Development
Food security at UNGA 81
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Speeches that raised food security
Vanuatu · Day 6Odo TeviFor us, security also means food security, energy security, water security, health security, economic security, cybersecurity, environmental security, and the security of our people from the impacts of climate change.
A rise in food and energy prices, as recently experienced by Middle East conflict is a security issue.
A disruption in international shipping can increase the price of food in our islands.
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Malawi · Day 6George Chapatula ChapondaMr. President, our goal is to systematically transform our economy by modernizing agriculture, expanding mining, and accelerating digitalization.
We need targeted investment in our key productive sectors, namely agriculture, industrialization, and infrastructure development as follows.
agriculture modernization through mechanization and commercialization to guarantee food security.
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South Sudan · Day 6Cecilia Adout Majok Adenghealth care for their families, roads connecting their communities, food security and economic opportunities, justice and equality, strong institutions, and a government whose authority ultimately drives from the will of its people.
President Kiir has placed particular emphasis on agriculture, infrastructure, education, healthcare, and economic diversification.
For a farmer, a road to a market is development.
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Mongolia · Day 1Khurelsukh UkhnaaIt is time for all of us to ponder and reflect with common sense on what progress could have been achieved in the development of human society if these huge budget and funds had been spent on tackling pressing issues such as combating global warming and climate change and improving education, health, food security, and advancement of women and children.
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.
As a country experiencing the adverse impacts of climate change firsthand, Mongolia has remained steadfast in contributing to global collective efforts to protect and preserve our natural environment.
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Nepal · Day 3Balendra ShahWhen a poor farmer in Nepal went to sow her seeds in monsoon, fertilizers didn't reach her on time.
When we wanted to pave a new highway, there was no bitumen.
When a family sat down for an evening meal, there was shortage of cooking gas.
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Türkiye · Day 1Recep Tayyip Erdoğanthat will enhance the welfare of our region.
Particularly among these projects, important is the development road project.
As for the Russia-Ukraine war, it is our sincere hope that it comes to an end with Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity being upheld.
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Suriname · Day 1Jennifer Geerlings-SimonsSuriname is firmly committed to the upholding of international law As we depend on a rule-based international order, without which, like many other vulnerable nations, we simply cannot exist as sovereign countries.
The consistent application of international law and the strengthening of its institutions is also essential to maintain international peace and security, protect human rights, and ensure sustainable development for all.
Mr. President, as mentioned before, the international community is experiencing profound uncertainty, including energy and food security crisis, leading to intensified displacement of many people globally.
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Belgium · Day 1Maxime PrévotAnd this year again, hundreds of millions of people need humanitarian assistance while the resources available to help them are shrinking.
When funding runs out, what do we tell the mother who asks war for hours to reach a clinic with a sick child that the doors are closed?
What do we tell to a family waiting for food that there will be no delivery tomorrow?
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Kenya · Day 2William Samoei RutoOne-sided violence against civilians reached levels not witnessed since 1994, the year of genocide in Rwanda.
From Europe to the Middle East, from Sahel to the Horn of Africa, civilians are paying the ultimate price.
Cities are destroyed, families are displaced, hunger deepens, supply chains are disrupted, driving up the cost of food, fuel, and essential goods far beyond the battlefield.
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Italy · Day 2Antonio TajaniAttacks on shipping in the Red Sea must cease, as must Russia's reckless attacks in the Black Sea on shipments of Ukrainian grain destined for Africa.
These crises may seem distant, but their effects reach in every household.
They drive up the cost of energy, grain, bread, and fertilizers.
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Solomon Islands · Day 4Matthew Cooper WaleOur islands are being lost to the sea.
Disasters are more frequent and more devastating.
Food and water security is under threat, and communities are being forced from their ancestral lands.
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Papua New Guinea · Day 4James MarapeA mother buying food can feel the consequences.
A farmer buying fuel can feel the consequences.
A small business facing higher transport costs can feel the consequences.
