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🇯🇴Jordan · Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein · Day 1 · 6 sentences

• Whether a ceasefire holds after the cameras leave, whether humanitarian suffering remains intolerable or becomes familiar, and whether the world steps up or scrolls and strolls away. 2:33:21Copy
• The question is whether our attention lasts long enough to act. 2:34:06Copy
• And the question is no longer whether a few extremists are breaking the law. 2:40:18Copy
• This is about whether Palestinians, Muslims, and Christians are entitled to the same rights as everyone else. 2:44:07Copy

🇩🇲Dominica · Sylvanie Burton · Day 1 · 5 sentences

• The question before us, therefore, is whether we possess the courage, solidarity, and political will to shape that change and guide our world towards peace, justice, and shared prosperity. 8:17:52Copy
• It is also whether we can work together to prevent that suffering in the first place. 8:20:27Copy
• It is about whether the global financial system is capable of recognizing a different development model. 8:28:13Copy
• The true test of multilateralism is not whether we can agree in this room. 8:34:14Copy

🇺🇳President of the General Assembly (opening) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 1 · 4 sentences

• Outside these walls, people are not asking whether the United Nations still exists. 59:37Copy
• They are asking whether it works. 59:43Copy
• Whether it is Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, homophobia, misogyny, it's all the same. 1:10:03Copy
• We have since created thousands of mandates, of which 4,000 are still active, irrespective of whether they were required or could be effectively carried out. 1:11:43Copy

🇺🇳Secretary-General of the United Nations · António Guterres · Day 1 · 3 sentences

• And they will determine whether we drift deeper into division and instability or move toward cooperation, justice, and collective security. 30:08Copy
• The test before us is whether power will be exercised with the law or beyond it. 35:05Copy
• Our shared future will be forged by whether humanity can govern power wisely, by upholding the law before impunity becomes normalized, by ending wars before they consume generations, by tackling inequality before society is fractured, by accelerating climate action before tipping points are crossed, and by governing artificial intelligence before it governs us. 53:26Copy

🇫🇮Finland · Alexander Stubb · Day 1 · 3 sentences

• And of course, with her President speaking here, you never know whether this will be the low point or the high point of her career. 5:00:14Copy
• It will turn against us, whether you represent a great power, a middle power, or a small state like Finland. 5:03:41Copy
• Whether it is in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, or the Americans, nations are seeking new alliances and partnerships. 5:05:07Copy

🇱🇺Luxembourg · Guillaume of Luxembourg · Day 1 · 3 sentences

• The question is therefore not whether we still need multilateralism. 5:25:20Copy
• The question is whether we have the courage to make it better. 5:25:25Copy
• It's whether a child is safer because of our decisions, whether a young person can receive an education, whether a family can live in dignity, whether a small country can believe that international law will protect it when power alone cannot. 5:33:33Copy

🇧🇼Botswana · Duma Gideon Boko · Day 2 · 3 sentences

• Whether a nation of a billion people or like Botswana with just over two and a half million people, we share one fragile planet and one imperfect but irreplaceable United Nations. 4:42:09Copy
• The choices we make will determine whether multilateralism restores trust, manages transformation, and delivers for all, or becomes a cautionary tale of promises made and forgotten. 4:42:23Copy
• That tradition tests whether trust between nations, large and small, can be restored. 4:43:31Copy

🇵🇱Poland · Karol Nawrocki · Day 2 · 3 sentences

• For if aggression, whether military or hybrid in nature, is not met with an adequate response, it becomes an invitation to repeat it. 6:51:36Copy
• This raises the question of whether, in a world of advancing artificial intelligence, humans will remain subjects or become merely objects of algorithmic influence. 7:06:21Copy
• It depends on our decisions whether the law will prevail over force and whether humanity will remain more important than the tools it has created. 7:08:56Copy

🇰🇪Kenya · William Samoei Ruto · Day 2 · 3 sentences

• The question, therefore, is not simply whether finance is available. 8:03:48Copy
• Whether in the Security Council or in the international financial system, institutions built for another age are being asked to govern a completely different world that we live in today. 8:12:01Copy
• They ask the same fundamental question, whether the institutions that govern our common future will reflect the sovereign equality they proclaim or preserve inequalities inherited from another age. 8:14:45Copy

