Multilateralism at UNGA 81

Statements that raised Multilateralism

1. 
   🇸🇬 Singapore · Day 5Vivian Balakrishnan

   • The bilateral and regional arrangements can complement global frameworks, but on their own, they cannot replace shared rules that apply universally. A system built on individual coercive bargains would inherently be more volatile and more unstable. And therefore, our thesis today is that multilateralism offers a different bargain, one that is in every state's enlightened national interests. These shared rules and norms provide predictability, they constrain the capricious exercise of power, and they maximize autonomy, even when power is unequally distributed. 4:14:51Copy

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   🇮🇩 Indonesia · Day 5Sugiono

   • We have lived through financial crisis, a global pandemic, climate disasters, geopolitical rivalries and conflicts around the world. With every transformation and every crisis, one lesson remains clear. For peace and prosperity to endure, multilateralism must be resilient. It must be able to adapt, to respond, and most importantly, to deliver. 8:57:31Copy

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   🇨🇭 Switzerland · Day 1Guy Parmelin

   • Supply chains built up over decades of interdependence are being reorganized or fragmented as a result of geopolitical tensions. The multilateral trading system has been weakened. and the WTO can no longer fully carry out some of its essential functions. Yet what is at stake here is not merely a technical issue of trade policy. 8:45:19Copy

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   🇧🇪 Belgium · Day 1Maxime Prévot

   • The International Ship and Port Facility Security Code, the famous ISPS Code, offers a very concrete example of what multilateralism can achieve when it works. Piracy, terrorism and crime are scoundrels that we must fight together. And that code must be strengthened. Belgium understands its importance. 11:52:47Copy

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   🇫🇮 Finland · Day 1Alexander Stubb

   • Nations compete now harder than they did a generation ago. This doesn't worry me. What does is that more and more of them now compete against the rules on which the international order rests. So, this speech defends these rules and it calls for cooperation, it calls for multilateralism. 5:01:34Copy

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   🇨🇾 Cyprus · Day 2Nikos Christodoulides

   • The international landscape is becoming more complex, more contested, and more unpredictable. The international order is not simply changing. It is being tested in an unprecedented manner. But it is in such times of uncertainty that the foundational values of multilateralism must be protected. 4:05:11Copy

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   🇬🇾 Guyana · Day 3Mohamed Irfaan Ali

   • Mr. President, I extend my congratulations on your election as President of the 81st session of the General Assembly. I wish you every success as you undertake this important responsibility at a moment when multilateralism and indeed the United Nations faces profound challenges. I also express my sincere appreciation to your predecessor for her stewardship over the past year. I take this opportunity to record Guyana's gratitude to the Secretary General, his excellency, Antonio Guterres, for his distinguished service to the United Nations, and to the cause of humanity. 1:51:53Copy

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

   • And technological power alone cannot guarantee security. A networked multipolar world can create the conditions for more balanced and representative global problem solving. But it requires a multilateral system centered in the UN that is balanced and representative, strong, effective institutions that reflect the realities and progressively changing relative weight of countries and economies in today's world, not the power arrangements of 80 years ago. Fortunately, we are not starting from scratch. 28:32Copy

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   🇱🇺 Luxembourg · Day 1Guillaume of Luxembourg

   • 81 years later, that promise is under considerable pressure. But it has not failed. Multilateralism may be imperfect, but disenchantment should lead us to reform, not to dismissal. The question is therefore not whether we still need multilateralism. 5:25:01Copy

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    🇦🇺 Australia · Day 3Anthony Albanese

    • To promote the peace, To create a world of human dignity, to do justice to the UN's mission, we must embrace change and we must embrace reform. Australia supports the rules and institutions that underpin open trade and connectivity. That order, based on agreed rules and institutions, faces massive disruption. This doesn't mean abandoning multilateralism. 10:57:23Copy

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    🇧🇧 Barbados · Day 3Mia Amor Mottley

    • And I give this body the assurance that we will continue to do so. Our commitment to multilateralism, to an international rules-based order, must be measured not only by what we ask of these institutions, but by our willingness to support them. So yes, let us improve the machinery. But let us also reform the exercise of power. 8:16:57Copy

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    🇨🇴 Colombia · Day 3José Manuel Restrepo

    • I don't share in that doctrine, which I consider perverse and harmful. For me, multilateralism isn't about dissolving nations, but rather about facilitating cooperation among them. Loving one's homeland isn't compatible with respecting others. Defending history, culture, values, and traditions doesn't mean disparaging those of another. 5:08:32Copy

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    🇩🇲 Dominica · Day 1Sylvanie Burton

    • Economic uncertainty is deepening inequality, while progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals has stalled. These challenges are not unfolding in isolation. They are interconnected, global in scale, and beyond the capacity of any one nation to address alone. They demand stronger cooperation and renewed confidence in multilateralism. 8:17:07Copy

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    🇯🇲 Jamaica · Day 5Kamina Johnson Smith

    • New technologies, including artificial intelligence, offer extraordinary promise while presenting risks we have not yet fully understood. And at the very moment when collective action is most needed, confidence in multilateralism itself is being tested. Jamaica's position is clear. The shortcomings of multilateralism cannot be solved by abandoning multilateralism. 7:57:39Copy

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    🇧🇿 Belize · Day 5John Briceño

    • We have the knowledge to choose the first path. What is needed now is the will. This, Mr. President, is where the trust in multilateralism is won or lost. Beliefs have shown that debt can be reduced. 1:03:49Copy

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    🇧🇷 Brazil · Day 1Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva

    • It approves a more accurate representation of the world map. Now it needs to focus on issues crucial for the future of humanity. We are called to choose between multilateralism or unilateralism, democracy or extremism, sovereignty or subordination. These choices require courage, political will, and clarity of objectives. 1:24:34Copy

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    🇲🇬 Madagascar · Day 3Michaël Randrianirina

    • we must be concerned that the multilateral system is struggling to contain escalating tensions fueled by geopolitical rivalries. These crises, now affecting different regions of the planet, have consequences for our states. They directly impact our economies and the daily lives of our populations through disruptions in energy supply chains, and difficulties in the delivery of essential goods. These are all factors which further aggravate the vulnerabilities that we already face. 46:40Copy

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    🇲🇷 Mauritania · Day 4Mohamed Salem Merzoug

    • We no longer can prevent conflicts or settle them. This danger extends to institutions that might falter and fail. Multilateralism is not limited to the interests and sovereignty of states. It is not an example of weakness. 10:30:14Copy

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    🇦🇩 Andorra · Day 2Xavier Espot Zamora

    • President, Secretary General, Excellencies, there is an idea that has accompanied Andorra for more than 270 years and that continues to shape the way that we understand politics. The manual digest, one of the great works of our traditional heritage, through which Antoni Fiter i Roset condensed and recounted the essence of Andorran identity, reminds us that the legitimate exercise of power only makes sense when it places the common good above any other interest. This idea written in 1748, long before modern international organizations came into existence, remains remarkably relevant today. Because multilateralism is nothing more than the application of this same principle to relations among nations. 11:25:34Copy

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    🇪🇺 European Union · Day 3António Costa

    • Mr. President of the General Assembly, Secretary-General, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, multilateralism is not an ideal of the past. It is the only realistic way to address the problems of today. Alone, no country can prevent a pandemic, stabilize the climate, secure resilient supply chains, regulate artificial intelligence, ensure financial stability, or deliver sustainable development. Alone, no country, however powerful, can build lasting peace. 4:03:31Copy

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21. 
    🇫🇷 France · Day 1Emmanuel Macron

    • This is what compels us to work together to demonstrate our commitment and our capacity to act, and usefully so. You know just how committed France is to the United Nations and its ability to shoulder the responsibilities conferred upon it by the Charter. I wish to reassert our commitment to take action hand in hand with each and every one of you. so as to revive multilateralism and to demonstrate that we are stronger, more effective, more capable of tackling common challenges if we do this together. 5:41:08Copy

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22. 
    🇬🇲 Gambia (Republic of The) · Day 3Mohammed Jallow

    • The Gambia assures you of our full support and constructive cooperation as we guide our collective work under the timely theme you have chosen, restoring trust and managing transformation so that the United Nations can deliver for all. That theme speaks directly to the moment in which we meet. Permit me also to express our profound appreciation to your predecessor, Ms. Annalena Baerbock, for the dedication, dignity, and determination with which she presided over the 80th session of the General Assembly. I also wish to place on record the Gambia's appreciation for the Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres, and Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, whose steady and principled leadership through years of compounding global crises, have done much to keep the flame of multilateral cooperation alive, even as the winds against it have grown fiercer. 4:30:35Copy

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    🇩🇪 Germany · Day 5Johann Wadephul

    • Such power carries responsibility not only towards customers, shareholders, or governments, but also to humanity. And wherever power becomes global, responsibility must become global too. The United Nations was created precisely for a moment such as this. when a challenge is too large for any one nation to address alone, when risks need to be managed to protect people all over the world, and when opportunities need to be exploited in a way that benefits the largest and the smallest, the richest and the poorest member state. 5:01:29Copy

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    🇮🇸 Iceland · Day 5Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir

    • Iceland's stance on this is very clear. And so will the choices made by every Member State represented in this hall. We must choose whether to uphold the law when it's inconvenient, whether to defend the rights of people who are not our citizens, and whether to protect and respect a system even when that system does not deliver the outcome we want. That is the real test of our commitment to multilateralism. 4:11:07Copy

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    🇲🇾 Malaysia · Day 5Mohamad Haji Hasan

    • We count the dead, we deliver supplies, we rebuild what has been destroyed, and then we wait for the next crisis. This cannot be a future of multilateralism. We must move from reaction to prevention. And nowhere is that task more urgent than in Gaza. 7:01:45Copy

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    🇵🇾 Paraguay · Day 2Santiago Peña Palacios

    • Different problems need different solutions. Otherwise, this magnificent idea, the United Nations, will simply be overtaken by events and will be reduced to a forum for beautiful speeches with very little action for ordinary people. Some have concluded from all of this that multilateralism has failed. Paraguay reaches a different conclusion. 1:56:30Copy

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    🇸🇿 Eswatini · Day 2King Mswati III

    • Firstly, can we restore trust in our collective systems? And secondly, can we manage the great transformations of our time in a way that leaves no country, no person behind? The United Nations was born in 1945 from humanity's determination that the tragedies of war should never again define our common destiny. Eight decades later, the world continues to look to this organization as a sanctuary where nations can assemble, where differences can be resolved, through dialogue and where hope can be transformed into tangible action. 9:21:15Copy

