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Download CSVUnited States of America · Donald Trump · Day 1 · 22 sentences
- Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, First Lady of the United States, distinguished delegates, ambassadors, and fellow leaders, it's my great honor to welcome the world to America as we celebrate 250 years of glorious freedom and independence.
- We lifted 1.5 million Americans out of poverty last year alone, another record.
- U.S. stock markets have set 80 all-time records, and that's just in the last 12 months, we've secured commitments for $21 trillion in new investments from all over the planet, compared to less than $1 trillion in four years in the previous administration.
- Two years ago, our country was dead.
Barbados · Mia Amor Mottley · Day 3 · 22 sentences
- It is why I believe the theme this year is so apt, restoring trust.
- The Oslo Peace Institute reported that in 2025 last year, 245, 000 individuals faced battle-related deaths.
- I'm told that this makes it the third most violent year in the post Cold War era.
- Last year we feared that there was a risk of conflicts in the Middle East widening even further.
France · Emmanuel Macron · Day 1 · 15 sentences
- And at the end of the day, the message I wish to convey to you today, as I've been doing over the last nine years, is a message of determination, optimism through action.
- And everyone has a right to them in Ukraine for almost five years now.
- One year ago, in this very chamber, several dozen states recognized Palestine.
- France is committed across all of these fronts, just like we're committed with Italy, with the help of Jordan and other friends of Lebanon, We've been committed for 50 years to all Lebanese, so no double standards.
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea · Kim Son Gyong · Day 6 · 15 sentences
- Mr. President, Last year, we meaningfully celebrated the 80th founding anniversary of the United Nations.
- As we marked the watershed in UN history, reviewing its past 80 years and looking ahead into the future, mankind ardently desired and aspired to put an immediate end to the current chaos of international relations and regain peace and stability.
- Unfortunately, however, what the world witnessed every day for the last one year was a harsh reality rampant with unprecedented mutual distrust and confrontation, infringement on sovereignty and military conflicts that led to extreme unrest and disorder globally.
- The new year started with a most despicable, world-startling act of state-sponsored terrorism, followed by worldwide outbreaks of other appalling incidents and events, which anyone with common sense and knowledge can hardly imagine.
Türkiye · Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · Day 1 · 14 sentences
- I would like to extend my congratulations and gratitude to my esteemed friend Mr. Guterres, who has served as Secretary-General of the UN for nearly 10 years with impartiality and, above all, with courage and integrity.
- His Excellency Mahmoud Abbas, the esteemed President of the State of Palestine, has been unable to attend these sessions for two consecutive years now.
- Let it be known that, although President Abbas is unable to be with us here in person, We will, as we did last year, continue to be the voice of a free and sovereign state of Palestine.
- But although it's been 81 years since signing of the treaty, humanity is still eagerly waiting for the day, for the strong determination of that time to actually come to life.
Japan · Takaichi Sanae · Day 1 · 14 sentences
- Against this backdrop, has the United Nations, now 80 years on since its foundation, been failing to fulfill its role in promoting peace and stability around the world?
- This year marks the 70th anniversary of Japan's accession to the United Nations.
- In this milestone year, I would first like to address how Japan has been tackling the challenges facing the international community, working hand in hand with the United Nations.
- For many years, we have engaged in dynamic trade in the free and open seas spanning the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean, and together we have built a strong and prosperous region.
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Geoffrey Hanley · Day 4 · 13 sentences
- We also express sincere appreciation to your predecessor for her stewardship over the past year.
- Mr. President, Last year, our Prime Minister, the honorable Doctor Terrence Drew, spoke of our sustainable island state agenda, Cesar.
- Earlier this year, our second voluntary national review in the United Nations High-Level Political Forum showed stronger government coordination, close alignment with sustainable development goals, and tangible progress for our people.
- One year ago, over 2 million gallon per day, solar power desalination plant was nearing completion.
Ukraine · Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Day 2 · 12 sentences
- Ladies and gentlemen, for almost five years now, Russian generals have been trying to carry out Putin's crazy order to seize our eastern land, the Donetsk region.
- And just this year, from January through August, the Russian army lost 248,964 people on the battlefield in Ukraine in eight months.
- After losing so many people, Russia managed to capture just over 1,000 square kilometers of our land this year.
- This has already been going on for five years.
Israel · Benjamin Netanyahu · Day 3 · 12 sentences
- Ladies and gentlemen, 14 years ago, I stood on this podium and I drew a red line.
- He was a 21-year-old paratroop officer.
- And when we did, nine years later, Palestinian terrorists hijacked a passenger airplane headed for Israel.
- For the past three years, our heroic soldiers have fought day in and day out in a seven-front war.
Solomon Islands · Matthew Cooper Wale · Day 4 · 12 sentences
- Mr. President, over the past year, the international community has faced many challenges.
- In August this year, Solomon Islands acceded to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, a clear demonstration of our resolve to confront this threat.
- Mr. President, year after year, Pacific leaders have stood at this podium and urged the world to act on climate change.
- This year, Tropical Cyclone Mala, a category five storm, tore through our communities, destroying homes, schools, infrastructure, and livelihoods.
Kyrgyzstan · Sadyr Zhaparov · Day 1 · 11 sentences
- As you are all aware, last year the international community marked the 80th anniversary of the United Nations.
- For 80 years, this unique global organization has been standing at the forefront of safeguarding peace, security, and development.
- In recent years, Central Asia has clearly demonstrated to the world its ability to resolve complex interstate issues peacefully.
- One year ago, standing at this stage, I started with confidence that Kyrgyzstan is among those states whose experience enables them to put forward substantive issues for consideration by the Security Council.
Timor-Leste · José Ramos-Horta · Day 2 · 11 sentences
- But then came the Palestinian Nakba, 1948, Over the following years, we read about the wars of partition, famine in South Asia, Korean War, onslaught in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, the infamous Khmer Rouge genocide, later the Bosnian genocide, Rwanda genocide, and so many other wars.
- As expected, for more than four years, we have had this devastating war in Ukraine, a war that now has backfired into Russia.
- And North Korean leaders seem to have learned lessons from Libya, Ukraine, and the ongoing Iran-Israel years war.
- They are people, they are women, they are children, youth in their best years, they are parents, they are grandparents.
Kenya · William Samoei Ruto · Day 2 · 11 sentences
- Mr. President of the General Assembly, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, 81 years ago, the nations gathered in San Francisco spoke from the ruins of war.
- Since the year 2000, deaths among children under five have fallen by more than half.
- Distinguished delegates, last year, the world recorded 65 state-based armed conflicts, the highest number of documented incidences in eight digits of global conflict data.
- Interstate conflicts doubled for the second consecutive year.
Sri Lanka · Vijitha Herath · Day 6 · 11 sentences
- The theme of this year's general debate, Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation, A United Nations that delivers for all goes to the heart of this challenge.
- Two years ago, marking a watershed moment in our history, the people of Sri Lanka, representing all communities and walks of life, gave a resounding mandate to the government of President M. W. Wickremesinghe to address these challenges and institute meaningful change.
- Although the guns fell silent 17 years ago, the deep wounds of that conflict remain, and much remains to be done to heal them.
- Throughout these two years, we have remained firm in our rejection of racism and religious extremism in all its forms and manifestations.
Cyprus · Nikos Christodoulides · Day 2 · 10 sentences
- Mr. President, Excellencies, as the UN Secretary General reminded us a few years ago, the United Nations is a product of hope.
- 81 years after its birth, that hope is being tested.
- In the last three years alone, we helped evacuate thousands of citizens from 70 different countries.
- In this four year of operation, it has provided specialized training to thousands of government officials from more than 50 countries from the Middle East, Africa and Europe.
Spain · Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón · Day 2 · 10 sentences
- I have come to defend the principles and ambitions that inspired the creation of this organization 81 years ago, principles and ambitions that different governments present here disregard or seek to dismantle.
- Eight years have gone by since I addressed this assembly for the first time, and since then, several things have changed in the world.
- Over these eight years, I've seen these selfish, ignorant, and cruel forces grow.
- led me to lose hope because also over these eight years I've seen wonderful things that allow me to still have confidence in humanity.
Slovenia · Janez Janša · Day 3 · 10 sentences
- Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Allow me to begin my speech by quoting the sentences that I delivered 14 years ago on this rostrum on behalf of Slovenia.