🇬🇾Guyana · Mohamed Irfaan Ali · Day 3 · 3 sentences

• and to judge whether her vision, experience, expertise, and record can help restore confidence in the United Nations at this critical moment. 2:14:55Copy
• As to whether the divisions of our age will define the future. 2:15:58Copy
• Or whether nations can summon the will to build a more peaceful, secure, and prosperous international order. 2:16:02Copy

🇨🇴Colombia · José Manuel Restrepo · Day 3 · 3 sentences

• There was no time to ask whether we were ready. 4:55:35Copy
• I believe in the UN as an organization and it is precisely for that reason that I believe it's legitimate to ask whether the institutions that we've been building are effectively responding to the problems that that it was created to address. 5:05:13Copy
• Eight decades on, the question cannot be whether those purposes remain valid. 5:05:49Copy

🇦🇹Austria · Beate Meinl-Reisinger · Day 3 · 3 sentences

• Who decides whether a border is a line to be respected or a target to be crossed? 11:43:30Copy
• Who decides whether a human being or a machine pulls the trigger? 11:43:37Copy
• What matters to them is whether food arrives, whether a doctor reaches them, whether peacekeepers protect them. 11:49:40Copy

🇵🇬Papua New Guinea · James Marape · Day 4 · 3 sentences

• The United Nations reminds us that whether we are big or small nations, rich or poor nations, developed or developing, Powerful or less powerful, we are all members of one international community. 5:30:58Copy
• Whether a country is predominantly Christian, Muslim, or Hindu, or Buddhist, or follows other religious tradition, doesn't matter. 5:41:22Copy
• Let us ensure that power, whether military, economic, technology, or religious, is never used to suppress the rights of others. 5:50:39Copy

🇧🇿Belize · John Briceño · Day 5 · 3 sentences

• The question before us is whether we will use these tools, whether we have the will to deliver. 58:22Copy
• Because the question before us is not whether any new inequalities may arise. 1:02:57Copy
• It is whether the old ones will be written into the code, into who owns the data, who sets the standards, who captures the value and who, once more, is left to carry the cost. 1:03:03Copy

🇸🇬Singapore · Vivian Balakrishnan · Day 5 · 3 sentences

• The question is therefore not whether we need multilateralism, but how to make it fit for purpose. 4:16:20Copy
• And this is customary international law, which means it is binding on all states, whether or not they consider themselves parties to UNCLOS. 4:18:00Copy
• Just as all of us instinctively understand traffic lights the same way, whether we're here in New York or in Beijing, Moscow, or Singapore. 4:27:32Copy

🇸🇻El Salvador · Alexandra Hill Tinoco · Day 6 · 3 sentences

• And this is why I want to ask all of us here at this assembly very seriously, with a strong sense of conviction, whether today we have an organization that is still relevant with a conviction to deal with the challenges that our humanity is dealing with. 1:51:44Copy
• 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. 1:53:04Copy
• 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. 1:57:25Copy

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda · Walton Alfonso Webson · Day 6 · 3 sentences

• Whether confronted by climate change, challenging inequalities, or calling for reform, the international financial system, he was a fearless and principled advocate. 4:40:28Copy
• The UN80 reform process must be judged by whether this organization serves people better. 4:45:31Copy
• It will, however, judge us by whether we acted when the seas rose, when inequality deepened, when international law was violated and when multilateralism faltered. 5:04:52Copy

🇻🇺Vanuatu · Odo Tevi · Day 6 · 3 sentences

• It is about whether a child in Tanna can attend school, whether a farmer in Malekula can bring a produce to market, whether a family in Toba has access to reliable electricity, whether a community in Penama can recover quickly after a natural disaster. 6:19:47Copy
• and whether our young people can find meaningful opportunities at home rather than being forced to leave in search of them. 6:20:06Copy
• The question before us is, us is not whether transformation will occur. 6:27:27Copy

🇺🇳President of the General Assembly (closing) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 6 · 3 sentences

• I asked whether we were prepared to confront some hard truths about this organization. 7:00:00Copy
• Its measure is whether this organization delivers better, faster, and more fairly for the people it serves. 7:08:26Copy
• Its test is whether collective action changes realities on the ground. 7:10:30Copy

🇫🇷France · Emmanuel Macron · Day 1 · 2 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. 5:39:19Copy
• They want us to believe that just a few economic actors will make all the decisions, the kinds of economic innovations that will be implemented, whether they want to take a break or not, the kinds of innovations that happen. 6:02:55Copy