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    🇮🇹 Italy · Day 2Antonio Tajani

    • But today, the world balance has been disrupted, and history which someone has declared has reached its final chapter, is once again moving at a galloping pace. But every race needs a finish line. Our task cannot be to stand and watch passively the fragmentation of our world, but it must be to build a new framework of rules, responsibility, and cooperation capable of governing change. change that can happen only through political will, through dialogue among nations, through the awareness of peoples, and through the ability of multilateral institutions to rediscover a mission equal to the challenges of our time. 12:14:22Copy

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    🇲🇹 Malta · Day 4Robert Abela

    • We must never lose sight and never lose faith in the values that brought us together in the first place as nations united. Malta is and always, of course, will be a passionate advocate and promoter of and passionately committed to multilateralism. At the core of all we do must be the code and conscience of the founding charter of this United Nations. But the implementation of those values, the way we turn those fine words into fine actions, must always be a process of constant evolution. 2:38:57Copy

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30. 
    🇳🇷 Naoero · Day 1David Ranibok Adeang

    • When a multilateral process cannot deliver, the world does not stand still. Those with the means to act will not wait. And every year of delay makes that more likely, not less. That is why the theme of this session matters. 9:17:57Copy

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    🇲🇰 North Macedonia · Day 4Hristijan Mickoski

    • Not because every resolution is given effect. Clearly, that is not always the case. And that should not discourage us. It should strengthen our determination to protect this United Nations and the rules upon which they are founded, and to stand for multilateralism grounded in values, mutual respect, and rules. 3:36:42Copy

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32. 
    🇺🇳 President of the General Assembly (opening) · Day 1Dr. Khalilur Rahman

    • At that time, he said, and I quote, In recent years, there appears to have been a crisis of confidence in the United Nations itself. There is a general feeling that the United Nations today needs revitalizing in a number of aspects in order to bring it into line with the priorities of a changing world. That was 40 years ago. Questions about multilateralism and the effectiveness of the United Nations, therefore, are not new. 57:23Copy

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    🇸🇲 San Marino · Day 5Luca Beccari

    • When you cannot impose your will, dialogue matter. And when the world is divided, institutions that bring states together matter. This is why multilateralism is not an abstract concept for San Marino. It's a fundamental principle of our foreign policy and, in many ways, a lesson drawn from our own history. 6:24:48Copy

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    🇪🇸 Spain · Day 2Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón

    • They cut their contributions to multilateral bodies like this one. They point to their leaders and officials. They obstruct these organisations' ability to act, so then write them off as useless entities that we can do without. What they're doing, nevertheless, is a planned and coordinated demolition attempt. 11:11:01Copy

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

    • Britain is back. We are restoring our stability, building a more dynamic economy, a nation that wants to trade with the world and work together to solve the shared problems we face. But we have also learned that we need to adapt to meet the challenge of these times. We need to rebalance power in our country and bring it closer to people. 10:58:09Copy

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    🇮🇪 Ireland · Day 3Micheál Martin

    • Narrow self-interest is breaking the bonds of solidarity which have so often lifted us to meaningful progress. The international legal order is under tremendous strain. New and emerging technologies that offer unlimited potential could also, without human intervention, create unprecedented dangers. In such moments of uncertainty, it can be easy to question our foundations, to retreat, to turn inward, to say that international cooperation is too difficult, that multilateralism does not work, that the problems of others are not our problems. 11:10:33Copy

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    🇪🇨 Ecuador · Day 2Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa Azin

    • It can transform education, multiply productivity and close historic gaps, but also entrench inequalities and serve those that seek to weaken our institutions. We need international governance that enables us to innovate without renouncing our values and that does not leave those that have the least resources behind. They also need to be able to access this technology. As Lin says, confidence in the multilateral system is going through difficult times. 5:03:40Copy

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    🇱🇮 Liechtenstein · Day 4Sabine Monauni

    • The biggest strength of the United Nations is that it is firmly grounded in rules we have all agreed on and that we have all agreed apply to all of us. This foundational agreement is increasingly challenged with alarming trends to dismiss and ignore international law altogether, which can only result in a world where might makes right. This would result in catastrophic human cost, a further proliferation of conflict, and have devastating effects on development and on human security. We hope that both small and medium-sized states will come together in our common interest for a strong multilateral system on the basis of respect for international law. 7:20:43Copy

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    🇹🇭 Thailand · Day 3Anutin Charnvirakul

    • We stand ready to work with his successor to carry this work forward. Mr. President, having a stronger voice in global institutions means countries working together on the problems closest to them. This is where regional cooperation has a vital role. The United Nations must remain the centerpiece of the multilateral system, but we cannot expect it to do everything. 9:10:49Copy

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    🇧🇸 Bahamas (the) · Day 4Philip Edward Davis

    • International order, where rules apply only to the weak, is not order, it is a hierarchy. When the Bahamas defends multilateralism, we're not defending a bureaucracy. We're defending the only successful arrangement in which a nation of 400,000 people can stand at this position as the sovereign equal of a nation of a billion people. A world without rules is not a free world. 6:31:15Copy

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    🇧🇴 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Day 3Rodrigo Paz Pereira

    • Ladies and gentlemen, there are other challenges which I believe to be inseparable from the future of our nations. The fight against organized crime, as I have already said, organized crime has various different sources of financing. to finance myself, I had to ask multilaterals, I have to ask for resources that come late or sometimes never because the slow procedures that those multilateral organizations have mean that organized crime has an advantage when it comes to getting resources from drug trafficking, drug terrorism or the smuggling of gold to then destabilize our democracies. That is why multilateralism has to act much more immediately. 3:29:37Copy

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    🇧🇮 Burundi · Day 2Évariste Ndayishimiye

    • Honored the In the name of God, the all-powerful, most merciful, distinguished President of the General Assembly, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, ladies and gentlemen, as President of the Republic of Burundi and the current chairperson of the African Union, allow me to first, on behalf of the people of Burundi and of Africa, congratulate His Excellency Dr. Khalilur Rahman, President of the General Assembly of the United Nations, on his election and wish him every success in the fulfillment of his mandate. I would like to take this opportunity to extend my warmest congratulations and express my deepest gratitude to His Excellency, Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, for the unwavering commitment and dedication he has demonstrated throughout his tenure in the service of peace, security, and sustainable development around the world. His good offices, exercised with wisdom, humility, and determination, have helped bridge the widest divergences of opinion and provided invaluable support to nations, particularly those in the Global South, in their quest for stability and prosperity. Burundi, which has always been able to count on the United Nations generous support, wishes to commend his leadership and his unwavering commitment to the principles of multilateralism. 57:17Copy

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    🇪🇬 Egypt · Day 4Moustafa Kamal Madbouly

    • restoring trust and managing transformation. Our world is changing at a pace far exceeding the ability of international governance institutions to respond. Our crisis does not lie in the absence of charters and principles, but rather in the widening gap between what we proclaim and what we implement, and between those who make decisions and those who are affected by them. Our world does not need a merely symbolic multilateralism that brings together states in open discussions. 7:41:18Copy

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    🇲🇿 Mozambique · Day 2Daniel Francisco Chapo

    • I repeat, we the people. Mr. President, Mozambique knows from its own experience the value of multilateralism and the value of the United Nations, this organization. This organization has stood by our people at decisive moments of its history. on the path to our national independence as a people in the pursuit and building of peace in Mozambique and in the national reconstruction, in the responding to natural disasters and in the promotion of sustainable development. 8:45:28Copy

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    🇳🇴 Norway · Day 4Espen Barth Eide

    • They had experienced firsthand that all nations suffer in war and conflict and when international cooperation fails. We, too, are living in turbulent times. Yet, at the very moment when we need it most, our United Nations faces its most serious challenge. We see an erosion of respect for international law, a loss of confidence in the merits of cooperation, of financing, and of effectiveness. 11:41:38Copy

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    🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea · Day 4James Marape

    • No nation can address them alone. We must therefore continue to work together, respecting the sovereignty of all nations upholding the international law and the United Nations Charter, resolving our differences peacefully, and recognizing that every nation, regardless of its size or economic strength or military might, has a voice and a place in this Assembly. For Papua New Guinea and all the nations of the Pacific, multilateralism matters. The United Nations provides a place where small nations can sit alongside the largest, where a voice can be heard, and where we can work together on the common challenges facing humanity. 5:31:27Copy

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    🇰🇷 Republic of Korea · Day 1Lee Jae Myung

    • "The United Nations was not created in order to bring us to heaven, but in order to save us from hell." These words of the second Secretary-General of the UN, Dag Hammarskjold, compel us to ask ourselves: Is the United Nations today capable of saving humanity from war, poverty, and disaster? Is the United Nations living up to its promise of restoring peace and achieving sustainable development? Ironically, the geopolitical crisis brought on by the turbulence in international order has reminded us of the cherished value of multilateral cooperation and international norms. 7:03:35Copy

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    🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Day 4Godwin Friday

    • Secretary General Antonio Guterres, we are extremely grateful to you for your bold leadership and determined advocacy for human rights, justice, and peace. We thank you for standing up for small and vulnerable nations. The theme, Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation, a United Nations that delivers for all, speaks directly to the anxieties of our time, and also to the hopes of small states like mine. As we have heard from many speakers in this chamber, trust in the multilateral system is broken. 8:01:46Copy

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    🇸🇧 Solomon Islands · Day 4Matthew Cooper Wale

    • Mr. President, I congratulate you on your election and assure you of the full support of Solomon Islands. I also commend your predecessor for her determined leadership of the 80th session. I pay special tribute to Secretary General Antonio Guterres as he takes part in his final debate in office. Mr. Secretary General, you have been a true champion of multilateralism and of small island developing states. 3:56:45Copy

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

    • These tragedies are not somebody else's tragedy. They are what we allowed, what we still allow, and what we will answer for. There is a painful cry for a better world order as we witness the weakening into irrelevance of multilateral institutions. No country, regardless of size or power, can address today's interconnected challenges alone. 3:15:55Copy

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    🇹🇬 Togo · Day 4Robert Komlan Edo Dussey

    • Commitment, because noting the limits of multilateralism should no longer mean that we renounce multilateralism. We need even more multilateralism and even more UN, a stronger UN in defending its principles more effective in preventing and peacefully settling disputes, more representative in its decision-making structures, and closer to the realities of the people. The world needs a UN that strengthens and re-establishes trust, a UN that listens without turning away from the concerns of those people that it serves, who decide without losing sight of those for whom it works and which promises without forgetting that it needs to keep its promises. International trust cannot be restored just through speeches. 12:31:29Copy

