Maritime security and navigation at UNGA 81

Statements that raised Maritime security and navigation

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   🇧🇭 Bahrain · Day 4Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani

   • These are indiscriminate attacks without justification under any law. My country also condemns the attacks carried out by the Iran-backed terrorist Houthi militia against civilian objects and Islamic holy sites in the brotherly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We also condemn their threats to freedom of navigation in the Bab el-Mandeb and the Red Sea. Allow me to put the facts before you in figures. 9:28:30Copy

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   🇧🇪 Belgium · Day 1Maxime Prévot

   • That is why I urge every one of us not to cut humanitarian funding. International law does more than contain violence. It also enables trade, exchange, and movement. That brings me to a freedom that may at first sound rather technical, freedom of navigation. 11:48:03Copy

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   🇾🇪 Yemen · Day 3Abdullah Abdulkader Al Alimi-Bawzer

   • The Yemeni government accepted that initiative, while the Houthi militias rejected it and instead escalated their actions in the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb to serve an Iranian agenda that goes beyond the interests of Yemen and its people, turning one of the world's most important waterways into a tool of pressure and bargaining. in Iran's confrontation with the world. Ladies and gentlemen, this coup could not have persisted for so many years, nor could its threat have expanded from Yemen to neighboring states and international waterways without the military support expertise, and technology provided to the Houthi militias by the rogue Iranian regime. The international community's hesitation to designate the Houthis as a terrorist group provided them with a valuable opportunity to expand their influence and magnify the threat they pose. 7:31:23Copy

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   🇰🇼 Kuwait · Day 3Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah

   • They have also resulted in numerous injuries and have inflicted material and economic damage. And furthermore, to inflict harm on the economies of the region and the world and to disrupt global trade and oil markets, Iran is obstructing maritime navigation and closing the Strait of Hormuz to use it as a bargaining chip in the war, in violation of international law and the relevant Security Council resolutions. In this regard, the State of Kuwait expresses its deep appreciation to the brotherly and friendly nations who have stood by Kuwait and demonstrated solidarity. We also salute the countries that have sponsored the Security Council Resolution 2817 and the other resolutions issued by the Human Rights Council and the International Maritime Organization, which have condemned the Iranian aggression as a threat to international peace and security. 7:54:11Copy

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   🇸🇬 Singapore · Day 5Vivian Balakrishnan

   • The Strait of Hormuz is closed. We have to collectively reject this. Transit passage through straits used for international navigation is a right for all of us. It's not a privilege subject to fees and tolls. 4:17:39Copy

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   🇬🇷 Greece · Day 3Kyriakos Mitsotakis

   • And 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. Freedom of navigation and uninhibited passage through international straits, as guaranteed by international law, must be championed globally. 10:28:55Copy

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   🇵🇭 Philippines · Day 5Ma. Theresa Lazaro

   • Today, we must ask, have we honored that sacred compact? When more than 645 million people face hunger, When our climate remains in a state of calamity, and when our collective conscience is stained by humanitarian catastrophes, reflection must give way to urgent, united resolve. We cannot continue down fragmented paths. In an interconnected world, the disruption of maritime traffic in the Middle East can trigger an energy emergency in the Philippines, more than 3,600 nautical miles away. 2:38:19Copy

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   🇯🇵 Japan · Day 1Takaichi Sanae

   • In this milestone year, I would first like to address how Japan has been tackling the challenges facing the international community, working hand in hand with the United Nations. Then, together with you all, I would like to take this opportunity to revisit the role of the United Nations in the international community. Madam President, first, Let us turn our attention to escalating international tensions. The situation in the Middle East has been growing increasingly tense, and free and safe navigation is increasingly under challenge in the Strait of Hormuz, which is an international public good. 10:37:05Copy

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   🇵🇭 Philippines · Day 6Right of reply

   • The award rendered by an arbitral tribunal constituted under Annex VII of UNCLOS is final and binding upon the parties pursuant to Article 296 of the convention in Article 11 of Annex VII. The tribunal affirmed that UNCLOS comprehensively allocates maritime entitlements and that claims to historic rights to resources within the sea areas falling within the so-called nine-dash line are contrary to the convention and without lawful effect to the extent that they exceed the geographic and substantive limits of China's maritime entitlements under UNCLOS. The tribunal further upheld the Philippine sovereign rights in its exclusive economic zone and found that certain actions therein violated those rights. These propositions are at the core of the Philippines' longstanding position on the award. 7:49:25Copy

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    🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Day 2Iliana Iotova

    • Hamas has no place in the government of Gaza. We remain convinced that the only sustainable solution is one in which the two states, Israel and Palestine, live side by side in peace and security. This is the only way in which the two peoples can look forward to a decent life and a peaceful future. In the context of the developments in Iran, the security of global maritime routes, especially the route that passes through the Strait of Hormuz, have highlighted the global dimensions of this issue. 5:42:28Copy

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    🇲🇺 Mauritius · Day 4Dhananjay Ramful

    • We welcome the 100th ratification of the BBNJ Agreement and calls for its prompt and effective implementation. We look forward to its first conference of the parties advancing the institutional financial and procedural arrangements necessary for the effective implementation of the agreement. Collaboration is key to effective maritime security, maritime surveillance and domain awareness. We call on the international community to support regional and sub-regional initiatives in this regard. 11:14:55Copy

