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201 sentences in 86 speeches for water
Download CSVTajikistan · Sirojiddin Muhriddin · Day 5 · 14 sentences
- something that connects people, economies, ecosystems, and nations, water.
- Mr. President, the world remains far from achieving universal access to safe water and sanitation.
- We know the value of water, and we know its vulnerability.
- For more than two decades, under the leadership of President of Tajikistan, His Excellency Mr. Emomali Rahmon, water has remained at the heart of our international engagement.
Kazakhstan · Mukhtar Tileuberdi · Day 4 · 10 sentences
- The Regional Ecological Summit held in Astana in April reaffirmed that climate, water, food, and health challenges cannot be addressed in isolation.
- Healthy ecosystems depend on water.
- Water security is fundamental to the well-being and the resilience of our societies.
- Water underpins public health, food and energy security, climate resilience and peace.
Zambia · Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe · Day 5 · 8 sentences
- Mr. President, I now turn to climate change and environmental resilience water and sanitation.
- Our people continue to experience the devastating effects of droughts, floods, and changing weather patterns with significant impact on agriculture, food security, water availability, energy generation, and livelihoods.
- Our energy systems must become more diversified, and our water sources, forests, and ecosystems must be protected.
- Water security is integral to climate resilience and sustainable development.
Burundi · Évariste Ndayishimiye · Day 2 · 7 sentences
- Mr. President, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, I would be remiss if I were to address this august assembly without raising the issue of water.
- The African Union has designated 2026 as the year of assuring sustainable water availability and safe sanitation systems to achieve the goals of Agenda 2063.
- This choice is particularly significant because water is life, water is health, water is food security, water is energy, and water is also in certain regions a matter of peace and stability.
- We therefore call for stronger international mobilization in favor of universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation, particularly in rural areas and in the most vulnerable communities.
Namibia · Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- Namibia continues to face significant climatic changes as a result of climate change, including recurring droughts, rising temperatures, and growing pressure on agriculture and water resources.
- Against this backdrop, it's very important to focus on water in 2026, particularly as climate change intensifies drought, floods, desiccation, and land degradation across Africa.
- As an arid country, Namibia continues to promote the prudent use and conservation of water, integrated water resource management, groundwater recharge, and greater investment in sustainable water infrastructure.
- In this regard, we are pleased to inform that Namibia is a host to the Global Water Partnership headquarters, first time to be located in the Global South.
Kyrgyzstan · Sadyr Zhaparov · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- Today, this invaluable natural water reservoir is under severe climatic stress.
- Over the past 170 years, the water level has fallen by almost 14 meters, while over the past five years, the rate of decline has reached approximately 7 centimeters per year.
- The main source of water for Lake Issyk-Kul is the glacier of the Tian Shan Mountains.
- Large-scale efforts to clean the lake bed and its waters are continuing on a regular basis.
Mongolia · Khurelsukh Ukhnaa · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- In this regard, Mongolia is successfully implementing a series of national policies and initiatives, including the Billion Trees, Food Revolution, White Gold, Blue Gold, and Healthy Mongolian, aimed at restoring degraded land, expanding forest resources, protecting soil soil, water, and pastureland, ensuring food supply and security and supporting sustainable rural development.
- It is a comprehensive nationwide initiative aimed at combating desertification and land degradation, scaling up land restoration, expanding forest resources, protecting soil fertility, water resources, and biodiversity, mitigating the adverse impacts of climate change, improving food supply, and creating employment opportunities.
- Mother Nature and healthy soil are the guarantee of humanity's existence and the foundation of food and water resources, livelihood and sustainable development.
- Therefore, desertification, land degradation and drought should not be viewed merely as environmental issues, but should be addressed holistically in connection with food supply and security, water resources, livelihoods, sustainable development and global peace and security.
Barbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- Obstacles to peace, obstacles to food and clean water, obstacles to finance, medicine, and education, obstacles to movement and opportunity, obstacles to technology, to the knowledge and infrastructure needed to use it.
- And despite unprecedented global wealth, millions remain without reliable access to food, water, health, or shelter.
- To expand access to affordable, long-term capital for education projects, health projects, and water infrastructure.
