Development
Health at UNGA 81
Raised by 71 of 223 speakers. Read verbatim UN transcript quotes and select a time to hear the speech.
Speeches that raised health
Fiji · Day 3Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati LalabalavuThey are Fijians still and so are their children.
A supreme law that belongs to every citizen must belong to them also.
Fiji's door is open.
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Ghana · Day 3John Dramani MahamaAnd so climate justice demands that developed nations must fulfill their long overdue financial commitments.
Mitigation support must be operationalized with predictable, non-debt-creating grants, not loans that further embed fragile economies.
Similarly, global health security demands true solidarity because pathogens do not respect national borders.
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Bangladesh · Day 3Tarique RahmanTo promote women entrepreneurship, particularly in the small and medium-sized industrial sector, the government has expanded opportunities for cash financing for women.
Free education opportunities up to the undergraduate level have been opened to women.
The government seeks to ensure not only electoral democracy but also democratization of the economy so that the benefits of economic growth and prosperity reach every family and every citizen.
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Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Day 3Rodrigo Paz Pereirablocking access to healthcare and education.
More than 20 people died, and this was financed by narco terrorism and by drug trafficking.
And a helpless, defenseless state that was unable to generate economic and human resources to be able to fight that narco-terrorism, narco-trafficking, which was financing it.
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Hungary · Day 3András Bálint BakaPoverty and the lack of opportunity can drive people from their countries just as conflict can.
Hungary will continue to support development that helps communities build that future based on their own needs and priorities.
We are ready to share our experience in education, health, and digital development.
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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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Senegal · Day 3Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar FayeIts stabilization must be pursued, it cannot be forgotten.
Of course, there are worsening health crises.
The Ebola epidemic is an example of just that.
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Nigeria · Day 3Kashim ShettimaWe can deploy artificial intelligence to wage war or use it to transform healthcare, education, agriculture, governance, and economic productivity.
Much of the anxiety surrounding AI reflects the distrust we have allowed to grow amongst us.
Nigeria is investing in digital public infrastructure, broadband connectivity, innovation systems, research institutions, and technology intellectual ownership.
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Barbados · Day 3Mia Amor MottleyAI is already transforming how we work, learn, and govern.
And it is clear that its potential is extraordinary.
We have found that it has great capacity to detect disease earlier, predict disasters, improve agriculture, and expand access to education and public services.
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Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Day 3Rob JettenAnd since 2015, we have doubled the amount of renewable energy we generate.
Child mortality has dropped sharply too because of this access.
So climate action can be a catalyst for everyone to work together on solutions that concern us all.
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Greece · Day 3Kyriakos MitsotakisFor the first time, for the first time in the history of our species, we have created a technology that openly challenges the supremacy of the human mind as the pinnacle of our evolutionary development.
I will not dwell on the positive transformational potential of this revolutionary technology.
whether in disease eradication, productivity enhancement, or fighting climate change.
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Australia · Day 3Anthony AlbaneseIts purpose is to deliver control back into the hands of people by empowering them to determine what appears in their feed, giving them the choice.
The technological development that must now be the subject of public discussion is artificial intelligence.
AI can improve lives, boost growth and productivity, provide revolutionary breakthroughs in healthcare and other fields.
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