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    🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Day 5Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud

    • The stability of this vital region is directly linked to global energy security, the steadiness of international trade, and the resilience of global supply chains. Mr. President, safeguarding international navigation and the resilience of global supply chains is a shared responsibility that requires serious international cooperation to prevent risks that could affect the global economy. In this regard, the Kingdom stresses the importance of ensuring freedom of navigation in all international waterways, foremost among them the Strait of Hormuz, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden. We must restore the situation in the Strait of Hormuz to its pre-28th of February status without the imposition of any fees or restrictions. 3:42:21Copy

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    🇵🇭 Philippines · Day 6Right of reply

    • States have joined the Philippines in reiterating that the award is final, legally binding, and definitive between the Philippines and China concerning the maritime entitlements and claims decided by the tribunal. Further, There is no legal basis for China's expansive maritime claims, including claims based on historic rights, and that the freedom of navigation, overflight, and other lawful uses of the sea under UNCLOS must be respected. Moreover, the states oppose coercive or destabilizing conduct, including the use of coast guard, military, or maritime militia forces to harass or obstruct lawful operations. and the parties should abide by the award and resolve disputes peacefully in accordance with international law. 8:13:42Copy

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    🇨🇳 China · Day 6Right of reply

    • China neither accepts nor recognizes the so-called award and opposes and will never accept any claim or action arising from it. This is both to safeguard China's own territorial maritime rights and interests and to uphold the international law of the sea and a fair and equitable international maritime order. The Philippines attempt to play up the fact that a decade has passed since the so-called award is utterly meaningless. The fact is that the award not only cannot solve maritime issues between China and the Philippines, but has increasingly become a tool for the Philippines to expand its territorial and maritime claims, aggravating regional tension and becoming a stumbling block to China-Philippines relations and to peace and stability in the South China Sea. 7:36:13Copy

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    🇷🇴 Romania · Day 2Nicuşor-Daniel Dan

    • In 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. This initiative safeguards freedom of navigation and the region's energy security. 48:07Copy

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    🇰🇭 Cambodia · Day 5Sokhonn Prak

    • This same commitment to the peaceful settlement of dispute is reflected in our approach to the maritime dispute between Cambodia and Thailand. Last May, Thailand decided to unilaterally terminate the MOU 2001. the only existing legal framework between our two countries, specifically established to address our maritime dispute, despite our repeated call not to do so. Cambodia was thus forced to place its trust in institutions that uphold the principle of international law by initiating compulsory conciliation proceeding under UNCLOS. 2:30:05Copy

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    🇨🇦 Canada · Day 5Anita Anand

    • It must never acquire a nuclear weapon. Its threats to navigation rights in the Strait of Hormuz are a direct affront to international law. We join our Gulf and European partners in strongly condemning Iran's attacks in the region. And Canada is deploying every available tool including targeted sanctions that I announced this week to confront the Iranian regime's abhorrent behavior. 7:46:47Copy

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    🇮🇳 India · Day 5Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

    • Our troops have stood their ground firmly and professionally, even under pressure. We take pride that an Indian woman combat helicopter pilot was awarded the UN 2025 Military Gender Advocate of the Year. Mr. President, new challenges in the maritime domain have added to long-standing ones on land. There have been attacks on commercial shipping and seafarers in the Gulf and from the Red Sea to the Black Sea. 4:53:10Copy

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    🇲🇻 Maldives · Day 4Hussain Mohamed Latheef

    • Conflict 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. It affects food supplies and air travel. 45:40Copy

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    🇳🇴 Norway · Day 4Espen Barth Eide

    • It's a common investment in a system that reduces risk, friction, and cost for everyone, including the great powers. Take freedom of navigation as an example. This long-standing principle enshrined in our Convention on the Law of the Sea benefits every state. The Strait of Hormuz shows us why. 11:44:06Copy

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    🇵🇦 Panama · Day 2José Raúl Mulino Quintero

    • We're proud of being a country that connects the world through trade. Having the canal that unites two oceans, that transports goods from all countries of the world without any distinction, that is an icon of integration. This strategic canal for the free world, once again, is suffering the consequences of climate change. This is something that is a real paradox because we are a carbon negative country and one of the very few carbon negative countries in the world. 6:14:43Copy

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    🇵🇾 Paraguay · Day 2Santiago Peña Palacios

    • Let us do so together. Of course, problems are not confined to my region. There are problems all around the world. Paraguay is noting with deep concern what is happening in the Persian Gulf when the Strait of Hormuz is closed. 1:51:05Copy

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    🇦🇺 Australia · Day 3Anthony Albanese

    • We uphold international law, including the UN Charter, and support bold, practical reform to ensure the UN can best fulfil its mandate into the future. We are strong supporters of freedom of navigation and overflight for all nations, just as we are in our efforts to combat nuclear proliferation. We oppose Russia's continued illegal, unprovoked, and immoral invasion of Ukraine, and reiterate our calls for Russia's immediate, complete, and unconditional withdrawal, and an end to attacks upon civilians and civilian infrastructure. This week, Australia endorsed the 2026 International Crimea Platform Joint Statement, reaffirming our respect for Ukraine's sovereignty, independence, unity, and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders. 11:02:11Copy