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Grenada · Day 6Ingrid JacksonAt the heart of Vision 75 are five strategic pillars: education and skill training, healthcare, agriculture and food security, the environment and energy, and housing.
We are investing in health and wellness, education and skills, food security, renewable energy, digital innovation, and environmental sustainability.
Digital transformation and emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, offer enormous possibilities for education, healthcare, agriculture, public administration, and economic development.
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Sierra Leone · Day 1Julius Maada BioThese conflicts differ in origin and circumstance, but they carry a common warning.
Military action may contain a threat, but it cannot by itself build lasting peace.
When hunger, exclusion, and despair deepen insecurity takes root.
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Burundi · Day 2Évariste NdayishimiyeIt is also a guarantee of progress for the entire multilateral trading system.
With the African Continental Free Trade Area, our continent has already demonstrated its capacity to develop rules and to integrate markets.
It is now up to global trade governance to draw on this.
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Paraguay · Day 2Santiago Peña PalaciosIt is not the great powers or the wealthiest who pay the price.
It is the least protected who pay the price, the most vulnerable among our citizens.
Food and energy security, the food and energy security of millions of people depends on keeping that passage open.
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Dominican Republic · Day 2Luis Rodolfo Abinader CoronaSituations that happen far away from our coasts can directly impact the dinner tables of our families.
The wars in Europe and the Middle East have caused the prices of food and energy to skyrocket.
My country imports all of the fuel that it consumes.
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Poland · Day 2Karol NawrockiWe therefore welcome with satisfaction the strengthening of security in the Arctic region, which is now becoming a reality thanks to the agreement signed yesterday between our Allies.
Ladies and gentlemen, we must, however, make it clear, modern security threats are not limited to classical military actions.
Russia is carrying out actions aimed at undermining the foundations of international stability, striking at global food security through attacks on ports and ships transporting grain, as well as by deliberately provoking crises that affect millions of people outside of Europe.
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Eswatini · Day 2King Mswati IIIAddressing this requires us to draw deeply upon strained national resources to protect our people and preserve their livelihoods.
Directly linked to climate resilience is our commitment to food security.
Our national objective is to ensure that every family has access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food.
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Honduras · Day 2Nasry Juan Asfura ZablahWe are investing our own resources in protecting lives, harvests and access to drinking water.
However, we want to go further.
Honduras is opening its doors to anyone developing new solutions for water, agriculture, early warning, and the infrastructure that our country requires.
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Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) · Day 2Delcy Eloína Rodríguez GómezFive, international stability means that we must resolve our three-pronged energy like dilemma.
We must at the same time guarantee security of supply, affordable prices, and environmental sustainability.
We must champion timelines for decarbonization.
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Hungary · Day 3András Bálint BakaDrought can destroy crops, threaten food and energy supplies, and take away people's income.
Climate change is making these pressures greater.
Rivers also cross borders.
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Ireland · Day 3Micheál MartinRussia's reckless drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian towns and cities continue to intensify.
These are not the actions of a country interested in peace.
Russia could halt its brutal attacks at any time, yet it refuses to do so.
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Maldives · Day 4Hussain Mohamed LatheefConflict does not have to reach our shores to affect us.
In today's interconnected world, a crisis far away can quickly become a crisis at home.
Interruption to maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz raises fuel prices.
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Niger · Day 4Lamine Zeine Ali MahamanOur economy has seen 7% growth in 2026, in 2025, excuse me, driven above all by oil and agriculture.
Inflation, which reached 9.1% in 2024, has fallen to -4.7%, thanks to exceptional agricultural production and a targeted reduction of fuel and cement prices.
All of the country's riches will be redistributed to benefit our population.
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Egypt · Day 4Moustafa Kamal Madboulyand a fairer system for assessing countries' needs and investment risks, thus enabling the mobilization of private capital without shifting risks onto the most vulnerable countries.
Countries should not be forced to choose between debt servicing and financing education, healthcare, food security, and essential infrastructure.
