under threat, When a child grows up under the sound of gunfire, when millions of people live in poverty or without any opportunities, we can't stand indifferent to that.
- No nation has a monopoly on their solutions.
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · · Day 3 · 9 sentences
- What message does this assembly send to Palestinians when their leaders are barred from speaking here due to the United States' obstruction, while a criminal responsible for the killing of 75,000 Palestinians is given this podium?
- It is a reminder of how they try to present their military as the most moral army in the world.
- From historical point of view, occupation is in their DNA, aggression is in their blood, terrorism is in their nature, child killing is their lovely habit, domicide, carpet bombing, and demolishing homes over heads of their inhabitants are their longstanding tradition.
- Apartheid is their established custom.
Solomon Islands · Matthew Cooper Wale · Day 4 · 9 sentences
- Our people hold the same hopes as people in every land to live in peace and to raise their children in dignity.
- We are providing universal free education so that no child is turned away from school because their family cannot afford the fees.
- Protracted armed conflicts, an energy crisis, and disruptions to global trade have been compounded by destabilization orchestrated by those who pursue their own selfish ambitions.
- Food and water security is under threat, and communities are being forced from their ancestral lands.
Albania · Edi Rama · Day 4 · 9 sentences
- The public debate imagines machines that awaken, acquire ambitions, and turn against their creators.
- But the systems confronting us today do not wake up with hatred in their hearts.
- They have no ambition of their own.
- They tell no lie for their own benefit, but they can tell a billion lies on others' behalf.
Guatemala · Carlos Ramiro Martínez Alvarado · Day 4 · 9 sentences
- It is a direct threat to democracy, the rule of law and the ability of our peoples to freely determine their future.
- In the face of these realities, the fundamental principles that must guide our collective action have lost none of their relevance: preserving peace, Combating hunger and poverty, ensuring equal rights and opportunities, strengthening justice, protecting our planet, and consolidating democratic institutions remain shared responsibilities.
- It is precisely at moments such as this that international law, multilateralism, and democracy show their worth.
- And democracy ensures that power comes from the people and is exercised for their well-being.
Burkina Faso · Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré · Day 6 · 9 sentences
- It's a real honor to bring from this rostrum the voices of their excellencies, Comrade Captain Ibrahim Traore, President of Faso, Head of State and President of the Confederation of Sahel States, Army General Assimi Goita, President of the Transition, Head of State of the Republic of Mali, and Army General Abdourahmane Tchiani, President of the Republic of Niger, Head of State.
- On their behalf, the Confederation of Sahel States extends to you, Mr. President, their heartfelt congratulations upon your election to preside over the 81st session of the UN General Assembly.
- For more than a decade, this blind and sustained violence has been sustained armed, financed and instrumentalised by criminal networks and their supporters intent on subjugating the Sahel through fear, but they must understand that they will never succeed here.
- Evoking their memory, I spare a thought and pay tribute to Army General Sadio Camara, who was assassinated, murdered cowardly on the 24th of April 2026, and pay tribute to his commitment to peace and to Mali and the Sahel.
President of the General Assembly (opening) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 1 · 8 sentences
- It ushered in a long era of diplomacy, which continues, Member States coming together to work through their problems because they knew that the alternative, guns blazing and bombs dropping, simply was not an option.
- Wars and conflict and their aftermath are ravaging Sudan, Gaza, Ukraine, Myanmar, and the Middle East.
- Both chambers must do their respective part.
- And in their eyes, when the Security Council works, the United Nations works.
Gambia (Republic of The) · Mohammed Jallow · Day 3 · 8 sentences
- We wish them well as they complete their tenure at the end of this year.
- Their safety and security must remain a priority alongside performance, accountability, and strict adherence to international law.
- On the 5th of December 2026, the Gambian people will again exercise their sovereign democratic right to choose their president.
- We also need stronger and more resilient supply chains, greater investment in productive capacity, and a global economic system that gives developing countries a fair opportunity to transform their economies.
Papua New Guinea · James Marape · Day 4 · 8 sentences
- I fully, on behalf of Papua New Guinea, affirm all their points, the points that was raised.
- Human beings have been persecuted, expelled, imprisoned, killed because of their faith.
- Government should neither impose faith upon its people nor prevent people from practicing their faith.
- It should be demonstrated by having confidence in every human to allow their own exercise of free choice or free conscience.
Cuba · Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla · Day 5 · 8 sentences
- A superpower unilaterally deprives all states of their right to export the commodities that they wish to the country that they wish to export them to, and continuously and comprehensively violates freedom of trade and navigation.
- Added to this is the intimidation of entrepreneurs of different countries so that they abandon against their will their investments and businesses in Cuba.
- It's even gone as far as the United States exerting unseen pressure on sovereign governments so that they renounce the medical services they requested from us for the benefit of their respective populations, and which are offered by Cuban professionals altruistically because the US government is opposed to such cooperation.
- It is a policy deliberately designed to wound the deepest sensibilities of Cuban families, disturb their well-being, and hurt the dignity of the people.
Zambia · Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe · Day 5 · 8 sentences
- And yet, developing countries continue to confront a financing system that does not adequately reflect and respond to their development needs.
- It is in this spirit that Zambia recently concluded its general elections through which our people exercised their constitutional rights to choose their leaders.
- and we thank the people of Zambia for their participation in the democratic process and for renewing their confidence in our leadership.
- We also express our sincere appreciation to the international election observation missions for their invaluable support and contribution to Zambia's democratic process.
El Salvador · Alexandra Hill Tinoco · Day 6 · 8 sentences
- They just want peace, security, jobs, freedom, and a safe future for their children.
- As the United Nations, we need to commit ourselves and work to redefine the international order so that we can prioritize the common well-being of the whole of humanity regardless of whether of where they live and their condition guarantee the well-being of our brothers and sisters the whole of humanity we need a multilateral system that is able to listen but also to make decisions, to safeguard principles, to respect the sovereignty of states, but that at the same time understands that no state can resolve problems that know no borders alone.
- So in my country, we're talking about a mother who no longer has to be scared about whether her children are coming home in the evening or not, a business owner who used to face so much anxiety that knew that their basket of mangoes that they had to sell they had to sell them for more than ten dollars because if they didn't sell them for more than ten dollars they wouldn't be able to pay their protection money and they'd get shot in the head so now behind these figures we have a built business owner who's able to open their business without fear somebody who's able to breathe easily and cross the city freely and a child who's able to run around all of the streets of our country.
- And this explains why El Salvador is now a benchmark for countries that are seeking support and looking for answers to their own security challenges.
Burundi · Évariste Ndayishimiye · Day 2 · 7 sentences
- His good offices, exercised with wisdom, humility, and determination, have helped bridge the widest divergences of opinion and provided invaluable support to nations, particularly those in the Global South, in their quest for stability and prosperity.
- But unfortunately, there are still states that prevent their citizens from living together with other peoples as brothers and sisters.
- We no longer wish to see the Human Rights Council become a forum for oppressing countries that are deliberately singled out because they defend and fight for the interests of their peoples.
- It would not be coherent to entrust the organization with ever greater responsibilities without guaranteeing it the resources necessary for their implementation.
Serbia · Aleksandar Vučić · Day 2 · 7 sentences
- Today we are witnessing the emergence of a new order increasingly structured around two principal centers of power alongside a growing number of strong regional actors with considerable political, economic, military, and technological capabilities seeking to shape their own environments and influence broader global developments on their own terms.
- It was destroyed by those who tore apart the territories of other countries for the sake of their own political and economic interests.
- They were so arrogant and so powerful that they trampled everything in their path, from the Clinton administration to the administration of numerous European countries.