- This was 14 years ago.
- This year's theme of the United Nations Assembly is peaceful resolution of disputes.
- Last year, we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention on Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
Greece · Kyriakos Mitsotakis · Day 3 · 10 sentences
- Ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor to address the General Assembly for the eighth time as Prime Minister of Greece, and I do so at a moment of particular importance, as Greece reaches the end of our second year on the UN Security Council.
- And one year later, that need has only become much more urgent as we are living through extremely perilous times.
- In the Middle East, The Gaza peace plan agreed last year must be effectively implemented.
- Over the past three years, we have made a sustained effort to improve our relationship, rebuild trust, and keep channels of communication open in order to prevent the escalation of tensions that could lead to unwanted crisis.
Secretary-General of the United Nations · António Guterres · Day 1 · 9 sentences
- And the events of recent years have made that unmistakably clear.
- But it requires a multilateral system centered in the UN that is balanced and representative, strong, effective institutions that reflect the realities and progressively changing relative weight of countries and economies in today's world, not the power arrangements of 80 years ago.
- It is nearly three years since the abhorrent terror attacks by Hamas on 7 October.
- But what followed was an onslaught on Palestinians in Gaza with a scale of killing and destruction and like anything I've witnessed in my years as Secretary-General.
Mongolia · Khurelsukh Ukhnaa · Day 1 · 9 sentences
- Mr. President, on behalf of the people of Mongolia, I extend my heartfelt gratitude to the United Nations and its system organizations for their valuable contributions to our country's development and progress and their long-standing constructive cooperation over the 65 years since Mongolia's accession to the United Nations as a full-fledged member.
- According to the SDG Report 2026, Mongolia has achieved 68.8% of the SDGs, reflecting the tangible results of our efforts and the progress we have made in recent years.
- Furthermore, the United Nations General Assembly resolution initiated by Mongolia, proclaiming 2026 as the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, provides a new opportunity to raise global awareness of the importance of rangeland ecosystems, support the livelihoods of pastoralists, strengthen sustainable food systems, conserve biodiversity, and preserve the cultural heritage of nomadic peoples.
- The nomadic way of life that we ******* have inherited and carried forward over thousands of years embodies a comprehensive set of values and wisdom for living in harmony with nature and preserving it in its pristine state.
Naoero · David Ranibok Adeang · Day 1 · 9 sentences
- For many years, the world has known our country as Nauru.
- In light of this year's theme, let me say this: there can be no genuine trust and no true transformation without respect for the identity, history, language and rights of every people to be treated as an equal and to speak for itself.
- For 15 years, Nauru has invested critical resources in sponsoring the exploration of a portion of the deep sea bed.
- And when progress stalled, we looked to the 1994 agreement and invoked the two-year rule.
Estonia · Alar Karis · Day 2 · 9 sentences
- Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Last year, speaking from this podium, I described the United Nations as an idea of a better world.
- Over the past year in particular, it has become increasingly clear that the multilateral world order, with the United Nations and the Charter in its core, is at a profound turning point.
- 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.
- We have reduced our emissions by 66% over the past 35 years while transforming our energy system.
Dominican Republic · Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona · Day 2 · 9 sentences
- This year, we were one of the first countries to fully pay our contribution to the regular budget.
- This year, I affirmed from this very same rostrum that it was the turn of Latin America and the Caribbean to provide renewed leadership and that the time had come for a woman to be Secretary General of this organization.
- In more than 80 years, no woman has led this organization.
- A year ago, from this same rostrum, I called upon the council to act without delay.
Bahamas (the) · Philip Edward Davis · Day 4 · 9 sentences
- The promise of our generation was made 81 years ago with the founding of this United Nations from the ashes of the worst war in human history.
- For 500 years, the Caribbean was somebody's backyard.
- Two and a half thousand years ago, the envoys of Athens sit before the small island of Melos and told his people a simple truth about power.
- 81 years ago in San Francisco, humanity wrote a different law, the sovereign equality of nations, not equality of size or wealth, equality of standing.
Chile · José Antonio Kast · Day 1 · 8 sentences
- 64 years ago in this same forum, the then President of Chile, Jorge Alessandri, described our country, Chile, as a large, narrow nation between the Andes and the Pacific, extending from there till the moving expanse of the Antarctic.
- We have been in government for six years and we're getting our house in order.
- In Chile, in the first six months of this year, the rate of homicides decreased to the tune of 11.5%.
- We have our border shield plan and that has made it possible to induce irregular entry by 86% and we have deported 50% more people than we did last year.
United Republic of Tanzania · Deogratius Ndejembi · Day 1 · 8 sentences
- Mr. President, about 80 years ago, The United Nations was founded in San Francisco on a simple but enduring principle: that nations can prevent war and advance peace through trust, collective action, and respect the UN Charter.
- Mr. President, Excellencies, and distinguished delegates, while we are a few years away from year 2030, progress towards attainment of the SDGs is still unimpressive.
- Under her leadership, Tanzania reduced maternal deaths by 80% in just seven years.
- 130 megawatts of geothermal power projects and the National Clean Cooking Strategy which aims to ensure that 80% of households adopt clean working by the year 2034.
Belgium · Maxime Prévot · Day 1 · 8 sentences
- At one point, one of the characters says, "Years and years we have been together, and we have never seen each other.
- And this year again, hundreds of millions of people need humanitarian assistance while the resources available to help them are shrinking.
- The BBNJ agreements enter into force this year after almost 20 years of negotiations.
- Almost 20 years.
Paraguay · Santiago Peña Palacios · Day 2 · 8 sentences
- The reason I went to Venezuela is because for 25 years, South American leaders have issued fine lyrical rhetoric, resounding statements and countless slogans on Venezuela.
- For 25 years, we watched, we waited.
- What I want is what my own country achieved after 35 years of dictatorship in 1989, a real lasting democratic transition.
- Seventy years of uninterrupted diplomatic relations are not merely a number or the product of a mere calculation.
Montenegro · Jakov Milatović · Day 2 · 8 sentences
- In 2025, the world witnessed more armed conflicts than in any year since 1946. 65 active conflicts, eight of which between the states.
- Excellencies, 20 years ago, shortly after peacefully restoring our independence, Montenegro took its seat in this very Assembly as a full member of the United Nations.
- And this year therefore holds a very special significance for us.
- We celebrate 20 years of our UN membership as a sovereign nation.
Yemen · Abdullah Abdulkader Al Alimi-Bawzer · Day 3 · 8 sentences
- 12 years could be in politics a mere temporal span, the length of a protracted crisis.
- But for a Yemeni child, 12 years are his entire childhood.
- The people of Yemen, Yemen, this great nation with its rich history, civilization, and human heritage, has been enduring for 12 years the consequences of the coup carried out by the terrorist Houthi militia against the state and its institutions.
- 12 years.
Russian Federation · Sergey Lavrov · Day 5 · 8 sentences
- The Western minority, which dominated for 500 years thanks to others' resources, continues to try to maintain its privileges and to impose its own rules on everyone else.
- At the start of this year, in contravention of all norms, including moral norms, the US invaded Venezuela, resulting in the abduction of President Maduro and his spouse, held in an American prison without trial.
- We're particularly disquieted by the fact that the US and Israeli aggression, which began in June of last year also seeks to target the civilian infrastructure in Iran and civilian nuclear infrastructure under IAEA safeguards.
- Almost a year ago, the Security Council approved the peace plan for the Gaza Strip, but peace does not reign there.
Denmark · Christina Markus Lassen · Day 6 · 8 sentences
- 81 years ago, the world gave itself a compass.
- Ukraine has been offering this for a year now.
- Excellencies, last year, this Assembly endorsed the New York Declaration, a roadmap towards the two-state solution, a path to lasting peace and security for Israelis and Palestinians.
- On the contrary, it must inspire us to work harder to sustain and strengthen the structures, instruments and mechanisms we have built over the last 81 years.
President of the General Assembly (opening) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 1 · 7 sentences
- Excellencies, Mr. Secretary General, former Presidents of the General Assembly, ladies and gentlemen, 40 years ago, I stood in this very hall as a newly minted member of the cabinet of the 41st President of the General Assembly, Mr. Humayun Rashid Chaudhry.