Development is not charity.
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Guatemala · Day 4Carlos Ramiro Martínez AlvaradoThey are linked through drug trafficking, trafficking in persons, illicit arms trafficking, smuggling, extortion, money laundering, environmental crime and other illicit economies.
They exploit institutional weaknesses, inequality and a lack of opportunities.
Wherever the state is weakened, these structures seek to replace it, intimidate it or bend it to serve private interests.
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India · Day 5Subrahmanyam JaishankarIndia supports ongoing initiatives to bring peace.
Even as this is underway, there is an urgent need to address the security of seafarers and supply of food grains and energy.
India is prepared to do everything possible to ameliorate this situation, especially with regard to food and energy security.
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Belarus · Day 5Maxim RyzhenkovTherefore, we offer constructive criticism of the organisation, hoping that it can recover and take on a new lease on life.
We are convinced that the UN must remain the primary universal forum for addressing common challenges.
In these circumstances, Belarus is making its contribution to creating a new world.
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San Marino · Day 5Luca BeccariEnvironmental degradation, food insecurity, water scarcity and displacement.
The Paris Agreement must be fully implemented.
The 1.5 degree goal must remain within reach.
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Sao Tome and Principe · Day 5Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado VazA transition that is for us an economic, financial, social, and environmental necessity.
In an island economy dependent on imported fuel, the cost and reliability of electricity affect every sector.
The implementation of our energy transition program and the National Energy Compact should contribute to a cleaner, more affordable, secure, and stable system, but it will require investment and international partnerships.
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Indonesia · Day 5SugionoFor Indonesia, this means building greater self-sufficiency in food and strengthening our energy security.
Most importantly, this also means investing in the future of our people, ensuring our children receive quality education and ensuring our people have access to essential healthcare.
At the same time, we are building an economy that can withstand shocks and create opportunities, more jobs, stronger industries, and greater productive capacity.
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Congo · Day 6Constant Serge BoundaPromoting youth employment, strengthening public governance, diversifying the economy, modernizing agriculture and industry.
It's endowed with natural resources, with critical minerals, with agricultural potential, with tourism potential, which has not yet been developed, our expanding infrastructure, and a strategic location at the heart of Central Africa.
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United Arab Emirates · Day 6Khalifa Shaheen Al MararAmid growing threats to navigation in our region and beyond, my country has continued to emphasize the principles of freedom of navigation and the right of transit passage, We stressed the need to secure and protect the safe flow of supply chains, trade and energy in accordance with international law, including the law of the sea and the principle of state sovereignty, recognizing these as pillars of food security, development and prosperity of nations.
recognizing the importance of concerted, coordinated international action in confronting the challenges of water, climate, and food security.
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Brazil · Day 1Luiz Inácio Lula Da SilvaInitiatives such as the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, Launched by Brazil and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Inequality, launched by South Africa's team from this political will, Brazil is in a hurry to become a developed and socially fair nation.
We have adopted an economic model based on income distribution, job creation, and wage increases.
We are invested in improving productivity, expanding credit, and building a robust social safety net.
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Jordan · Day 1Abdullah II ibn Al HusseinEconomic disparity, food insecurity, climate change disasters.
None of these challenges emerged overnight.
The warning signs have been there.
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Qatar · Day 1Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al ThaniIt has become possible for an international waterway, through which nearly a quarter of the world's energy trade passes, to be closed.
It has also become possible for the lifelines of the global economy to be turned into tools of pressure and bargaining, with people on every continent bearing the cost, despite being far removed from the causes of the conflict.
This is a crisis that drives up the prices of food and medicine and affects the livelihoods of peoples who have nothing to do with any of this.
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Lithuania · Day 1Gitanas NausėdaAnd we all should join our forces to draw Ukraine's victory closer.
For it is only Ukraine's final victory, safeguarding its sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, that could ensure the global peace, security, and credibility of the United Nations Charter.
What we cannot allow is the brute force prevailing over international law.