- And when they raise their voices, thinking that they are being highly moral and that their positions are the only right ones, we simply smile and ask ourselves: And how did you treat Kosovo and Metohija and the territorial integrity of Serbia, which is guaranteed by the UN Charter and the resolution of the UNSC 1244?
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Judith Suminwa Tuluka · Day 2 · 7 sentences
- Our country is at the heart of several of these transformations and sometimes at the intersection of their very contradictions.
- What we need is their implementation.
- The protocol signed by the political and military leadership of the FDLR on May 30, 2026, provides for the disarmament, demobilization, and containment of their combatants with a view toward their repatriation or resettlement without prejudice to potential judicial prosecution for serious crimes.
- Our hand remains outstretched toward all the children of Congo that choose peace, republican debate, and loyalty to their homeland.
Fiji · Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu · Day 3 · 7 sentences
- Too often, it magnifies their cost.
- It is restored when commitments are kept and when international law is applied consistently and when institutions listen and when people can see and feel the results of multilateral action in their daily lives.
- But our ocean must not become a theater in which others settle their rivalries.
- What Fiji seeks is not a constitution for a government or a party or one generation, but a settlement that every Fijian recognizes as their own.
South Africa · Ronald Ozzy Lamola · Day 3 · 7 sentences
- We've built a United Nations of diverse people, still in their determination to never let history repeat itself.
- As we speak, South Africans are preparing once again to exercise their democratic right, this time in the local government elections on the 4th of November 2026.
- Across the world, citizens who have seen little improvement in their economic fortunes are turning to ideas diametrically opposed to the values of the UN Charter.
- Our governments face a difficult choice whether to meet the needs of their citizens or certify the expectations of creditors.
Niger · Lamine Zeine Ali Mahaman · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- to look at what has been accomplished and to acknowledge what has not been accomplished, because trust is not built through more and more promises, but rather through their effective implementation for the benefit of the peoples.
- and in our Sahel, the Sahel, in the name of supposedly universal values, which nevertheless remain unpunished, those crimes, even while sovereign nations are threatened with sanctions for simply having wanted to decide on their own fate.
- This criminal enterprise has been unmasked now that the military, political and media elites that justify it in the name of their own country's interests have themselves removed their veils and removed their masks.
- who have lost their lives in the struggle for our full and total liberty.
Bahamas (the) · Philip Edward Davis · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- Our ancestors did not break their chains so that their children could become tenants.
- None of that happened because the powerful suddenly found their conscience.
- People who lose their homes do not disappear.
- I'm talking about the capacity of a people to govern their own digital lives.
Bahrain · Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- It is my honor to convey to this distinguished gathering the greetings of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, and their best wishes for the success of this session.
- We also condemn their threats to freedom of navigation in the Bab el-Mandeb and the Red Sea.
- As the Kingdom renews its full solidarity with the brotherly countries subjected to these attacks, it commends the professionalism, of the Bahrain Defense Force and the air defense forces of brotherly countries and their readiness in confronting these attacks.
- We reaffirm the right of all states to take all lawful measures to defend their sovereignty and territorial integrity pursuant to Article 51 of the UN Charter and the Joint Defense Agreement of the GCC states.
Chad · Abdelmadjid Abdelrahim Mahamat · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- It summarizes the expectations of member states and the peoples of the world in all of their diversity vis-a-vis the UN.
- Will generations still grow up with fighting as their backdrop?
- My country remains committed to multilateralism that is based on the UN Charter, the sovereign equality of states, the respect for their independence, cooperation and international solidarity.
- The data provided by the court and the lessons learned from that have shown us that in several states and among their populations, one can detect that the focus of the judicial activity of the court is on developing countries and in particular on Africa, which has become the target of political instrumentalization.
Holy See · Cardinal Pietro Parolin · Day 5 · 7 sentences
- Finally, it is imperative to establish a shared framework also at the international level, in order to curb the technological arms race and ensure robust protection for civilians and the infrastructures necessary for their survival.
- These individuals are deprived of their inherent rights, in flagrant disrespect of their human dignity.
- Their suffering must end.
- The conditions must be created within their homeland to allow the safe, legal, voluntary, and unhindered return.
Brunei Darussalam · Prince 'Abdul Mateen · Day 5 · 7 sentences
- They cannot be asked to wait indefinitely for rights that are already theirs.
- Medics, journalists, humanitarian workers, and United Nations personnel have also lost their lives while carrying out their duties.
- In the West Bank, Palestinians continue to endure occupation, expanding illegal settlements, settler violence, and displacement from their homes and land.
- And their suffering exposes a fundamental truth: international law and the principles of the Charter must apply equally to everyone.
Iceland · Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir · Day 5 · 7 sentences
- The generation of 1945 had learned a terrible cost that while states can choose their actions, they cannot control all the consequences they set in motion.
- We cannot build courts, celebrate them when they prosecute our enemies and undermine them when they turn their attention to our friends.
- Families are still losing their homes.
- And parents are still trying to keep their children alive.
Sudan · Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim · Day 6 · 7 sentences
- 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.
- and to impose sanctions on their leaders and expand the Darfur arms embargo to encompass all of Sudan.
- Pressure must be exerted on the regional sponsors and certain neighboring states that have not merely facilitated the transfer of weapons, equipment, and supplies to the militia through their territories, but have also created battlefronts and enabled repeated attacks launched by militias and mercenaries from within their territories in broad daylight and established hospitals along their borders to treat militia casualties.
- The Palestinian people must be empowered to exercise their right to self-determination and establish their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital, and refugees must be allowed to return in accordance with the resolutions of international legitimacy.
New Zealand · Victoria Louise Hallum · Day 6 · 7 sentences
- After decades of progress, hard-won development gains have slowed, and it's clear we will fail to meet most of the Sustainable Development Goals by their 2030 target.
- Permanent members in particular must act in a manner consistent with their special responsibilities under the Charter.
- The authors of the UN Charter understood that peace and security cannot be sustained without creating the conditions for member states to provide their citizens with prosperity and the full enjoyment of human rights.
- Societies in which citizens can enjoy their universal human rights have a better chance of avoiding the descent into conflict that tragically impacts so many across the world today.
Benin · Marc Hermanne Gninadoou Araba · Day 6 · 7 sentences
- They must accelerate their development and at the same time fund their energy transition as well as adapt to climate change, on top of investing in health, education, the digital sphere, and meeting growing social needs.
- Therefore, Benin calls for ongoing transformation of the international financial architecture, the objective being to allow developing countries to access more accessible, predictable financing, financing that is better tailored to their development trajectories.
- Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, trust in international institutions is also linked to the trust people bestow upon their own institutions.
- We stand convinced that while we might have different national trajectories, these trajectories should nevertheless converge towards the same end goal, giving all people the necessary conditions for them to be able to forge their future, living in peace, dignity, and stability.
Switzerland · Guy Parmelin · Day 1 · 6 sentences
- climate change and the increase in the number of disasters, humanitarian crises, inequalities, and also technological upheavals, notably artificial intelligence, which are often advancing faster than our collective ability to assess their implications.
- A producer who can trade beyond their local market.
- This means that as many countries and societies as possible must be able to benefit from advances in AI, develop their skills and contribute to the debate on the rules that will govern its development and use.
- Certain changes are so far reaching and so fast moving that no single state can manage all of their consequences by itself.
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Masoud Pezeshkian · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- Israel targets any neighborhood in any city in any province commits assassinations like a true terrorist in Gaza over 80,000 innocent civilians have been murdered brutally murdered hundreds of thousands have been displaced they are committing genocide by using the so-called so-called technologies that they have at their disposal then they label others as terrorists are we the sources of instability We only seek to live independently.
