Development
Debt and financial architecture at UNGA 81
Raised by 79 of 223 speakers. Read verbatim UN transcript quotes and select a time to hear the speech.
Speeches that raised debt and financial architecture
Kenya · Day 2William Samoei RutoThe test of equality does not end with the institutions that govern peace.
It extends to the institutions that shape prosperity.
The same question confronts us there.
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Antigua and Barbuda · Day 6Walton Alfonso WebsonThat is where climate debt meets historic debt.
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, which was held in Seville, Spain, placed debt and development finance close to the center of the international agenda.
We cannot fulfill the promise of a bus when carrying unsustainable debts Nor can we build resilience when the cost of capital itself penalizes vulnerability.
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Barbados · Day 3Mia Amor MottleyFor the citizens of those countries.
increases in energy and transport costs and in interest rates have spurred inflation.
It means that noone even on the other side of the world, can escape the hardships in meeting their daily needs.
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Malawi · Day 6George Chapatula ChapondaIn addition, we cannot achieve sustainable development while drowning in debt.
Malawi, therefore, calls for immediate comprehensive debt relief and restructuring.
The current international financial architecture forces developing nations to choose between servicing predatory debts and investing in health, education, and climate resilience.
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Dominica · Day 1Sylvanie BurtonToo often, The cycle is predictable.
A disaster occurs, infrastructure is destroyed, and economic activity collapses.
We then mobilize resources to rebuild what was lost, often through borrowing that substantially increases debt to rebuild what we could have made more resilient from the outset.
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Ghana · Day 3John Dramani MahamaI stand with respect at this podium to thank every nation that voted for justice.
And I'm deeply grateful to our brothers and sisters in the African Union, the CARICOM, CELAC, and our partners across the global south.
That resolution was not a mere gesture.
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Liberia · Day 3Joseph Nyuma BoakaiSo we call on international partners for targeted support in coast guard surveillance, intelligence sharing, and post security technologies, sustainable development, and reforming the international financial system.
Mr. President, as we enter the home stretch of the 2030 agenda, Developing nations have been squeezed by unsustainable debt, shrinking financial space, and mounting external shocks.
At a core, this is a crisis of international financial system designed for a different era.
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Saint Lucia · Day 4Philip J. PierreFor small island developing states, these crises are not abstract.
They are lived realities.
Climate change threatens our homes, livelihoods, and very existence.
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Day 4Godwin Fridayand set a country back.
Small states cannot continue borrowing merely to replace what climate-related disasters repeatedly destroy.
We cannot continue to walk up the down escalator pretending it is development.
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Belize · Day 5John BriceñoThe loss of biodiversity weakens the forest, reefs and mangroves on which our economies depend.
These pressures unfold alongside armed conflict, disrupted supply chains, declining official development assistance, and rising debt.
Households face higher food and energy bills.
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Jamaica · Day 5Kamina Johnson SmithAnd the international financial architecture must finally recognize what SIDS have so long argued.
Income alone does not and cannot measure vulnerability.
A country does not become less vulnerable to hurricanes and other natural disasters because its per capita income has crossed an arbitrary threshold.
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Secretary-General of the United Nations · Day 1António GuterresMeanwhile, Billions of people still live today without the essentials embedded in the sustainable development goals that should be guaranteed for everyone.
Food, clean water, education, decent work, healthcare, dignity, excellences.
No country should be denied a sustainable future because it is on the wrong side of a deeply unequal financial system.
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Naoero · Day 1David Ranibok AdeangThat is why we strongly support the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index, or MVI, and the United Nations' efforts to pilot the tool.
Its full implementation is essential to ensuring that countries like ours are fairly assessed and adequately supported.
It recognizes that vulnerability is complex, and it must be seen, measured, and acted upon.
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Madagascar · Day 3Michaël RandrianirinaWe must also strengthen coherence between programs implemented by the UN Resident Coordinator offices and national priorities.
UN country teams on the ground must listen carefully and respond effectively to priorities defined by host governments, avoiding one-size-fits-all approaches.
Secondly, we need a more accessible international financial architecture for effective development support.
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Gambia (Republic of The) · Day 3Mohammed JallowTherefore, the task before us is building stronger, better equipped, representative, responsive, and an effective multilateral system and global financial architecture that delivers for all nations and regions.
