Development
Food security at UNGA 81
Raised by 95 of 223 speakers. Read verbatim UN transcript quotes and select a time to hear the speech.
Speeches that raised food security
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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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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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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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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