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Dominica · Day 1Sylvanie BurtonWe see it in our support for farmers, entrepreneurs, agri-processors, and tourism operators, who are creating jobs and building stronger local industries.
We also see it in our work to protect our forest, marine resources, and natural environment.
For Dominica, these resources are part of our identity but they are also essential to our food security, our tourism product, and the livelihoods of our people.
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Naoero · Day 1David Ranibok AdeangBecause 58% of our revenue comes from bilateral arrangements that are not ours to renew.
87% of the food our people eat is purchased and imported.
We have one runway, one port, one road that connects everywhere.
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Japan · Day 1Takaichi SanaeJapan, in cooperation with the international community, has been continuing to engage in diplomatic efforts with a view to achieving an early de-escalation of the situation across the Middle Furthermore, supply concerns regarding fuel, chemical products, and medical supplies are causing significant impact on people's lives and business operations.
Due to disruptions in the supply of fertilizers, the risk of food crisis is mounting, with Africa and Asia being hit particularly hard.
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.
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Morocco · Day 1Nasser BouritaAll those who provide them with support, financing, or arms must be held accountable.
Mr. President, there can be no way to sustain peace and development without effectively addressing the challenge of climate change, which is no longer a future threat.
It is already affecting water and food security.
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Romania · Day 2Nicuşor-Daniel DanIn response to Russia's attacks on ports and grain infrastructure, which disrupted global food supply chains, and deepened food insecurity for millions of people, Romania has coordinated with Ukraine on the transit of grain through Romania by rail and by waterway.
In response to the disruption of freedom of navigation in the Black Sea, together with Bulgaria and Turkey, Romania is part of the mine countermeasures task group in the Black Sea.
through mine detection and mine neutralization missions and the protection of critical undersea infrastructure.
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Czechia · Day 2Petr PavelRussia's war has undermined global food security, disrupting agricultural production, exports, and supply chains.
Its effects are felt in my country, but even more acutely in parts of Africa and elsewhere, particularly in countries that depend on stable and affordable food supplies.
While we need to raise costs of war for Russia, we must give serious diplomatic efforts a genuine chance.
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Estonia · Day 2Alar KarisThe consequences of Russia's aggression, however, extend beyond Ukraine and Europe.
For example, by increasingly targeting Ukraine's Black Sea ports, commercial shipping, grain infrastructure, and alternative export routes, Russia is putting global food security at grave risk.
As such, this is a concern for all of us, and rightly so.
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Ukraine · Day 2Volodymyr ZelenskyyThis is about food security.
This is about the lives of many, many people in many countries.
And this is about finally slowing down the rapid development of weapons for killing, a process that has continued throughout this war and has already become a global threat.
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Bulgaria · Day 2Iliana IotovaThis is leading to a food crisis in the world, especially in the Middle East and Africa.
The inability to export grain and fertilizer poses a real risk of famine this winter in a number of countries in these regions and may compromise the harvest of 2027.
Bulgaria cannot and will not remain indifferent.
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Central African Republic · Day 2Faustin Archange TouaderaWe have never had so many reasons to act together, and we have never found it so difficult to do so.
This paradox comes with a price, and this price is primarily being paid by the most vulnerable.
According to the UN itself, more than 147 million people in 19 countries and territories experienced acute food insecurity caused by conflict in 2025.
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Panama · Day 2José Raúl Mulino QuinteroBut I have never been guided by selfishness or speculation in a matter that is so sensitive for the entire world.
The reality is harmful.
Not just as a result of the attacks on innocent people, such as crews of vessels, but also for millions of people who are running out of food or having to pay more for food and fertilizers and workers who are having to pay more for fuel.
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Ethiopia · Day 2Taye Atske-Selassie AmdeA significant leap has also been achieved in attaining food security.
As part of fulfilling our commitment to enhance resilience to climate shock, we were able to produce an improved climate resilient wheat variety seed.
In a very short period, we have transitioned from a wheat importer to one of the largest wheat producer in Africa.