- And the reason for it is that we know that you cannot build hospitals and schools and water infrastructure with 10 and 15 year money.
Egypt · Moustafa Kamal Madbouly · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- In this context, I wish to state clearly and unequivocally unequivocally that Egypt's water security is an existential issue that is not open to compromise.
- Egypt believes that transboundary water resources should be a field for cooperation and integration, not conflict.
- We also believe that water security and development are not contradictory objectives, but complementary ones when political will exists, when intentions are sincere, and when international law is respected.
- In this regard, Egypt reserves its legitimate and internationally recognized right under the Charter of the United Nations and international law to protect its water security and preserve the existential resources of its people.
Samoa · Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- Resources intended for education, Health, water and social protection are now diverted to disaster recovery.
- In many of our Pacific countries, our water systems are highly vulnerable to disruptions.
- These realities demand that the global water agenda fully recognize the special circumstances of SIDS.
- First, climate resilient water system must be scaled up urgently.
President of the General Assembly (opening) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- It rehabilitated hundreds of schools, electricity stations, and water treatment plants.
- This is how we chart these turbulent waters.
- Over the past decade, nearly 1 billion people have gained access to safely managed drinking water.
- It is already embedded in nearly every facet of our lives, in our water systems, electricity grids, economies, and militaries.
Italy · Antonio Tajani · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- To address this challenge, we are working side by side with United Nations Rome-based agencies, making available the best Italian expertise from agriculture and food production to satellite technologies that help reduce the use of land, water, and pesticides.
- Food security and water security are part of the same struggle.
- There can be no harvest without water.
- There can be no stability, only hunger, conflict, and migration if there is no water.
Hungary · András Bálint Baka · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- Water is another area where our interests meet.
- What one country does can affect the water available to another.
- Hungary has experience in water management, sustainable agriculture, and climate adaptation, and we are ready to share it.
- A school, a strong institution, or a safe water system can benefit people for many years.
Solomon Islands · Matthew Cooper Wale · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- Food and water security is under threat, and communities are being forced from their ancestral lands.
- Vulnerable countries should not have to choose between climate action and educating our children, caring for the sick, or securing food and water.
- Every day, our people are defending their coastlines, strengthening their resilience, protecting their food and water security, and their cultural heritage, and where there is no other choice, relocating.
- Solomon Islands is fighting back, working with the Foreign Fisheries Agency and partners, including Australia, France, New Zealand, and the US, to strengthen surveillance and enforcement across our waters.
Pakistan · Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- These waters must carry the promise of prosperity, not the perils of war.
- The shared waters of the Indus River system are the lifeblood not only for the people of Pakistan but for the entire region.
- Ladies and gentlemen, water must never be weaponized.
- Therefore, any attempt to stop impede or divert Pakistan's share of the waters will be treated as an act of war.
San Marino · Luca Beccari · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- Yet today, conflicts are multiplying, inequalities are deepening, climate disruption is accelerating, food and water are increasingly being used as an instrument of pressure, and the rules that have governed international relations for decades are being challenged.
- Women, children, older people, families forced from their homes, hospitals and schools destroyed, food, water and medicine denied.
- Climate change increased pressure on food, water, and community.
- Environmental degradation, food insecurity, water scarcity and displacement.
United Arab Emirates · Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- This year, the UAE is preparing to co-host with Senegal the UN Water Conference.
- recognizing the importance of concerted, coordinated international action in confronting the challenges of water, climate, and food security.
- We are confident that the conference will mark a vital milestone in advancing real, practical solutions for water security.
- These efforts embody our firm commitment to turning the challenge of water scarcity into an opportunity for innovation and joint international action, including through the Mohammed bin Zayed Water Initiative, which harnesses innovation, partnership, and investment to deliver lasting, sustainable solutions for present and future generations.
Jordan · Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein · Day 1 · 3 sentences
Dominica · Sylvanie Burton · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- For Dominica, this means resilient roads and bridges, resilient buildings, reliable communications, modern water systems, strengthened health infrastructure, and disaster-ready communities.
- Every dollar spent preventing the destruction of a road, a hospital, a school or a water system is an investment in future development.