- At that time, he said, and I quote, In recent years, there appears to have been a crisis of confidence in the United Nations itself.
- That was 40 years ago.
- Last year, OECD donors spent about $175 billion on development assistance, a whopping 23% drop year on year.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · Andy Burnham · Day 1 · 7 sentences
- It is now 10 years since Brexit.
- True resilience depends on this military strength, but the last 10 years tells us that it is also about something deeper as well.
- In recent years, we have seen industrial-scale assault by hostile actors on the information environment in the UK and that of many of our allies.
- The Kremlin spends around 1.3 billion pounds each year on manipulating information.
Serbia · Aleksandar Vučić · Day 2 · 7 sentences
- Mr. President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The theme of this year's session, "Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation: A United Nations that Delivers for All," captures at least in part the moment in which we find ourselves.
- In addition, for four and a half years now, I have been listening to lectures how many in the West remain last beacon of democracy in the world, the protectors not of Ukraine, but of the rules and principles of international law.
- As the President of Serbia, for 10 years I have been facing all possible tricks and pressures to give up on full implementation of what was signed.
- We obtained candidate status in 2012 and opened accession negotiations in 2014, more than 12 years ago.
Ghana · John Dramani Mahama · Day 3 · 7 sentences
- I also wish to commend outgoing UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, for his dedicated service to our world body over the last 10 years.
- But, Mr. President, last year from this very podium, I made a solemn pledge on behalf of Africa and the global African diaspora to seek full international recognition of the transatlantic trafficking and racialized chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity.
- Mr. President, On 25th March this year, the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Ghana had the honour of tabling resolution 80/250 in this very august Assembly.
- The blood of five-year-old Hind Rajab and the more than 20,000 children that have been killed in this brutal conflict cries out to the conscience of the world.
Armenia · Nikol Pashinyan · Day 3 · 7 sentences
- The agreement provides that in the event of its extension in the 50th year, the Republic of Armenia's share will become 49% without additional investment.
- After almost 35 years of conflict, We are now discussing issues of building pipelines, power lines, and roads in addition to the East-West railway within the framework of the trip project.
- 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.
Tonga · Lord Fakafanua · Day 4 · 7 sentences
- This year, Tonga ratified United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities, reaffirming our commitment to the dignity and the equal participation of persons with disabilities.
- UNEP's limiting overshoot report warns that exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius could occur within the next few years.
- The Pacific loses an estimated of $500 million every year due to natural disasters such as cyclones, flooding, Early warning systems give communities time to prepare and reduce these losses.
- Tonga's Climate Trust Fund, a direct community fund which dispersed its first round of grants this year, also requires significant funding support.
Belarus · Maxim Ryzhenkov · Day 5 · 7 sentences
- And in recent years, this policy has reached its peak.
- And in line with this, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution in March of this year declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity.
- A third of our population during the war was murdered in cold blood and tortured by civilised Europeans, united by Hitler 85 years ago.
- The great waterfall that the peoples of Zimbabwe have for centuries called Mosi-oa-Tunya, the smoke that thunders, the colonisers "discovered" it 150 years ago and named it after their queen, who had never even set foot in Africa.
Tajikistan · Sirojiddin Muhriddin · Day 5 · 7 sentences
- In 2025, the General Assembly proclaimed 2027 as the International Year of Legal Literacy, following an initiative of Tajikistan.
- The next two years will be decisive.
- Later this year, the international community will gather for the United Nations Water Conference in Abu Dhabi.
- As the Secretary-General recently reminded us, used well and shared widely, AI could compress decades of development into years.
Jamaica · Kamina Johnson Smith · Day 5 · 7 sentences
- Mr. President, the selection of the next Secretary-General will be one of the most consequential decisions before Member States this year.
- On the 28th of October last year, Hurricane Melissa struck our island.
- In a matter of hours, more than half the value of an entire year of national economic output was damaged or lost.
- Years of fiscal discipline had allowed us to build buffers.
Angola · João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço · Day 1 · 6 sentences
- This year's session, however, takes place 25 years after the terrorist attack that destroyed the Twin Towers in New York and struck other targets on the American territory, causing thousands of civilian deaths, injuries, some of whom continue to bear physical and emotional scars to this day.
- In addition to terrorism which remains active in some countries, particularly in Africa, the situation of global peace and security has been worsening year after year bringing us to the present moment in which we note with deep concern that the world has taken a course that brings it alarmingly close to a global conflict.
- Over the years, Angola has sought to make its contribution to building and consolidation of peace in Africa and the world, but the current situation in no way reflects the aspirations of people for harmony and understanding amongst nations.
- Also worthy of particular retention is the holding in July of this year in Luanda, in partnership with the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, the third edition of the initiative "Call for Peace, End to Wars and Respect for International Law".
Sierra Leone · Julius Maada Bio · Day 1 · 6 sentences
- Mr. President, nearly 25 years ago, Sierra Leone completed disarmament and formally declared its civil war over.
- In this year's theme, restoring trust, managing transformation, a United Nation that delivers for all.
- Years of intergovernmental negotiation without realizing the reform has tested the credibility of the process.
- In 80 years, every Secretary-General has been a man.
Poland · Karol Nawrocki · Day 2 · 6 sentences
- At the very moment the foundations of the UN were being laid, my nation, a victim of two totalitarian regimes, was under the domination of one of them, Soviet Russia, and after several years of devastating occupation of the other, Germany.
- Ladies and gentlemen, for many years, representatives of my country have been trying in this chamber and in the Security Council to point out that a situation in which a permanent member of the Council, Russia, attempts unsuccessfully but with ruthless persistence to conquer a neighboring state and destabilize the entire region is violation of the principles we all uphold as signatories to the Charter of the United Nations.
- The experiences of recent years have clearly shown that countries capable of making themselves independent from energy pressure are also more resilient to blackmail and destabilization.
- This year, we are participating in the group's works at the invitation of the current presidency, the United States.
Bangladesh · Tarique Rahman · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- In a free, fair and impartial national election held on 12 February this year, the people entrusted the Bangladesh Nationalist Party with the responsibility of governing the country.
- This year, Bangladesh is observing the 40th anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development and the 25th anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action.
- Mr. President, for more than nine years, Bangladesh has been sheltering more than 1.2 million forcibly displaced Rohingya from Myanmar.
- As part of these efforts, the government has launched a program to plant 250 million trees across the country over the next five years.
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Rob Jetten · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- But let us not forget what lay behind the founding of the United Nations over 80 years ago, the realization that doing nothing had led to the darkest chapters in human history.
- That was the idea underpinning the establishment 80 years ago of the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.
- Last year, the electrical vehicle market grew by 20%, wind power capacity grew by 14%, and solar power by more than 30%.
- And this growth in renewable energy has exceeded even the most optimistic projections from 10 years ago.
South Africa · Ronald Ozzy Lamola · Day 3 · 6 sentences
- 60 years ago, in the chamber of this assembly, the United Nations adopted a resolution condemning apartheid as a crime against humanity.
- In the last year alone, African countries spent roughly the same amount on servicing debt as it needed to close our infrastructure financing gap.
- In the last year, 2 million people in the Southern African Development Community suffered the combined and debilitating impact of floods, cyclones, wildfires, and disease outbreaks.
- In the last two years, the world spent more on military budgets than on resourcing this important body tasked with maintaining global peace.
Kiribati · Taneti Maamau · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- 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.
- The Pacific's co-hosting of COP31 with Turkey later this year further demonstrates the value of local action.
- As the 2030 Agenda enters its final years, partnership must remain central to accelerating SDG progress.
- This year, following the submission of our second VNR, my government convened its first Development Partners Forum on Christmas Island, which we highly value as the world's largest coral atoll and the first island to see each new day's sunrise.
Pakistan · Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- Mr. President, unfortunately, in February this year, conflict engulfed Gulf, along with wider Middle East.
- Mr. President, A year ago, Pakistan faced external aggression from India under a false pretext.
- Last year, Mr. President, I had shared with you the heart-wrenching story of Hind Rajab, an innocent Palestinian girl who was brutally shot by Israeli soldiers.
- This year, another tragedy weighs heavy on our hearts, your hearts, and the world's heart.
Sweden · Maria Malmer Stenergard · Day 4 · 6 sentences
- Mr. President, 80 years ago, when Sweden joined the United Nations, the foundations of our modern society were being laid.