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Slovakia · Day 2Peter PellegriniMr. Chairman, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Every country that enters this hall brings its own concerns.
For some, security means protecting borders.
For others, it means food, water, energy, or the future of their children.
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Mozambique · Day 2Daniel Francisco Chapothat resilience is now an environmental, economic, and food security, social for development issue, and increasingly one of peace and security in all the world.
We therefore reiterate the need to increase funding for adaptation, facilitate access to climate funds, operationalize the loss and damage mechanisms, and invest in early warning systems and resilient infrastructure.
Mozambique remains highly vulnerable to extreme weather events, floods, inundations, cyclones, and we are concerned with the El Nino that might have potential severe impact in the central and southern parts of the country, especially when it comes to drought, food insecurity and livelihood.
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Montenegro · Day 2Jakov MilatovićThe same commitment to international law applies to freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, a route whose security has implications far beyond the region.
Disruptions affect energy markets and global trade.
but they also affect food security through the supply and price of fertilizers and other critical agricultural inputs, with particularly serious consequences for vulnerable import-dependent countries.
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Zimbabwe · Day 3Emmerson Dambudzo MnangagwaWe are also pursuing food and nutrition security and climate-smart agriculture.
My government is leaving no one and no place behind.
Through our rural industrialization agenda and the invest rural policy, we are directing investment towards rural infrastructure, manufacturing hubs, and agro-processing facilities.
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Madagascar · Day 3Michaël RandrianirinaIn this regard, I wish to reaffirm Madagascar's support and its full readiness to work in a genuine spirit of cooperation to ensure the success of all of our work throughout this session.
Mr. President, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, we must acknowledge that the challenges that we have faced for decades, namely food insecurity, disease, armed conflict, or natural disasters, are still with us.
Thus, for Madagascar, as for many other nations, the new emerging challenges must not overshadow the priorities that still require our attention.
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Comoros · Day 3Azali AssoumaniThe devastating war in the Middle East, marked by massive civilian losses and destruction of critical infrastructure, has spread to Syria and Lebanon as a result.
of Israeli military operations and has had major global economic consequences.
In addition to its worldwide impact, the conflict threatens the food and energy security of vulnerable countries, such as the Union of the Comoros, which remain highly dependent on imports.
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Uruguay · Day 3Yamandú OrsiPoverty continues to deprive millions of people of basic opportunities and wars continue to destroy lives, communities and hopes.
While we discuss growth, technology, artificial intelligence, the energy transition or new forms of production, there are millions of people who continue to ask themselves far more basic questions.
How will I feed my children?
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European Union · Day 3António CostaThey have repercussions on food security, energy markets, immigration, development and global stability.
We can see that with the war of aggression by Russia on Ukraine.
This was a war chosen by Russia, the consequences of which are worldwide in scope.
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Gambia (Republic of The) · Day 3Mohammed JallowThe above would enable developing countries to invest in education, health, agriculture, climate resilience, and other productive sectors to holistically address their interconnected challenges.
Mr. President, Climate change presents another test of our collective credibility, and for the government, it is not a distant threat.
Coastal erosion, changing rainfall patterns, pressure on water resources, food insecurity, and environmental degradation are already affecting our communities and livelihoods.
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Israel · Day 3Benjamin NetanyahuI want to ask you some questions.
What genocidal regime gives a million polio vaccinations to the enemy's population?
What genocidal regime enables the distribution of 2 million tons of food into Gaza.
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Portugal · Day 3Luís MontenegroProtecting human dignity by combating poverty and safeguarding fundamental rights, food security, and the future of the new generations.
Mr. President, Excellencies, and friends, the magnitude of the challenges we face demands collective responses.
The most effective response is a multilateral response, and the United Nations is at the heart and should be and should continue to be at the heart of the multilateral system.
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Fiji · Day 3Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati LalabalavuFor the Pacific, climate change is not a future scenario.
