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The speaker’s own country at UNGA 81
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Speeches that raised the speaker’s own country
Israel · Day 3Benjamin NetanyahuIn fact, I want you to know that many of their leaders even thank us privately for taking out Iran's nukes.
It's hard to imagine more mind-blowing hypocrisy, but that's exactly what it is.
Now, this isn't the first time we are faced with a threat of annihilation.
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Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Day 3Rodrigo Paz PereiraMr. President of the Assembly, Mr. Secretary General, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor to be with you for the first time as constitutional president of Bolivia.
And I would like to begin by talking not about the government, but rather the people, the Bolivian people.
the homeland, a people that has gone through difficult times, a people that knows poverty, but also that knows the meaning of work, that knows division, but also knows how to recognize one another in unity, that has been through economic, political crises, social conflicts, and times of uncertainty.
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Colombia · Day 3José Manuel RestrepoI have asked the Vice President of the Republic, Jose Manuel Restrepo, to read this message on my behalf.
I have done so because I assured the Colombian people that I would not leave the country during the four years of my term, and I'm keeping that promise.
47 days ago, a new government took office in Colombia. 34 a.m. the earth shook.
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Bangladesh · Day 3Tarique RahmanI respectfully remember the contributions of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the struggle to establish democracy, justice and people's rights in our country since independence.
I also pay my sincere respect to all those who were martyred and injured in the mass uprising of courageous students and people in July-August 2024 against fascism.
After more than a decade, and a half of movement and struggle against fascist rule and exploitation, and through the sacrifice of thousands of lives, Bangladesh is now free from fascism.
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Greece · Day 3Kyriakos MitsotakisAnd it is our collective responsibility to uphold these principles in practice and to safeguard commercial shipping.
And as a leading maritime nation, Greece actively contributes to maritime security through the operation of the European Union, Daspides, in the Red Sea.
And this topic will remain a high priority when Greece assumes the presidency of the Security Council next month.
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Ghana · Day 3John Dramani MahamaI stand before you as President of the Republic of Ghana.
Yet, we too often ascend these heights draped only in the robes of our titles, forgetting that alongside each of us stands a history, a people, and a legacy.
I was born in a little town, Damango, which was then a modest community in northern Ghana, and is now the capital of the Savannah region of my country.
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Somalia · Day 3Hassan Sheikh MohamudReform is not an attack on the United Nations.
Reform is necessary to protect its legitimacy, renew confidence in its institutions, and ensure that it remains capable of responding to the realities of our time.
Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, Somalia currently broadly serves as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and as a member of the African Union Peace and Security Council.
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Armenia · Day 3Nikol PashinyanWe confirm our determination to pursue efforts in good faith to achieve this goal in the most expeditious manner.
The implementation of the TRIP project is thus becoming reality with tangible steps.
The Framework Agreement on Strategic Cooperation on the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity project, signed between Armenia and the United States of America, will soon be ratified by the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia.
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Georgia · Day 3Irakli KobakhidzheTwenty percent of our country remains under the occupation of the Russian Federation, while hundreds of thousands of our citizens continue to live in displacement, unable to return to their homes.
While restoring trust is a major theme of this year's session, I would like to address our Abkhaz and Ossetian brothers and sisters.
We have shared a homeland and a history for centuries.
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Madagascar · Day 3Michaël RandrianirinaMr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, in this regard, the realities on the ground in my country speak for themselves.
In southern Madagascar, mothers walk dozens of kilometers under scorching heat in search of water from the bed of a dried up river.
In the east, every year increasingly violent and destructive tropical cyclones devastate crops, infrastructure, and human lives.
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Nepal · Day 3Balendra ShahMr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, I come before you from Nepal, a distant country in the Himalayas, carrying a close warning for humanity.
I wish I could stand here today simply to talk about development, democracy, peace, and the hopes of a young nation.
Instead, I must speak about death and destruction of epic proportion, about families waiting for loved ones who will never come home, about communities searching through the mud, rocks, water for the people who are lost, may never be recovered, about bridges, about roads, schools, homes, livelihood, swept away in minutes, about a country whose steady progress to achieve sustainable development goals has been interrupted.