Mr. President, the Gambia's own experience within this organization gives us grounds for optimism.
We have seen within this very institution that multilateralism can still deliver.
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Egypt · Day 4Moustafa Kamal MadboulyIn this context, Egypt continues to advocate genuine and comprehensive reform of the Security Council.
In accordance with the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration, particularly to mend the historical injustice suffered by Africa.
The imbalance in political representation is matched by another imbalance in the global economy.
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Sri Lanka · Day 6Vijitha HerathToday, Sri Lanka has been reclassified by the World Bank as an upper-middle-income economy, and ratings agencies have recognized this positive trajectory.
However, these developments do not fully reflect the vulnerabilities of countries exposed to debt and external shocks.
Sri Lanka once again calls for reform of the international financial system and for fairer rules governing debt and development finance.
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President of the General Assembly (closing) · Day 6Dr. Khalilur RahmanThose speaking most urgently about development were often the countries facing the heaviest debt burdens, the narrowest fiscal space, the greatest climate vulnerability, and the least voice in the institutions that shape the global economy.
Debt was spoken of more forcefully by those who bear it, not by those with the greatest ability to resolve it.
We have heard that we must honor the CVA commitment reform the international financial architecture, provide affordable and accessible finance, expand fiscal space, strengthen productive capacities, and invest in people.
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France · Day 1Emmanuel MacronThis is what we did with the Paris Pact for People and Planet in 2023.
Also at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, we also agreed to build a new consensus around investment that stands in solidarity with other states.
Countries are allocating funds, and yet the needs of the countries of the global south are growing as well.
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Botswana · Day 2Duma Gideon BokoThe global financial architecture must therefore evolve to reflect the economic realities of the 21st century including financing demands created by climate change, technological transformation, and the imperative for sustainable development.
Developing countries frequently face borrowing costs several times higher than those of wealthier nations because the system was not designed with the circumstances of the global south in mind.
Debt sustainability is a question of development and fairness.
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Central African Republic · Day 2Faustin Archange TouaderaIt is a demand for justice and effectiveness.
Transformation next requires peacekeeping operations with realistic mandates and predictable financing.
We support strengthening the UN-African Union partnership, including through predictable financing for African-led operations.
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Namibia · Day 2Netumbo Nandi-NdaitwahMr. President, UN system needs constant transformation to be effective.
As we forge ahead with the SDGs, reform of the United international financial architecture is critical to a more equitable and inclusive global economic order.
Such reforms should create greater policy space and access to financing to enable countries to expand their economies through value addition to their natural resources, including critical minerals, for our people to have full benefit of our resources.
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Mozambique · Day 2Daniel Francisco Chapowhich requires predictable, accessible, and sustainable financing.
It also requires a fair international financial architecture, more fair, sustainable debt relief, greater transfer of technology, international trade that is more balanced, and investments that can transform the potential into prosperity.
as well as adhere to the principle of common responsibility, but differentiated responsibilities.
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Uganda · Day 2Jessica Rose Epel AlupoYet progress remains elusive, with only 36% of the 139 targets currently on track.
Numerous obstacles hinder our efforts to accelerate progress, key among being limited physical space.
Many developing countries lack sufficient financial resources to fund their development needs, with a disproportionate share of revenues directed towards debt servicing rather than critical public infrastructure and social services.
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Somalia · Day 3Hassan Sheikh MohamudWe therefore call for a predictable, sustainable support for Somalia's security transition, including adequate financing for African Union mission in Somalia.
The transition towards full Somali security responsibility must be properly resourced, phased, and firmly anchored in capable Somali institutions.
Following debt relief in Somalia, economy continues to grow on the foundations of strong reforms.
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Comoros · Day 3Azali AssoumaniWe have seen tangible progress, the economic growth, for example, which went from 1.9 in 2019 to 3.8 in 2025.
Yet, there's still a long road ahead of us.
We need to mobilize greater levels of both domestic and external funding so as to attain our goals.
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Greece · Day 3Kyriakos MitsotakisPublic finances are solid and our fiscal performance has become a positive example in Europe.
Our public debt is declining faster than any other OECD country.
Structural reforms and digitalization of the state, which has helped reduce bureaucracy, have transformed the public administration and restored trust among investors.