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    🇹🇳 Tunisia · Day 5Mohamed Ali Nafti

    • I wish him every success in leading the work of this session. I would also like to express our deep appreciation and gratitude to the Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres, at the end of his term of office. for his wise leadership in the service of peace, security, development, and justice, and for his tireless efforts to preserve the standing of the Organization and restore confidence in multilateral action at a time of extraordinary international complexity, when maintaining the effectiveness of the United Nations has become a demanding responsibility. and an almost daily challenge. 5:49:36Copy

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    🇪🇪 Estonia · Day 2Alar Karis

    • Estonia, together with its partners, have worked closely to support Ukraine's cybersecurity and resilience in responding to evolving threats through the Tallinn Mechanism and the IT Coalition. Estonia is also proud to be hosting the Ukraine Recovery Conference in 2027, organized in cooperation with our closest friends in the Nordic-Baltic region. Building on the outcomes of earlier conferences, next year's event will be advancing its practical terms, long-term international support for Ukraine and its recovery. As such, It will be a multilateral effort and example of true cooperation for international peace and security. 2:48:23Copy

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    🇱🇸 Lesotho · Day 4Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane

    • Mr. President, Excellencies, at the outset, allow me to extend my warm and heartfelt congratulations to you on your election as President of the 81st session of the General Assembly. Your election reflects the confidence of Member States in your steadfast commitment to multilateral system. And your vision for a United Nations that is responsive, effective, and capable of delivering for humanity. As we embark on this important journey, my delegation reaffirms its unwavering commitment to working closely with you and all member states to ensure a productive and successful session. 2:48:14Copy

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    🇸🇳 Senegal · Day 3Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye

    • There needs to be a wholesale reform of international financial architecture. There needs to be sustainable debt. There needs to be equitable taxation and better access to concessional financing. There also needs to be the implementation of the severe commitment as well as of the Pact for the Future. 6:23:55Copy

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    🇧🇼 Botswana · Day 2Duma Gideon Boko

    • The pertinent question is how we strengthen multilateralism so that the United Nations can deliver meaningful results for all member states. Humanity has traveled far enough to know that on the great challenges of our age, None of us can go it alone. Whether a nation of a billion people or like Botswana with just over two and a half million people, we share one fragile planet and one imperfect but irreplaceable United Nations. The choices we make will determine whether multilateralism restores trust, manages transformation, and delivers for all, or becomes a cautionary tale of promises made and forgotten. 4:41:48Copy

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    🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam · Day 5Prince 'Abdul Mateen

    • Dialogue becomes harder, multilateral institutions lose authority, the international order becomes more fragile, leaving smaller and more vulnerable states particularly exposed. For Brunei Darussalam, multilateralism is not an intellectual concept. It is the assurance that sovereignty and territorial integrity will be respected, that every nation, irrespective of size, has a voice, and that international law protects the weak as surely as it restrains the strong. The Charter of the United Nations must therefore remain our common foundation. 3:29:54Copy

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    🇨🇻 Cabo Verde · Day 5Francisco Avelino Vieira de Carvalho

    • And it only makes sense when what we learn together is translated into action, because this is, after all, the true essence of multilateralism. In a time of fragmentation, we need to regain trust. In a time of confrontation, we need to strengthen cooperation. In a time when force so often prevails, we need to reaffirm the law. 1:25:41Copy

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    🇹🇩 Chad · Day 4Abdelmadjid Abdelrahim Mahamat

    • At a time when he is preparing to move on from being the head of our organization, I would like, ladies and gentlemen, to pay a very sincere tribute to the Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres. His leadership and constant commitment to peace, conflict prevention, and multilateralism warrant our recognition and respect. Chad is grateful to him for his ongoing attention to the challenges that our country, the Lake Chad Basin, and Central Africa are confronted with. Mr. President, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, We are here today at a unique moment in the history of our organization. 11:26:31Copy

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    🇭🇷 Croatia · Day 1Andrej Plenković

    • First, rules are our common compass. Second, Transformation help us build resilience. Third, trust is earned only through delivery. Ladies and gentlemen, we support rule-based multilateralism as the pinnacle of human cooperation, not because we are naive, but because we have seen and experienced the alternative. 11:21:08Copy

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    🇨🇿 Czechia · Day 2Petr Pavel

    • Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is a great honor for me to once again return to this hall to address the 81st session of the General Assembly on behalf of the Czech Republic. Restoring trust, managing transformation is a fitting theme for this year's session. It reflects both the scale of the changes our world is undergoing and the need to navigate them peacefully. After the Second World War, a robust multilateral system based on rules and global cooperation was built, spanning security, human rights, and economic development. 2:09:03Copy

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    🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau · Day 4Ilídio Vieira Té

    • I also commend Ms. Anna Lena Barbok for the dedication she demonstrated during her term of office and for her efforts to strengthen multilateralism and international cooperation. It's a particular pleasure for me to express our appreciation to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres, for his tireless commitment to the defense of peace and to the search for solutions to the many challenges facing humanity. Ladies and gentlemen, yesterday, September 24th, the people of Guinea-Bissau celebrated the 53rd anniversary of our national independence. This date of profound significance for our people invites us to reflect on the value of freedom, sovereignty, and the dignity of peoples. 7:30:57Copy

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    🇭🇳 Honduras · Day 2Nasry Juan Asfura Zablah

    • Good evening to you all. May God bless you all and your family. May you all enjoy great health. President of the General Assembly, Secretary-General, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Distinguished delegates, Honduras is coming to this Assembly today with the title of a founding nation, one of the 50 countries who 81 years ago signed the agreement in San Francisco, California, that was the United Nations Charter, the Charter that today governs our work. 9:46:16Copy

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    🇯🇵 Japan · Day 1Takaichi Sanae

    • Madam President, next I would like to set out Japan's efforts and commitments towards the United Nations and multilateralism. Since becoming a member state of the United Nations in 1956, Japan has acted decisively to address global challenges such as eradication of poverty, economic and social development, women's empowerment, climate change, and global health. We have done so through our official development assistance and have deepened our solidarity with the global south. To date, Japan has provided ODA totaling over 670 billion US dollars to developing countries and regions, and has dispatched almost 60,000 Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers to 99 countries. 10:47:00Copy

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    🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Day 4Mukhtar Tileuberdi

    • Mr. President, distinguished delegates. I congratulate His Excellency Mr. Halilur Rahman on his election as the President of the 81st session of the General Assembly and assure him that he can count on Kazakhstan's full support throughout this session. Excellencies, Kazakhstan remains fully committed to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and to effective multilateral cooperation. Guided by pragmatic and proactive foreign policy, we continue our efforts to strengthen international peace and security and to advance pragmatic solutions to our shared global challenges. 10:06:46Copy

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    🇰🇪 Kenya · Day 2William Samoei Ruto

    • Since the year 2000, deaths among children under five have fallen by more than half. These achievements matter. They changed borders, ended wars, defeated disease, and transformed lives. They tell us that multilateralism works when nations summon the will to make it work. 7:50:56Copy

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    🇱🇦 Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Day 5Thongsavanh Phomvihane

    • Restoring trust in our international system required us to uphold predictable support, honor commitments, and reaffirm our fidelity to the UN Charter. For the Lao PDR, restoring and deepening trust begins with renewed commitment to inclusive multilateralism, with the United Nations at the core. When dialogue is guided by mutual respect, transparency, and genuine cooperation, multilateralism yields tangible benefits for all people. Mr. President, our world continues to confront severe multifaceted tensions. 2:04:00Copy

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    🇲🇱 Mali · Day 6Abdoulaye Diop

    • because beyond encouraging reflection on how our organization can regain credibility and effectiveness amid multiple crises and challenges to multilateralism, it especially calls on member states to restore trust and seek common solutions to the many challenges of our time. And how can this be achieved? For its part, Mali reaffirms its unwavering commitment to reformed multilateralism founded on strict respect for the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, particularly sovereign equality, territorial integrity, non-use of force, mutual respect, and non-interference in the internal affairs of a state. The Further we move away from these principles, the closer we come to cycles of conflict. 18:53Copy

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    🇲🇳 Mongolia · Day 1Khurelsukh Ukhnaa

    • It is becoming crucial to shape and develop international relations, not through a form of multipolarity that risks driving the world toward division, but through a multi-pillared principle that respects the pluralism inherent in each nation's history, culture, civilization, core national interests, and chosen path of development. Eight centuries ago, our ancestors established the great Pax Mongolica, promoting for the first time the idea to the world that nations could mutually recognize one another's values and that peoples of diverse civilizations and faiths could coexist. This historic contribution of the ******* to the advancement of humankind continues to be recognized by the international community. Let us strengthen multilateral cooperation through the multi-pillar principle inspired by the ideas of Pax Mongolica, so that we may restore our trust and hope through shared responsibility, reform the United Nations with a common purpose, and build a better, more peaceful world through the strength of our collective action. 6:40:44Copy

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    🇲🇪 Montenegro · Day 2Jakov Milatović

    • Distinguished Mr. President, Excellencies, I do want to congratulate, first of all, Dr. Rahman on his election as President of the United Nations General Assembly, and I also wish to thank Mrs. Baerbock for her leadership of the 80th session of the General Assembly. And let me also make a special thanks to Secretary-General Guterres, whose stewardship of this organization and partnership with Montenegro over the past decade we deeply value. It is my great honor to address you today as President of Montenegro. a Balkan and Mediterranean country, a credible NATO Ally, steadily advancing towards membership in the European Union, and deeply committed to regional cooperation and effective multilateralism. 10:01:21Copy

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    🇸🇰 Slovakia · Day 2Peter Pellegrini

    • And when rules are weakened, when cooperation is replaced by confrontation, all of us become more vulnerable. But we still have a choice. The international system we have built is not perfect. It can be slow. 7:35:32Copy

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    🇹🇻 Tuvalu · Day 4Feleti Teo

    • Tuvalu reaffirms its strong commitment to the values and the principle of the UN Charter and to international law and to a multilateral system that protects the dignity and security of all people. This year also marks the historical and first deployment of Tuvalu police officers to serve in the UN mission in South Sudan, a deployment that confirms that even the smallest member of the UN can contribute meaningfully to international peace and security. Mr. President, the theme for this session, Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation, a United Nations that Delivers for All, resonates well with the moment of time we find ourselves in right now. There is no denying that the architecture of multilateralism and international law founded on the UN Charter is under enormous stress. 3:09:07Copy