It is saltwater entering farmland, coastal erosion moving closer to homes, and stronger storms damaging schools and roads.
and the pressure on fisheries and food security and communities facing relocation.
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Côte d’Ivoire · Day 3Tiémoko Meyliet KonéDroughts, floods, land degradation, and the disruption of food systems directly threaten the ways of life and the livelihoods of millions of people.
In this context, honouring international commitments on climate finance, adaptation and technology transfer is an imperative of justice and solidarity.
Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, the transformation that our world is experiencing is also a technological one.
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Yemen · Day 3Abdullah Abdulkader Al Alimi-Bawzer12 years of an incomplete peace have left millions of people enduring hunger, injuries, displacement.
Every statistic in Yemen's tragedy carries a human story.
The world must not become accustomed to the suffering.
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Barbados · Day 3Mia Amor MottleyMr. President, Excellencies, my friends, we meet at a time when the obstacles confronting human progress are multiplying.
Obstacles to peace, obstacles to food and clean water, obstacles to finance, medicine, and education, obstacles to movement and opportunity, obstacles to technology, to the knowledge and infrastructure needed to use it.
And increasingly, obstacles between nations, between communities, and between people who no longer agree on the same facts or trust the same institutions.
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Thailand · Day 3Anutin CharnvirakulThailand will leverage our strengths.
We are building upon our strong agricultural base to be a source of food security for the world.
Meanwhile, our universal health coverage ensures that people have access to affordable and quality health care, while also developing Thailand into a medical and wellness hub.
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Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Day 3Rob Jettenfor the immeasurable suffering inflicted on so many victims and families in this senseless war.
And since the downing of flight MH17, the Netherlands has come to understand this only too well.
And many others understand it too, with Russia threatening global food security and millions of people experiencing the consequences.
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Greece · Day 3Kyriakos MitsotakisAnd from the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea to the Indo-Pacific, strategic maritime routes are increasingly becoming arenas of geopolitical confrontation.
Commercial vessels are being targeted and vital trade routes are used as instruments of pressure.
with grave consequences for supply chains, for energy markets, and for food security worldwide.
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Austria · Day 3Beate Meinl-Reisingerby countries already in crisis, by populations heavily dependent on food imports, and by people caught in conflict.
In Austria, we are fortunate to live in peace, but the consequences reach us.
Energy prices rise, factories close, and families are forced to flee war and seek safety across Europe.
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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.
Just imagine.
Today, the regime's Prime Minister told this Assembly that he has brutally killed nearly 75,000 Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, and injured around 157,000 others, simply because he had no other choice.
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Iraq · Day 4Ali Falih Al-ZaidiWe stress here the paramount importance of facilitating humanitarian access and the protection of civilians.
Ladies and gentlemen, the security we seek is not limited to halting conflicts, but rather includes confronting climate change, the effects of desertification and water scarcity.
These are challenges that Iraq faces that affect its food security.
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Tuvalu · Day 4Feleti TeoThis 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.
We thank all of our partners whose invaluable support helped turn this national vision into reality.
For Tuvalu, ocean governance is not simply an environmental policy.
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Saint Lucia · Day 4Philip J. PierreIt is a direct threat to national security, economic stability, food and water security, and human survival.
While the world focuses on headline grabbing events like monster hurricanes, melting glaciers, and tidal waves, climate change is affecting Saint Lucia daily in small but significant ways, such as the unusual bouts of drought in the rainy season, unprecedented floods in the dry season, and stifling of our beaches and coastlines by sargassum.
Our people contribute little to these global emissions, Yet these events constantly set back our people's development and and livelihoods and demand that we find the resources to reverse the damage.
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Liechtenstein · Day 4Sabine MonauniThe climate crisis is real.
We are seeing its effects every day, from heat waves that bake the soil to heavy rains that turned the parched ground into mud.
People are starving in the heat and drowning in the floods.
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Day 4Godwin FridayInternational conflicts far from our shores in Ukraine and the Middle East continue to have devastating consequences for our daily lives, disrupting agricultural trade and global food stability, and driving up fuel prices and shipping premiums.