- 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 cannot let some have free access and gain their interest from a waterway while at the same time using that waterway to impose their aggressions upon us, to impose insecurity upon us, to forbid us access to our own waterways.
- If their homes are subjected to bombings and aggression and attacks, they will resist.
Timor-Leste · José Ramos-Horta · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- As these wars drag on and their human and material costs become ever more unbearable, the firefighters are blamed for failing to extinguish the very fires set by the arsonists themselves.
- Some possess non-threatening, antiquated guns, while few others have perfected their nuclear arsenals now 100 times more destructive than the ones dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
- They are people, they are women, they are children, youth in their best years, they are parents, they are grandparents.
- It is persuading citizens that humanity of others who may worship differently, speak another language, or vote for another party does not diminish their own freedoms.
Ukraine · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- I quote, "A large number of their diesel refineries have been blown up and are at least temporarily out of commission."
- We have an archive of drone videos, videos showing thousands and thousands of Russians losing their lives.
- Why should Koreans give their lives in a war against Ukraine?
- They take away their freedom.
Kenya · William Samoei Ruto · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- replacing colonial subjugation with self-determination as peoples once governed from afar took their place in this Assembly as sovereign equals.
- Their number quadrupled from two to eight.
- It is measured in children driven from their classrooms, children who go to sleep hungry, children who learn the sound of gunfire before they know the safety of peace.
- Yet for too many countries, the resources required to fulfill that promise are being consumed before they can reach their people.
Eswatini · King Mswati III · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- This raises critical questions regarding accountability, safety, environmental, impact and the risk of a widening digital divide between those who can shape these technologies and those who are excluded from their benefits in total.
- Our vision is to create an economy that generates decent employment, attracts sustained investment, expands opportunities for our youth, women, and marginalized groups, amongst others, to strengthen their livelihoods.
- We appeal to the UN for support towards enhancing the capacity of African countries in developing value addition on their natural resources, as well as creating a trading hub for precious and earth minerals and other commodities for the continent.
- We have created an inclusive environment for all our people irrespective of their gender or religion at the apex of our economic growth strategy.
Montenegro · Jakov Milatović · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- About 120 million people driven from their homes, roughly one in 70.
- Trust is built when commitments are honored, when rules are applied consistently, and when institutions act with transparency, and when people can see that international cooperation produces tangible results in their lives.
- Much work remains ahead of us, but the foundations have been laid for a society in which talent and effort open doors, and a country where young people can imagine their future at home.
- It requires respect for the judgments of international courts and equal dignity for every single victim regardless of their identity or background.
Madagascar · Michaël Randrianirina · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- Yet beyond commitments and resources mobilized, what matters to us is their tangible impact on the daily lives of our people.
- This priority commitment serves the entire population, particularly women and children, while providing our youth with the means to build their future with confidence and contribute to national development.
- It is urgent to initiate concerted and lasting action to guarantee every people the right to pursue their development in dignity and in stability.
- Madagascar advocates for a multilateral system that is not only capable of acting, but that is also capable of supporting member states in their efforts to break the cycles of poverty and insecurity.
Thailand · Anutin Charnvirakul · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- Trust weakens when principles are applied selectively, when countries have little say in decisions that shape their future, and when promises made in this Assembly fail to improve lives beyond it.
- Universal human rights lose their meaning when applied selectively.
- Countries need to know that their voices count.
- Institution earn trust through what their members are prepared to do.
Bangladesh · Tarique Rahman · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- Bangladesh once again reaffirms its unwavering support for their legitimate demands, including their right to self-determination and their right to establish an independent State of Palestine, Mr. President, In the prevailing global circumstances, the theme of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, "Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation: A United Nations that Delivers for All," is highly relevant and timely.
- In many countries around the world, migrants make important contributions to the economies of both their countries of origin and their countries of destination.
- The only solution to this problem is the early, safe return of the displaced Rohingya people to their homeland, Myanmar.
- At the same time, I call upon the United Nations and the international community to continue life-saving assistance programs for the displaced Rohingya people until they can be repatriated to their own country, Myanmar.
Slovenia · Janez Janša · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- At least 53 million innocent people lost their lives.
- But principles lose their meaning when they are applied selectively.
- 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.
- Ukraine's children forcibly transferred or deported must return to their homes.
Pakistan · Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- Helpless Kashmiri mothers and fathers yearn for their sons and daughters who never return.
- Their homes lie silent under curfew and in deep grief.
- Mr. President, from this podium, I assure my Kashmiri brothers and sisters with fullest authority at my command that we shall continue to extend our full diplomatic, political, and moral support to them till they are granted their inalienable right to self-determination, Kashmir has and always will be Pakistan's jugular vein.
- The Afghan authorities must fulfill their international commitment and take verifiable, decisive action to ensure that Afghan soil is never again used against Pakistan or any other country.
Egypt · Moustafa Kamal Madbouly · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- In this context, Egypt reaffirms its categorical rejection of any attempt to displace the Palestinian people from their land, whether from the Gaza Strip or from the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
- Peace cannot be built on uprooting a people from their land.
- This requires preserving the unity of the Palestinian territory and the Palestinian political system, enabling the Palestinian people to manage their own affairs and build their state, and ensuring that the international community fulfills its responsibility to protect civilians, reject collective punishment, and guarantee respect international humanitarian law.
- Confronting such actors and their practices becomes the responsibility of the international community as a whole.
Russian Federation · Sergey Lavrov · Day 5 · 6 sentences
- They're taking responsibility for ensuring security in their own regions.
- There are attempts for Bosnia and Herzegovina to be unitarized, the Serbs to be unitarized and forced to give up their constitutional powers, which were guaranteed by the Dayton Agreement, together with the Security Council.
- The EU's leadership, according to their statements, are contaminated with the virus of racial superiority.
- The former Axis powers ratified this document, and thus they recognized their responsibility for these countless atrocities, a result of Nazi ideology and practices.
Mali · Abdoulaye Diop · Day 6 · 6 sentences
- Malian forces, on their own and also within the AES unified force, and with the support of the Russian Federation, are today on the front line against imposed terrorism.
- I would like to use this opportunity to pay tribute to all victims of the cowardly barbarism of terrorism who have sacrificed their lives.
- I also would like to pay tribute to our defense and security forces for their courage, their professionalism, and their unwavering dedication in defending sovereignty, territorial integrity of our countries and protecting our people.
- And for this, the state continues to extend a hand to all those willing to lay down their arms and return to the Republic in line with the conclusions of inter-Malian dialogue and the National Charter for Peace and Reconciliation.
Luxembourg · Guillaume of Luxembourg · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- Therefore, it is incumbent upon us to ask ourselves if we're really preparing a future that is going to earn their trust.
- As we confront these transformations, we should endow our young people with the means to develop their critical thinking skills and their creativity.
- It is for this reason that Luxembourg is asking for Member States to place their trust in it as it seeks a Security Council seat for the 2031-2032 period.
- Small island developing states already experiences consequences that threaten their very existence.
Paraguay · Santiago Peña Palacios · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- Our people want solutions to their problems.
- Democracy endures provided that the decisions that govern us can be traced back to the will of those who must live with their consequences.
- We rose up through hard work, through openness to the world and through the stubborn determination of a people that did not choose its democracy but did choose their own destiny.
- They want solutions to their problems.
Dominican Republic · Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- I thank the United States and Panama for their leadership, as well as Canada and other donors for their support.
- Kenya for their commitment and the commitment of all of the countries who today have their men and women serving in Haiti.
- close to a million and a half of Haitians have been displaced from their homes.
- We are doing this because this is above all a question of national security for our country and we must repeat this as clearly as possible, there is no Dominican solution to the Haitian crisis, and no state or organization can impose on our country to do it in their place.