- In 1919, the same year my grandmother was born, Sweden decided that women should have the right to vote.
- That very same year, women in Afghanistan were also granted the right to vote.
- Four and a half years after launching its full-scale invasion, Russia has failed to achieve its objectives.
New Zealand · Victoria Louise Hallum · Day 6 · 6 sentences
- The number of active conflicts in the world has doubled in the past 20 years.
- President, over recent years New Zealand has spoken of the importance of leadership.
- New Zealand thanks Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for his service over the past 10 years.
- We thank you also for starting the process of essential reform to put this vital organization on a stronger and more sustainable footing to deal with the challenges of the next 80 years.
Brazil · Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- The year of 2025 record the highest number of armed conflicts since the World War II.
- The war between Russia and Ukraine has dragged on for five years in a humanitarian drama that continues to claim lives.
- This year, however, the topic disappeared from the debates of the G7 and G20, forums that bring together the largest carbon emitters.
- We will continue to reduce redeforestation, which has been cut in half in the Amazon and reaching its lowest level in 11 years.
Finland · Alexander Stubb · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- wonderful 44-year career in the Finnish diplomatic service, and she will retire in the month of October, and I would like to thank her for her services.
- Last year, from this very podium, I stated that foreign policy is based on three pillars: values, interests, and power.
- This year, I come with something much simpler: a choice, a choice between cooperation or conflict.
- Now, since my first speech here two years ago, I've consistently called for a reformed Security Council.
Suriname · Jennifer Geerlings-Simons · Day 1 · 5 sentences
- Mister President, standing before this assembly, I am reminded that while some efforts have been made from this rostrum over the past year, these have not yet matched the scale of the challenges confronting our world.
- Mr. President, The pursuit of restorative justice gained new momentum with the adoption of the resolution on slavery and transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans in this hall in March of this year.
- Because our forests are under even more pressure than when I addressed this meeting last year.
- Last year at this rostrum, I noted that Suriname is diversity.
Latvia · Edgars Rinkēvičs · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- Excellencies, for the past year, we have heard it again and again.
- For 50 years, our independence was denied, but Latvia's right to sovereignty endured.
- This year, we will select the next Secretary-General.
- That was the promise of the United Nations 81 years ago.
Namibia · Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- Therefore, we shall not be passive observers to the efforts aimed at dismantling or weakening the international system that had served us over eight years, albeit with some shortcomings.
- In this context, We welcome the creation of the African Credit Rating Agency to be launched in Mauritius in October this year.
- We believe its outcome is a meaningful contribution to the 2026 UN Water Conference to be held later in the year and advance strong global partnership, investment and action for sustainable water security.
- Subsequently, this year we have introduced 100% subsidised registration and tuition fees for Namibian students entering universities and vocational training centres and encourage them to take up appropriate courses.
Mozambique · Daniel Francisco Chapo · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- 81 years ago, In the face of devastation caused by war, the humanity chose cooperation over confrontation, the law over force, and hope over fear.
- In short, restoring trust means renewing the promise made 81 years ago.
- With less than four years until the deadline, millions of people remain deprived of basic opportunities, water, energy, infrastructure, and others.
- 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.
Italy · Antonio Tajani · Day 2 · 5 sentences
- Mr. President, last year, from this very podium, Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, recalled that 56 armed conflicts were raging across the world, the highest number since World War II.
- And as war advances, the principles on which we have built 80 years of international relations retreat, the prohibition of the use of force, international humanitarian law, and freedom and security of navigation.
- Artificial intelligence is doing so in a matter of years.
- 81 years later, that lesson is more relevant than ever.
Madagascar · Michaël Randrianirina · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- In the east, every year increasingly violent and destructive tropical cyclones devastate crops, infrastructure, and human lives.
- 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.
- and we hope to mobilize $1.5 billion over five years for the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for the period 2024-2028.
- Mr. President, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, by embracing this theme, We are undertaking a commitment, namely to not postpone the reforms that are essential for enabling our organization to act with the integrity required by the challenges of our age, building upon the achievements of the United Nations over 81 years.
Guyana · Mohamed Irfaan Ali · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- I also express my sincere appreciation to your predecessor for her stewardship over the past year.
- Mr. President, one year ago, I stood at this very podium and reminded this Assembly that if the United Nations is to remain humanity's surest hope for a just and peaceful world, it must have the courage to confront aggression and the will to engage fully with the defining question of our age.
- Indeed, I am pleased that the theme of this year's Assembly, and I quote, "Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation," A United Nations that delivers for all.
- Mr. President, two years ago, at this very podium, I committed Guyana to provide global leadership on biodiversity.
Somalia · Hassan Sheikh Mohamud · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- He will be missed very much after he concludes his term as the Secretary-General this year.
- 11 years later, we must have the courage to admit that the world is not where we expected it to be.
- This is why this year's theme is both timely and necessary.
- The most important word in this year's theme is all, not some.
Comoros · Azali Assoumani · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- For 81 years, this General Assembly has remained the central pillar of multilateralism.
- Mr. President, distinguished participants, A year ago, we called in this very hall for peace to be the foundation of development and human rights.
- With financing needs of $5.2 billion over 10 years, The plan is the driving force of our transformation.
- This historic recognition is the fruit of 20 years of work and it honors our nation.
Gambia (Republic of The) · Mohammed Jallow · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- I also wish to place on record the Gambia's appreciation for the Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres, and Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, whose steady and principled leadership through years of compounding global crises, have done much to keep the flame of multilateral cooperation alive, even as the winds against it have grown fiercer.
- We wish them well as they complete their tenure at the end of this year.
- With only a few years remaining to achieve the 2030 agenda, the time for implementation is now.
- The Gambia is proud of its leading role alongside Mexico in advancing this process through more than three years of patient negotiation.
Austria · Beate Meinl-Reisinger · Day 3 · 5 sentences
- For more than 80 years, this organisation has stood for one answer: power must be bound by rules agreed together.
- Austria will be a reliable partner in the Security Council during the next two years.
- For more than four years, Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine has violated the UN Charter, and it still does.
- After years of bloodshed and suffering, it is obvious no one can bomb their way to peace.
Monaco · Christophe Mirmand · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- For almost five years, a permanent member of the Security Council has been waging a war of aggression against a sovereign state, in flagrant violation of the Charter.
- After 80 years, the principality hopes that women candidates will be seriously considered.
- Because the climate crisis is no longer a distant threat, heat waves, fires and floods are multiplying, and the Mediterranean, which my country borders, experienced last year its second highest surface temperature ever recorded.
- Four years before the 2030 deadline, the Sustainable Development Agenda must not become the symbol of our broken promises.
Marshall Islands · Hilda Heine · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- As we gather in Tuvalu, Fiji, and Turkey for this year's climate pre-COP and COP, our response to the threat of overshoot must be overwhelming.
- In years to come, every nation in this hall may be told that the question or coercion upon Taiwan is an internal matter, somehow justified by an ancient UN Seeding Chart resolution, a resolution which doesn't even reference Taiwan.
- In years to come, we may all be told that it's futile for small nations to resist a larger one.
- Two years ago, I concluded my statement by reciting an old Marshallese proverb, "Wetin kangal, wetin kangal."
Tuvalu · Feleti Teo · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- This year also marks the historical and first deployment of Tuvalu police officers to serve in the UN mission in South Sudan, a deployment that confirms that even the smallest member of the UN can contribute meaningfully to international peace and security.
- Towards that objective, Tuvalu is determined to play its part in driving greater ambition, including the hosting of the leader segment event of the pre-COP 31 next month, and co-hosting with Ireland and Tuvalu next year, the second conference on transitioning away from fossil fuel.
- This year, Tuvalu soft-launched its first-ever national ocean policy, a comprehensive framework to strengthen our stewardship of marine resources, affirm the permanence of our maritime zones, protect biodiversity, and place the ocean at the center of our resilience and sustainable development.
- and look forward to contributing to the first Conference of the Parties of the Agreement next year.
Liechtenstein · Sabine Monauni · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- President, Liechtenstein joined the United Nations 36 years ago as its 160th member.
- Over the past year, we have seen a record number of armed conflicts around the world and a rapidly diminishing role of the United Nations in ending them.