We therefore join others here and call for an immediate end to the war in Ukraine, with full respect for state sovereignty and territorial integrity under the UN Charter.
And likewise, we call for a permanent ceasefire in the Middle East, the protection of civilians, and the realization of a two-state solution guaranteeing peace and security for Palestine and Israel.
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Tonga · Day 4Lord FakafanuaProtecting and restoring them builds our climate resilience.
It strengthens our food security and enables a sustainable blue economy.
The financing and partnerships we build around ocean and nature-based solutions will help determine our future and sustain our people.
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Saint Kitts and Nevis · Day 4Geoffrey HanleyDistinguished colleagues, when we speak of arbitrary justice, sovereignty and solidarity, Haiti cannot be an afterthought.
Approximately 1.47 million people are internally displaced, while nearly half of the population faces acute food insecurity.
In the very near future, the first round of presidential and legislative elections will take place.
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Bahrain · Day 4Abdullatif bin Rashid Al ZayaniA waterway is not merely a security issue of concern for coastal states.
It is an artery of development through which the food, medicine, and energy of entire nations flow.
When a single waterway is disrupted, the cost is felt by a family in a country that does not have a coastline.
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Kazakhstan · Day 4Mukhtar TileuberdiExcellencies, environmental challenges are among the defining issues of our time.
Climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation, and the growing frequency of natural disaster are placing increasing pressure on our societies and economies.
The Regional Ecological Summit held in Astana in April reaffirmed that climate, water, food, and health challenges cannot be addressed in isolation.
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Norway · Day 4Espen Barth EideAt times, this might require a solid dose of tough love.
President, the cost of war affects us all.
Grain and fertilizer supplies disrupted by Russia's war against Ukraine undermine food security far beyond Europe's shores.
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Sweden · Day 4Maria Malmer StenergardRussia intensified its systematic attacks on civilian infrastructure and on vessels in the Black Sea this summer.
This has once again disrupted global food supply chains, exacerbating an already dire situation for vulnerable people across the globe.
To President Putin and Mr. Lavrov, I say this: the path to peace is clear.
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Micronesia (Federated States of) · Day 5Aren PalikAt the same time, we recognize the continuing and growing challenges of climate change, ocean degradation, pollution, and growing inequality.
Mr. President and Excellencies, today's security landscape is not only by conflict, but by climate-driven fragility.
Extreme weather events, sea level rise, and resource degradation are eroding stability across vulnerable regions, especially the Pacific.
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Philippines · Day 5Ma. Theresa LazaroThe war in Ukraine compounds a global food crisis and economic shocks unseen since the Second World War.
Peace, therefore, is not merely the absence of war.
It is our shared and indivisible responsibility.
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Cuba · Day 5Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez ParrillaThe executioner is blaming the victim.
They are following the formula recommended by the State Department since 1960 in the infamous "Mallory Memorandum," which established as an official policy, and it's in force up until today, the overthrowing of the Cuban government through the economic suffocation and the extreme suffering of the Cuban people out of material shortages, hunger, and desperation.
The President of the United States declared in this room a few days ago that Cuba is a failed state.
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Iceland · Day 5Thorgerdur Katrín GunnarsdóttirAnd so does adherence to international law beyond the battlefield.
To be clear, Iceland stands with the ICC.
Obstruction of lawful international transit through the Straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb threatens not only countries in the region, but global energy markets and food security.
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Singapore · Day 5Vivian BalakrishnanActually, the multilateral system today still works more often than the headlines would suggest.
A few examples.
The World Food Programme feeds over 100 million people a year.
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Germany · Day 5Johann WadephulThis aggression has been condemned consistently by an overwhelming majority here in the General Assembly.
Russia's war targets the lives of millions of innocent people, the existence of the Ukrainian state and culture, and the European peace order.
It puts vital grain deliveries for millions of people at risk, particularly in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
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