🇸🇷Suriname · Jennifer Geerlings-Simons · Day 1 · 2 sentences

• The discussion is no longer about whether slavery and colonialism have caused lasting consequences, negative consequences. 7:27:45Copy
• Coming back to the United Nations, with only four years left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, we may question whether we were too ambitious or if we should have done much more. 7:33:24Copy

🇳🇷Naoero · David Ranibok Adeang · Day 1 · 2 sentences

• Its role is not to determine whether deep sea bed mining is, as a matter of public policy, a correct course of action. 9:15:14Copy
• Achieving that is a great challenge for an institution whose members remain deeply divided on whether deep seabed mining should proceed at all, a question the Convention never asked the Authority to decide. 9:17:15Copy

🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago · Kamla Persad-Bissessar · Day 1 · 2 sentences

• whether the crisis lies within our region or far beyond it. 10:25:52Copy
• Whether in technology and SI, super intelligence, a global economy, or energy development countries must have the opportunity and the capacity to help in shaping those changes. 10:30:06Copy

🇷🇼Rwanda · Justin Nsengiyumva · Day 2 · 2 sentences

• The question before this Assembly is not whether multilateralism remains relevant. 11:07:23Copy
• It is whether our institutions are prepared to adapt to the challenges of our century and to deliver results that matter. 11:07:32Copy

🇦🇩Andorra · Xavier Espot Zamora · Day 2 · 2 sentences

• The recently deceased Franco-Iranian artist, Marjane Satrapi, once wondered whether we may have misunderstood the very purpose of education. 11:40:20Copy
• Because regardless of whether a country is rich or poor, we will only be able to shape our common future if we deepen the ties between our peoples, both globally and regionally. 11:41:44Copy

🇫🇯Fiji · Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu · Day 3 · 2 sentences

• Transformation will happen, whether we manage it or not, Your Excellencies. 6:52:25Copy
• It will be found in whether a coastal community can remain on the land of its ancestors, and whether a young person can trust democracy and find future at their home. 6:53:21Copy

🇧🇧Barbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 2 sentences

• And whether it is in Gaza or the West Bank or Lebanon or Yemen or Sudan or Ukraine or elsewhere. 8:20:12Copy
• For many vulnerable countries, the problem is not simply the availability of capital, but whether we have the fiscal space to borrow and to invest on reasonable terms. 8:33:06Copy

🇬🇷Greece · Kyriakos Mitsotakis · Day 3 · 2 sentences

• whether in disease eradication, productivity enhancement, or fighting climate change. 10:44:52Copy
• whether it was breaking up powerful monopolies or setting rules and standards to allow the market to operate with an eye on the common good. 10:48:13Copy

🇦🇺Australia · Anthony Albanese · Day 3 · 2 sentences

• Whether it is climate change or artificial intelligence, there is always the temptation to say that our generation is being confronted by issues that our predecessors could not possibly have imagined while dealing with the world they would not recognise. 10:53:01Copy
• Whether it's our support for our Pacific family, our partnerships in Southeast Asia, the elevation of our relationships with Japan, India, and the Republic of Korea, or the deepening of our partnerships with Europe and Canada, this is our approach. 10:58:41Copy

🇳🇴Norway · Espen Barth Eide · Day 4 · 2 sentences

• We decide whether it succeeds or fails. 11:58:22Copy
• We decide whether reform advances or stalls. 11:58:25Copy

🇰🇭Cambodia · Sokhonn Prak · Day 5 · 2 sentences

• Mr. President, the question is no longer whether our world is changing, but whether we can shape that change together and turn transformation into opportunities rather than division and insecurity. 2:32:33Copy
• And for the United Nations to deliver results for all, Every Member State, whether large or small, developed or developing, must see its dignity, its voice and its future reflected in this Organization. 2:36:21Copy

🇮🇸Iceland · Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir · Day 5 · 2 sentences

• What differs is whether societies give it room to flourish. 4:03:43Copy
• We must choose whether to uphold the law when it's inconvenient, whether to defend the rights of people who are not our citizens, and whether to protect and respect a system even when that system does not deliver the outcome we want. 4:11:16Copy

🇮🇳India · Subrahmanyam Jaishankar · Day 5 · 2 sentences

• 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. 4:51:20Copy
• Whether to meet food and medicine shortages, energy or fertilizer needs, or indeed creating livelihoods, India has contributed continuously and will do so. 4:52:27Copy

🇳🇿New Zealand · Victoria Louise Hallum · Day 6 · 2 sentences

• Yet its success will depend on whether we are willing to act differently. 4:19:05Copy
• We must ask whether we have the collective will to change our behaviour. 4:21:07Copy