- Resilient housing, smart and renewable energy systems, climate smart agriculture, modern water management, digital public services, resilient infrastructure, nature-based adaptation, and new industries powered by clean energy.
Morocco · Nasser Bourita · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- It is already affecting water and food security.
- In line with the vision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist him, the Kingdom has adopted a proactive policy based on the continued construction of dams, the interconnection of water basins, sea water desalination, the reuse of treated wastewater, and the rationalization of water resource management, particularly in the agricultural sector.
- The most prominent of which are perhaps the royal initiative to enable Sahel states to access the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the African Atlantic States process, the African Atlantic gas pipeline project, as well as investments in regional infrastructure, cooperation in the areas of food security, fertilizer production, and training programs for African executives This is in addition to partnerships in the areas of health, renewable energy, and water resource management.
Honduras · Nasry Juan Asfura Zablah · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- We are investing our own resources in protecting lives, harvests and access to drinking water.
- Honduras is opening its doors to anyone developing new solutions for water, agriculture, early warning, and the infrastructure that our country requires.
- We have crystal clear waters and reefs in the Bay Islands.
Kiribati · Taneti Maamau · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Sea level rise, coastal erosion, South water intrusion and extreme.
- weather events continue to place pressure on our communities, infrastructure, water security and livelihoods.
- Through our long-term national development mission, the GIDA vision for 20 years, our national priorities, and the Tamusindano policies, we continue to invest in resilience infrastructure, water security, coastal protection, disaster preparedness, renewable energy, and community-based adaptation.
Saint Lucia · Philip J. Pierre · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- It is a direct threat to national security, economic stability, food and water security, and human survival.
- Oceans of water separate us from the global powers, but our challenges are mainly connected to decisions made in the capitals.
- We are dealing with the scarcity of water due to climate change by exploring new sources of groundwater supply and encouraging the harvesting of rainwater.
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Geoffrey Hanley · Day 4 · 3 sentences
Mauritius · Dhananjay Ramful · Day 4 · 3 sentences
Cabo Verde · Francisco Avelino Vieira de Carvalho · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- We seek to transform knowledge into innovation, decent employment and opportunities to strengthen our education and health systems and to advance progresses in digital transformation, gender equality, energy transition, water security, and also in blue economy.
- The droughts, the desertification, water scarcity, ocean acidification, and the rising sea levels.
- Just look at what is happening currently on the island of Sal, where only two days ago, rising sea waters flooded the avenue in front of the hotels.
Vanuatu · Odo Tevi · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- For us, security also means food security, energy security, water security, health security, economic security, cybersecurity, environmental security, and the security of our people from the impacts of climate change.
- They affect food and water security, agriculture, fisheries, health, livelihoods, and the resilience of already vulnerable communities.
- We call for stronger regional early warning system, pre-positioned humanitarian assistance, rapid access to climate and disaster financing, and greater investment in resilient infrastructure and food and water security.
Secretary-General of the United Nations · António Guterres · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Central African Republic · Faustin Archange Touadera · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Judith Suminwa Tuluka · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- The climate crisis is also a water crisis.
- Following the African Water Forum held in Djamena in July, the DRC has proposed the creation of an African Coalition for Water Security, which aims to strengthen regional cooperation and mobilizing the financing needed to make water a driver of development and for the prevention of tensions.
Uzbekistan · Saida Mirziyoyeva · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Rodrigo Paz Pereira · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- We make up 60% of the water that the Amazon receives comes from Bolivia, one of the greatest cultural wealths of the continent and the world, and not just from one culture, many cultures within a single nation.
- An agenda of energy, critical minerals, industrialization, infrastructure, digitalization, water, biodiversity, food security, education, health, gender, science, technology, connectivity, and other things.
Gambia (Republic of The) · Mohammed Jallow · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- Coastal erosion, changing rainfall patterns, pressure on water resources, food insecurity, and environmental degradation are already affecting our communities and livelihoods.
- However, we are responding with determination by investing in renewable energy, coastal resilience, mangrove restoration, disaster risk reduction, early warning systems, water security, and nature-based solution.