Namibia · Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- Such reforms should create greater policy space and access to financing to enable countries to expand their economies through value addition to their natural resources, including critical minerals, for our people to have full benefit of our resources.
- As a result of this fund, young people have set up their own medical practice, law firms milling plants, pottery business, to mention a few, thus contributing to job creation and poverty eradication.
- I reaffirm Namibia's unwavering solidarity with the people denied their right to self-determination.
- This is not a position born out of antagonism, but rather one grounded in Namibia's longstanding commitment to justice, solidarity, and the rights of the peoples to determine their own destiny In accordance with the UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 of 1960, the United Nations has a responsibility to advance a just and lasting resolution of the question of Western Sahara, consistent with the Charter of the United Nations and the relevant resolution on decolonization and self-determination.
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) · Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- At all of these times, I have been compelled to reflect upon the major issues concerning humankind, as well as their aspirations and concerns.
- We are on one side, that is the side of citizens of the world that are pursuing their happiness, their development and their freedom.
- I wish, before the 81st General Assembly of the United Nations, to thank President Donald Trump and his government for their readiness to resume the course of diplomatic relations and cooperation with Venezuela.
- The judiciary must be at their service.
Andorra · Xavier Espot Zamora · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- For small states, multilateralism is not a strategic option, but a guarantee that all countries, regardless of their size, can make their voices heard on an equal legal footing.
- For this reason, we are particularly concerned by the increase in attacks against civilians, humanitarian personnel, and United Nations staff who are carrying out their mission, often under extreme conditions and at extraordinary personal risk.
- which should be the ultimate guarantors of the protection of their citizens.
- It is a promise, the promise that the place where a person is born should not determine their opportunities, life expectancy, or future.
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Rob Jetten · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- These constant threats and attempts to dismantle the legal order are fueled by people and groups with their own agenda.
- And when major powers choose to pursue only their own interest, it is tempting to respond defensively.
- And it's a conviction that is widely shared, as illustrated by the fact that more and more countries are finding their way to the ICJ.
- And among their many resting places, far from their homes, is an American cemetery in Margraten, a small village in the south of the Netherlands.
Malta · Robert Abela · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- Suspicion, however, the assumption that others are automatically looking out for their interests and not those of the common good, is poison to any democratic society.
- Rightly, the Ukrainian people will never have trust in any such for a settlement which involves their government being frogmarched to the table, one arm tied behind its back, whilst the guns still blaze.
- To take our foot off the gas would be to let down the millions who need this United Nations to do better, be better at tackling the problems that blight their lives.
- To do nothing, to stand by and just wash our hands of it, would be a moral and practical betrayal of the citizens, of the millions of citizens who put their faith in us that we won't flinch from the biggest problems and the toughest solutions and decisions needed to tackle them.
Republic of Moldova · Vasile Tofan · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- Small countries do not choose their geography or their size.
- Moldovans answered that their home is not for sale.
- It is our citizens exercising their right to choose.
- Families have their own worries.
Djibouti · Abdoulkader Houssein Omar · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- Turning now to Somalia, we remain fully committed to the Somali people and government in their quest to consolidate peace and stability.
- 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.
- The Republic of Djibouti further reaffirms its unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people and its full support for their legitimate rights, in particular their inalienable right to the establishment of an independent and sovereign State.
Sao Tome and Principe · Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- Sao Tome and Principe, therefore, reaffirms its commitments under the Paris Agreement, its nationally determined contribution, and its national adaptation plan, while stressing that their implementation requires adequate, predictable, and accessible resources.
- We also maintain that the vulnerability of small island states should be assessed beyond per capita income, taking into account their specific characteristics and structural constraints.
- Our priority is to ensure that young people have the conditions to study, work, start businesses, innovate, and fulfill their life aspirations in their own country.
- On September 27, the people of Sao Tome and Principe will return to the polls for the legislative, local, and regional elections and will exercise their right to vote in large numbers.
Indonesia · Sugiono · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- A nation is resilient when families can provide for their households, when farmers can produce when workers can find decent jobs, and when children can learn, grow, and dream about their future.
- And when nations are resilient at home, they have greater capacity to contribute beyond their borders.
- At the same time, international financial architecture must also evolve to respond better to the needs of developing countries and to give them greater space to pursue their own development priorities and build their resilience.
- Our nation's journey to independence has shaped our consistent support for the Palestinian people and their right to determine their own future.
Sri Lanka · Vijitha Herath · Day 6 · 5 sentences
- People across the globe are demanding greater clarity, honesty, and action from their leaders and institutions.
- Sri Lanka continues to support the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to self-determination.
- Our blue helmets, through their dedication and service over many years, have earned the trust of local communities and the commendation of UN field mission.
- At a time of rising geopolitical tensions and rhetoric of nuclear escalation, We remain firmly convinced that the only real guarantee against these weapons is their total and verifiable elimination.
Angola · João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- Our entire journey towards the attainment of peace in 2002 was closely linked to disputes of that period, which hampered the fulfilment of the dreams of Angolans and their plans to building a prosperous nation committed to its own development.
- Nowadays, we are witnessing a downgrading and violation of the rules governing international relations with the logic of force, intimidation and imposition of values stemming from unilateral vision by certain countries in defense of their exclusive interests.
- The expulsion of Palestinians from their homes and lands through expansion of Jewish settlements in West Bank must elicit the strongest international outrage and condemnation.
- Today, peoples and nations have an opportunity to make a qualitative leap in their overall living conditions through fair financing mechanisms for development and tools provided by artificial intelligence in order to improve education, health, agriculture, public service, scientific research and economic productivity.
Republic of Korea · Lee Jae Myung · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- I would like to begin by expressing my gratitude and respect to all member states of the United Nations and the staff of the UN Secretariat for their dedication to a prosperous future for all of humanity.
- Younger people around the world in particular are facing growing anxiety about their employment and their future as the pace of change becomes increasingly difficult to keep up with.
- Agreements reached at the negotiating table must translate into real change on the ground so that people around the world can feel their impact in their daily lives.
- In this process, we will begin with a stop to further advances in North Korea's nuclear and missile capabilities, followed by their reductions in the medium term, moving toward a Korean Peninsula free from nuclear weapons over the long term.
Suriname · Jennifer Geerlings-Simons · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- So the quality of life of our people is directly threatened, even by wars in the regions far from their homes.
- The people of Cuba, a Caribbean country, are adversely affected by the current situation in their country.
- Their knowledge and participation are important at all stages of development.
- And at a time when diversity is too often manipulated as a source of division, Suriname has chosen the path to recognize the distinct histories of its people while strengthening their unity and their shared responsibility for the future.
Morocco · Nasser Bourita · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- These groups and their sponsors alike cannot be allowed to become a means of evading responsibility or a tool for carrying out what states cannot do directly.
- Hence, Deterrent sanctions must be imposed on these groups and their sponsors.
- It requires the provision of affordable and accessible financing, technology transfer, and genuine international solidarity, enabling developing countries to fulfill their responsibilities towards present and future generations alike.
- It is a fortunate coincidence that Tomorrow, God willing, the inhabitants of these Saharan provinces will fulfill their national and political duty by participating, as they have always done in the past, in the legislative elections of the Kingdom.
Palau · Surangel Whipps · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- I stand before this assembly for a people whose future depends on a healthy ocean and a stable climate, and the sovereign right to determine their own path.
- Those who contributed the least to this climate crisis yet confront the worst threats of rising sea levels must not be burdened with debt simply to purchase a life jacket for their survival.
- Under the UN Charter, small states are sovereign states with the right to determine their own future, choose their partners, and pursue development that serves their people.