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    🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania · Day 1Deogratius Ndejembi

    • These developments underscore the urgent need to reaffirm multilateralism, strengthen respect for international law, and reinforce the central role of the United Nations in maintaining international peace and security. In that regard, Tanzania remains firmly committed to supporting the efforts of the UN Security Council to fulfill its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. Our commitment is demonstrated by our two terms of service on the Security Council during which we made substantive contributions to such cause. Notable achievements include the adoption of Security Council resolution 1653 in the year 2006 on the Great Lakes region and Tanzania's collaboration with Denmark in establishing the Peacebuilding Commission. 9:53:11Copy

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    🇺🇾 Uruguay · Day 3Yamandú Orsi

    • However, we are convinced that our size shouldn't determine our ability to contribute, much less affect our own dignity. We need more effective, more representative multilateral institutions that are closer to the people and more able to respond to the challenges of our time. We need cooperation, we need solidarity and we also need to demonstrate austerity within these institutions. But above all We need to restore trust in our collective ability to change things because at its heart, the very idea of well-being and progress springs from something that is profoundly human, that is the ability to recognize suffering and refuse to accept inertia. 3:55:29Copy

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    🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · Day 4Jeyhun Aziz oglu Bayramov

    • And yet, The growing limitations of multilateral mechanisms continue to undermine our collective ability to respond effectively to current and emerging threats. Meeting these realities requires joint action, but true transformation is impossible without first restoring trust in the international order and demonstrating that multilateralism can once again deliver tangible results for all. In an era marked by division, growing intolerance, and stark double standards, Azerbaijan advocates for a reinvigorated and reformed multilateral system underpinned by strict adherence to consistent and non-selective application of universally accepted norms and principles of international law. Azerbaijan supports a more effective UN capable of delivering tangible results for member states, especially in peace and security, development, climate resilience and humanitarian action. 9:50:11Copy

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    🇰🇭 Cambodia · Day 5Sokhonn Prak

    • It is my great honor to pay tribute to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for his steadfast leadership and dedicated service to the United Nations throughout his two mandates. and for his unwavering commitment to multilateralism, peace and security, sustainable development, and the principle and purposes of the UN Charter during a decade marked by profound turbulence and transformation. Mr. President, 81 year ago, In the aftermath of the devastation of the Second World War, the nation that founded our organization made a solemn pledge to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war. That commitment remains as vital today as it was in 1945. 2:21:37Copy

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    🇨🇦 Canada · Day 5Anita Anand

    • At a time when we are forming new coalitions, we should also strengthen the multilateral system. This is why Canada and our partners throughout the entire world have started a new initiative entitled Partners for Multilateralism. This initiative seeks to support United Nations reform and reform of other institutions to make them more representative, more effective, and more trustworthy. 7:39:26Copy

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    🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire · Day 3Tiémoko Meyliet Koné

    • Before our very eyes, multilateralism is being sorely tested, weakened by an erosion of trust between nations and trust in the institutions that underpin the world order. In these times of multilateral fracture, it is imperative to find appropriate solutions to put an end to these dangerous escalations, prioritize dialogue, and rebuild trust. With regard to international institutions, this trust is measured by their ability to translate the universality of their principles into concrete actions and to treat every state, large or small, with the same standard of fairness. The trust of peoples, for its part, is nourished by tangible results and by the certainty that the decisions taken on their behalf genuinely serve their security, their dignity, and protect their future. 6:57:58Copy

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    🇿🇦 South Africa · Day 3Ronald Ozzy Lamola

    • The end of apartheid also marked the end of a system that exported violence and instability across southern Africa. Indeed, the fall of apartheid is a glorious story that attests to what multilateralism can deliver. Since democratic South Africa took its place in this assembly, we have pursued a foreign policy anchored in Ubuntu and international law, dialogue and multilateralism, and in the understanding that our fate is tied to the fortunes of our region and the continent as a whole. Millions more South Africans have access to education, electricity, water and sanitation, housing and social protection than they did at the dawn of our democracy or under apartheid. 11:58:46Copy

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    🇹🇷 Türkiye · Day 1Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

    • As Turkey, whenever we have acted upon this principle, as in the case of the Black Sea Grain Corridor, we have achieved results and we have contributed to both regional and to global security. Third, We must absolutely reestablish an approach that places cooperation and open diplomacy at the core, at the center of relations among states. History has shown us time and again through bitter experiences that there is no winner in a political approach which is built on mistrust. Fourth, we must jointly build a new paradigm that offers solutions to the increasingly deepening income inequalities around the world. 3:05:59Copy

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    🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo · Day 2Judith Suminwa Tuluka

    • During a decade marked by wars, the pandemic, climate emergencies, and exacerbated geopolitical tensions, he constantly defended peace, human dignity, and international cooperation. Mr. President, the theme of this session, Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation, the United Nations that delivers for all, expresses perfectly the challenge that we must collectively address to restore the hope that the UN nurtured when it was created. For the DRC, this session is another occasion to reaffirm its faith in a multilateralism based upon the unwavering quest for peace and justice, which paved the way not to the prosperity of a select few, but to the creation of a true common horizon for peoples and generations of the future. This faith, however, calls upon us to be clear-eyed about the world's transformations and to ask about the ability of the UN to evolve alongside it for our peoples. 11:44:19Copy

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    🇸🇱 Sierra Leone · Day 1Julius Maada Bio

    • Years of intergovernmental negotiation without realizing the reform has tested the credibility of the process. Before this session concludes, Member states should have a consolidated model. which we committed to in the pact for the future. Sierra Leone speaks with the authority of service. 7:46:51Copy

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    🇦🇹 Austria · Day 3Beate Meinl-Reisinger

    • Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, There are 193 countries represented in this hall today. At least I hope so still. 193 states that have signed up to the UN Charter, that have signed up to one essential principle, that relations between states are not governed by sheer power, but by rules. Today, this commitment is being tested by conflicts, by shifts in power, by new technologies, and our global institutions are struggling to keep pace. 11:42:27Copy

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    🇨🇱 Chile · Day 1José Antonio Kast

    • There needs to be a multilateralism that is effective and efficient. And allow me to say that the reforms I talked about cannot wait. While we discuss how to modernize institutions created in 1945, we're seeing the emergence of the most powerful technology that humankind has ever known, and no one is governing it. Artificial intelligence is not only a technical matter that we can delegate to experts. 4:56:12Copy

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    🇨🇳 China · Day 5Han Zheng

    • We must firmly safeguard the WTO-centered, rules-based, multilateral trading system, build an open world economy, jointly foster and strengthen new growth drivers, and see that economic globalization is inclusive and delivers benefits to all. Third, We should advance exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations and rebuild unity and mutual trust through communication and dialogue. Diversity has created splendor in the world. Condescension and the self-centered mindset have no place in the interactions among different cultures. 25:50Copy

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    🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea · Day 3Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue

    • Mr. Khalilur Rahman, President of the General Assembly; Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Excellencies, Heads of State and Government and Heads of Delegation; Ladies and Gentlemen. I have the honor to take the floor before this General Assembly on behalf of and representing His Excellency Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, to express to you his greetings of peace and the greetings of the people of Equatorial Guinea, and to reaffirm our support for and commitment to the Charter of the United Nations. I congratulate Mr. Khalilur Rahman on his election to the presidency of this 81st session. And I express our gratitude to Ms. Annalena Baerbock for her work during the previous session. 4:18:58Copy

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    🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan · Day 1Sadyr Zhaparov

    • At the same time, a number of developed countries have also expressed their aspiration to become members of the Security Council. I believe that the request of these countries should be also considered. Another issue, in my view, the weakness of effective mechanisms for ensuring the implementation of the decisions of the organization. The systematic failure to implement the organization's decisions undermines the legitimacy of multilateralism concept, creates the impression that international law is not binding and encourages disregard for international obligations. 3:33:26Copy

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    🇱🇻 Latvia · Day 2Edgars Rinkēvičs

    • Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Allow me to begin by congratulating you, Dr. Rahman, on your election as President of the General Assembly. you can count on Latvia's support. I am looking forward to working together for a stronger United Nations and a safer world. Excellencies, for the past year, we have heard it again and again. 26:34Copy

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    🇲🇨 Monaco · Day 4Christophe Mirmand

    • Because the equality that our organization bestows upon us is not a privilege that we enjoy, it is a responsibility that we bear. This responsibility is our shared, unique duty to uphold the law and multilateralism. Shared because no state, regardless of how powerful it is, can preserve peace alone or address global threats alone. unique because everybody must shoulder it without leaving it to others to honor the promise of San Francisco. 1:45:09Copy

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    🇳🇦 Namibia · Day 2Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah

    • In this regard, we are pleased to inform that Namibia is a host to the Global Water Partnership headquarters, first time to be located in the Global South. In our capacity as co-chair with Senegal of the AU International High-Level Panel on the African Water Investment Programme, on Monday, we convened a high-level side event on water investment for Africa and the globe. We believe its outcome is a meaningful contribution to the 2026 UN Water Conference to be held later in the year and advance strong global partnership, investment and action for sustainable water security. Mr. President, the Pact for the Future, which was co-facilitated By Namibia and Germany provides an ambitious framework for transforming global governance and addressing contemporary and emerging challenges. 7:21:38Copy

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    🇳🇵 Nepal · Day 3Balendra Shah

    • This is why we believe in multilateralism. This is why we need United Nations, in which presence of small, poor country is felt and we can work together towards outcomes. Climate justice is therefore not only about money. It is about distributive justice, who bears the cost. 11:39:22Copy

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    🇳🇱 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Day 3Rob Jetten

    • This week is the perfect example of that. And I realize that the United Nations does not carry the most positive associations for everyone. And indeed, there is much that can and must be improved. But let us not forget what lay behind the founding of the United Nations over 80 years ago, the realization that doing nothing had led to the darkest chapters in human history. 9:52:43Copy

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    🇳🇬 Nigeria · Day 3Kashim Shettima

    • Mr. President, the Secretary General of the UN, the Deputy Secretary General, Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, I extend my warmest congratulations to you, Mr. President, on behalf of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on your election as President of the ACP. session of the United Nations General Assembly and assure you of Nigeria's full cooperation and support. I commend your predecessor's stewardship of this Assembly. I also salute the Secretary-General, His Excellency Antonio Guterres, and the Deputy Secretary-General, Aminah J. Mohammed, for steering the United Nations through storms that have sharpened our awareness of the cost of inaction. 7:14:00Copy