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    🇩🇯 Djibouti · Day 5Abdoulkader Houssein Omar

    • The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains a tragedy requiring an immediate response from the international community. The protection of civilians must be guaranteed, humanitarian assistance must reach those in need without hindrance, and violations of international humanitarian law must cease and be condemned. Djibouti will continue to support efforts to bring an end to the suffering of the Palestinian people and to ensure that justice, peace and international law prevail. Preserving freedom of navigation in the Red Sea, and more particularly through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, is a major geopolitical and economic issue for regional and global stability. 6:51:09Copy

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    🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Day 2Taye Atske-Selassie Amde

    • We believe that Maritime access can be managed for the common benefit and progress of all countries in the region. It is upon this unwavering aspiration that we are pursuing all possible diplomatic avenues to secure access to and from the sea to ensure ETiPS integration into global trading system. Mr. President, as we attend this August assembly, We are reminded not only by the ideals and values of our organization, but of the imperatives we must uphold as enshrined in the Charter. We stand a better chance of surviving and succeeding if we continuously and collectively shape our collaboration. 6:40:35Copy

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    🇫🇷 France · Day 1Emmanuel Macron

    • The coalition of the willing on Ukraine, together with the UK and Germany, a coalition which brings together everyone who stands ready to guarantee peace and stability in the very heart of Europe, the very place where two world wars began, something no one can ignore. And many in the room today know better than anyone what a return of war to Europe could mean. We will not yield an inch, the coalition of the willing will continue fighting. We also have an independent multinational coalition aimed at restoring the freedom of navigation in the Hormuz Strait. 5:46:54Copy

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    🇮🇸 Iceland · Day 5Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir

    • The freedoms codified in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea are not optional, not at all. And for an island nation dependent on open maritime routes, freedom of navigation is fundamental. Madam President, 75 years after the 1951 Refugee Convention, we should have hoped that the need for it would be diminishing. Instead, humanitarian needs and forced displacement have reached staggering levels. 4:02:00Copy

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    🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) · Day 2Masoud Pezeshkian

    • We live in a region in which warfare knows no borders. Crisis in one land will spill into the surrounding nations. That's why Iran does not see her neighbors as security rivals. We want to have strong neighbors in waters in the Strait of Hormuz. 1:32:25Copy

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    🇮🇹 Italy · Day 2Antonio Tajani

    • And as war advances, the principles on which we have built 80 years of international relations retreat, the prohibition of the use of force, international humanitarian law, and freedom and security of navigation. Defending freedom of navigation means defending trade, jobs, growth, and dialogue, because where goods can move freely, weapons are less likely to do so. The Strait of Hormuz must reopen. Gulf must relaunch dialogue and ask Iran to abandon any form of nuclear threat and any aggressive policy towards other countries in the region. 12:20:48Copy

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    🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Day 4Mukhtar Tileuberdi

    • We stand firmly for diplomacy and dialogue and against the escalation of tension and the use of force. We remain deeply concerned about the Ukrainian crisis, which continues to take lives, erode global trust, and undermine international security. Even the most difficult conflicts must, ultimately, be resolved through diplomacy and negotiation. Beyond the tragic loss of life, Kazakhstan strongly condemns the repeated drone attacks against Kazakh crude oil export infrastructure, including against commercial vessels in the Black Sea basin. 10:13:33Copy

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    🇱🇹 Lithuania · Day 1Gitanas Nausėda

    • It is made worse by growing nuclear ambitions in the Middle East and Asia, as well as the irresponsible transfer of military-related goods, use items and sensitive technologies. In recent months, Iran has continued attacking neighboring countries, often through its proxies, while actively impairing the freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. These actions constitute a serious threat to regional and international peace and security. We reaffirm our full solidarity with the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and Jordan. 4:09:10Copy

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    🇵🇰 Pakistan · Day 4Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif

    • Critical maritime routes, particularly the Strait of Hormuz, came under severe pressure. At this critical moment, Pakistan chose to act swiftly. Through concerted efforts, Pakistan successfully brought Washington and Tehran under one roof in Islamabad. From the Islamabad From the Islamabad talks to the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, many historic steps were taken to bring an end to this serious conflict. 5:09:27Copy

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    🇵🇼 Palau · Day 2Surangel Whipps

    • It is the freedom to cooperate through mutual respect, transparency, accountability, dialogue, and international law. This principle matters because we have seen what can happen when tensions build, when concerns are ignored, and when channels for dialogue are left too narrow for the challenges before us. The Russia Ukraine war is a painful reminder of the tragic human toll that occurs when diplomacy gives way to conflict and how challenging it is to deescalate tensions once violence erupts. The Strait of Hormuz situation demonstrates how quickly disruption in an important waterway threatens international stability, energy security. 3:57:40Copy

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    🇵🇹 Portugal · Day 3Luís Montenegro

    • That is why we must explore every opportunity for dialogue, diplomacy and peace. In the Middle East, The humanitarian tragedy must end and we must move towards the two-state solution, with Israel and Palestine coexisting as two sovereign states in peace and security. The aggressive actions by Iran and its associated armed groups must cease, including attacks on neighboring countries, merchant vessels, and civilian infrastructures. Similarly, The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz must end and freedom of navigation must be guaranteed, including safe and toll-free passage, including through the Red Sea. 6:00:40Copy