- Our children and their children deserve a world that is safe, healthy, and clean.
Mozambique · Daniel Francisco Chapo · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- to be the architect of their own destiny, to participate in setting the rules, and to fully benefit from the wealth it helps to create.
- Your Excellencies, with less than four years remaining for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda, developing countries continue to face high financing costs, rising debt, and limited access to resources to invest in their own development.
- It is also necessary that the access to concessional financing take into account the country's vulnerabilities, beyond just the income that we also want to make sure that developed countries can fully fulfill their commitment to development and financial action.
- Those words do not belong to the past, but their commitment to a future which the United Nations remain the expression of our shared responsibility towards unity in the humanity.
Honduras · Nasry Juan Asfura Zablah · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- They were saved by the institutions that resisted and the Honduran people that decided at the polls, with their vote, decided to change the course of the country.
- International observers bore witness to elections that were flawless in terms of their conduct, flawless despite the challenging context.
- As we began our work, we found ourselves faced with a people who never lost their dignity, neither did they lose hope.
- a population who demands, and quite rightly so, the opportunity to use their talent in their own country.
Somalia · Hassan Sheikh Mohamud · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- And governments in developing countries spend over 10% of their GDP to respond to this.
- One set, from one framework to another one set, promises to the next without sufficient transformation in their daily lives.
- Somalia stands firmly with Palestinian people and their legitimate right to self-determination and statehood.
- For over five decades, our people have dreamed of choosing their leaders through their vote.
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Rodrigo Paz Pereira · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- That is why those mafias that do not have constitutions, that do not have laws and do not have to report their resources, they are mafias that are using organized crime and using resources, be it drug trafficking, smuggling or gold.
- Bolivia does not want to repeat the history of countries that exported their natural resources for decades and remained poor.
- Young Bolivians, just like the young people in all of the nations of the United Nations, need to find the meaning and purpose of their lives.
- There will be the United Nations, Bolivia and countries in the future if we give that meaning to our young people, a meaning and a purpose in their lives, the very reason for being.
Colombia · José Manuel Restrepo · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- Hundreds of Colombians lost their lives.
- a shopkeeper having to hand over part of the fruits of his labor to extortionists, a mother increasingly gripped by fear every time their child goes out to play in the park.
- Millions of Colombians are not asking the state to sought out their lives, they're asking the state to give them the opportunity to build those lives.
- That growth should lead to a job for a young person, a home for a family, timely access to medicines, harvest that finds a market and Colombians who, thanks to their own efforts and dedication, can escape poverty.
Côte d’Ivoire · Tiémoko Meyliet Koné · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- With regard to international institutions, this trust is measured by their ability to translate the universality of their principles into concrete actions and to treat every state, large or small, with the same standard of fairness.
- 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.
- Africa contributes the least to global greenhouse gas emissions, yet remains among the regions most hit the hardest by their consequences.
- However, these technological advances can also exacerbate existing divides if their development as well as access to them remain unevenly distributed.
Nigeria · Kashim Shettima · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- We understand that governments and multilateral institutions earn trust when their decisions improve lives.
- The conflicts in Sudan and other war-torn countries demand urgent diplomacy to address their humanitarian, economic, and geopolitical consequences.
- Developing countries must recognize as indispensable partners whose contributions to global solutions and shared prosperity extend power beyond their need for assistance.
- Institutions that adapt preserve their relevance.
Greece · Kyriakos Mitsotakis · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- The Ukrainian people have shown extraordinary courage defending their freedom, and Greece continuously stands with them.
- At a time when the effectiveness of governments all over the world is being challenged by populists and extremists, and public trust is being eroded in the echo chambers of social media, Greece serves as an example that sound, reform-oriented policies can deliver real results for people and improve their lives.
- A few days ago, two leading rating agencies upgraded their outlook of the Greek economy.
- At the same time, I take the call by leading AI executives for a voluntary pause in the development of their models very seriously, but only, I repeat, only as a temporary measure to buy time for a powerful regulatory authority to be set up.
Monaco · Christophe Mirmand · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- We are now in the era of the geo-economy, and this is fertile ground for disinformation, which undermines people's trust in their institutions and leads them to question verifiable facts.
- In Lebanon too, Monaco supports de-escalation efforts and calls on all parties to fulfill their commitments, first and foremost Security Council Resolution 1701.
- The Principality calls on all countries to show more ambition in their national contributions and not to abandon island and coastal states, which are the most vulnerable.
- Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II, I wish to reiterate the commitment of Monaco to the United Nations, to its Charter, and to the ideal that led to its establishment, saving future generations from the scourge of war, and building together a common house where even the smallest states can take their rightful place, because here the law protects them all.
Lesotho · Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- To cope with these climate-related challenges, we call upon developed countries to honor their commitments by providing new, adequate, predictable, and accessible climate finance.
- With only three years remaining until 2030, we appeal to the international community to honor their official development assistance commitments, which is an essential step in restoring trust.
- Protecting their dignity and fundamental freedoms is not only a legal obligation, it is a moral imperative.
- These measures deprive innocent civilians of their right to development.
Saint Lucia · Philip J. Pierre · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- In accordance with the right to self-determination and UN resolutions, in particular Resolution 326 of 1974, the people of Palestine should be allowed their own state and full membership of the UN alongside the state of Israel.
- Some Member States have failed to meet their commitments and pledges to the Gang Suppression Force in Haiti, whose one-year mandate ends this month.
- But our people refuse to impose limits on their aspirations.
- We are educating our people to ensure that their skills are relevant.
Liechtenstein · Sabine Monauni · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- We can no longer take it for granted that our people will continue their strongly positive views of our organization.
- Nevertheless, we have continued to run into the climate abyss, leaving the coming chaos for our children and their children.
- Only a few years ago, Member States in this debate wondered aloud if their nameplates would be switched off.
- We are already seeing the impacts on civilians as armed forces increasingly integrate AI capabilities into their targeting systems in warfare.
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Geoffrey Hanley · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- States must reduce emissions, strengthen adaptation, honor climate finance responsibilities, and cooperate with countries bearing consequences vastly disproportionate to their contribution to this crisis.
- At the second African Caribbean Summit, our leaders signed the Addis Ababa Declaration And this year, the African Union's Reparation Mechanism and the Caribbean Reparations Commission held their first joint meeting, establishing permanent coordination.
- The Haitian people must choose their leaders freely, credibly, and safely.
- AI, the green transition, and climate change are reshaping their future jobs.
Sweden · Maria Malmer Stenergard · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- coming to the bank in tears because they didn't know anything about their own family finances.
- When women work and earn their own money, their self-determination grows.
- Ordinary Russians are withdrawing their funds from the bank, and a substantial share of Russia's young people are dying on the front lines.
- Since then, more than 80,000 Swedes have followed in their footsteps.
Singapore · Vivian Balakrishnan · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- Even big powers need partners to secure their long-term national interests.
- The bilateral and regional arrangements can complement global frameworks, but on their own, they cannot replace shared rules that apply universally.
- The real productivity gains from AI comes not from the IT department, but from our businesses and workers having the skills, the tools and the wherewithal to engineer their work processes, workflow by workflow.
- At precisely the moment when the relevance and effectiveness of international law is being questioned, states continue to bring their most serious disputes before the world's principal judicial organ.
India · Subrahmanyam Jaishankar · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- Countries far from conflicts are being penalized for no fault of theirs.
- Now, while this may secure their interest to varying degrees, the overall atmosphere is no longer that of trust or goodwill.
- Our troops have stood their ground firmly and professionally, even under pressure.
- Indian seafarers have lost their lives, as indeed have others from other nations.