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    🇵🇪 Peru · Day 1Keiko Sofia Fujimori Higuchi

    • Centuries ago, the Incas built capacchian. a majestic network of roads that was built to meet the peoples, to bring together diverse realities, and to ensure that no corner of the empire was left isolated and forgotten. This same spirit, this spirit that seeks to bring together is the spirit that brings us here today. I am appearing at the General Assembly of the United Nations today for the first time. 4:23:25Copy

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    🇱🇨 Saint Lucia · Day 4Philip J. Pierre

    • Trust will be restored only when promises are matched by action, when commitments are honored, and when the United Nations delivers meaningful results for every nation, and when there is due regard for multilateral principles, not only for the most powerful, but for the weakest of us as well. This Assembly should not be a place where the world expresses sympathy without accepting responsibility. We need action. We need justice. 4:26:55Copy

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    🇸🇨 Seychelles · Day 1Mathew Antonio Patrick Herminie

    • In a world increasingly fractured by geopolitical rivalry, The answer cannot be a retreat into isolationism. It must be a revitalized commitment to multilateralism. The United Nations must prove that dialogue can bridge division, that international law must prevail over force, and that collective action achieves what unilateralism never can. Seychelles approaches the world guided by an enduring fundamental principle. 8:57:40Copy

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    🇸🇮 Slovenia · Day 3Janez Janša

    • It requires rules to be applied impartially, consistently, and transparently. When the same principles are invoked strictly in one case and conveniently overlooked in another, we do not strengthen international law. We hollow it out. And when institutions created to protect universal standards are instrumentalized for political purposes, we have weakened the very multilateral system they were created to defend. 10:17:29Copy

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    🇸🇴 Somalia · Day 3Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

    • Mr. President, Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, it's a great honor to address the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at the moment of profound uncertainty in our world. I congratulate His Excellency Khalil Rahman on his election as the President of this session and assure him of Somalia's full support and cooperation. I also commend Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for his continued service to the United Nations and his steadfast in defense of multilateralism. He will be missed very much after he concludes his term as the Secretary-General this year. 2:17:45Copy

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    🇺🇸 United States of America · Day 1Donald Trump

    • I want to thank the U.N. Security Council for voting overwhelmingly to pass a resolution condemning Iran's despicable terrorist attacks on commercial shipping. Thank you very much. That resolution, I'm pleased to say, received more cosponsors from U.N. member nations than any Security Council resolution in history. 1:56:20Copy

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     🇻🇳 Viet Nam · Day 1To Lam

     • Vietnam stands ready to work with partners to strengthen cooperation and build capacity in preventing and combating cyber crime so that people may live safely and benefit from technological progress. We also stand ready to support international initiatives on green and digital transformation and the development of effective governance framework so that science and technology can truly become drivers of shared development. Fourth, we must strengthen multilateralism and the essential, indispensable role of the UN. The strength of the UN does not lie in its ability to replace the responsibilities of state, but in its legitimacy and capacity to build consensus, establish norms, develop rules, and mobilize global efforts to address common challenges. 9:35:36Copy

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     🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Day 2Taye Atske-Selassie Amde

     • We resolutely stood firm as champions of collective security, helping the birth of the very organization in which we stand for. Today, we call upon the community of nations to summon that same foundational courage to actively reinforce the very ideals that help prevent global conflict and the scourge of war. The question, therefore, is how much longer shall we wait before the pillars of collective security fractured beyond repair. This is exactly what drives the significance of multilateralism, not as a diplomat convenience, but as a living shield rooted in sovereign equality to address the shifting tides of power politics. 6:30:19Copy

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     🇲🇽 Mexico · Day 4Roberto Velasco Álvarez

     • When my country defends multilateralism, we are fulfilling a constitutional mandate. This is the legacy of Benito Juarez, Venustiano Carranza and Genaro Estrada. Three names. 10:59:46Copy

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     🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic · Day 2Ahmad Al-Sharaa

     • We focused on reconstruction. We relied on the free will of our people and our independence. This national vision relied on diplomatic efforts. Since liberation, more than 100 states started communicating with us through 4,000 communications. 19:12Copy

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     🇺🇬 Uganda · Day 2Jessica Rose Epel Alupo

     • As we convene here today, we must confront the reality of living in very uncertain times, shadowed by the persistent threat of global conflict. It is imperative that we work together to avert warfare. We must reflect on the founding principles of the UN Charter and recommit ourselves to saving succeeding generations from the scourge of war, reaffirming faith in fundamental human rights and the dignity of human person, ensuring equal rights for all large nations and small, establishing conditions for justice and respect for international law, and promoting social progress alongside better standards of life. Uganda firmly believes that multilateralism and international cooperation remain the most vital mechanisms for addressing our shared challenges. 10:46:49Copy

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     🇲🇦 Morocco · Day 1Nasser Bourita

     • Mr. Guterres has remained a symbol of multilateral diplomacy and of international cooperation in overcoming the turmoil and obstacles facing our world today. Mr. President, the most apt description of our international reality is the one expressed by His Majesty King Mohammed VI. 6. May God assist him when His Majesty said, and I quote, "The world is changing at an unprecedented pace, and certainties are steadily receding. This has led to a blurring of standards and concepts. 12:10:04Copy

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     🇵🇼 Palau · Day 2Surangel Whipps

     • Mr. President, congratulations on your successful election as President of the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly. Secretary General, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Ali, and warm greetings from the people of Palau. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, thank you for your leadership and service to the United Nations. Your climate leadership, steadfast defense of multilateralism, international law, human dignity, and the voices of the vulnerable carries a special meaning for small island developing states. 3:47:30Copy

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     🇵🇦 Panama · Day 2José Raúl Mulino Quintero

     • I'm convinced that the United Nations has immense potential in a world with so much volatility and such strong asymmetries. But it needs to take up again its leadership in order to engage in preventive actions and corrective actions. I am a person who believes in and defends multilateralism. I am convinced that the peace and prosperity of nations must be grounded in international law as a guiding principle of relationships between nations. 6:10:01Copy

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     🇦🇴 Angola · Day 1João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço

     • To that end, I believe there's a need to strengthen North-South South-South and triangular cooperation in order to make the digital revolution an instrument of inclusion, sovereignty and development rather than a source of dependence and inequality. Excellencies, we are drawing close to the end of the tenure of the current Secretary-General and the appointment of the next one an act of greater importance, given that the person chosen must possess the qualities of independence, integrity, competence and courage to build consensus, uphold the Charter, promote conflict prevention, lead the necessary reforms and seek solutions to address the organization's financial crisis. The Republic of Angola reaffirms its commitment to the United Nations, convinced that only at the level of these institution will it be possible to safeguard the achievements of the recent decades in terms of respect for international law. only within the framework of the United Nations can we make progress in seeking peaceful solutions to the conflicts ravaging the world within a framework in which multilateralism serves as the mechanism for bringing together ideas, political wills, and initiatives conducive to global peace. 6:33:21Copy

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     🇨🇲 Cameroon · Day 5Lejeune Mbella Mbella

     • And with impotence, we watch the deterioration of international solidarity and multilateralism, as we see the appearance and strengthening of different blocks that are in confrontation when certain challenges antagonize their specific interests. President, the time has come to return to the spirit and the very basics of the United Nations Charter. At the same time, climate change is worsening and constitutes a concern at a planetary scale. Floods, droughts, and wildfires are recurring and do not spare any region in the world. 9:21:07Copy

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     🇬🇪 Georgia · Day 3Irakli Kobakhidzhe

     • Georgia remains open to meaningful engagement with every international partner prepared to engage with us on the basis of mutual respect and sovereign equality. We believe that lasting partnerships are built through dialogue and never through pressure or coercion. The principles of respect and cooperation are also at the heart of effective multilateralism. At a time of growing global uncertainty, the United Nations remains indispensable as a forum for dialogue and collective action. 9:28:18Copy

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     🇬🇷 Greece · Day 3Kyriakos Mitsotakis

     • Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. Ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor to address the General Assembly for the eighth time as Prime Minister of Greece, and I do so at a moment of particular importance, as Greece reaches the end of our second year on the UN Security Council. and is again preparing to assume its presidency next month. 12 months ago, as we marked the 80th anniversary of the United Nations, we spoke of the need to reinvigorate multilateralism. 10:26:52Copy

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     🇬🇹 Guatemala · Day 4Carlos Ramiro Martínez Alvarado

     • The Sustainable Development Goals continue to provide an essential roadmap. It is precisely at moments such as this that international law, multilateralism, and democracy show their worth. Law provides us with common rules. Multilateralism enables us to turn shared problems into concerted solutions. 12:01:31Copy

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     🇭🇹 Haiti · Day 4Alix Didier Fils-Aimé

     • I express my gratitude for that. Finally, we wish to recognize the integrated office in Haiti, the funds and programs present on the ground, as well as all of our multilateral partners. We thank them all for their staunch commitment side by side with the Haitian people. President Before this august assembly, I am bringing to you the voice of a people that has etched its name in the annals of history by daring to do what was unthinkable, breaking the chains of slavery and bringing to life on a land conquered by sacrifice, blood, and sweat, the first free black republic of the world. 6:49:19Copy

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     🇰🇮 Kiribati · Day 4Taneti Maamau

     • These initiatives also show that strong, genuine partnerships can sustain locally-led development. Mr. President, Partnership continues to shape international cooperation as we believe that we are stronger when we work together. At a time when multilateralism faces growing challenges, partnership remains one of our most powerful affirmations of what we can achieve collectively. Kiribati reaffirms its support for frameworks that embody the spirit of partnership including the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for Cities, ABAF, and the Pacific for the Future, which provide important foundations for strengthened international cooperation, solidarity, and collective action. 32:57Copy

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     🇱🇹 Lithuania · Day 1Gitanas Nausėda

     • There is no other way. No nation can confront today's challenges alone. Aggression cannot win. It is only through multilateralism, solidarity, and the unity of all member states that we can uphold peace, security, and the rule-based international order. 4:19:05Copy

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     🇲🇭 Marshall Islands · Day 4Hilda Heine

     • Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, I ask every nation here, are we still willing to work together? The principles in the UN Charter affirmed by each one of us taking our seat in this hall, are now tested not by argument, but by neglect or ill intention. The credibility and effectiveness of multilateral institutions is imperative for small nations. It is past time to better turn the urgency expressed in political declarations and resolutions into results not repetition. 2:00:58Copy