- In the Middle East, the UN's role has been further reduced, in contrast to the central position it has taken up over the years.
- We are proud of the way the court has addressed the challenges to its resilience over the past year.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Godwin Friday · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- Having experienced only two years ago.
- In July 2024 Hurricane Barrel struck Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and demonstrated once again how a few hours of extreme weather can destroy lives, homes, livelihoods, and infrastructure built over many years.
- My Government adds its voice to call a call renewed year after year in this hall for the embargo to end.
- When earthquake, devastating earthquake struck Venezuela earlier this year, claiming thousands of lives.
Mauritius · Dhananjay Ramful · Day 4 · 5 sentences
- As we look to the next 80 years, we must ask ourselves a searching question.
- However, over the years, optimal use has been made primarily of only one of these organs.
- and Mauritius welcomes the holding of the UN Water Conference in December this year.
- Earlier this year, Mauritius adopted new legislation to further enhance the protection of women's rights.
Belize · John Briceño · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- For more than 80 years, this organization has done what no single nation could.
- Mr. President, We are less than four years from 2030.
- of the League of Nations final years.
- Mr. President, for 55 years after independence, Belize continues to pursue the peaceful settlement of its territorial disputes with Guatemala and with Honduras.
Republic of Moldova · Vasile Tofan · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- In just five years, renewables grew from nothing to around 30% of our energy supply.
- Russia spent the equivalent of nearly 2% of our GDP trying to influence last year's elections.
- We want Moldova to become a place where emerging technologies can be tested responsibly through regulatory sandboxes, where regulators learn alongside companies, Rules adjust with evidence, and good ideas do not wait years to reach the real economy.
- Kiev was home for nearly 15 years, including on that fateful morning of 24th of February, 2022.
Holy See · Cardinal Pietro Parolin · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- Mr. President, in a world marked by rapid technological change, environmental threats, renewed conflicts, and deepening fractures in the international order, This year's theme, restoring trust, managing transformation, a United Nations that delivers for all, is not merely aspirational.
- For some years now, the world has spiraled into violence that has progressively spread and intensified, continually opening up new theaters of war.
- After more than four years of war in Ukraine, the death toll continues to rise.
- The international community must not forget the tragic plight of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya, who for more than nine years now, suffer not only from the tragedy of statelessness, but also have been subjected to inhumane and deadly circumstances.
Iceland · Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- Madam President, This year marks 80 years since Iceland joined the United Nations.
- In Sudan, years of civil war have brought atrocities, mass displacement, and grave violation of international humanitarian law.
- Madam President, 75 years after the 1951 Refugee Convention, we should have hoped that the need for it would be diminishing.
- 25 years ago this month, terrorist attacks in the United States changed our world profoundly.
San Marino · Luca Beccari · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- 81 years ago, the United Nations was created to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.
- San Marino support the priority of your program and stand ready to cooperate fully with you and with all member states in the year ahead.
- Last year, San Marino endorsed the New York Declaration for a two-state solution.
- Mr. President, five years ago, the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan.
Indonesia · Sugiono · Day 5 · 5 sentences
- May peace be upon all of us. 81 years ago, from the ashes of the Second World War, Indonesia and the United Nations were born.
- As President Prabowo Subianto mentioned in his very lecture last year, 1,000 friends are too few and an enemy is too many.
- Mr. President, 81 years ago, Indonesia fought against colonialism so we could chart our own future.
- Also, one year ago, President Prabowo Subianto called upon us to draw closer, not drift apart.
South Sudan · Cecilia Adout Majok Adeng · Day 6 · 5 sentences
- During some of the darkest years of the conflict, churches remained with the people of South Sudan.
- 15 years later, South Sudan has traveled a difficult road.
- The mission before President Kiir is therefore different from the mission of the liberation years.
- The difficulties of the last 15 years have been not extinguished, not to extinguish those dreams.
Lithuania · Gitanas Nausėda · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- Your Excellency, Madam President, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, 35 years ago, Lithuania returned to its rightful place in the global community of sovereign states.
- Recent years have brought us numerous high-intensity and far-reaching conflicts that dominate the global affairs on a scale not seen in decades.
- In the 12 years since the illegal occupation of Crimea, Russia has escalated from clandestine operations and limited warfare in eastern Ukraine to massive military operations, mass killings, and ultimately the largest drone attacks against civilian infrastructure the world has ever seen.
- In the last year, it has gained 0.3% of Ukraine's territory at the cost of over 400,000 soldiers killed and wounded.
Luxembourg · Guillaume of Luxembourg · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- I assumed office less than a year ago, It is therefore a particular honor to stand before you today and to reaffirm from this podium the importance Luxembourg attaches to the United Nations and to a rule-based international order grounded in the rule of law.
- 81 years ago, still deeply marked by the horrors of the Second World War, Luxembourg was among the 51 founding members that came together in San Francisco to lay the foundations of a new international order.
- 81 years later, that promise is under considerable pressure.
- This year, I had the privilege of succeeding His Majesty King Carl Gustaf of Sweden as honorary chair of the World Scout Foundation.
Republic of Korea · Lee Jae Myung · Day 1 · 4 sentences
- Last year, I proudly announced from this podium that the Republic of Korea, which will be a beacon of light for global citizens, has returned to the international community.
- 35 years ago, the two Koreas were admitted to the UN as members on this very stage.
- One year ago, I stated from this stage that the Republic of Korea would begin a new journey toward peaceful coexistence and shared growth on the Korean Peninsula.
- I hope that the United Nations, which created a pivotal moment for peaceful coexistence on the Korean Peninsula 35 years ago, and the Security Council, which has safeguarded the peace and stability of the international community, will once again play a responsible and constructive role.
Romania · Nicuşor-Daniel Dan · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- Romania's evolution over the past 37 years proves the crucial importance of upholding these principles.
- Next year, we will begin extracting, exploiting 100 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the Black Sea.
- Ladies and gentlemen, we have entered the fifth year of the illegal, unprovoked, and unjustified full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine waged by a permanent member of the Security Council.
- Romania supports balancing military expenditure and a target of 5% of GDP, reaching this year 3.7%.
Czechia · Petr Pavel · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- Restoring trust, managing transformation is a fitting theme for this year's session.
- More than 80 years ago, the Manhattan Project showed how rapidly a scientific breakthrough can transform the balance of power, and how difficult it is for politics and international rules to catch up.
- This year has once again reminded us of the growing impacts of extreme weather, affecting people and communities across the globe.
- Mr. President, let me finish with a message that has not changed over the past year.
Argentina · Javier Gerardo Milei · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- 78 years ago, this House declared that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, noble words whose spirit I fully share.
- 50 years ago, this very Assembly adopted resolution 3149, which calls on parties to refrain from introducing unilateral modifications while the dispute remains unresolved.
- 50 years on, the situation has not changed, yet unilateral modifications continue.
- For years, citizens around the world were told that they should be afraid, afraid of their neighbors, of the air they breathe, of leaving their homes.
Panama · José Raúl Mulino Quintero · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- This was all achieved over many years without any imposition.
- And so in the second six months of 2024, With colossal effort being made by my country, we managed to oversee a 50% drop compared to the first six months of the year.
- Last year, we announced here our Pact for Nature and the Natural Panama Fund, which are initiatives that we're already progressing on.
- And Panama was in the final stages of completing the sovereign canal of our country and the ambassador Dr. Cesar Cuellar here at the United Nations, he was here and then what happened, well there was a very frank and short response, support us in international public law and here we are today, many years later, here we are again talking about the same thing.
Slovakia · Peter Pellegrini · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- Over the past year, Slovakia has hosted several international meetings and offered space for dialogue.
- The war in Ukraine, now in its fifth year, continues to bring destruction close to Slovakia's borders.
- This year, the United Nations will choose its next Secretary-General.
- And I would also like to thank Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for his dedicated service and leadership during these difficult years.
Rwanda · Justin Nsengiyumva · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- Last year, we gathered under the theme of better together.
- marking eight years since the Charter was signed.
- This year, under a new call to restore trust and deliver for all, we must be honest with ourselves, we are still far behind.
- Our survival depended on our capacity to rebuild against all odds, and what made that possible was a simple principle and conviction that institutions earn legitimacy, not by what they promise, but by what they deliver year after year.