Bangladesh · Tarique Rahman · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- The government has also began work on the Teesta Master Plan and the Padma Barrage Project to increase freshwater flows into the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans, and to conserve water through large reservoirs.
- At the same time, while strengthening domestic measures for water conservation and pollution prevention, the Government has reaffirmed its commitment to cooperation on transboundary water management by signing the 1992 Water Convention.
Nepal · Balendra Shah · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- Instead, I must speak about death and destruction of epic proportion, about families waiting for loved ones who will never come home, about communities searching through the mud, rocks, water for the people who are lost, may never be recovered, about bridges, about roads, schools, homes, livelihood, swept away in minutes, about a country whose steady progress to achieve sustainable development goals has been interrupted.
- These mountains provide water, ecosystem, agriculture, and livelihood to population far beyond Nepal.
South Africa · Ronald Ozzy Lamola · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- Millions more South Africans have access to education, electricity, water and sanitation, housing and social protection than they did at the dawn of our democracy or under apartheid.
- We are reminded that meeting the SDGs by 2030, including ending hunger and expanding access to safe water and sanitation, will require not more than 5% of the 2.9 trillion US dollars spent on arms.
Iraq · Ali Falih Al-Zaidi · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- Ladies and gentlemen, the security we seek is not limited to halting conflicts, but rather includes confronting climate change, the effects of desertification and water scarcity.
- Therefore, we affirm that we hold steadfastly onto our just and legitimate water rights, and we call for the joint management of water resources in accordance with the principles of cooperation and international law.
Niger · Lamine Zeine Ali Mahaman · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Tonga · Lord Fakafanua · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Mexico · Roberto Velasco Álvarez · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- In addition to this, we have sustained investment in infrastructure, healthcare, trains, highways, schools, and water infrastructure.
- Looking towards 2030, the investment in infrastructure for development with well-being plan plans to make investments in energy, transport, water, health, education, and emerging technology.
India · Subrahmanyam Jaishankar · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- When health, nutrition, and education are effectively delivered, when drinking water, electricity, roads, and housing are ensured, This veritably lifts the global SDG outcomes.
- Whether it is clean energy and clean water projects, sustainable agriculture, or the dissemination of best practices and technology, our capabilities and experiences have been reflected abroad.
Brazil · Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva · Day 1 · 1 sentence
United States of America · Donald Trump · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Türkiye · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Angola · João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Seychelles · Mathew Antonio Patrick Herminie · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Masoud Pezeshkian · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Czechia · Petr Pavel · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Timor-Leste · José Ramos-Horta · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Palau · Surangel Whipps · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Cyprus · Nikos Christodoulides · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Botswana · Duma Gideon Boko · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Panama · José Raúl Mulino Quintero · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Ethiopia · Taye Atske-Selassie Amde · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Slovakia · Peter Pellegrini · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Kenya · William Samoei Ruto · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Mozambique · Daniel Francisco Chapo · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Andorra · Xavier Espot Zamora · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Zimbabwe · Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Madagascar · Michaël Randrianirina · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Senegal · Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Yemen · Abdullah Abdulkader Al Alimi-Bawzer · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Kuwait · Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Rob Jetten · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Marshall Islands · Hilda Heine · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Tuvalu · Feleti Teo · Day 4 · 1 sentence
North Macedonia · Hristijan Mickoski · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Albania · Edi Rama · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Papua New Guinea · James Marape · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Bahrain · Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Pakistan · · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Micronesia (Federated States of) · Aren Palik · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Belize · John Briceño · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Germany · Johann Wadephul · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Malaysia · Mohamad Haji Hasan · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Sao Tome and Principe · Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Mali · Abdoulaye Diop · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Sri Lanka · Vijitha Herath · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Turkmenistan · Vepa Hajiyev · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Antigua and Barbuda · Walton Alfonso Webson · Day 6 · 1 sentence
South Sudan · Cecilia Adout Majok Adeng · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Denmark · Christina Markus Lassen · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Costa Rica · Boris Vasir Marchegiani Carrero · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Sudan · · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Sudan · · Day 6 · 1 sentence