🇧🇷Brazil · Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva · Day 1 · 1 sentence

• But we have a modern and robust election system Under the watchful eye of a pluralistic citizenry and a free press, we will not allow the enemies of democracy, whether domestic or foreign, to undermine popular will. 1:41:53Copy

🇸🇱Sierra Leone · Julius Maada Bio · Day 1 · 1 sentence

• The words for all ask not only whether United Nations can act, but also its actions, where they reach. 7:40:33Copy

🇨🇭Switzerland · Guy Parmelin · Day 1 · 1 sentence

• The question is whether relations between states will continue to be governed by common rules, or if they will increasingly depend on the weight and power of each individual state. 8:45:47Copy

🇧🇹Bhutan · Tshering Tobgay · Day 1 · 1 sentence

• Bhutan is not waiting to see whether the world believes in GMC before committing to it. 10:07:57Copy

🇧🇪Belgium · Maxime Prévot · Day 1 · 1 sentence

• It is precisely when the law runs counter to a state's immediate interest that we discover whether it truly matters. 11:43:05Copy

🇨🇿Czechia · Petr Pavel · Day 2 · 1 sentence

• The success of UN reforms will be judged not by new structures or new language, but by whether the multinational system can deliver, uphold international law, and make its rules matter. 2:14:30Copy

🇪🇪Estonia · Alar Karis · Day 2 · 1 sentence

• We also see instrumentalization of migration as a means of exerting pressure on countries, whether on the European Union, Eastern and Southern borders or elsewhere. 2:50:38Copy

🇨🇾Cyprus · Nikos Christodoulides · Day 2 · 1 sentence

• Because in the end, the strength of multilateralism is measured by whether every member state believes that its voice matters, its rights are protected, and its contribution has value. 4:24:19Copy

🇺🇦Ukraine · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Day 2 · 1 sentence

• And who knows whether courage will still work the same way in the future. 5:30:00Copy

🇸🇿Eswatini · King Mswati III · Day 2 · 1 sentence

• The true test of international cooperation is whether a child in a conflict-affected community can live without fear. 9:22:58Copy

🇪🇸Spain · Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón · Day 2 · 1 sentence

• Over the last eight years, my country has opposed all wars of aggression wherever they have started, whether it's in Ukraine, in Lebanon or in Iran. 11:20:53Copy

🇺🇿Uzbekistan · Saida Mirziyoyeva · Day 2 · 1 sentence

• Dear friends, the reforms being implemented by the head of Uzbekistan are primarily based on the criterion of whether people's lives are improving. 12:33:57Copy

🇿🇼Zimbabwe · Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• As the current crop of leaders, it should concern us that today, somewhere, a child is born into war, a family is displaced by conflict, a farmer loses another harvest to drought, and a young person wonders whether technological progress will expand opportunity or deepen inequality. 19:08Copy

🇲🇬Madagascar · Michaël Randrianirina · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• Faced with these recurring humanitarian emergencies, amplified by climate change, considerable investments are made reflecting the unwavering commitment of our development partners, working every year towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, the SDGs, whether that be fighting hunger, providing education or providing access to basic services for vulnerable populations. 42:01Copy

🇬🇭Ghana · John Dramani Mahama · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• Across every conflict, whether in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the standard must remain uniform, respect for sovereign integrity, protect civilians, ensure unhindered humanitarian access, and hold perpetrators of war crimes accountable. 1:16:01Copy

🇰🇲Comoros · Azali Assoumani · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• The international community will regain its credibility first by taking urgent action to silence the guns, to protect civilian lives, whether Israeli, Palestinian, Lebanese, or Syrian, and ultimately implementing United Nations resolutions, including the two-state solution with Israel and Palestine coexisting peacefully. 2:51:07Copy

🇬🇲Gambia (Republic of The) · Mohammed Jallow · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• Eight decades later, we must ask ourselves whether we have remained faithful to that insight. 4:32:22Copy

🇮🇱Israel · Benjamin Netanyahu · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• So to all those that are spreading these lies about my country and about our brave soldiers, whether they sit in this hall or in the office of the anti-Semitic mayor of New York, I say this, shame on you. 5:44:20Copy

🇦🇲Armenia · Nikol Pashinyan · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• I think that we, I mean Armenia and Azerbaijan, have achieved more than sufficient results which should be more valuable for us than the use of conflict rhetoric, whether it is about history or historical cultural monuments or anything else. 8:57:20Copy