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     🇳🇪 Niger · Day 4Lamine Zeine Ali Mahaman

     • You have a lot of work to do, Mr. President. Niger is not pursuing confrontation with any country. It opens its arms to all partners that wish to build a new relationship based on equality, reciprocity, and mutual interest and shared interest. Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, for more than half a century, uranium, this miraculous substance. 6:13:44Copy

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     🇷🇼 Rwanda · Day 2Justin Nsengiyumva

     • Our survival depended on our capacity to rebuild against all odds, and what made that possible was a simple principle and conviction that institutions earn legitimacy, not by what they promise, but by what they deliver year after year. We believe this principle holds for the multilateral system as a whole and for the United Nations in particular. It is the standard against which reform must be judged. Optimism, however important it can be, must be matched by willingness to change how we act. 11:01:36Copy

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     🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis · Day 4Geoffrey Hanley

     • Across Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Yemen, Chad, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, civilians continue to bear an unconscionable burden. St. Kitts and Nevis affirms one standard: international law applied consistently, not selectively, and conscience applied evenly, not conveniently. There can be no hierarchy of human suffering. Mister President, the future of multilateralism also depends on its leadership. 9:15:09Copy

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     🇼🇸 Samoa · Day 4Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo

     • For Samoa, Multilateralism remains the cornerstone of our international engagement. Only through genuine cooperation and mutual trust can we craft solutions that no single nation could achieve alone. The UN80 initiative has merits, but also its risks, if not fully assessed and understood. Any reform must strengthen delivery on the ground by eliminating duplication, improving coherence, and accelerating impact. 8:45:28Copy

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

     • We further express our profound thanks and appreciation to His Excellency Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, for his continued effort in furthering the purposes of the UN. Mr. President, the work of this session is taking place at a time when the world and the multilateral system are facing rapidly evolving and unprecedented challenges. While crises and conflicts continue in many parts of the world, there is an increasing need to uphold the principles of the UN Charter, respect international law, and strengthen the effectiveness of international institutions in maintaining international peace and security and advancing sustainable development. Crises arise not so much from an absence of resources and opportunities, but rather from a lack of commitment to the principles agreed upon by the international community. 3:41:05Copy

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     🇹🇴 Tonga · Day 4Lord Fakafanua

     • Multilateralism allows us to project the power of our ideas rather than the might of our power. Tonga participates as an equal under the founding principles of the United Nations Charter. the sovereign equality of states. This is how we must approach our theme, Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation, a United Nation that delivers for all. 8:25:20Copy

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     🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago · Day 1Kamla Persad-Bissessar

     • For us in Trinidad and Tobago, progress cannot be measured only by how quickly the world changes, but it must also be in terms of who benefits from that change. Consequently, the transformation should create greater opportunity, strengthen security, and support development. rather than deepen inequality, indebtedness or dependence. Restoring trust in the United Nations will depend on its ability to deliver on the commitments already made and to demonstrate that multilateralism can make a meaningful difference in the lives of people. 10:30:35Copy

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     🇺🇦 Ukraine · Day 2Volodymyr Zelenskyy

     • Ten countries are already part of it: Ukraine, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, and the Netherlands. Last week, I invited Poland to join. And we are also in consultations with a couple of other Allied governments who want to join FREIA. And we remain open to every country that can contribute to building protection against ballistic missiles. 5:21:04Copy

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     🇿🇲 Zambia · Day 5Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe

     • The President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, Excellencies, distinguished heads of state and government, ladies and gentlemen. We congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election as the President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly and pledge our cooperation and support during your tenure. We also commend the Secretary-General for his strong leadership at a challenging time in our multilateral system. Zambia continues to salute his Excellency Antonio Guterres for reminding us that the answer to a more divided and multipolar world is not less multilateralism, but a stronger, fairer, and more representative United Nations. 8:32:44Copy

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126. 
     🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Day 3Tarique Rahman

     • The people of Bangladesh, who believe in democracy, remain deeply concerned about the plight of the freedom-seeking Palestinian people. Bangladesh once again reaffirms its unwavering support for their legitimate demands, including their right to self-determination and their right to establish an independent State of Palestine, Mr. President, In the prevailing global circumstances, the theme of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, "Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation: A United Nations that Delivers for All," is highly relevant and timely. Bangladesh remains steadfast in its commitment to multilateralism in maintaining international peace and security. As Vice-Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, Bangladesh continues to serve as a strong voice for sustainable peace, conflict prevention and inclusive peace. 9:35:28Copy

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     🇸🇪 Sweden · Day 4Maria Malmer Stenergard

     • Urgency based on what science tells us, opportunity based on the economic growth, jobs, and strengthened competitiveness that climate transition brings. Given the state of the world, changes are necessary to ensure the UN's central role in international affairs and its ability to address today's challenges. An efficient, effective, nimble and well-coordinated UN is urgently needed. Sweden strongly supports the Secretary-General's UN80 initiative and expects all UN entities to engage fully, with a clear focus on improving delivery at country level. 12:23:41Copy

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128. 
     🇦🇱 Albania · Day 4Edi Rama

     • Those attacking our countries already cooperate across jurisdictions. Our countries, our democracies, first and foremost, must learn to do the same. This is not ultimately a contest between humanity and machines. It is a contest between different human purposes each amplified by machines, between those who use artificial intelligence to enlighten and those who use it to obscure, between those who use it to empower their own people and those who use it to manipulate them, between those who accept responsibility and those who hide behind automation. 5:00:59Copy

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     🇦🇷 Argentina · Day 2Javier Gerardo Milei

     • We will continue to participate in multilateral fora in good faith because some problems mean that we need to work together. But we mustn't confuse cooperation with subordination. We believe in alliances and, above all, in nations. Argentina speaks from the experience of a country that knows its own mistakes. 2:37:49Copy

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     🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina · Day 1Denis Bećirović

     • Let us build a culture of dialogue, cooperation, and peace. In this context, I believe it is of utmost importance to reaffirm the importance of the UN Charter, revitalize the role of the UN as the global center for coordination and cooperation, support the reform process and strengthen the credibility of the United Nations, consistently implement the Sustainable Development Goals, build mutual trust, inclusiveness, and a democratic vision of leadership, and strengthen preventive diplomacy at a time of numerous tensions and conflicts. Let respect for international law, peace, solidarity, sustainable development, and justice be the path that we follow together. Ladies and gentlemen, We, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, call upon all UN Member States to focus on reaffirming relations between States on the basis of international law, ensuring respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, promoting peace and social progress, combating hate speech and all forms of discrimination, strengthening policies for the prevention of genocide, crimes against humanity, and other war crimes; advancing the rights of women and children, and strengthening gender equality, better health care, and education. 8:06:35Copy

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     🇨🇫 Central African Republic · Day 2Faustin Archange Touadera

     • The Pact for the Future has opened a window. But two years after its adoption, negotiations on Security Council reform are still ongoing. The decision so urgently needed has yet to be made. The African position, represented for years now by the Ezulwini Consensus and the Cirt Declaration, is not a favor we're asking. 6:03:02Copy

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     🇫🇯 Fiji · Day 3Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati Lalabalavu

     • I pay tribute also to the Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, who addresses this General Debate for the last time in that office. Through a decade of turbulence, he has defended multilateralism and stood with small island developing states, and Fiji thanks him dearly. Mr. President, the theme of this session is restoring trust and managing transformation. United Nations that delivers for all. 6:34:30Copy

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     🇬🇭 Ghana · Day 3John Dramani Mahama

     • Mister President, Mister Secretary General, your excellencies, Distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, let me congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to preside over the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly. You assume this solemn stewardship at a time of intense geopolitical fragmentation, deepening inequality, and eroded trust in our multilateral system. Ghana is confident that your proven commitment to inclusive, consultative, and principled dialogue will guide this assembly well. And you have our full support. 1:00:35Copy

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     🇬🇳 Guinea · Day 2Mamadi Doumbouya

     • Mr. President of the 81st session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Mr. Secretary-General of the United Nations, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, heads of state and government. Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, heads of delegation, ladies and gentlemen. Mr. President, at the outset, I wish to convey to you on behalf of the sovereign peoples of the Republic of Guinea and our delegation our warmest congratulations upon your election to the presidency of this 81st session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. I cherish the hope that our proceedings under your skillful stewardship will allow the United Nations, our organization, to best address and meet the legitimate aspirations of the peoples of the world. 9:07:04Copy

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     🇻🇦 Holy See · Day 5Cardinal Pietro Parolin

     • It is imperative to disarm not only weapons, but the logic of domination, to protect the most in need, to speak the truth in charity, and to rebuild through dialogue and solidarity, a multilateral order that truly delivers for all. May the international community, as the family of nations, have the courage to restore trust, the wisdom to manage a transformation justly, and the perseverance to build peace. In this regard, the Holy See strongly urges all parties to engage in sincere negotiation to put an end to all wars and conflicts. War brings only death and destruction, whereas peace brings development and prosperity. 2:00:42Copy

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     🇮🇳 India · Day 5Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

     • It requires transparent decision-making. Large sections of humanity cannot be excluded from that process. The case for reformed multilateralism only gets stronger day after day. Mr. President, after a decade of service, and dedication to the cause of multilateralism. 4:56:44Copy

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     🇮🇶 Iraq · Day 4Ali Falih Al-Zaidi

     • Gracious, the most merciful. Mr. President of the United Nations General Assembly, Your Excellency, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Excellencies, Esteemed ladies and gentlemen, Peace be upon you and God's mercy and blessings. It is with great honor and pride that I stand before this international forum representing the Republic of Iraq, the home of the first civilizations, and where writing and law were born, and one of the founding members of the United Nations. I stand here to renew my country's commitment to the United Nations Charter and principles, and to present Iraq's vision for its future, its region, and the world at this critical juncture. 1:01:15Copy

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

     • We would be remiss not to applaud the efforts, good offices, and initiatives of the Secretary-General aimed at strengthening multilateralism and that include initiatives such as UN80 and the Pact for the Future, as well as the ongoing efforts to address global challenges, crises, conflicts, wars, climate change, and terrorism, as well as the efforts to assist member states in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and to strengthen international cooperation on artificial intelligence. We hope that these efforts will continue beyond the conclusion of the Secretary-General's term in a manner to guarantee the continuity of work to reform and develop the organization's bodies enhance its effectiveness and performance in discharging its responsibilities. In this context, we emphasize that Security Council reform and the Security Council is the body charged with maintaining international peace and security has become essential to keep pace with the significant increase in the number of member states and the changes in international relations since the establishment of the organization. There is an urgent need for the Council to become more representative, effective and transparent in carrying out its responsibilities. 7:51:34Copy