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Nepal · Day 3Balendra ShahIt destroys clean energy infrastructure that we need to fuel our future.
And it forces a poor country to borrow money to repair damage it did not cause.
But we are not here to blame any country or continent.
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South Africa · Day 3Ronald Ozzy LamolaIf multilateralism works at the regional level, then citizens have greater reasons to believe it can work globally.
Our governments face a difficult choice whether to meet the needs of their citizens or certify the expectations of creditors.
In the last year alone, African countries spent roughly the same amount on servicing debt as it needed to close our infrastructure financing gap.
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Maldives · Day 4Hussain Mohamed LatheefTechnological dependence, external shocks, and unsustainable debt limits it.
This is why reform of the international financial architecture matters.
We must implement the Cevier commitment and deliver on its promises on finance, debt, and reform.
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Lebanon · Day 4Nawaf SalamDevelopment, too, is a matter of peace.
There can be no sustainable peace in a world of widening economic disparities.
where some states spend more on servicing their debt than on the health of their citizens and the education of their children.
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Haiti · Day 4Alix Didier Fils-AiméAccess to capital, to markets, and to technologies need to be more fair.
Our international financial architecture must evolve to better respond to the needs and the realities of the most vulnerable countries.
Artificial intelligence offers up colossal opportunities, but without regulations or ethical guardrails, it risks deepening existing rifts.
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Samoa · Day 4Mulipola Anarosa Ale Moliooit struggles to adequately recognize vulnerability and fails to fully account for the realities faced by states.
A fairer financial system is not only in the interest of developing countries, it is in the interest of global stability and shared prosperity.
The implementation of the multidimensional vulnerability index, MVI, in financing decision making is essential if we are to genuinely address the financial challenges facing developing countries.
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Mauritius · Day 4Dhananjay RamfulIs the UN fit for the purpose for the 21st century, not the world of 1945, but the world of today and beyond?
We are entering a new era of international relations defined by unprecedented technological developments, often absent from the table where the rules of tomorrow are being adopted.
developing countries risk being left further behind.
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Philippines · Day 5Ma. Theresa LazaroWe call for the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement, the full operationalization of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, and strengthened implementation of the Sendai Framework.
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.
Achieving these goals requires renewed political will, stronger partnerships with the private sector, reform of the international financial architecture, and a United Nations development system responsive to the evolving needs and priorities of developing countries.
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Mali · Day 6Abdoulaye DiopThese two ambitious programs are designed to meet the legitimate aspirations of the Malian people, and they constitute a generational pact, and it shows our determination to build a sovereign state, a competitive economy, a just society, a country in which every citizen can thrive with dignity.
the government placed at the heart of its action economic recovery and public welfare because they're essential to lasting peace and stability.
Thus, through appropriate reforms, the government, in addition to improving political situation, we've improved economic governance, including better management of public affairs and greater domestic resource mobilization.
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Congo · Day 6Constant Serge BoundaThe ambitions of our development at the Republic of the Congo and many other African countries are impeded by the burden of debt, inequalities in the international financial system, and the consequences of climate change.
The Republic of the Congo, therefore, calls for an ambitious international action on the issue of developing country debt, including through debt relief and, where appropriate, debt cancellation measures to free resources for SDG-related investments.
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Sudan · Day 6Mohieldin Salim Ahmed IbrahimThis is undertaken in support of efforts to implement a roadmap for debt relief.
Sudan also seeks to improve relations with international financial institutions, secure the lifting of its temporary suspension from the International Monetary Fund, and establish development partnerships that will enable it to manage the recovery stage.
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Benin · Day 6Marc Hermanne Gninadoou Arabaworsening inequality, debt levels which are reducing the room for maneuver available to many states, as well as climate upheaval, which is hitting the most vulnerable the hardest.
Therefore, Benin calls for ongoing transformation of the international financial architecture, the objective being to allow developing countries to access more accessible, predictable financing, financing that is better tailored to their development trajectories.
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President of the General Assembly (opening) · Day 1Dr. Khalilur RahmanAll the while, progress on the SDGs stalled at just over a third of targets, And developing countries are now paying the price for supply chain disruptions they did not cause and cannot cure.
The contrast could not be more stark.