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Zimbabwe · Day 3Emmerson Dambudzo MnangagwaLessons can be drawn from the heritage-based approaches to peacebuilding.
and conflict resolution from communities across the world, including within Africa.
Military action may alter the battlefield, but durable peace is built through inclusive political processes that restore confidence, address grievances, and allow affected communities to shape their socioeconomic and political destinies.
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Yemen · Day 3Abdullah Abdulkader Al Alimi-BawzerThe future of Yemen will not be built by excluding any of its sons.
Our cause is not merely about how to end the war, but to build what comes after it.
We seek a safe, stable, prosperous Yemen that safeguards the dignity of its citizens, rebuilds its economy, provides education for its children, jobs for its youth, security for its families.
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Australia · Day 3Anthony AlbaneseAnd that is why Australia is seeking a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2029-2030.
The world faces tough times, and Australia wants to respond, to partner, and to make a difference.
Should our Security Council bid prove successful, our purpose and approach will be consistent with how we have always conducted ourselves at the UN.
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Comoros · Day 3Azali AssoumaniIt is an imperative to build a harmonious future and to overcome the traditional ways of thinking and doing things.
Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, development remains at the heart of our national ambition.
Since 2019, the Comoros has implemented the Emerging Comoros Plan, a roadmap designed to modernize infrastructure, stimulate the private sector, and provide decent jobs for our youth.
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Hungary · Day 3András Bálint BakaA new political majority must not become the new owner of the state.
This April, the people of Hungary voted for democratic renewal.
They expected more than a change of government.
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Gambia (Republic of The) · Day 3Mohammed JallowIf diplomacy can bring countries together to find common ground on difficult questions on global development, then surely we can summon the same political courage to prevent conflicts, resolve wars, and build lasting peace.
The Gambia speaks on this not merely from principle, but from experience.
In 2017, our country stood at a moment of acute constitutional uncertainty.
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Senegal · Day 3Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar FayeSenegal also believes in the transformative potential of new technologies, including the development of AI that is based on robust morals and ethical code based on the principle of responsibility and inclusion.
The launch of our first satellite illustrates our desire to make space, AI and digital tools instruments that serve and foster human development.
President, dear colleagues, we are all well aware of the challenges linked to the very life of our organization.
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Austria · Day 3Beate Meinl-ReisingerIt is our life insurance.
This is why we are a proud host country of the organization, why we successfully campaigned for a seat on the UN Security Council.
I would like to thank you wholeheartedly for your support at the elections in June.
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South Africa · Day 3Ronald Ozzy LamolaPresident of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Secretary-General, ladies and gentlemen, this day, the 24th of September, is a national day of immense significance in South Africa.
We call it Heritage Day.
It is a day upon which we recommit to not just a united, but also a diverse nation.
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Palestine (State of) · Day 3Mahmoud AbbasMr. President, ladies and gentlemen, one year after the International Peace Conference and the adoption of the New York Declaration, I say to you today with full confidence and responsibility, we have fulfilled our pledge.
We have fulfilled our pledge.
We completed the national reform program to which we had committed before our people and the international community.
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Guyana · Day 3Mohamed Irfaan AliProtects generations, yet unborn, and creates lasting, inclusive prosperity.
One way to arrest the slippage is, as Guyana is doing, to mainstream the goals into our national development strategies, public policies, and budgets, so that they become embedded in the priorities we set and the resources we commit.
Rather than remaining aspirations.
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Liberia · Day 3Joseph Nyuma BoakaiHaving risen from the ashes of conflict to become resilient democracy, Liberia is living proof that dialogue can overcome division, that institutions can be built.
This same spirit defines our national governance today.
under my administration, Liberia is strengthening public accountability, ensuring prudent financial management, intensifying the fight against corruption, and supporting the judiciary in rebuilding citizens' confidence in the institutions that serve them.