Malaysia · Mohamad Haji Hasan · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- When international law means what it says, and when the people of the world can look to this hall and believe that their voices still matter.
- They have heard overt threat over use nuclear weapons, and they are seeing their government choose not to regulate AI and the many ways it is being abused, but instead give it more power.
- Regional organization such as ASEAN, can bring the perspectives of their people into global debates.
- And above all, one that ordinary people can look to in their darkest hour and still believe that it will act, that the world has not forgotten them.
Canada · Anita Anand · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- But at their core, Canadians and billions of others around the world want to live peaceful, prosperous and predictable lives.
- Their participation is a key element of our commitment to reconciliation.
- We commend the many countries who proposed their assistance to the gang suppression force, in particular the United States.
- And the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination in a state of their own is also not up for debate.
Malawi · George Chapatula Chaponda · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- We therefore call upon our international partners to align their support with the national blueprint like the Malawi 2063 in order to generate meaningful job creation and shared prosperity.
- Major historical and current emitters must honor their climate finance commitments by providing accessible, predictable, grant-based and highly concessionable financing, rather than relying on debt-creating instruments that further burden vulnerable countries already struggling to cope with the consequences of a crisis they did little to cause.
- 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.
- Artificial intelligence should complement and enhance human capabilities rather than diminish the indispensable role of people in shaping their own development.
Congo · Constant Serge Bounda · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- Sovereignty is the ability of a people and a nation to freely determine their priorities, to defend their legitimate interests, to choose their partners, and to preserve their independence in decision-making.
- From this region, countless people were torn from their families and homeland through the transatlantic slave trade.
- We cannot continuously accept that countries preserve these ecosystems on their own, bear the cost alone.
- We reiterate the fact that we are available to accompany our brotherly countries in their work to achieve return to peace and stability.
United Arab Emirates · Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- We have remained steadfast in our role as a trusted international mediator, successfully conducting 26 mediations that facilitated the exchange of nearly 8,000 prisoners between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, ensuring their return to their homelands and families.
- 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.
- Crises should be addressed at their roots, not simply managed.
- We are building a society in which women participate fully, equally, and meaningfully, and in which young people are genuine partners in shaping their future.
Peru · Keiko Sofia Fujimori Higuchi · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- The goal is to equip headteachers with the tools and skills they need to lead their schools independently so that schools can become inspiring models that promote the participation of parents in this mission that is that of making every child a citizen that stands in solidarity with others, respects them and a citizen proud of their country.
- They cannot discipline their classes because they cower under the threat of being reported.
- Those of us that come from nations that are constantly having to recover and get back on their feet, we come here today absolutely sure of the fact that we can share great principles without ever turning our back on what we are.
Viet Nam · To Lam · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- Climate change, natural disasters, pandemics, and emerging technological risk continue to pose direct threats to the lives of the people and their livelihoods, and to the development and stability of many nations.
- All states must respect each other's independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and right to choose their own path of development, refrain from interference in internal affairs, and refrain from the threat or use of force inconsistent with the UN Charter.
- global progress, must uphold the spirit of humanity in relations among nations, safeguard their legitimate interests, and respect differences in history, culture, and development conditions.
Japan · Takaichi Sanae · Day 1 · 3 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.
- The abductees are still denied their freedoms, and their families continue to suffer.
- As the abductees and their families are aging, the abductions issue must be resolved immediately.
Romania · Nicuşor-Daniel Dan · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- Millions of Romanians known from their personal experience the difference between a communist system that oppressed them and stifled their initiative and freedom of choice and a democracy that rewards work, innovation, and personal responsibility.
- as they exercise their legitimate right to self-defense for as long as necessary.
- The suspension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative following Russia's unilateral withdrawal in 2023 reminds us that agreements only matter when the parties honor their commitments.
Estonia · Alar Karis · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- Over the past three years, more than 1,000 humanitarian workers have lost their lives, and beyond ongoing wars and conflicts, There is a looming crisis brought on by climate change, one in which time is running out for us to act.
- One of the gravest aspects of Russia's war against Ukraine is a mass deportation and forced transfer of Ukrainian children, which is a systematic and deliberate attempt to erase their Ukrainian identity.
- We thank all of our international partners working to reunite these children with their families.
Cyprus · Nikos Christodoulides · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- For 52 years, the tens of thousands of displaced and their descendants are prevented from returning to their homes.
- Pain and immense suffering are the daily reality of the relatives of the missing persons that to this day are demanding answers as to the fate of their loved ones.
- But politicians are judged not by their words, but by their deeds.
Central African Republic · Faustin Archange Touadera · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- Peacekeeping operations, including in my own country, have been forced to cut back their patrols, shut down bases, and suspend local dialogue initiatives.
- that the loss and damage fund become fully operational and accessible, that adaptation financing should no longer be the forgotten stepchild of climate finance, and that the countries of the Congo Basin, the second largest lung of the planet, should finally be justly compensated for the services they provide to humanity by protecting their ecosystems.
- While the arrival of Sudanese livestock farmers fleeing with their flocks has inflamed new tensions with our rural populations over access to water and land.
Panama · José Raúl Mulino Quintero · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- Confidence and trust is won on the ground when institutions fulfill their promises, when international law is applied without selectivity, and when peoples see that the multilateral system delivers concrete actions and results.
- We also staunchly support the government of Colombia in their measures to reduce the production of cocaine, which also affects Panama as a transit country.
- Panama hosts the world, and we would like to invite all free nations who wish to see prosperity for their peoples and who wish to be more global in trade, but also more autonomous in decisions on their own traditions, to work together.
Italy · Antonio Tajani · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- Ukraine, the Middle East, the Gulf, Sudan, the Sahel are not separate crises, nor are trade wars, AI competition, hybrid attacks, and their economic and social repercussions, nor is terrorism in all of its many forms, which we continue to fight in every corner of the world.
- These crises may seem distant, but their effects reach in every household.
- This is precisely the task of the United Nations, to establish common rules before events or the strongest actors impose their own.
Zimbabwe · Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- Military action may alter the battlefield, but durable peace is built through inclusive political processes that restore confidence, address grievances, and allow affected communities to shape their socioeconomic and political destinies.
- As droughts, floods, and declining threaten water, food and energy security, developed countries are called upon to honour their climate finance commitments in line with common but differentiated responsibilities.
- We call for their immediate and unconditional removal.
Comoros · Azali Assoumani · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- We thank them for their hospitality and arrangements extended to us since our arrival in New York for this 81st session of our Assembly.
- Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians, women, children, and elderly have lost their lives, and entire populations stand on the brink of extermination.
- Such reform is essential to guarantee our right to development and to ensure that multilateral banks finally take account of our vulnerabilities in their allocation policies.
European Union · António Costa · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- That means protecting the institutions that give their very meaning to these principles, including the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court.
- We support these courts firmly and we will defend their independence, integrity and their ability to fully carry out their mandate.
- The European Union and its member states have made their positions clear.
Kuwait · Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- The State of Qatar reiterates that a just, comprehensive, and lasting peace in the region remains contingent upon an end to the Israeli occupation of all Arab territories, as well as enabling the Palestinian people to exercise their legitimate and inalienable rights.
- We also affirm our support for all efforts aimed at rebuilding state institutions and aimed at advancing a Syrian-led comprehensive, inclusive political process led by the Syrians with the active participation of all segments of society in Syria and aimed at fulfilling their aspirations for security, stability, and a life of dignity.
- With regards to The sisterly Lebanese Republic, the State of Kuwait affirms the importance of Lebanese state institutions and the need to extend their full authority over the entire territory of Lebanon and to restrict the possession of arms exclusively to the state, thereby reinforcing Lebanon's sovereignty and preserving its security and stability.
Barbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- It means that noone even on the other side of the world, can escape the hardships in meeting their daily needs.
- But mechanisms such as this one cannot on their own address the underlying flaws of the international financial architecture.
- We remain committed to supporting them in their longer term recovery.
Armenia · Nikol Pashinyan · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- The citizens of Armenia reaffirmed their optimism in the parliamentary election held on June 7 of this year, where the overwhelming majority of voters voted in favor of the slogan "Own up the peace," enabling the Civil Contract party to form a parliamentary majority.
- But the democratic and institutional reforms we have implemented in recent years proved their strength.
- Armenia's state institutions demonstrated high resilience, preventing state capture and giving the people of Armenia the opportunity to have their say.
Maldives · Hussain Mohamed Latheef · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- As genocide and war crimes against Palestinians continue, and their actions are not confined to Gaza.
- For the Palestinian people, a sovereign future means freedom, dignity, self-determination, and the right to live their security in their own state.
- The Maldives will always stand with Palestinian people and their undeniable right for that future.
Iraq · Ali Falih Al-Zaidi · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Our people have paid a hefty price and lost the lives of their children, their resources, and their development opportunities.
- Ladies and gentlemen, Iraq believes that our responsibility towards the peoples, their security and stability requires working to end conflicts through negotiation in order to secure a safe future and prevent future wars.
- There will be no room for security in the Middle East without a just solution for this issue and without establishing the right of the Palestinian people to their land, to self-determination, and to establishing their sovereign state.
Tuvalu · Feleti Teo · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- The declaration affirms that Tuvalu's nationhood is not negotiable, that our maritime rights are not erasable, and that our people should never be forced to choose between their homeland and their future.
- 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.
- Tuvalu welcomes the operationalization of the loss and damage fund and call on countries to honor their pledges and commitments.
Guinea-Bissau · Ilídio Vieira Té · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- It must be acknowledged, however, that in certain circumstances, the expectations that peoples have placed in it have not always been met with a response commensurate with their aspirations.
- It is incumbent upon member states to renew their commitments to multilateralism that is more effective, more inclusive, and more responsive to the aspirations of peoples.
- I take this opportunity to express our gratitude to the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, the African Union, the United Nations, and our other international partners for their engagement and support in the efforts to ensure a return to constitutional normalcy in our country.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Godwin Friday · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- It is only when ordinary people see that cooperation makes their lives safer, richer, and happier that trust will be restored.
- small island states face and their limited capacity to respond to such large events.
- In summary, trust is restored when the smallest and most vulnerable nations feel they are included and that their concerns are addressed.
Tonga · Lord Fakafanua · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Tonga's sanctuary protects them, but their survival depends on healthy ecosystems at both ends of that journey.
- When we import fossil fuels, we also import their volatility.
- But the Pacific's data ocean, biodiversity, critical minerals, and traditional knowledge must not power the next technological revolution while returning only a fraction of their value to our people.
Azerbaijan · Jeyhun Aziz oglu Bayramov · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Through this declaration, both sides confirmed the end of the conflict and their will to jointly chart a peaceful and prosperous future.
- Excellencies, complementing the regional normalization process, Azerbaijan's post-conflict rehabilitation agenda aims to ensure that hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis can eventually exercise their right to a safe and dignified return to their homes.
- not only for accountability and the rights of the victims and their families, but also for post-conflict reconciliation and normalization.
Mexico · Roberto Velasco Álvarez · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- It's for this reason that my country has come to share the experience of a nation that decided to show through concrete actions that it is possible to improve the quality of life of our people by expanding their rights and their capacity to exercise these rights.
- Mexico supports its diaspora, its community abroad, by defending their human rights wherever they are, always strictly respecting international law.
- Mexico came up to this rostrum with a conviction, and we are ending with the very same conviction, that the legitimacy of institutions depends on their ability to transform through action the life of people.
Cambodia · Sokhonn Prak · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- At a time when international cooperation is more necessary than ever, trust among nations is being tested, while confidence in multilateral institutions and their capacity to respond effectively to common challenges is under increasing pressure.
- Equally important and with direct humanitarian implication is enabling the more than 20,000 Cambodian civilians who remain unable to return to their home due to the continued military occupation and obstruction.
- Artificial intelligence and digital innovation can accelerate development and expand opportunities, but their misuse can also deepen inequality, insecurity, and transnational crime.
Philippines · Ma. Theresa Lazaro · Day 5 · 3 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.
- Millions of migrant workers leave their homes to search for a better life, contributing immeasurably to the sustainable development of countries of origin, transit and destination.
- Their tragedy reminds us that maritime security is human security.
Saudi Arabia · Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- 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.
- It must be based on supporting Sudanese state institutions, thus fulfilling the aspirations of the Sudanese people, alleviating their humanitarian suffering, and enhancing their security and stability.
- In light of the rapid developments the world is witnessing in the field of artificial intelligence, the Kingdom stresses the importance of harnessing these technologies in the service of humanity and development and enhancing international cooperation to ensure their responsible use.
San Marino · Luca Beccari · Day 5 · 3 sentences
Eritrea · Osman Saleh Mohammed · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- In this respect, the overarching mission of the endeavor, struggle of mankind, can be summed up in one to fairly own their economic resources and produce of their work and march on a sustainable path of generational progress and prosperity by accumulating wealth.
- They cannot otherwise deflect the attention and focus of the peoples of the world from their core mission and struggle.
- In the event, it behooves on them to formulate appropriate strategies for accomplishing their mission remove stale and obstructive frameworks and mechanisms, and move forward with greater unity and rigor.
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea · Kim Son Gyong · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- and to steadily cultivate and master their performance capability through provocative war rehearsals of all hues and military buildup.
- and continue to break the worst records in their scale, intensity, nature, and dangers, creating security instability on the Korean Peninsula on a level different from previous years.
- The most pressing issue to be addressed is none other than building the UN into the UN for all, faithful to the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter and fully guaranteed of impartiality and objectivity in the face of the arbitrary practices of the anti-peace forces that are abusing the UN as a tool for implementing their hegemonic strategy.
Antigua and Barbuda · Walton Alfonso Webson · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- How can countries realize their potential when debt services, repeated shocks, and high borrowing costs consume the resources needed for schools, hospitals, and resilient development and transformation?
- Antigua and Barbuda call on our friends, the United States of America and Cuba to return to the table of diplomacy and work as good neighbors would towards resolving their long-standing dispute.
- Their well-being must remain central to efforts to find a peaceful, lasting solution.
Sudan · · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- Their claim to be neutral and innocent will not aid in covering their crimes and their atrocities, where they are in a bloodied partnership with the RSF, the UAE.
- We ask the UAE to work on their own political regimes so that they are more representative of their people instead of being a familial government, governing regime headed by military officials.
- We could have used derogatory terms and to refer to their regime as belonging to a family, but in the end we work based on our manners and our ethics.
United Arab Emirates · · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- The crisis and the tragedy being suffered by the civilians calls upon the international community to make their aspirations for peace and freedom and dignity the absolute priority.
- Their suffering should under no circumstance be subject to the narrow interests of the warring parties.
- Our delegation emphasizes that the parties to the conflict have full responsibility for their actions and the violations they've committed against civilians.
Jordan · Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Finland · Alexander Stubb · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Bosnia and Herzegovina · Denis Bećirović · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- In the period ahead, they will intensify their activities primarily with the aim of weakening and abolishing the mandate of the High Representative of the international community, which is also envisaged by the Dayton Peace Agreement, weakening the institution of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and seizing the state property of Bosnia and Herzegovina, contrary to the national and international law.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina is home to people who love freedom more than their own lives.