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    🇶🇦 Qatar · Day 1Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

    • We remain deeply convinced, and our conviction is based on realistic considerations, convinced that the crisis in the Gulf can be resolved through diplomatic means, by reopening the Strait of Hormuz to maritime navigation and returning to negotiations in order to avert war, paving the way toward a lasting solution that ensures security and stability for the entire region, including Iran, while opening prospects for cooperation across various fields and ensuring non-interference in the internal affairs of states. The opportunity for a peaceful diplomatic solution, which we believe is both possible and realistic, must not be missed. Your Excellencies, while we're doing everything within our power to address the situation through diplomatic efforts, we have strengthened our steadfastness to defend our sovereignty, our territory, and our people, and the foundations of normalcy. We have devised resilient, flexible economic plans and remain committed to our development projects, despite the severe adverse impact of the war and the heavy price it has exacted. 3:54:31Copy

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    🇰🇷 Republic of Korea · Day 1Lee Jae Myung

    • We are ready to share our experience and best practices with the international community. Co-hosting the fourth UN Ocean Conference with Chile in 2028, reflects our commitment to leading discussions on the sustainable development of our oceans. Third, the Coalition for Global Energy Supply Chains. Recently, there have been repeated blockades of sea routes in the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea, This has underscored the stark reality that the weaponization of key energy and logistics supply routes can send severe shockwaves to the lives of ordinary people around the world. 7:08:56Copy

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    🇹🇷 Türkiye · Day 1Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

    • I would like to particularly emphasize that recent attacks against commercial ships in the Black Sea, regardless of who carries them out, are unacceptable. We believe that freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hermus must be maintained. In the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean region, we wish to see existing issues resolved on the basis of good neighborly relations and accordance with international law. Our proposal for an Eastern Mediterranean conference will contribute to establishing common ground. 3:11:43Copy

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    🇺🇸 United States of America · Day 1Donald Trump

    • That's something. Now we must be equally united in maintaining pressure. The United States Navy has recently escorted more than 1 billion barrels of oil out of the Strait of Hormuz. And more oil is flowing than at any point since the start of the war. 1:56:45Copy

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    🇨🇳 China · Day 6Right of reply

    • China urges Japan to draw profound lessons from history and immediately stop its dangerous acts of remilitarization. China also calls upon the international community to distinguish right from wrong, remain vigilant, jointly uphold the outcome of victory in World War II, and safeguard world peace and stability. In response to the statement of the Philippines, China once again reiterates that the award in the South China Sea arbitration is illegal, null, and void. First, the China-Philippines dispute in South China Sea are in essence issues of territorial and maritime delimitation. 8:05:52Copy

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    🇦🇴 Angola · Day 1João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço

    • The expulsion of Palestinians from their homes and lands through expansion of Jewish settlements in West Bank must elicit the strongest international outrage and condemnation. Attempts to dominate entire countries and regions of the globe by force of arms are leading the world towards a catastrophe. The food security and energy and humanitarian situation of countries and the world in general has deteriorated considerably following the outbreak of wars against Ukraine and more recently against Iran. The toll of these wars is disastrous, judging by the consequences arising from the strangulation of freedom of maritime navigation through the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb, A situation that has created serious risk of disruption to logistics supply chains in general and to food and energy supply chains in particular with devastating effects on the most vulnerable countries. 6:23:14Copy

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    🇧🇷 Brazil · Day 1Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva

    • Threatening civilizations with extinction will not bring stability to the Middle East. The Strait of Hormuz has become a battleground when it should have remained a vital passage for international trade. Families around the world are paying the price of fuel, fertilizers, and food. The war between Russia and Ukraine has dragged on for five years in a humanitarian drama that continues to claim lives. 1:26:14Copy

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    🇨🇫 Central African Republic · Day 2Faustin Archange Touadera

    • These crises never remain contained. Disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz are causing energy and fertilizer prices to skyrocket. Forced migration routes are growing crowded. Terrorism, trafficking, and armed groups are flourishing in zones beyond state control. 5:53:01Copy

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    🇨🇱 Chile · Day 1José Antonio Kast

    • Chile also has the Strait of Magellan, a crucial alternative route for global trade. Our nation will become the bridge and the port for the bio-oceanic corridors that will unite America with Asia. This richness, this wealth, is not only fortune that we have in our coffers, it brings with it responsibility to you. Chile will never renounce its sovereignty, neither will it to exploit its own minerals. 4:49:14Copy

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    🇭🇷 Croatia · Day 1Andrej Plenković

    • War disrupts food and energy supplies, while insecurity from the Strait of Hormuz to the Black Sea affects shipping, prices and livelihoods across continents. This is why, as a government, we are dealing with the consequences of energy price pressures by passing degrees to protect Croatian citizens and economy from energy shocks created far away from our shores. As distant as they may seem, these shocks are real, as they ripple into domestic inflationary pressures, affecting everything from wages and pensions to food prices and basic services. This is why freedom of navigation, maritime security, and the strict implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea matter to everyone. 11:23:41Copy

