Human rights
Children and youth at UNGA 81
Raised by 102 of 223 speakers. Read verbatim UN transcript quotes and select a time to hear the speech.
Speeches that raised children and youth
Yemen · Day 3Abdullah Abdulkader Al Alimi-BawzerHer Majesties, Excellencies, Highnesses, distinguished delegates, Mr. President of the General Assembly, Mr. Secretary-General, ladies and gentlemen.
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.
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Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Day 3Rodrigo Paz PereiraBut I would also like to express my fond affection to young Bolivians.
Young Bolivians, just like the young people in all of the nations of the United Nations, need to find the meaning and purpose of their lives.
Our nations need to give our young people that purpose.
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Senegal · Day 3Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar FayeThis is the first Olympic event in history to be held in Africa.
It will be held from the 31st of October to the 13th of November.
It will welcome athletes from 206 National Olympic communities.
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Slovenia · Day 3Janez JanšaWe cannot escape history, but we can learn something from it.
I firmly believe that the mistakes we made yesterday, we do not want to repeat tomorrow.
We took responsibility.
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Australia · Day 3Anthony AlbaneseLast year at this Assembly, Australian parents spoke to
world leaders about their campaign resulting in our nation's social media ban for under 16s.
Those parents channelled their personal grief into a powerful call for global action, and the world has answered.
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Madagascar · Day 3Michaël RandrianirinaFaced with the challenges of a constantly changing world, the refoundation government that I lead places food sovereignty, health and education at the heart of its action.
This priority commitment serves the entire population, particularly women and children, while providing our youth with the means to build their future with confidence and contribute to national development.
With more than 55% of its population under the age of 25, Madagascar enjoys a tremendous demographic dividend.
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Palestine (State of) · Day 3Mahmoud AbbasDo not allow terrorist gangs protected by the Israeli occupation forces to burn Palestinian homes while their occupants are sleeping inside them.
Do not allow our children to live afraid and threatened.
Once again, I ask before this assembly How much longer will some states continue to remain silent on Israel or supply it with the weapons that it uses against our people?
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Comoros · Day 3Azali AssoumaniI would like to express our gratitude to all of the partners who helped us technically and financially and ultimately made this possible.
Furthermore, our country in one year's time, the Union of the Comoros will host for the first time in its history, the Indian Ocean Islands Games.
This major youth sporting event promotes cohesion and personal development in a world far too often marked by division and rejection of diversity.
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Liberia · Day 3Joseph Nyuma BoakaiDemocracy and human rights and responsible innovation.
Mr. President, the ultimate measure of governance is inclusion.
In Africa, 60% of our population is under 25.
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Hungary · Day 3András Bálint BakaA school, a strong institution, or a safe water system can benefit people for many years.
Future generations must therefore have a place in the decisions we make today.
Hungary supports stronger international action to protect their interest.
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Uruguay · Day 3Yamandú OrsiKnowing that freedom doesn't come involve solely choosing between different possibilities.
It also means being able to transform those things that we wish to for the good of the community as a whole.
Our freedom becomes fuller when we are able to expand the freedom of others, when we change our societies through dialogue, when we build fairer institutions, when we undertake significant projects that endure beyond our own lifetimes.
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Colombia · Day 3José Manuel RestrepoWe want to train young people for super intelligence, for robotics, for data science, for agro industry, for engineering, and for the new economy.
Millions of Colombians are not asking the state to sought out their lives, they're asking the state to give them the opportunity to build those lives.
And that is what gives meaning to what I have called the miracle nation.
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Fiji · Day 3Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati LalabalavuLet us build a Pacific that remains an ocean of peace, united in purpose, confident in its identity, and strong enough to shape its own future.
And let us remember that the measure of what we do here will not be found in our speeches.
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.
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Nigeria · Day 3Kashim ShettimaA reform inclusive and effective United Nations is indispensable to the peaceful, just and sustainable world that future generations deserve.
Whatever our differences, I repeat, whatever our differences, we must remember that humanity is our oldest citizenship and peace is inheritance we owe every child.
I thank you for your kind attention.
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Bangladesh · Day 3Tarique RahmanA curriculum has been developed with emphasis on technical and practical education to ensure an employment oriented education system with strong ethical values.
From the first grade, Primary school students are being provided with school bags and clothing, i.e. school uniforms, as well as free lunch.
The government hopes that this will increase school enrollment and improve the quality of education.
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Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Day 3Rob Jettennight.
But after the horrors experienced by Nepal and a long series of forest fires, the truth should be clear to everyone.
The climate crisis will not just disappear if we pretend it doesn't exist.
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Greece · Day 3Kyriakos MitsotakisWhen the people developing the technology tell us openly that left unchecked, AI could outrun our ability to control these systems, the same people admit that we only understand a tiny fraction of what goes on in these models, alarm bells should ring very loudly for all of us.
In simple words, the AI bosses are telling us that they have no idea on how recursive self-improvement, the ability of AI to constantly create better versions of itself, actually works.
Add to that the possibility of massive job destruction, the likelihood of unprecedented wealth creation in the hands of very few, and the impact that AI may have on the very nature of human relationships, especially for our kids, and you have all the ingredients of an unprecedented political and social upheaval.
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Nepal · Day 3Balendra ShahIt is about procedural justice, who has a voice.
It is about whether the future of mountain communities, small island states, landlocked and least developed countries, and generations yet unborn count equally.
Starting tomorrow at the Sagarmatha to Sea side event right here at the United Nations, Nepal is ready to help lead this conversation.
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- Qatar · Day 3
These accusations wanted to reduce the shift in the public opinion around the world, especially among youth, to change the effect and influence their awareness.
The youth are able to are aware and are able to make their own judgment.
And we know that these are all attempts to escape the public opinion around the world.
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