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139. 
     🇱🇷 Liberia · Day 3Joseph Nyuma Boakai

     • Trust in multilateralism is broken and needs to be restored, not because the principles of the Charter are no longer relevant, but because we have applied them inconsistently and selectively during global fragmentation. Our answer So that is a better multilateralism. 80 years ago, Liberia was among the only four nations to sign the charter establishing the United Nations. Believing then, as we do now, that a peaceful world rests on international law, respect for human rights, and dignity, a commitment to development. 3:03:09Copy

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     🇲🇻 Maldives · Day 4Hussain Mohamed Latheef

     • Partnerships must serve national needs, strengthen what we have, and leave us more capable than before. Our shared challenges can become our shared opportunities. This is the spirit of President Dr. Mohamed Muizz's Maldives First policy. Partnership built around respect national interest, and mutual contribution. 53:29Copy

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     🇵🇱 Poland · Day 2Karol Nawrocki

     • In a world of growing geopolitical rivalry, we need more partnerships that create real value rather than deepening dependencies. That is why Poland consistently works toward a model of international cooperation that gives countries room to develop, strengthens their resilience, and allows them to make sovereign decisions. This approach is reflected both in our own regional policy and in our global engagement. We propose partnership instead of dependence. 6:53:52Copy

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     🇵🇹 Portugal · Day 3Luís Montenegro

     • Protecting 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. That is why Portugal looks to the future with renewed commitment to the mission of the United Nations, with confidence in our collective capacity and with hope that it is together that we can build and leave behind a better world. 6:09:42Copy

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

     • The expansion of the United Nations House in Doha marks a continuation of our long-standing partnership with the international organization. It enhances its capacity to fulfill its mission of serving peace, development, and human rights. peaceful coexistence and dialogue are not merely one option among many. They are the only path that leaves neither a victor nor a vanquished. 4:05:53Copy

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     🇷🇺 Russian Federation · Day 5Sergey Lavrov

     • Ladies and gentlemen, through its foreign policy, Russia is trying to fix the situation in the world, working together with our allies and strategic partners, the BRICS, the SCO, the Eurasian Economic Union, the CIS, and the CSTO. We are promoting an agenda which we can all get behind, a unifying agenda, concrete ideas and projects. Today, what's coming to the fore is the topic of international information security. Clearly, the UN should play a central role in these discussions, not other narrow fora. 3:23:29Copy

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

     • Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Heads of State and Government, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor for me to take the floor before this Assembly on behalf of the Government and the people of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe. Allow me first of all to congratulate his excellency, Mr. Kadi Loul Rahman, on his election as President of the 81st session of the General Assembly and to wish him every success in the discharge of his duties. I would also like to express our appreciation to her excellency, Ms. Annalena Baerbock, for the work accomplished during the previous session of the General Assembly. Allow me to pay tribute to the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Antonio Guterres, for his commitment to peace, sustainable development, human rights, and the strengthening of multilateralism at a time of great challenges. 8:15:16Copy

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     🇸🇷 Suriname · Day 1Jennifer Geerlings-Simons

     • Mr. President, Excellencies, distinguished delegates, Finally, as the UN, the United Nations, approaches change in its highest leadership, current realities and approved mandates require the next Secretary-General to portray strong commitment to multilateralism, dialogue, and the rule of law. Many capable candidates, including women leaders, who have taken up the challenge have been put forth. And for the first time in history, we have a female candidate from the Caribbean. CARICOM endorses this candidate. 7:34:08Copy

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     🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Day 2Saida Mirziyoyeva

     • Therefore, We view peace, development and human dignity not as three separate goals, but as a single, unified task. Esteemed delegates, today, no nation, however powerful, can address all global problems alone. None of the threats stop at national borders. That is why we need the United Nations more than ever. 12:30:59Copy

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     🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Day 3Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa

     • I wish to thank Ms. Annalena Baerbock for her effective leadership of the 80th session and her contribution to the UN80 reform process. Zimbabwe also pays tribute to Mr. Antonio Guterres in his final general debate as Secretary-General. We commend his defense of multilateralism as well as efforts to advance dialogue for conflict prevention and resolution, sustainable development, and the pact for the future. Mr. President, we meet during a pivotal moment when the world is facing numerous interconnected and complex crises. 17:59Copy

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     🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda · Day 6Walton Alfonso Webson

     • Can multilateralism still protect the weak as well as the strong? 4:37:40Copy
     • capable of restoring confidence in multilateralism. 4:43:16Copy
     • Mr. President, multilateralism is under profound strain. 4:43:40Copy

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     🇧🇯 Benin · Day 6Marc Hermanne Gninadoou Araba

     • I would like to convey to you the warmest greetings of the Beninese people and to carry before you the voice of these people, a voice resolutely committed to peace, dialogue and multilateralism, a voice which yearns to fully partake in our collective reflection about the future of our organization and the future of our world. 6:41:54Copy
     • Mr. President, Benin believes in multilateralism. 6:45:45Copy
     • Defending multilateralism also means taking a lucid look at the United Nations Organization. 6:46:07Copy

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     🇻🇺 Vanuatu · Day 6Odo Tevi

     • You have stood consistently for multilateralism at a time when multilateralism itself was under enormous pressure. 6:13:23Copy
     • We are witnessing geopolitical competition, strategic rivalry, armed conflicts, growing military expenditures, economic fragmentation, technological disruption, and a weakening of confidence in the multilateral institutions. 6:14:37Copy
     • Our security depends fundamentally on something else, international law, multilateral institutions, diplomacy, and the equal sovereignty of states. 6:15:29Copy

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     🇲🇼 Malawi · Day 6George Chapatula Chaponda

     • Mister President, The third opportunity is to reform global governance and strengthen multilateralism. 2:19:12Copy
     • Our multilateral framework is fractured because its foundational architecture is obsolete. 2:19:27Copy
     • Malawi reaffirms its unwavering commitment to multilateralism, but it must be a multilateralism that is inclusive, fair and democratic. 2:19:43Copy

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     🇵🇰 Pakistan · Day 4Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif

     • The Holy Quran commands, "If the enemy is inclined towards peace, make peace with them." Surah Anfal. Ladies and gentlemen, Pakistan's founding father, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, had famously declared, "We stand by the United Nations Charter and will gladly make our full contribution to the peace and prosperity of the world." These pearls of wisdom have shaped Pakistan's national ethos and guided our conduct at home and abroad. 5:07:57Copy

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     🇵🇭 Philippines · Day 5Ma. Theresa Lazaro

     • Mr. President, Excellencies, We meet at a perilous precipice, a tumultuous time marked by profound upheaval, relentless uncertainty, and deep unpredictability. More than 50 active conflicts tear at the fabric of nations. Geopolitical competition strains our multilateral institutions, and global trust is fading precisely when we need it most. 81 years ago, our forebears forged this organization to save humanity from the scourge of war and reaffirm our shared dignity. 2:37:38Copy

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     🇬🇩 Grenada · Day 6Ingrid Jackson

     • We must renew our global systems, strengthen our multilateral partnerships, and summon the collective will necessary to build a world worthy of the next generation. 5:07:50Copy
     • Mr. President, as we speak of transforming our multilateral system, we must also ensure that its leadership reflects the diversity, experience, and aspirations of the people it serves. 5:10:37Copy
     • recognizing the experience and leadership she brings to this important moment for global multilateralism. 5:11:15Copy

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     🇧🇾 Belarus · Day 5Maxim Ryzhenkov

     • That is why new formats of cooperation are emerging, the BRICS, the SCO, and regional economic and political alliances, and they are gaining momentum. But we in Belarus do not see them as competitors to the UN, but rather as catalysts for necessary reform. We have a recipe for restoring the UN to its intended purpose, and it's very simple. Individual countries must stop using the organization, our shared organization, for their own selfish ends, and they must begin to think about the fate of our planet, our shared planet, as a whole. 5:23:40Copy

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     🇰🇲 Comoros · Day 3Azali Assoumani

     • For 81 years, this General Assembly has remained the central pillar of multilateralism. And now that we're meeting in New York, humanity is at a crossroads. Despite our efforts, the sustainable development goals of the 2030 agenda remain, unfortunately, out of reach. Growing inequalities, the climate emergency, the fragility of international peace, all require renewed clarity and determination on our part. 2:46:21Copy

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     🇨🇷 Costa Rica · Day 6Boris Vasir Marchegiani Carrero

     • At the same time, trust in multilateralism is waning precisely when we need it most. 6:02:03Copy
     • Multilateralism is a prerequisite for the preservation of peace, to promote sustainable development and to protect human dignity. 6:02:28Copy
     • However, multilateralism will only preserve its dignity if it proves able to yield tangible results, specific results for people, for human beings. 6:02:39Copy

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     🇨🇺 Cuba · Day 5Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla

     • The law of the jungle cannot be the future of humanity. To prevent these practices, in addition to promoting peace and justice, the preceding generations founded the United Nations, and for decades they developed and enriched its activity. Let us recover its role today, when we are perhaps still in time to do so, before the organization goes down in history as an unrealized dream of great promises. In the year of his centennial, we believe, as Fidel Castro Ruz, the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, said, that let us be confident that if we struggle with resolve, a better world is possible. 3:10:35Copy

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     🇩🇯 Djibouti · Day 5Abdoulkader Houssein Omar

     • This theme is particularly relevant in the current international context. We're living through a critical juncture exacerbated by the proliferation of conflicts, deepening existing crises and the emergence of conflicts and the emergence of new crises with devastating political, economic, humanitarian and security consequences. In the face of these challenges, we must reaffirm the essential mission of the United Nations and strengthen a renewed, more inclusive and more effective multilateralism that takes full account of the interests of all States, large and small. The region that is home to my country also continues to face crises, the consequences of which extend beyond our national borders. 6:46:25Copy

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

     • Mr. President of the General Assembly, Mr. United Nations Secretary-General, Excellencies, Heads of Delegation, Ladies and Gentlemen. President of the General Assembly, Allow me to begin by conveying to you the warm congratulations of His Excellency Mr. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, President of the Gabonese Republic, on your outstanding election to preside over this 81st session of the General Assembly. I wish to assure you right now of my delegation's full support and express the hope that your term of office will be marked by a spirit of listening and dialogue and by the tireless pursuit of compromise in the service of international peace and cooperation. As the Secretary-General of the UN, Antonio Guterres, comes to the end of his second term, the President of the Gabonese Republic pays special tribute to him for his steadfast commitment to multilateralism and to upholding the principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter. 7:25:58Copy