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    🇨🇺 Cuba · Day 5Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla

    • More than 7,000 containers remain stranded in different ports, many of them loaded with foodstuffs, medicines and medical devices, and some of them have even been paid for by private Cuban companies. It is an unusual and unprecedented action. A superpower unilaterally deprives all states of their right to export the commodities that they wish to the country that they wish to export them to, and continuously and comprehensively violates freedom of trade and navigation. Added to this is the intimidation of entrepreneurs of different countries so that they abandon against their will their investments and businesses in Cuba. 2:54:43Copy

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    🇨🇾 Cyprus · Day 2Nikos Christodoulides

    • Another manifestation of this is the Cyprus Regional Aerial Firefighting Station, hosted at Paphos Air Base and supported by the European Union. It offers an operational hub for aerial firefighting and rapid response and a center of excellence for training, interoperability, and capacity building. Reflecting its emphasis on regional ownership, it brings together partners from the Middle East, North Africa, and the Gulf. This commitment to regional cooperation, regional engagement is also demonstrated through the Cyprus Center for Land, Open Seas, and Port Security, jointly created with the United States. 4:13:15Copy

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    🇩🇴 Dominican Republic · Day 2Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona

    • However, the prices impact us without us being able to control them. And this is why we advocate de-escalation, freedom of navigation, and for a diplomatic solution that prevents nuclear proliferation in the region. Mr. President, for countries like ours, A rules-based order is a condition for our security and a guarantee that it is the norms agreed on by everyone and not force that resolve disputes between nations. It's for this reason that it's necessary to restore trust in this organization. 4:27:35Copy

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    🇪🇬 Egypt · Day 4Moustafa Kamal Madbouly

    • In every crisis across the broader Middle East, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf, circumstances and details may differ, but the capable national state that embraces all its citizens and legitimate institutions remain the only true foundation for stability. Security is indivisible. The security of one state cannot be built upon the insecurity of its neighbors or upon threats to shipping, trade, and energy routes or violations of state sovereignty through attacks carried out in violation of international law. Likewise, any regional actor that believes that its political or economic interests can be achieved by undermining national state institutions, supporting militias, or promoting separatist agendas and civil conflict clearly becomes part of the problem. 7:47:45Copy

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    🇪🇪 Estonia · Day 2Alar Karis

    • We remain a stable donor in UNRWA and are committed to a credible political process leading to a negotiated two-state solution with Israel and Palestine living side by side in peace, security and dignity. We have provided food aid to hospitals in Gaza and stand ready to offer our digital transition expertise in its future reconstruction. Estonia has consistently condemned the attack by Iran against our close partners the Gulf States and has shown its readiness to contribute to ensuring freedom of navigation in the region. This is an issue that affects us all. 2:49:52Copy

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    🇪🇺 European Union · Day 3António Costa

    • And we also support all of the efforts to find a solution to the conflict in Iran. The ceasefire must be fully respected. Freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz must be preserved without conditions and without hindrance. For a lasting solution, it is also necessary that security of the countries in the region be ensured. 4:12:18Copy

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    🇫🇯 Fiji · Day 3Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu

    • OAU and Fiji ask the same of every party in every theater. Energy, food security, and supply chains are inseparable from peace. The freedoms of navigation guaranteed under the international law, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, must be respected. Fiji will continue to serve in the United Nations peacekeeping operations. 6:37:35Copy

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    🇫🇮 Finland · Day 1Alexander Stubb

    • They include independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of nations, freedom of navigation at sea, and accountability for the most serious international crimes. The second remedy is about humanitarian principles, many of which have been mentioned in the speeches here today. The world today has an unprecedented capacity to meet humanity's most pressing needs. Since the establishment of the United Nations, poverty has declined, Access to basic education has expanded, literacy has increased, and child mortality has fallen. 5:11:27Copy

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    🇬🇦 Gabon · Day 5Marie-Édith Tassyla-Ye-Doumbeneny

    • This need for inclusiveness is particularly important in the Gulf of Guinea, a maritime area whose importance to international trade is growing by the day. Consequently, Gabon calls for a substantial strengthening of security in this strategic area, which represents a foundation for shared prosperity. Mr. President, Gabon, in its capacity as member of the African Union's Peace and Security Council, stresses the urgent need to implement UN Security Council Resolution 2719 on the financing of peacekeeping operations. on the continent. 7:29:24Copy

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    🇻🇦 Holy See · Day 5Cardinal Pietro Parolin

    • This conflict has also affected vital infrastructure, maritime transport routes and energy resources that are of strategic importance to the entire global economy, which has an impact on the livelihood of persons all around the world. The Holy See strongly reiterates its appeal for the parties involved to find the courage to engage in dialogue. Only a renewed commitment to negotiation, supported by the international community, can restore the prospect of stable peace and shared development to the Gulf region. The international community must not forget the tragic plight of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya, who for more than nine years now, suffer not only from the tragedy of statelessness, but also have been subjected to inhumane and deadly circumstances. 1:52:20Copy

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    🇭🇳 Honduras · Day 2Nasry Juan Asfura Zablah