We must better prioritize on how we spend our resources by augmenting development assistance, addressing debt burdens, reforming the international financial architecture, fulfilling our CVIA and Paris commitments.
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Chile · Day 1José Antonio KastIn the Latin American context, in which many nations were facing inflation crises and external debt, Chile distinguished itself because it continued to show fiscal responsibility, display high rates of growth and poverty reduction.
What happened then?
Chile ground to a halt.
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Finland · Day 1Alexander StubbTo move forward, we need to break the impasse and be open for creative solutions.
The need for reform also extends to the global economic architecture.
It must be updated to reflect today's power balance.
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Angola · Day 1João Manuel Gonçalves LourençoHowever, in order to achieve concrete results in these areas, It is essential to ensure affordable financing, debt relief, technology transfer, capacity building, and a greater participation of international financial institutions.
African countries spend far more resources on the exorbitant cost of debt servicing than they are able to invest in health, education, infrastructure development programs.
This situation obviously limits productive investment, deepens inequalities and economic disparities, and threatens economic and social stability.
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Sierra Leone · Day 1Julius Maada BioThe imbalance within the Security Council is also present in international financial institutions.
whose structures still bear the imprint of an earlier age.
Developing countries need fairer voting power, stronger representation, and increased capital within these institutions, together with affordable finance, concessional resources, and fairer debt treatment.
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Seychelles · Day 1Mathew Antonio Patrick HerminieFor small island states, that sustainability is a matter of national survival.
We require affordable, accessible, long-term financing, meaningful debt relief, and the full implementation of the multidimensional vulnerability index.
Measuring a nation's development solely by GDP per capita ignores extreme exposure to climate shocks and geographic isolation.
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Viet Nam · Day 1To LamHumane and inclusive and sustainable international commitments must be translated into action and bring people lives of peace, security, dignity and happiness.
It is for this reason that the Pact for the Future and the 2030 Agenda, our promises to present and future generations, must be implemented earnestly and in full.
Commitments on financing for development, including the severe commitment.
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United Republic of Tanzania · Day 1Deogratius NdejembiThese ambitions may not be realized if the international financial architecture is not made to work for development.
Currently, when developing countries are accelerating progress, they are restricted by high borrowing costs, rising debt burdens, and limited access to affordable long-term financing.
Tanzania stresses that improvements must be made to ensure expansion of concessional financing, mobilization of private investment, improved access to development and climate finance, and giving developing countries a stronger voice in the global financial decision-making.
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Trinidad and Tobago · Day 1Kamla Persad-BissessarSo therefore, Therefore, as Trinidad and Tobago prepares to serve on the Security Council, we will continue to bring attention to Haiti and to the wider security concerns of the Caribbean, whilst working with CARICOM and other international partners towards practical and sustainable solutions.
Mr. President, managing transformation must also mean ensuring that developing developing countries are not simply expected to adjust the changes decided or developed elsewhere.
Whether in technology and SI, super intelligence, a global economy, or energy development countries must have the opportunity and the capacity to help in shaping those changes.
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Croatia · Day 1Andrej Plenkovićwhile reducing its public debt to GDP ratio by 30 percentage points from its pandemic peak.
Six consecutive sovereign credit rating upgrades have brought us into the A category.
We have tripled our defense budget with approximately one-third of that spending allocated to military modernization.
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Burundi · Day 2Évariste NdayishimiyeYet, many developing countries face considerable budgetary constraints, high financing costs, and a heavy debt burden.
We therefore call for a reform of the international financial architecture to make it more equitable, more inclusive, and better adapted to the realities of developing countries.
Such a reform must in particular provide access to predictable, affordable, sustainable financing, which is essential for accelerating the implementation of the SDGs and Agenda 2063.
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Argentina · Day 2Javier Gerardo MileiSmith noted, however, that the division of labour is limited by the extent of the market.
Growth will therefore be constrained by its counterpart in genuine demand without fiscal deficits or spurious money creation.
But that's not all.
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Palau · Day 2Surangel WhippsWe need financing that reaches communities without adding debt, adaptation finance that is accessible to countries already bearing the cost of the problems they did not create, and full support of the loss and damage and the special circumstances of SIDS.
This means grant-based and concessional finance, grid readiness and storage, productive energy use, and support that respects our circumstances while enabling delivery at scale.