Andorra · Xavier Espot Zamora · Day 2 · 4 sentences
- President, Secretary General, Excellencies, there is an idea that has accompanied Andorra for more than 270 years and that continues to shape the way that we understand politics.
- This year, Andorra has had the honor of hosting the global meeting of the Mountain Partnership, culminating in the adoption of the Andorra Declaration, which highlights the importance of improving connectivity in mountain areas, narrowing the digital divide, and strengthening resilience to natural hazards.
- Our contributions have been modest in scale, but ambitious in commitment We are moving toward a more resilient energy model, increasing year after year our renewable energy production and preparing for a third voluntary national review on the SDGs.
- Secondly, I would like to emphasize the need for reform of the Security Council so that the UN can reflect the realities of today rather than those of 80 years ago.
Palestine (State of) · Mahmoud Abbas · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- Excellency Dr. Khalil al-Rahman, President of the General Assembly, Excellency Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Excellencies, Heads and Members of Delegations, For the second consecutive year, the Palestinian delegation was denied the entry visas required to reach New York and participate in the meetings of the United Nations General Assembly in person.
- Nearly a year has passed since the adoption of resolution 2803 and the establishment of the Board of Peace, and only one year remains of the designated transitional period before the end of 2027.
- Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, one year after the International Peace Conference and the adoption of the New York Declaration, I say to you today with full confidence and responsibility, we have fulfilled our pledge.
- We are headed towards our legislative elections on the 28th of November of this year.
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Rodrigo Paz Pereira · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- A part of those 20 years of the reality of a country that has been dragged along is due to the consequences of a time of ideological construction on our continent.
- Now, 10 months on, we have nearly $1.2 billion, and we, by the end of the year, are heading towards nearly $4 billion.
- In the last 10 years, we've gone from 57% of a territory which around in the world represented forest reserves to less than 50% of that.
- In my country, there was a president who talked about the Pachamama, which is God on Earth, and nevertheless, for the last 20 years, they have been destroying it.
Senegal · Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- Dear colleagues, As was the case last year, we are yet again meeting here against the backdrop of a worrying global juncture.
- It will be held this year.
- 40 years after the adoption of the Declaration on the Right to Development, we know what we need to do to achieve that goal.
- President, the years are ticking by, but our efforts to reform governance have yet to produce a significant impact.
Fiji · Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- It exists because a village seewall does not need a three-year aggregation process.
- This year, Fiji undertook a national review of its 2013 constitution, and informed by consultation across the country.
- And because of the late Ratu Apeti Naile Takaue, our former head of state and UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for the Pacific, spent his last years telling us so.
- This year, the Agreement on Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction entered into force.
Thailand · Anutin Charnvirakul · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- It is an honor to address this assembly for the first time as being the Prime Minister of Thailand and as we mark 80 years of membership to the United Nations.
- And that is why this year's theme speaks directly to the task before us.
- The United Nations must reflect today's world, not the distribution of power 80 years ago.
- Mr. President, 80 years ago, in our first address to this Assembly, The Kingdom of Siam affirmed that it followed the path of peaceful settlement and friendly cooperation.
Georgia · Irakli Kobakhidzhe · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- While restoring trust is a major theme of this year's session, I would like to address our Abkhaz and Ossetian brothers and sisters.
- Over the past five years, our economy has grown by an average of 9.3% annually, and this momentum has continued in 2026, with growth reaching 7.9% in the first seven months of the year.
- Georgia's FTI outlook is supported by a pipeline of large multi-year investment projects across transport and logistics, energy infrastructure, tourism, and real estate.
- Over the next five years, our focus will therefore be on narrowing disparities between urban and rural communities, expanding opportunities across every region, and ensuring that the benefits of economic growth are shared widely and that no one is left behind.
Ireland · Micheál Martin · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- This time last year, a bushel of wheat was just over $5.
- This year, it's more than $7.
- Mr. President, 20 years ago, the Commission on War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Darfur saw the international community come together to fulfill our collective responsibility to protect.
- The United Nations reports that this year there have been almost 200 attacks against Palestinians every month, a stark reminder of a reality that is deepening conflict, suffering and despair.
Nepal · Balendra Shah · Day 3 · 4 sentences
- Nearly three years ago, standing in the shadow of our Mount Everest, the Secretary General of United Nations warned humanity about the madness and impending climate disaster.
- Our glaciers are retreating, our mountain slopes are becoming unstable, our rivers are becoming less predictable, and every major disaster threatens to erase years of development.
- Climate finance must not become another bureaucratic maze through which vulnerable countries spend years that they need help.
- Excellencies, I am told I am the youngest head of government to address this assembly this year.
Papua New Guinea · James Marape · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- We have more than 800 languages and many different cultures and traditions, yet for 51 years as an independent nation, we have remained together as one Papua New Guinea.
- You can be the most powerful capitalist, or you can be the most powerful technocrat, you can reach out to the observable universe, billions and billions of light years into the observable universe, you find no planet like our planet Earth.
- Just a few years ago, we became a middle-income earning nation.
- and those who have stood in Papua New Guinea the last 51 years of our nationhood.
Niger · Lamine Zeine Ali Mahaman · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- How to restore trust when 81 years after San Francisco, Africa, with its more than around 1.5 billion inhabitants and its 54 states, still does not have a single permanent seat on the Security Council.
- Two years later, The institutional structure of this confederation is practically complete.
- Ladies and gentlemen, three years after breaking with the old order, Progress on the ground is remarkable.
- Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, three years ago, some people predicted that Niger would collapse under the weight of sanctions and isolation.
Haiti · Alix Didier Fils-Aimé · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- More than 80 years ago, in the wake of a war that plunged the world into chaos, Haiti a founding member of the United Nations, joined the nations of the world to make a pledge for peace, for dialogue, and respect for human dignity.
- This is the whole point of the topic that brings us together this year.
- And we are putting in place a program aiming to train 15,000 new soldiers over the next three years.
- We are deeply grateful for this gesture of friendship, which is an important step for our economic recovery, and we call for it to be extended by 10 years.
Kazakhstan · Mukhtar Tileuberdi · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- Every year we seem to lose more biodiversity, yet gain more armaments.
- This year marks 35 years since the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, 30 years since the CTBT opened for signature, and 20 years since the signing of the SIPRI-Palatins Treaty on nuclear weapon-free zone in Central Asia.
- Finally, we have watched with growing concern in recent years the erosion of protection of civilians in conflict zones.
- Reaffirming our commitment advancing primary health care as the cornerstone of universal health coverage, we call upon the UN member states to join the Global Coalition on Primary Health Care. 2026 has been designated by this body as the International Year of Volunteers.
Chad · Abdelmadjid Abdelrahim Mahamat · Day 4 · 4 sentences
- Each year, we adopt new resolutions and we reaffirm our commitments.
- Each year, we renew our faith in multilateralism.
- Through its constant vision for years now, Chad has remained one of the main African contributors of troops to peacekeeping operations throughout the world.
- As we do each year on this same occasion, we call once again for the lifting of the economic and trade embargo imposed on Cuba and on its people.
Cambodia · Sokhonn Prak · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- Mr. President, 81 year ago, In the aftermath of the devastation of the Second World War, the nation that founded our organization made a solemn pledge to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.
- Nearly 30 years after the historic Hanoi Summit, this new gathering of the French-speaking community in Asia carries particular significance.
- The theme of the summit, "Reinvesting in peace for shared and sustainable prosperity", together with that of this year's session, reflects a common imperative.
- Cambodia will continue to work with all Member States towards this goal, as it has done by contributing more than 10,000 of its peacekeepers to United Nations peacekeeping operations over the past 20 years.
Philippines · Ma. Theresa Lazaro · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- 81 years ago, our forebears forged this organization to save humanity from the scourge of war and reaffirm our shared dignity.
- Put a face to the pursuit of sustainable development With the 2030 agenda less than four years away, only 36% of accessible SDG targets are on track.
- Next year marks the 45th anniversary of UNCLOS and the Manila Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes.
- This year also marks a decade since the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award, an award that is final and legally binding, and that demonstrates how international law provides states with peaceful means to clarify rights and resolve differences.
Singapore · Vivian Balakrishnan · Day 5 · 4 sentences
- The World Food Programme feeds over 100 million people a year.