    • We are the center of America. We stand between two oceans. We are optimizing Puerto Cortes, that is a port in our Caribbean Atlantic area, and it is the port with greatest potential for growth in the country and one of the largest, most important ports in Central America. We are investing to strengthen our road infrastructure so that we can create a logistics corridor to join the Atlantic with the Pacific. 9:54:24Copy

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    🇮🇶 Iraq · Day 4Ali Falih Al-Zaidi

    • Our ambition is for Iraq to be a global hub for energy production, and to leverage its potential to promote regional and international security and stability in a sustainable manner. Nevertheless, we express concern regarding developments concerned with freedom of transport and maritime navigation, and the crisis this has caused in terms of the rise of global energy prices. In order to contain the subsequent risks and the consequences on our peoples, we are working to diversify our oil export ports and develop energy lines and corridors linking Iraq, Turkey, Jordan, and Syria in order to reach global markets with the aim of contributing to energy security and diversifying supply routes. Excellencies, economic diversification on the basis of genuine partnerships is a central strategic objective of our economic policy. 1:10:41Copy

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    🇮🇪 Ireland · Day 3Micheál Martin

    • Mr. President, the conflict in the Gulf remains deeply concerning and is having a serious impact around the world. We need to get back to meaningful good faith negotiations by all sides. Ireland has consistently stated that Iran must cease its attacks on its neighbors and also end its destabilizing activities across the region, including strikes on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Vessels must be allowed to transit the strait safely and without tolls in line with international law. 11:23:10Copy

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58. 
    🇱🇧 Lebanon · Day 4Nawaf Salam

    • even if that's what some seek. On the contrary, it compounds their suffering, jeopardizes the prospects for a just and lasting solution to their cause, and increases the burden on host countries, foremost among them Lebanon. With regard to the security situation in the region, Lebanon wishes to renew its solidarity with the states of the Arab Gulf and with Jordan in the face of Iranian attacks that threaten regional security and the freedom and safety of maritime navigation. The effects of these attacks are not confined to theaters of confrontation. 1:39:28Copy

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    🇱🇷 Liberia · Day 3Joseph Nyuma Boakai

    • The cause of preventing war places comprising the cause of building broken society. As a current member of the United Nations Security Council, Liberia is putting these principles into practice while confronting evolving threats across West Africa, including transnational organized crime, cyber war, and illicit according trafficking along maritime corridors in the Gulf of Guinea. Through our joint security forces, we are tightening the vise on transnational drug cartels. No nation can police global criminal network alone. 3:05:55Copy

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    🇲🇬 Madagascar · Day 3Michaël Randrianirina

    • Maritime security in the Mozambique Channel and the western Indian Ocean remains at the heart of the regional initiatives in which Madagascar actively participates. We are determined to strengthen regional and multilateral cooperation founded on respect for national sovereignty. whilst also welcoming partnerships that align with our priorities and serve as genuine drivers of development. We also want to be part of strengthened regional cooperation in order to guarantee the security of our maritime areas. 48:14Copy

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    🇲🇾 Malaysia · Day 5Mohamad Haji Hasan

    • Across West Asia, escalating conflict threatens some of the world's most important routes for energy and trade, including the Strait of Hormuz, and the Bab al-Mandab. The consequences of conflict do not stop at these shores. A family in Southeast Asia has no part in these disputes, yet that family still pays the price when food, fuel, and cost of living rise. Malaysia therefore urges all parties to step back from escalation. 7:08:00Copy

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    🇲🇭 Marshall Islands · Day 4Hilda Heine

    • and that might makes right, regardless of the rulebook. We all will experience pressure to accept a false narrative that UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 somehow serves as a legal pretext under the UN Charter for coercion or war, impairing freedom of navigation in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. We will be asked politely and impolitely to turn a blind eye and look away. It is vital that every nation here, including our close partners in our own region, know that a peace man never satisfies an aggressor's wider agenda. 2:17:27Copy

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    🇲🇷 Mauritania · Day 4Mohamed Salem Merzoug

    • We express our deep concern towards the military escalation in the Middle East and the resulting threat to the entire region and its stability, the repercussions of which would also reach the Strait of Hormuz and the regional and international navigation in this important waterway. We support the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the State of Qatar, and the Kingdom of Bahrain and Kuwait, as well as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, in the face of the attacks against their stability and security. We have to preserve states' territories and call upon all countries to de-escalate and ensure self-restraint, ensure dialogue, and save the region and its peoples from more crises and sufferings. Mr. President, Ladies and gentlemen, the world today faces an important moment that goes beyond political challenges. 10:46:43Copy

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    🇫🇲 Micronesia (Federated States of) · Day 5Aren Palik

    • For Micronesia, climate impact are a national concern. We underscore the importance of safeguarding maritime security across the Blue Pacific. Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing activities, transnational crimes, and environmental degradation threaten not only our economies, but the health of our marine environment as well. We urge the international community to enhance cooperation, share technology, and support capacity building to ensure that the ocean remains a zone of peace governed by international law. 36:41Copy

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    🇲🇪 Montenegro · Day 2Jakov Milatović

    • The 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. At the same time, we must not allow conflicts that receive less international attention to become forgotten conflicts. 10:15:13Copy

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    🇲🇦 Morocco · Day 1Nasser Bourita