Dominica · Sylvanie Burton · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- For more than 80 years, This organization has embodied humanity's highest collective aspiration, that countries, large and small, rich and poor, can work together to prevent conflict, protect human dignity, and improve the lives of their people.
- It is the time to renew our commitment and concentrate on delivering results that people can see and feel in their daily lives.
Seychelles · Mathew Antonio Patrick Herminie · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- Major emitters must display greater ambition, while all nations act according to their responsibilities and capabilities.
- As an early ratifying state of the BBNJ Agreement, Seychelles looks forward to its first Conference of the Parties and urges all member states to finalize their ratifications swiftly.
Croatia · Andrej Plenković · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Syrian Arab Republic · Ahmad Al-Sharaa · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Latvia · Edgars Rinkēvičs · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Botswana · Duma Gideon Boko · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- When countries have the means to invest in their people, and when international institutions respond effectively to shared threats, trust is strengthened.
- We manage transformation when change creates opportunity rather than deepens inequality, when developing countries have a meaningful voice in shaping the system that affect their future.
Ecuador · Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azin · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- Criminals have already globalized their cooperation.
- 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.
Bulgaria · Iliana Iotova · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- Security requires us to limit the risks posed by weapons of mass destruction and by their proliferation.
- Let us ensure that the UN is not only a forum for discussing crises, but also a driver for their prevention and peaceful resolution, because the future does not necessarily belong to the strongest.
Ethiopia · Taye Atske-Selassie Amde · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- 63 years ago, in 1963, Emperor Haile Selassie famously cautioned this global community by stating, "Lasting peace can be achieved only when nations recognize that their true strength lies not in the domination of others, but in cooperation anchored upon a genuine equality.
- In this connection, I sincerely invite all world leaders to come to Ethiopia and leave their footprints at this important global climate summit.
Slovakia · Peter Pellegrini · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Rwanda · Justin Nsengiyumva · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- 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.
- An international system that gives all countries a fair opportunity to determine their own development pathways must be central to the UN80 reform process.
Uzbekistan · Saida Mirziyoyeva · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- we choose young people who are determined to pursue education, acquire a profession, and define their own future, because we do not measure the true strength of a statehood by its military or economic capacity.
- Viewing Afghanistan solely as a source of danger will not solve the problem, nor is it a way out to leave the multi-ethnic Afghan people alone with their problems.
Guyana · Mohamed Irfaan Ali · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- In this regard, I reiterate Guyana's call for a just and lasting solution to the crisis in the Middle East, one that brings an end to the suffering of innocent civilians and recognizes the Palestinian people's legitimate right to self-determination and to secure homeland of their own.
- Now that we have both participated in the hearings, which were completed in May 2026, we urge Venezuela to abide by the forthcoming ruling in accordance with their obligation under the UN Charter, as Guyana will do.
Georgia · Irakli Kobakhidzhe · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- In light of the growing number of global challenges, coordinated responses to common obstacles, conflict prevention, and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are possible only through strengthened international cooperation and their shared commitment to collective action.
- Twenty percent of our country remains under the occupation of the Russian Federation, while hundreds of thousands of our citizens continue to live in displacement, unable to return to their homes.
Austria · Beate Meinl-Reisinger · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Qatar · · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Samoa · Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Kazakhstan · Mukhtar Tileuberdi · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- Kazakhstan advocates the relaunch of high-level dialogue among nuclear powers and is ready to host one of their next meetings.
- On the same day, the heads of states of the founding countries of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea declared an International Day of Aral Sea and Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers with the aim of raising global awareness of the region's environmental challenges and mobilizing greater international support for their preservation.
Norway · Espen Barth Eide · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- The agreement between our neighbor Denmark, Greenland and the United States serves an example of how good diplomacy can lead to a lasting solution that respects the interests of all parties while fully respecting their sovereign rights.
- While this may seem to be a domestic concern, we know that the way states behave internationally reflects on their domestic politics.
China · Han Zheng · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- At a time when countries of the world find their futures so closely linked, More and more of them want to join hands to shoulder the historic mission of addressing difficulties and challenges and advancing the well-being of all humanity.
- Developed countries should honor their commitment to development financing and climate financing.
Belize · John Briceño · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- Vulnerability should be legible in financial decision-making without small states being required to prosecute their own case again and again.
- The League did not collapse for want of noble principles, but because member states abandoned those principles the moment they became inconvenient or constrained their power.
Oman · Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- 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.
- At the same time, we call upon all parties concerned to settle their outstanding disputes through pursuing a policy of self-restraint and foresight, and through engaging in dialogue to reach consensual political solutions and sustainable understandings for the benefit of all.
GA · · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- Therefore, On the basis of Article 72 of the Rules of this Assembly, when one delegation exceeds the assigned time limit, the Presidency will immediately call them to order by automatically turning off their microphone.
- We would also like to remind members that delegations must read out their statements in the exercise of the right of reply from their respective seats.
Grenada · Ingrid Jackson · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Denmark · Christina Markus Lassen · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- More than a billion people lifted out of poverty, standards of living transformed, colonial empires brought to an end, independent nations emerged, peoples gained the right to shape their own future.
- To enable this, we call on all UN member states to meet their financial obligations to the UN in full and on time.
President of the General Assembly (closing) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- Their impacts reverberate throughout the world.
- Accordingly, the proposed speaking time limit will not be applied to the exercise of the right of reply for this meeting, may I nonetheless remind delegations that statements in the exercise of the right of reply are limited to 10 minutes for the first intervention and to 5 minutes for the second intervention and should be made by delegations from their seats.
Thailand · · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- When Cambodia leaked a private telephone conversation between our leaders, when Thai soldiers lost their limbs to newly planted Cambodian landmines, and when Cambodian rockets struck Thai territory and killed innocent Thai civilians including women and children.
- Their failure to return to Cambodia, despite our repeated protests, constitutes an encroachment on Thai territory.
Japan · · Day 6 · 2 sentences
United Arab Emirates · · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- Based on this record, we must wonder how can one of the parties of the war to misuse international forums to refuse their personalities, their responsibilities.
- This is not a cover for their actions, and this is not also a forum for them to distract from the actions of the Port Sudan authorities to prolong the suffering of the Sudanese people and the war.
Lithuania · Gitanas Nausėda · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Chile · José Antonio Kast · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Naoero · David Ranibok Adeang · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Bhutan · Tshering Tobgay · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Trinidad and Tobago · Kamla Persad-Bissessar · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Czechia · Petr Pavel · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Guinea · Mamadi Doumbouya · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Uganda · Jessica Rose Epel Alupo · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Liberia · Joseph Nyuma Boakai · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Equatorial Guinea · Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Senegal · Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Nepal · Balendra Shah · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Togo · Robert Komlan Edo Dussey · Day 4 · 1 sentence
India · · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Pakistan · · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Micronesia (Federated States of) · Aren Palik · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Cabo Verde · Francisco Avelino Vieira de Carvalho · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Nicaragua · Valdrack Ludwing Jaentschke Whitaker · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Germany · Johann Wadephul · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Tajikistan · Sirojiddin Muhriddin · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Gabon · Marie-Édith Tassyla-Ye-Doumbeneny · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Jamaica · Kamina Johnson Smith · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Cameroon · Lejeune Mbella Mbella · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Turkmenistan · Vepa Hajiyev · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Costa Rica · Boris Vasir Marchegiani Carrero · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Vanuatu · Odo Tevi · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Democratic People's Republic of Korea · · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Sudan · · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Philippines · · Day 6 · 1 sentence