- This year's WTO conference in Yaounde could not even reach consensus on several key issues, including the moratorium on the customs duties for electronic transmissions, which lapsed.
- And I would ask all of you to recollect the BBNJ Agreement, which entered into force this year.
- He's a good man with the courage of his convictions, and he has ably steered this organization through some very difficult years of global division.
Antigua and Barbuda · Walton Alfonso Webson · Day 6 · 4 sentences
- At the end of this year, His Excellency Antonio Guterres, will complete his tenure as Secretary General of the United Nation.
- After more than 80 years, no woman has ever served as Secretary General.
- Excellencies, two years ago, the international community gathered in Antigua and Barbuda and adopted the agenda for small island developing states, ABAS.
- Our 10-year framework for sustainable development and resilient prosperity.
Qatar · Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- It is the cumulative result of years of postponing crisis management through temporary solutions and unrealistic policies.
- He passed away this year and was mourned with profound affection and gratitude by his people and all peace-loving nations people across the region and around the world.
- Accordingly, over the years, We have worked on assessing risks, securing supply chains, strengthening the capabilities of our national institutions, developing strategic reserves, and forging trusted international partnerships.
Trinidad and Tobago · Kamla Persad-Bissessar · Day 1 · 3 sentences
- Mr. President, this year, the theme chosen is a very apt one, that being restoring trust, managing transformation, and United Nations that delivers for all speaks directly to the challenges confronting the community today.
- This is why we have profound gratitude to President Trump for his invitation to Trinidad and Tobago earliest year to be part of the newly formed shield of the Americas and America's counter cartel coalition.
- Mr. President, as the UN begins its search for its next Secretary-General, I take this opportunity to convey our deepest appreciation to His Excellency Antonio Guterres, whose term as the ninth Secretary-General of the UN concludes at the end of this year.
Burundi · Évariste Ndayishimiye · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- This year, when Burundi holds the rotating chairmanship of the African Union, we are keenly aware of the responsibility that falls to us.
- As the African Union champion for the Youth Peace and Security Agenda, I have this year once again convened a continental youth dialogue coupled with the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.
- 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.
Guinea · Mamadi Doumbouya · Day 2 · 3 sentences
- Ladies and gentlemen, three years ago, from this rostrum, I, with the candor that my country and our continent are bound by, I spoke the truth and I stated that the model of imported governance without being adapted on our continent was not generating the fruits that had been expected by our peoples.
- Ladies and gentlemen, I have not, I did not come here to exercise in rhetoric, but I do believe it is worthwhile to share with you, to share a simple overview and a useful useful information about what our Republic of Guinea has achieved in less than three years.
- And we have a sustainable and responsible socioeconomic development program for my country for the next 15 years that I referred to the Simandou 2040 project.
Uzbekistan · Saida Mirziyoyeva · Day 2 · 3 sentences
Liberia · Joseph Nyuma Boakai · Day 3 · 3 sentences
Colombia · José Manuel Restrepo · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- I have done so because I assured the Colombian people that I would not leave the country during the four years of my term, and I'm keeping that promise.
- For years, we have discussed how to better distribute what we have.
- I want, within a few years, when the world looks again at my country, I want them to see a nation that is safer, more prosperous, more well-respected, and above all, far more confident in its own abilities.
Australia · Anthony Albanese · Day 3 · 3 sentences
- Last year at this Assembly, Australian parents spoke to
- Last year, following the killing of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankham and the deaths of over 1,000 other humanitarian workers in the last three years, Australia and eight partner nations led the development of a declaration for the protection of humanitarian personnel, now supported by 130 countries, that declaration outlines practical measures to ensure stronger accountability, safer access, and better protection for aid workers operating in conflict zones.
- Colleagues, last year, Australia took the considered decision to join other partners and recognise the state of Palestine.
Maldives · Hussain Mohamed Latheef · Day 4 · 3 sentences
Lebanon · Nawaf Salam · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- More than 80 years ago, the United Nations was founded on the promise that the force of law would replace the law of force.
- We translated that commitment into decisions taken by the Council of Ministers, notably in August and September of last year and again in March of this year.
- 2025, which decided to terminate UNIFIL's operations at the end of this year and to begin its gradual withdrawal, and requested the Secretary-General to explore available options for the continued implementation of resolution 1701.
Malta · Robert Abela · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Dear Friends, The chosen theme for this year's General Assembly is "Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation".
- And I'll go back to 1967, when representing the then geographically smallest member state of the United Nations, a member state that had been a member of the United Nations for less than three years, Arvid Pardo spoke up in this General Assembly.
- In fact, it took 27 years before UNCLOS came into being.
North Macedonia · Hristijan Mickoski · Day 4 · 3 sentences
Saint Lucia · Philip J. Pierre · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- In 1979, 54 years after the creation of the of this United Nations, my country Saint Lucia, though small in geography, but large in courage, dignity, and conviction, took its seat among the community of nations, brimming with hope, optimism, and trust in the promise and goals of this body.
- 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.
- Through its eminent persons group, comprising three prime ministers, it will continue to facilitate dialogue amongst Haiti's political and civil society stakeholders as they work towards holding the first round of general elections this year.
Azerbaijan · Jeyhun Aziz oglu Bayramov · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- The cumulative toll of landmines over the past 30 years exceed 3,500 people.
- In recent years, Azerbaijan has significantly expanded the scope of its international aid, with particular attention to small island developing states and African partner countries.
- The key outcomes of the forum, the Baku Call to Action and the Chair's Summary subsequently contributed to the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on mid-term review of the New Urban Agenda held in New York in July this year.
Norway · Espen Barth Eide · Day 4 · 3 sentences
- We must act now with moral clarity and ensure that the coming year becomes a year of implementation.
- What was described by President Putin as a special military operation that would be over in days or maybe weeks is now well into its fifth year.
- For 80 years, it has proved a space where nations can negotiate instead of fight, cooperate instead of confront, and build rules instead of yielding to raw power.
China · Han Zheng · Day 5 · 3 sentences
Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Thongsavanh Phomvihane · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- This year carries special significance as we begin implementing the ASEAN Community Vision 2045, alongside its strategic plans across the three community pillars: It also marks the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia.
- Mr. President, this year marked a landmark milestone in our national development.
- His legacy of solidarity and bold championing of equity would continue to inspire our collective multilateral effort for years to come.
Cuba · Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- Mr. President of the General Assembly, Deputy Secretary-General, in about three hours' time, it will be exactly 66 years since Fidel Castro Ruz in a memorable speech spoke at this event, the philosophy of the spoils is disappearing and we will see disappear the philosophy of war.
- The US behaviour relies on the fallacy proclaimed early on this year that Cuba is an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and the foreign policy of the United States.
- In the year of his centennial, we believe, as Fidel Castro Ruz, the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, said, that let us be confident that if we struggle with resolve, a better world is possible.
India · Subrahmanyam Jaishankar · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- This year, we are witnessing a conflict in the Gulf, one that is exacerbating an already difficult situation.
- Mr. President, The conflict in Ukraine, now in its fifth year, is equally concerning.
- We take pride that an Indian woman combat helicopter pilot was awarded the UN 2025 Military Gender Advocate of the Year.
Canada · Anita Anand · Day 5 · 3 sentences
- In the economic realm, Canada is focused on what we can control, building a stronger economy, diversifying our trade, and catalyzing a trillion dollars of investment in Canada over the next five years.
- This year, Canada has secured more than 20 new economic and defence partnerships.
- We are making the largest defense investments in generations, allocating over $80 billion in last year's federal budget.
China · · Day 6 · 3 sentences
- However, more than 80 years later, the Takeuchi government turns a blind eye to Japan's historical crimes.
- In recent years, Japan has been drastically increasing military spending, relaxing restrictions on export of lethal weapons, advancing the deployment of intermediate and long-range missiles, strengthening offensive military capacities.
- This year marks the 81st anniversary of the founding of the UN and the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Tokyo Trials.
Peru · Keiko Sofia Fujimori Higuchi · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Bosnia and Herzegovina · Denis Bećirović · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Viet Nam · To Lam · Day 1 · 2 sentences
- Vietnam's hosting of the signing ceremony for the UN Convention against cyber crime in Hanoi last year reflects our desire to make substantive contributions to global digital cooperation.