    • Third, tackling regional challenges, particularly in the Middle East and Africa. The role of non-state armed groups. that threaten the security and stability of states has grown considerably. Indeed, they now seek to control maritime corridors and straits and to threaten freedom of navigation. 12:12:06Copy

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    🇴🇲 Oman · Day 5Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi

    • Subsequent events have shown that the escalation has extended to threaten the security of the countries of the region and paralyze navigation and trade through the vital Strait of Hormuz, affecting energy security, price stability, and confidence in the current international order. the Sultanate of Oman once again reaffirms its steadfast commitment to continuing its efforts aimed at safeguarding navigation in the Strait of Hormuz in accordance with the principles of international law and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. We also call upon all parties to cooperate with Oman in these efforts aimed at safeguarding the interests of all parties relying on transit through the Strait of Hormuz. The Sultanate of Oman renews its solidarity with all neighboring countries, including the Member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council in the legitimate measures they take to maintain their security and protect their sovereignty and territorial integrity. 7:16:10Copy

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    🇷🇺 Russian Federation · Day 5Sergey Lavrov

    • This dealt an irreversible blow to the authority of the agency and the entire nuclear non-proliferation system. Repeated armed confrontations in the Persian Gulf and the Hormuz Strait are ongoing, despite the fact that this is dealing a blow to global navigation and trade. We need the prerequisite for the settlement of this crisis. We need trust in the relationships between the Gulf states, the Arab states and Iran. 3:14:44Copy

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    🇸🇲 San Marino · Day 5Luca Beccari

    • Escalation across the region, threatening international peace and security. We are deeply concerned by hostility involving Iran and by threat to maritime security in the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz. Freedom of navigation is essential to global stability. International law, including the UN close, must be respected in Lebanon. 6:33:34Copy

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    🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe · Day 5Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz

    • At the same time, in the face of threats posed by illegal fishing and transnational crime, Sao Tome and Principe will continue to work with the states of the region and international partners to strengthen maritime security and promote a sustainable blue economy, thus preserving our resources for future generations. The preservation of these resources and the building of sustainable development ultimately depend on people and on the opportunities afforded to them. The future of Sao Tome and Principe hinges on our ability to create opportunities for the next generation. Our priority is to ensure that young people have the conditions to study, work, start businesses, innovate, and fulfill their life aspirations in their own country. 8:21:55Copy

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71. 
    🇺🇳 Secretary-General of the United Nations · Day 1António Guterres

    • So-called ceasefires have amounted to little more than lesser fires, with civilians continuing to pay the price. Enough is enough. I appeal to the leaders in this chamber to maximize this high-level week for de-escalation and dialogue. And together, let's send a clear message from this hall: the fighting must stop, humanitarian aid must flow, and navigational rights and freedoms must be fully restored in accordance with international law. 31:18Copy

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    🇸🇨 Seychelles · Day 1Mathew Antonio Patrick Herminie

    • People is vital to maritime security. The oceans are the lifeblood of global trade. When maritime routes are threatened by piracy, geopolitical friction, or armed aggression, the shocks ripple far beyond regional waters, devastating vulnerable island economies. Freedom of navigation and maritime security must be preserved under international law. 9:00:00Copy

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    🇸🇧 Solomon Islands · Day 4Matthew Cooper Wale

    • And it is why the world needs a stronger, more agile United Nations, one equipped to respond to the realities of today. Mr. President, the Pacific faces a grave and growing threat. Transnational criminal networks are using our ocean as a highway for illicit drugs, undermining our sovereignty and national security, destroying young lives and tearing at the fabric of our communities. Behind every statistic stands a family, a community, a young life robbed of its promise. 4:00:52Copy

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    🇸🇴 Somalia · Day 3Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

    • For Somalia, disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz have serious economic and humanitarian consequences. As an import-dependent country, reliant on the Middle East for much of our food, fuel, trade, Somalia is already facing rising prices, inflation, and increasing transparency and insurance costs, while drought linked to climate change is affecting overall over 6 million people in Somalia. The disruption has also contributed to an estimated 40% decline in our customs basic revenue, a critical resource of financing Somalia's economic reform, growth, and poverty reduction. Ensuring free and fair navigation through the strait is therefore essential to protecting vulnerable economies like Somalia and sustaining stability, advancing development, and delivering basic services. 2:36:33Copy

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    🇹🇭 Thailand · Day 3Anutin Charnvirakul

    • This process concerns the delimitation of maritime boundaries only. In the meantime, Cambodia must work with us to strengthen security along our shared border, including through concrete cooperation to combat online scams and demining. Our communities will not be safe if we do not make concrete progress on these matters. Ultimately, Our shared border must be a place of shared prosperity, not one that continues to bear the scars of conflict. 9:17:03Copy

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    🇹🇱 Timor-Leste · Day 2José Ramos-Horta

    • Iranian leader launched unwarranted attacks against neighbors, destroying civilian industries, infrastructures. Iran's rationale for this attack is that those countries host American bases. So is Iran going to launch waves of drones and missiles against U.S. bases in Europe? Can we change course? 3:09:17Copy

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    🇹🇴 Tonga · Day 4Lord Fakafanua