🇸🇮Slovenia · Janez Janša · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• Human rights cannot depend on whether the victims are politically convenient to defend. 10:18:59Copy

🇳🇵Nepal · Balendra Shah · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• It is about whether the future of mountain communities, small island states, landlocked and least developed countries, and generations yet unborn count equally. 11:39:42Copy

🇿🇦South Africa · Ronald Ozzy Lamola · Day 3 · 1 sentence

• Our governments face a difficult choice whether to meet the needs of their citizens or certify the expectations of creditors. 12:03:11Copy

🇲🇹Malta · Robert Abela · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• It can seem whether from the perspective of a leader, consumer, or parent, to be overwhelming. 2:33:46Copy

🇲🇰North Macedonia · Hristijan Mickoski · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• Not only where energy comes from, but whether it will be available when crisis strikes. 3:34:48Copy

🇦🇱Albania · Edi Rama · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• Artificial intelligence will not decide whether this century belongs to liberty or to manipulation. 5:03:03Copy

🇱🇮Liechtenstein · Sabine Monauni · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• Whether we achieve one or the other, unfortunately, has been treated as a secondary priority to the AI race, one that has no clear finish line and, for that matter, a dubious prize. 7:26:27Copy

🇪🇬Egypt · Moustafa Kamal Madbouly · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• 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. 7:44:51Copy

🇹🇴Tonga · Lord Fakafanua · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• The question before us is not whether the world has heard our message, but why has it still not acted? 8:24:10Copy

🇼🇸Samoa · Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• Across many societies, People are increasingly asking whether global institutions are delivering on the promises made to them. 8:45:00Copy

🇰🇿Kazakhstan · Mukhtar Tileuberdi · Day 4 · 1 sentence

• The success of the reform should be measured not by what is cut or reorganized, but by whether the United Nations prevents conflicts more effectively, responds more rapidly to crisis and delivers better results for all member states. 10:10:09Copy

🇫🇲Micronesia (Federated States of) · Aren Palik · Day 5 · 1 sentence

• Mr. President and excellencies, in closing, the priorities before us mentioned earlier are interconnected tests or whether the United Nations can deliver for all. 52:25Copy

🇻🇦Holy See · Cardinal Pietro Parolin · Day 5 · 1 sentence

• Whether it becomes a transformation that elevates the human person or one that diminishes it depends on the choices made together in these rooms. 2:00:29Copy

🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam · Prince 'Abdul Mateen · Day 5 · 1 sentence

• Whether in Gaza or the West Bank, these are not merely numbers; they are human lives. 3:31:45Copy

🇩🇪Germany · Johann Wadephul · Day 5 · 1 sentence

• How we address AI together is one of the clearest tests whether we have the strength and the will to build a United Nations for today's world. 5:11:47Copy

🇯🇲Jamaica · Kamina Johnson Smith · Day 5 · 1 sentence

• It must be measured by how well we prepare, how quickly we recover, how intelligently we adapt, and whether we emerge stronger. 8:02:14Copy

🇿🇲Zambia · Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe · Day 5 · 1 sentence

• The question before us is therefore not whether transformation will happen, but it is rather how we manage transformation, who benefits from it, and whether our multilateral institutions are capable of delivering meaningful results for ordinary people. 8:35:43Copy

🇮🇩Indonesia · Sugiono · Day 5 · 1 sentence

• It is a test of whether multilateral system can uphold the very principles it was created to defend and whether it can deliver when it matters most. 9:07:23Copy

🇲🇱Mali · Abdoulaye Diop · Day 6 · 1 sentence

• The question is no longer whether the world is moving towards multipolarity, but rather which actors will shape this new order and how will they cooperate to meet the aspirations of people throughout the planet we share. 35:12Copy

🇸🇩Sudan · Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim · Day 6 · 1 sentence

• They have enjoyed support from the government of Sudan, whether through the country office or the designated human rights experts on Sudan. 3:25:04Copy

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates · Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar · Day 6 · 1 sentence

• The United Arab Emirates has consistently called for a peaceful settlement of this conflict, whether through direct negotiations or by recourse to the International Court of Justice. 3:31:37Copy

🇵🇭Philippines · · Day 6 · 1 sentence

• The relevant question is whether the conduct of states is consistent with their obligations under international law. 8:15:01Copy