Those who contributed the least to this climate crisis yet confront the worst threats of rising sea levels must not be burdened with debt simply to purchase a life jacket for their survival.
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Dominican Republic · Day 2Luis Rodolfo Abinader CoronaThis figure is only rivalled by Mexico in Latin America.
However, progress in a country should not mean that a country is penalised.
Middle-income countries host three in every four people on the planet and two in every three people in extreme poverty.
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Eswatini · Day 2King Mswati IIIA family can afford food, and a developing nation can access the finance required to build its future.
Trust among nations has eroded on multiple fronts.
Multilateral commitments have too often gone unmet Financing pledges have not yet been fulfilled and developing countries face trillions of dollars in annual investment gaps to achieve the sustainable development goals.
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Honduras · Day 2Nasry Juan Asfura ZablahHonduras is a conscientious country, a country of law, a country in which we invite you to invest.
Anyone who invests in Honduras will be offered opportunities, order, transparency and clear rules.
we are adhering to the International Monetary Fund guidelines.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo · Day 2Judith Suminwa TulukaThe Cevia commitment must now translate into better access to concessional financing, greater mobilization of lateral development banks, and debt relief mechanisms that protect our state's ability to invest.
Lastly, no financial architecture can be sustainable without tax justice.
International cooperation must combat illicit financial flows, tax evasion, transfer pricing manipulation, and the laundering of revenue from natural resources.
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Zimbabwe · Day 3Emmerson Dambudzo MnangagwaThis civil commitment must now be implemented through greater affordable, long-term and concessional finance, timely development-oriented debt treatment, and more effective channeling of special drawing rights.
Development cannot flourish when its financing is prohibitively expensive.
Reform must decisively address Africa's excessive risk premiums and the borrowing costs.
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Equatorial Guinea · Day 3Teodoro Nguema Obiang MangueHowever, as we approach its end date, we are far from meeting its goals.
Poverty persists, inequality is expanding, and climate change continues to rage.
It is clear that we need an international financial architecture that facilitates productive investments, that takes into account the real vulnerabilities of developing countries, and supports the efforts of each nation.
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Senegal · Day 3Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar FayeThere needs to be a wholesale reform of international financial architecture.
There needs to be sustainable debt.
There needs to be equitable taxation and better access to concessional financing.
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Côte d’Ivoire · Day 3Tiémoko Meyliet KonéCote d'Ivoire therefore calls for an ambitious reform of the international financial architecture and a renewed global partnership.
to ensure that developing countries have more equitable access to the resources needed to finance infrastructure, health, education, energy, industrial transformation, and the creation of decent jobs for young people.
Climate challenges require a similar degree of mobilization.
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Nigeria · Day 3Kashim ShettimaMr. President, one of the greatest obstacles to sustainable development is inadequate financing.
Many developing countries devote substantial resources to debt servicing at the expense of education, healthcare, and infrastructure.
Nigeria, therefore, calls for reform of the international financial architecture, wider access to concessional financing, and debt sustainability frameworks that recognize developmental needs.
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Lesotho · Day 4Samuel Ntsokoane MatekaneWe 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.
We also urge full implementation of the outcomes of the Third Summit of Landlocked Developing Countries, held in Awasa, Turkmenistan in August 2025.
The implementation of these outcomes without further delay, together with the Pact of the Future, will undoubtedly help restore eroded trust.
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Tuvalu · Day 4Feleti TeoTuvalu has ratified the BBNJ Agreement.
and look forward to contributing to the first Conference of the Parties of the Agreement next year.
Tuvalu's objective towards the implementation of the BBNJ is simple, in that the ocean areas beyond national jurisdictions belong to our shared future and must be governed responsibly, based on science, equity the precautionary approach and effective international cooperation.
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Solomon Islands · Day 4Matthew Cooper WaleMr. President, as a small island developing state, our vulnerability remains a fundamental reality.
A single natural disaster can erase years of investment and progress and push the nation backwards.
The Multidimensional Vulnerability Index captures the special circumstances of SIDS in a way that income measures alone does not.
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Saint Kitts and Nevis · Day 4Geoffrey HanleyIt cannot capture the cost of rebuilding the same bridge, clinic, or seawall again and again, while nations twice our size and half of our vulnerability borrow cheaper than we do.