    • transnational crime, illicit drugs, illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing, cyber threats and unresolved consequences of nuclear testing and radioactive. contamination remain. In this respect, our region is committed to directly utilizing innovative technologies and working closely with our trusted security partners to address our security challenges. We are committed to protecting the rights of marginalized people and ending violence against women and young girls. 8:29:48Copy

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    🇹🇳 Tunisia · Day 5Mohamed Ali Nafti

    • for wisdom and reason to prevail, and for a return to dialogue and negotiations, giving absolute priority to political and peaceful and diplomatic solutions as the only means of resolving existing disputes in a manner that strengthens the foundations of security and stability in the region and prevents further escalation. Tunisia also reaffirms its commitment to freedom of navigation and maritime security in accordance with the principles and provisions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and customary international law, while preserving global energy security, international supply chains, and the economic rights of states. Mr. President, given the bonds of brotherhood and good neighborliness that unite the Tunisian and Libyan peoples, as well as their shared interests and common destiny, Tunisia supports every sincere Libyan effort and every serious UN initiative aimed at ending the crisis on the basis of a Libyan-led and Libyan-owned solution founded on dialogue and consensus among all parties, preserving Libya's unity, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the aspirations of the brotherly Libyan people for security, stability, and a unified state. Tunisia reiterates its full solidarity with the Lebanese Republic and stands by the Lebanese people. 6:01:28Copy

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    🇬🇧 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · Day 1Andy Burnham

    • We will stand firm in the face of any threats and challenges to the rule of law, not just from Russia, but from others too, including where they threaten the rights of British territories, to remain British, such as the Falkland Islands. That's why we're also working with France and other partners to support freedom of navigation in the Gulf. And it's why I have acted on the Middle East. Just eight weeks into becoming Prime Minister, working with my Foreign Secretary, Ed Miliband, I comprehensively reset our position. 11:15:15Copy

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    🇻🇳 Viet Nam · Day 1To Lam

    • In the Asia-Pacific, nearly six decades of the ASEAN's development have demonstrated that countries can transform suspicion into trust, confrontation into dialogue, division into cooperation, and individual strength into collective might. In that spirit, Vietnam remains steadfast in its commitment to resolving disputes, including those in the East Sea, by peaceful means in line with international law, particularly the 1982 UNCLOS. Vietnam is resolute in safeguarding its sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction. The seas and oceans must remain spaces of peace, cooperation, connectivity and sustainable development. 9:31:53Copy

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    🇹🇭 Thailand · Day 6Right of reply

    • Mr. President, dialogue and diplomacy have always been Thailand's first choice. We remain fully committed to the ceasefire agreement and continue to exercise the utmost restraint. all measures undertaken by the Thai authorities are fully consistent with the joint statement agreed by both sides on 27 of December 2025. We wanted to give bilateral dialogue with Cambodia a chance to resolve our differences over the maritime boundary. 7:17:09Copy

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82. 
    🇻🇺 Vanuatu · Day 6Odo Tevi

    • There is growing interest in our maritime spaces, our sea lanes, our resources, and our geopolitical location. 6:17:07Copy
    • Vanuatu joins its Pacific colleagues in affirming the continuity of statehood and the preservation of maritime zone and sovereign rights in the face of sea level rise. 6:18:16Copy
    • Mr. President, at the end of August, the Vanuatu government initiated proceedings against France before the International Court of Justice concerning sovereignty over Umanek and Umanek Leke Islands, or Matthew and Hunter, as they call in English, and the maritime boundaries between Vanuatu and New Caledonia. 6:33:53Copy

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    🇳🇿 New Zealand · Day 6Victoria Louise Hallum

    • We urge you to use your good offices to secure a lasting end to hostilities in the Persian Gulf and restore freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, which is a right guaranteed under international law. 4:07:12Copy
    • We particularly welcome the declaration's affirmation of the preservation of maritime zones and the presumption of continued statehood, notwithstanding sea level rise. 4:13:53Copy

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    🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda · Day 6Walton Alfonso Webson

    • The General Assembly's high-level meeting on sea level rise placed before the international community fundamental questions of statehood, sovereignty, Maritime rights, displacement, culture and identity. 4:48:11Copy

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    🇨🇬 Congo · Day 6Constant Serge Bounda

    • We are a defender of peace internationally, and we are therefore call for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, for de-escalation in the Strait of Hormuz, a just and lasting political solution in the Middle East and in Palestine. 3:07:43Copy

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    🇩🇰 Denmark · Day 6Christina Markus Lassen

    • At the same time, We urge Iran to comply fully with Resolution 2817, cease attacks against countries in the region, and refrain from any actions or threats that undermine the freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. 5:53:03Copy

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    🇪🇷 Eritrea · Day 6Osman Saleh Mohammed

    • For the urgency of reversing the war and related acts of subversion unleashed in order to format chaos in our broader neighborhood, that is, the Nile Basin, the Horn of Africa, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Eden, and the Gulf States. 48:50Copy

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    🇸🇩 Sudan · Day 6Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim

    • Sudan also stresses the importance of stability in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab, and the Gulf region, given their impact on the wider region. 3:28:35Copy

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    🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Day 6Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar

    • Amid 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. 3:31:51Copy

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