- From primarily a recipient of invaluable assistance during the years of Doi Moi, Vietnam today is making proactive contributions to our common endeavors while deepening and broadening our substantive relations with the UN.
Argentina · · Day 1 · 2 sentences
Syrian Arab Republic · Ahmad Al-Sharaa · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Masoud Pezeshkian · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Libya · Mohamed Younis Menfi · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Central African Republic · Faustin Archange Touadera · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Eswatini · King Mswati III · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- The question is, How many more years should African leaders travel to New York and stand before this Assembly to call for a fair representation in the UN Security Council?
- As world leaders, we come here every year to promote dignity, peace, justice, humanity, and cooperation in order to create a better world and we should never give up to fight for it.
Uganda · Jessica Rose Epel Alupo · Day 2 · 2 sentences
- Mr. President, 80 years ago, the United Nations was established in the aftermath of the Second World War to foster international cooperation and prevent future armed conflicts.
- Our goal is to drive double digit growth over the five-year period and ultimately grow our economy tenfold to a GDP of 500 billion US dollars by 2040, creating jobs and enhancing the quality of life of all Ugandans.
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Judith Suminwa Tuluka · Day 2 · 2 sentences
Zimbabwe · Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- With less than four years to implement the 2030 agenda, only 36% of the sustainable development goals are on track.
- This has seen us dispatch the first export of locally produced lithium sulphate during the second quarter of the year, demonstrating that retaining value at the source is possible for shared prosperity.
Hungary · András Bálint Baka · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Uruguay · Yamandú Orsi · Day 3 · 2 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.
- We in South America, also peoples of migrants inherited these same principles 50 years on.
Equatorial Guinea · Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Portugal · Luís Montenegro · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- Mr. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, to whom I pay tribute for 10 years of tireless
- It is a language of culture and business that, across four continents, unites the members of the community of Portuguese speaking countries, which celebrates this year its 30th anniversary and serves as a forum for dialogue and cooperation founded on a common history and a shared language.
Côte d’Ivoire · Tiémoko Meyliet Koné · Day 3 · 2 sentences
Iran (Islamic Republic of) · · Day 3 · 2 sentences
- According to an assessment by the UN itself, in less than two years, the Israeli regime dropped more than 200,000 tons of explosive on Gaza, equivalent to the total energy of approximately 13 Hiroshima-type nuclear bombs.
- Its savage crime in Gaza, Lebanon, and other parts of our region over the past two years are merely the tip of the submerged iceberg of its criminal practices.
Lesotho · Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- 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.
- We further call for reform of the international financial architecture to make it more equitable, fit for purpose, and responsive to the needs of developing countries, as agreed at the Fourth Summit for Financing for Development, FFD4, held in Seville, Spain, last year.
Guinea-Bissau · Ilídio Vieira Té · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Bahrain · Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, said from this very podium two years ago that the systems established to safeguard the international order were under severe strain.
- From this podium two years ago, His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, called for the adoption of an international treaty governing the development of artificial intelligence.
Guatemala · Carlos Ramiro Martínez Alvarado · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Togo · Robert Komlan Edo Dussey · Day 4 · 2 sentences
- At a time when you are completing your term, Togo would like to pay a particular tribute to you for these years of commitment, of courage, of listening and of service for the defense of the ideals of the United Nations and to reform our organization.
- Mr. President, On the 26th of September 2025, almost to the day a year ago, right here before this august assembly, I challenged the universal conscience on the distortion of the map of the world which wrongly shrunk the size of Africa on the map of the world and in the global collective imagination.
India · · Day 4 · 2 sentences
Micronesia (Federated States of) · Aren Palik · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- Our lagoons, for example, in the state of Chuuk, where oil leaks from World War II remnants led to the emergency declaration last year, continue to threaten our livelihood.
- Mr. President and Excellencies, with less than five years to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, The international community must respond with renewed political resolve, scaled up financing, and accelerated implementation.
Djibouti · Abdoulkader Houssein Omar · Day 5 · 2 sentences
- Djibouti remains convinced that dialogue and negotiation in full respect for international law represent the only path towards a peaceful and definitive settlement of our border dispute and the return of our prisoners of war, who have been held incommunicado for more than 18 years.
- As the mandate of the outgoing Secretary-General, His Excellency Antonio Guterres, draws to a close, I should like on behalf of my president, His Excellency Ismael Omar Guelleh, to express our profound gratitude for his years of service to the UN.
Malaysia · Mohamad Haji Hasan · Day 5 · 2 sentences
Mali · Abdoulaye Diop · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- And finally, I wish to express our sincere appreciation to Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, for his commitment over the past 10 years in the service of our organization and in the service of peace, development and human rights throughout the world.
- Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, exactly 66 years ago, six days only after becoming independent and sovereign, Mali, under the leadership of President Modibo Keita, was admitted to the UN with the support of the Republic of Tunisia and of the Ceylon, currently Sri Lanka.
Eritrea · Osman Saleh Mohammed · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- On this auspicious occasion each year, The crucial questions that crop to mind and that we ponder about are the crucial and novel messages that we should focus on.
- Should our annual interventions be confined to share and rather routine accounts or balance sheet of development that had transpired during the particular year?
Algeria · Ahmed Attaf · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- Algeria welcomes the organization of direct negotiations between the two parties to the conflict, namely the Kingdom of Morocco and the Polisario Front, at the beginning of this year.
- As for sisterly Libya, now in the 16th year of its crisis, Libya remains another example that shows that protracted crises cannot be resolved by deepening divisions, but rather through dialogue, reconciliation, and the unification of institutions.
El Salvador · Alexandra Hill Tinoco · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Malawi · George Chapatula Chaponda · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- In recent years, devastating cyclones, prolonged droughts, and increasingly erratic weather patterns have destroyed infrastructure, devastated crops, displaced thousands of our citizens, and inflicted severe damage on our economy.
- This year, we faced the added threat of El Nino-related extreme weather, which reached further undermining livelihood, food security, and economic stability.
Turkmenistan · Vepa Hajiyev · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Grenada · Ingrid Jackson · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Vanuatu · Odo Tevi · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- Mr. President, this year, as Vanuatu celebrated its 46th independence anniversary, we reflected on how far our country has come since 1980.
- The hosting of the inaugural Melanesian Ocean Summit in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, this year arrives at a critical juncture where, on one hand, we are faced with daily mounting challenges of the detrimental effects of climate change, the alarming degradation of our marine biodiversity, pervasive marine pollution, and the over-exploitation of our vital marine resources.
President of the General Assembly (closing) · Dr. Khalilur Rahman · Day 6 · 2 sentences
Philippines · · Day 6 · 2 sentences
China · · Day 6 · 2 sentences
- In recent years, Japan has made frequent moves in military and security sectors to break free from the constraints of post-war system, expand military capacities, and send dangerous signals.
- Given recent years negative moves of Japan, its historic and present significance is further highlighted, and they should not be altered or deleted.
Jordan · Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Dominica · Sylvanie Burton · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Seychelles · Mathew Antonio Patrick Herminie · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Croatia · Andrej Plenković · Day 1 · 1 sentence
Ecuador · Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azin · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Ethiopia · Taye Atske-Selassie Amde · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Honduras · Nasry Juan Asfura Zablah · Day 2 · 1 sentence
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) · Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez · Day 2 · 1 sentence
European Union · António Costa · Day 3 · 1 sentence
Albania · Edi Rama · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Egypt · Moustafa Kamal Madbouly · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Samoa · Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Mauritania · Mohamed Salem Merzoug · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Mexico · Roberto Velasco Álvarez · Day 4 · 1 sentence
Cabo Verde · Francisco Avelino Vieira de Carvalho · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Brunei Darussalam · Prince 'Abdul Mateen · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Saudi Arabia · Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Tunisia · Mohamed Ali Nafti · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Oman · Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Sao Tome and Principe · Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Zambia · Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe · Day 5 · 1 sentence
Burkina Faso · Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Congo · Constant Serge Bounda · Day 6 · 1 sentence
United Arab Emirates · Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Costa Rica · Boris Vasir Marchegiani Carrero · Day 6 · 1 sentence
Chad · · Day 6 · 1 sentence