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
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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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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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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- Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Day 3
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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