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     🇭🇺 Hungary · Day 3András Bálint Baka

     • We will be a reliable member of the European Union, a committed NATO ally, and an active member of the United Nations. These partnerships do not take away our freedom, they protect it. Hungary will defend its national interest, but it will do so as a partner. We believe that national interest and international cooperation do not have to stand against each other. 3:38:28Copy

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

     • We we invite the world, we call the world, not out of weakness, but out of a deep belief in our own power and steadfastness to cooperate and collaborate because of a deep belief that no one in this region will have security alone. Either we will build it together, or we will have to live under insecurity together. We seek to think about a worthy future in which security, fairness, justice, human dignity will become unalienable rights for all people, for all humans. A future in which no people are driven to the sidelines, no voice is lost in the chaos of power, and no power will have the right to determine the future of a people other than those people themselves. 1:40:07Copy

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     🇲🇺 Mauritius · Day 4Dhananjay Ramful

     • The will expressed by the international community following the war to create an instrument for cooperation in order to establish a new world order is still there. The fact that the number of actors has more than tripled in the past eight decades reflects an engagement and a commitment that is even bigger and even more diverse than it was when the UN was created. We are confident that the international community, around half of which is made-up of young people that aim to protect the planet, that want to better share wealth, and aspire to use new technologies advisedly, will be able to overcome new challenges. We reiterate our commitment to multilateralism. 11:23:13Copy

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

     • I also extend Micronesia's appreciation to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for your dedicated and steadfast service, principled leadership, and personal commitment to the values of the United Nations. As you conclude your tenure, we honor your advocacy for the most vulnerable and your tireless efforts in strengthening multilateralism. Micronesia stands in solidarity with all nations that have endured the recent waves of natural disasters around the world. The loss of lives, displacements, and destructions remind us of our common vulnerability. 34:03Copy

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     🇳🇿 New Zealand · Day 6Victoria Louise Hallum

     • whose sovereignty, security and prosperity depends on a functioning, inclusive multilateral system, grounded in agreed rules and norms, with the UN Charter at its centre. 4:03:01Copy
     • We welcome progress in advancing the UN's multidimensional vulnerability index and want to see further work to ensure its practical application across the multilateral development system. 4:12:25Copy
     • Do we have the will to invest in the multilateral system, both politically and financially, to enable it to deliver results where we can truly make a difference? 4:21:28Copy

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     🇳🇮 Nicaragua · Day 5Valdrack Ludwing Jaentschke Whitaker

     • There are many proposals that we have mentioned, and we wish to stress the strength that the BRICS countries, for instance, have shown in striving for better living conditions for their people and the right of all to achieve sustainable development in a complementary way. We would like to recognize and pay tribute to all brothers and sisters throughout the world who believe in ideals, principles and values that are valuable to us all as humanity, to continue moving towards achieving the most important significant battle, which is to achieve peace so that we can defeat poverty once and for all. It is in this battle that we all have to wage to achieve peace. In this context, we wish to express our unwavering solidarity with the heroic people of Cuba And we also recognize the principles and values expressed by the people and government of the People's Republic of China, in particular the one China principle, which is non-negotiable. 4:39:21Copy

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     🇷🇸 Serbia · Day 2Aleksandar Vučić

     • Over the past eight decades, states have not come to this building because they share the same interests, but because they understood that the cost of settling disagreements by force of arms was too high. That is why multilateralism came into being and why we are here today. Serbia supports the United Nations and reform of the UN system, so that the organization may become more effective and better adapted to today's realities. We advocate a more representative UNSC through greater representation of developing countries, particularly those from the African continent, as well as more inclusive regional representation and the addition of another seat for the Eastern European group. 8:36:07Copy

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     🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Day 5Sirojiddin Muhriddin

     • Excellencies, There is a wider lesson here. Peace requires effective institutions, and international cooperation requires an effective United Nations. This is why Tajikistan supports the ongoing UN reform process. Reform is not an end in itself. 5:44:51Copy

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     🇦🇷 Argentina · Day 1Right of reply

     • The last time was in June of this year. Argentina reiterates its full readiness to resume bilateral negotiations, substantive ones, with the United Kingdom, in line with Resolution 2065. Our country reaffirms its commitment to a peaceful resolution of disputes through effective multilateralism and a rules-based order. We urge the United Kingdom to fulfill its obligations in the area of decolonization and to immediately cease its non-compliance with international law. 12:30:37Copy

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     🇬🇹 Guatemala · Day 5Right of reply

     • Thank you very much. The delegation of Guatemala exercises its right of reply in reference to the statement of Xun Bisenya, the Prime Minister of Belize, in today's general debate. We would like to note the following. Guatemala is a country that is committed to international law, and we are a firm promoter of the peaceful settlement of disputes, and we believe in the effectiveness of multilateral mechanisms. 9:32:18Copy

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172. 
     🇩🇿 Algeria · Day 6Ahmed Attaf

     • he devoted himself to keeping the voice of multilateral action strong whenever attempts were made to silence it. 1:21:00Copy
     • We cannot ask peoples to trust in multilateralism if its institutions continue to reflect the balances of a bygone era. 1:26:29Copy
     • Let us make multilateralism a reality rather than simply a principle. 1:48:21Copy

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     🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · Day 6Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré

     • However, variable justice, no. The Confederation remains committed to multilateral independent institutions that are impartial and credible. 1:04:48Copy
     • Mr. President, in terms of international peace and security, our world remains up against multiplication of armed conflicts, the emergence of new crises, and a return to the principle of might is right, unilateral approaches, Unlawful sanctions, selective interventions and double standards weaken the international order and put the multilateral system to test. 1:07:08Copy
     • The Pact for the Future, the Compromisos de Sevilla, the Doha Programme of Action, the UNAT Initiative and the OASO Programme of Action for landlocked developing countries can contribute to making the multilateral system more effective, more inclusive and more focused on results, as long as they do not just remain promises. 1:08:41Copy

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174. 
     🇨🇬 Congo · Day 6Constant Serge Bounda

     • Humanity has never needed renewed, inclusive, and representative multilateralism more than it does today. 2:55:19Copy
     • A multilateralism that can reflect the realities of a multipolar world in which Africa occupies a rightful place. 2:55:28Copy
     • It is one of its centers of gravity and a source of multilateral renewal. 3:01:38Copy

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175. 
     🇸🇻 El Salvador · Day 6Alexandra Hill Tinoco

     • As the United Nations, we need to commit ourselves and work to redefine the international order so that we can prioritize the common well-being of the whole of humanity regardless of whether of where they live and their condition guarantee the well-being of our brothers and sisters the whole of humanity we need a multilateral system that is able to listen but also to make decisions, to safeguard principles, to respect the sovereignty of states, but that at the same time understands that no state can resolve problems that know no borders alone. 1:53:04Copy
     • multilateralism that does not oblige countries to constantly choose between sovereignty and cooperation. 2:04:14Copy
     • Today, we have an historical and inexcusable challenge, and that is making multilateralism a synonym, again, with capacity to act. 2:04:24Copy

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     🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Day 6Vijitha Herath

     • Sri Lanka has also long championed multilateral disarmament. 2:42:55Copy
     • However, genuine faith in multilateralism requires the courage to acknowledge where the system has fallen short, the humility to listen to those who feel unheard, and the determination to make our institutions more effective, more representative, and more responsive. 2:49:59Copy
     • Our answer must therefore be a renewed faith in multilateralism and a United Nations that listens more closely, represents more fairly, and delivers for all. 2:51:24Copy

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     🇦🇲 Armenia · Day 3Nikol Pashinyan

     • Ladies and gentlemen, the balanced and balancing foreign policy adopted by Armenia stems from the logic of multipolarity, which is one of the key principles of the United Nations. In recent years, we have established strategic relations with Georgia, France, China, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Germany, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom. 8:59:25Copy

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     🇰🇵 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea · Day 6Kim Son Gyong

     • This year alone, the U.S. staged a series of bilateral and multilateral military exercises, including Freedom Shield and Freedom Edge, simulating a real war scenario. 3:51:18Copy
     • Instead, multilateralism and multipolarization have emerged as an irresistible aspiration and trend of the times based on justice and equity. 3:58:23Copy

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     🇺🇳 President of the General Assembly (closing) · Day 6Dr. Khalilur Rahman

     • We heard of a crisis of institutional trust We were reminded that trust cannot be taken for granted, and we heard a vigorous defense of multilateralism, but not as an end in itself. 7:10:07Copy
     • A delegation observed that the test of multilateralism is not how many resolutions we adopt or how many meetings we hold. 7:10:21Copy

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     🇸🇸 South Sudan · Day 6Cecilia Adout Majok Adeng

     • As the world's youngest nation and the 193rd member of the United Nations, South Sudan understands both the promises and the possibilities of multilateralism. 5:24:52Copy
     • Reforms do not weaken multilateralism. 5:43:25Copy

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     🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Day 6Vepa Hajiyev

     • Turkmenistan will also propose the establishment within the United Nations of a group of friends of multilateralism and the sovereign equality of states. 4:26:48Copy
     • In this area, Turkmenistan will continue to promote multilateral dialogue by proposing the establishment of the Ashgabat Climate Dialogue, an open multilateral platform for regular political and expert engagement, the advancement of practical climate initiatives, and the strengthening of international relationships. 4:31:56Copy

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182. 
     🇴🇲 Oman · Day 5Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi

     • We affirm once again our support and cooperation with the United Nations to achieve its noble goals and purposes, to establish a world that is more secure, more stable and more prosperous, Thank you, and may the peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you. 7:24:48Copy

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183. 
     🇸🇩 Sudan · Day 6Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim

     • The continued disregard for and violation of the purposes and principles of the UN Charter through the use or threat of use of force in international relations, and through interference in the internal affairs of states in various forms, and through disregard for the established principles of international law, threaten confidence in the multilateral international system and in the charter of the United Nations itself. 3:15:34Copy

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

     • Across all these dossiers, the importance of developing and reforming regional and international multilateral institutions, remains paramount to strengthen their capacity to fulfill their responsibilities, foremost among them, the UN, including the Security Council. 3:36:28Copy

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