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Fiji · Day 3Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati LalabalavuAnd, Mr. President, the call to restore trust must also apply within our own nations.
Fiji's democratic journey has not been easy.
We have known political upheaval, constitutional change, and periods of deep division.
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Barbados · Day 3Mia Amor MottleyWe cannot continue to ask international organizations to do more.
While failing to provide them with the resources necessary to fulfill the mandates that we ourselves have agreed.
And if member states believe in the institutions that they have created, then we must also be prepared to sustain them.
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Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Day 3Rob JettenAnd it is also time for us to press forward together and tackle that other great challenge of our time, climate change.
Nowhere on Earth is the planet warming faster than in Western Europe.
But in the Caribbean part of our kingdom, including the countries of Aruba, Curacao, and Sint Maarten, the effects of climate change have already been felt for much longer.
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Uruguay · Day 3Yamandú OrsiI appear before this Assembly on behalf of a young country, but one with deeply rooted traditions.
A country that over the course of its history has learned that governing doesn't merely mean administering resources or institutions.
Above all, it means working for the well-being of people.
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Equatorial Guinea · Day 3Teodoro Nguema Obiang MangueToday, both states continue to make progress on implementation through bilateral dialogue.
We express our recognition and gratitude for the valuable support of the United Nations and the African Union in this in that process.
In which we have shown that it is possible to preserve ties of friendship, cooperation and good neighborliness.
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Portugal · Day 3Luís MontenegroI will share with you that in Portugal, we feel the devastating impacts of climate change firsthand in the increasing forest fires, coastal erosion, and the degradation of marine ecosystems, and also and more frequently in extreme weather events, new such as storms, high winds, and flash floods.
That is why we take a strategic approach to the energy transition.
More than 70% of our energy production comes from renewable sources.
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Nigeria · Day 3Kashim ShettimaNigeria stands ready to assume greater responsibility on the strength of obligations honored and sacrifices made over decades in the service of peace.
From Liberia and Sierra Leone to Darfur, Mali, and the Gambia, We have committed personnel and resources when international solidarity required action.
Through ECOWAS, the African Union, and our Gulf of Guinea partnerships, we continue to advance mediation, democratic governance, counterterrorism, and maritime security.
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Kuwait · Day 3Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabahnamely moderation and balance and a firm commitment to the Charter of the United Nations and international law and on support for multilateralism and the belief that dialogue and the peaceful settlement of disputes are the best means to maintain international peace and security.
The state of Kuwait also believes in a complementary relationship between security and development.
There can be no security without development and no development without security.
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Thailand · Day 3Anutin CharnvirakulFor my country, Thailand, that practical cooperation means serving as a trusted platform.
We want to leverage our strengths as a logistical hub and manufacturing base to connect markets and supply chains across our region.
Our conviction is that together we should combine Asia's diversity for co-creation, bringing together the different strengths of our countries to promote shared prosperity.
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- Türkiye · Day 3
Mr. President.
I take the floor to exercise the right of reply of my delegation in response to the statement delivered by the Prime Minister of Israel earlier today.
My delegation categorically rejects the baseless, malicious allegations directed at my country and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Côte d’Ivoire · Day 3Tiémoko Meyliet KonéMy country, for its part, under the leadership of President Alassane Ouattara, continues on its path towards a stronger and more diversified economy while taking care to ensure and safeguard peace and stability.
This ambition is now embodied in Cote d'Ivoire's National Development Plan 2026-2030, which is part of a long-term vision aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union's Agenda 2063.
Our ambition remains to build a prosperous and united nation where economic growth translates into greater opportunity, social progress and well-being for all of our people.
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Slovenia · Day 3Janez JanšaThe Russian leadership chose this war.
Russia is the aggressor.
Ukraine is defending its people and its independence.
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Ireland · Day 3Micheál MartinIt has given voice to the marginalised.
Mr. President, the people of Ireland understand that we live in an interdependent world, that the challenges we face are interconnected, cross borders, and require collective solutions.
Ireland currently holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union.
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