We therefore call on the World Bank, the IMF, development banks, climate funds, and every partner here to incorporate NVI into the architecture of financing.
not as charity, but as arithmetic and justice made real.
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Micronesia (Federated States of) · Day 5Aren PalikMr. President, we must implement the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index, MVI, into a modern, coherent, and responsive system that moves decisively from concept to practice.
Doing so would unlock fair access to concessional financing that reflect structural vulnerabilities faced by small, fragile, and highly exposed economies, such as the small island states.
Micronesia reaffirms its strong commitment to the progress of UNAD reform initiatives.
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Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Day 5Thongsavanh PhomvihaneAs the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, rightly stated, LDC graduation must be a reward, never a punishment.
To safeguard our hard-won development gains and prevent structural setbacks, we are executing a robust, smooth transition strategy for the period 2026 to 2029.
We call on our international partners to provide predictable transition support, extend smoothly adjustment regarding international support measures.
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Belarus · Day 5Maxim RyzhenkovThird, reform of specialized UN agencies, first and foremost the international financial institutions, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the International Finance Corporation, the World Trade Organization.
They must become fair, transparent, accountable and focused on their mandates.
Voting quotas in financial institutions must reflect the demographic and economic realities of the 21st century, rather than the post-war balance of power.
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Tunisia · Day 5Mohamed Ali NaftiTunisia once again firmly rejects becoming either a transit country or a destination for irregular migrants who are victims of human trafficking networks.
Believing that climate change is a major factor affecting development, security, and stability, Tunisia emphasizes that addressing this challenge requires a genuine climate justice particularly since developing countries bear severe consequences despite their limited historical responsibility for emissions.
Accordingly, countries with the greatest responsibility must fulfill their commitments regarding climate finance while maintaining a clear distinction between climate financing and development financing.
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San Marino · Day 5Luca BeccariBut commitments are not enough.
We need implementation, financing, and accountability.
We also need a fair and more inclusive international financial architecture supported by adequate resources and greater financial stability for the UN itself.
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Djibouti · Day 5Abdoulkader Houssein OmarAnd it's in this spirit that the government is working to operationalize the mechanisms provided for under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement through a robust, transparent, and credible national framework for carbon markets, with a view to mobilizing new resources, attracting investment, promoting technology transfer and strengthening national capacities.
This transformation, however, requires resources.
Developing countries continue to face high financing costs, external vulnerabilities and limited fiscal space.
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Gabon · Day 5Marie-Édith Tassyla-Ye-DoumbenenyPresident Restoring trust also involves reforming the international financial architecture, making it more equitable, inclusive and better tailored to today's challenges.
Without this reform, it is becoming almost impossible to mobilize development funding, particularly green finance.
Gabon, a country with extensive forest cover and a low deforestation rate, as well as being a major carbon sink, therefore calls for greater recognition of its contribution to global climate regulation and the ecosystem services that it provides to humanity.
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Zambia · Day 5Mulambo Hamakuni HaimbeMr. President, regarding sustainable development finance and reform of the global financial architecture, it is widely accepted that sustainable development cannot be achieved without addressing persistent financing gaps facing developing countries.
High borrowing costs, limited fiscal space and heavy debt servicing obligations continue to constrain countries' ability to invest in climate action, health, education, infrastructure and development priorities.
Zambia therefore calls for greater access to affordable and long-term development finance, increased climate finance, particularly for adaptation and resilience, and innovative finance mechanisms to mobilize private investment for sustainable development.
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Indonesia · Day 5SugionoAt the same time, international financial architecture must also evolve to respond better to the needs of developing countries and to give them greater space to pursue their own development priorities and build their resilience.
But stronger institutions alone will not save multilateralism.
Institutions are only as strong as the principles we are willing to uphold.
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Cameroon · Day 5Lejeune Mbella MbellaMr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The deadline for Agenda 2030 is fast approaching and we are able to observe that despite remarkable efforts, there is still a ways to go in order to reach the SDGs that we all chose for ourselves.
and the resources to reach the Sustainable Development Goals are nevertheless available throughout the world and therefore we must improve the conditions to access them and use these resources.
This is why financing for development should not be considered as some kind of alms or kindness It is an investment in stability, shared prosperity and collective security.
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