Peace and security
Peacekeeping and peacebuilding at UNGA 81
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Speeches that raised peacekeeping and peacebuilding
Tunisia · Day 5Mohamed Ali NaftiTunisia also stresses the importance of strengthening the partnership between the United Nations and the African Union in conflict prevention, mediation, peacekeeping, peacebuilding, and sustainable development.
In this context, Tunisia emphasizes its determination to continue contributing to peacekeeping efforts in Africa, a commitment it has maintained since the first years of its independence.
Tunisia also reiterates its commitment to strengthen economic integration across the continent, particularly within the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, COMESA, and the African Continental Free Trade Area.
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Indonesia · Day 5SugionoEffective leadership must also be accompanied with the full commitment of Member States to make multilateralism work.
Indonesia is prepared to carry its share, as our constitution mandates us to contribute to a world based on freedom, lasting peace, and social justice.
Through diplomacy and mediation, Indonesia has contributed to resolving conflicts in the region and beyond.
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Philippines · Day 5Ma. Theresa LazaroPeace is a daily choice.
It requires diplomacy, justice, respect for international law, confidence building, and sustained investment in conflict prevention and peace building.
with the United Nations at the heart of this effort.
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Brunei Darussalam · Day 5Prince 'Abdul MateenThis remains a defining test of the credibility of the United Nations, and particularly the Security Council.
And the conflict is no longer confined to Palestine.
Its consequences are now spreading across the region.
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Djibouti · Day 5Abdoulkader Houssein OmarTherefore, we reiterate our appeal to the international community to step up its support so that we can respond adequately to this influx, which, according to UN estimates, could reach up to 10,000 people.
In order to prevent this humanitarian crisis from becoming protracted, we renew our call for de-escalation and for a lasting political solution in Yemen to preserve human life.
Turning now to Somalia, we remain fully committed to the Somali people and government in their quest to consolidate peace and stability.
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Gabon · Day 5Marie-Édith Tassyla-Ye-DoumbenenyThis need for inclusiveness is particularly important in the Gulf of Guinea, a maritime area whose importance to international trade is growing by the day.
Consequently, Gabon calls for a substantial strengthening of security in this strategic area, which represents a foundation for shared prosperity.
Mr. President, Gabon, in its capacity as member of the African Union's Peace and Security Council, stresses the urgent need to implement UN Security Council Resolution 2719 on the financing of peacekeeping operations.
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China · Day 5Han ZhengChina is firmly committed to pursuing peaceful development and has the best track record on peace and security among major countries.
is the largest contributor to peacekeepers among the permanent members of the UN Security Council.
It also took the initiative that led to the issuance of the first joint statement of the leaders of the five nuclear weapon states on preventing nuclear war.
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Belize · Day 5John BriceñoThe gang suppression force must be urgently and fully deployed.
A Haitian led, Haitian own political transition deserves a security environment in which it can actually succeed.
Belize stands with the people of Haiti and with CARICOM in asking for nothing less.
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Cambodia · Day 5Sokhonn PrakAnd for the United Nations to deliver results for all, Every Member State, whether large or small, developed or developing, must see its dignity, its voice and its future reflected in this Organization.
Cambodia will continue to work with all Member States towards this goal, as it has done by contributing more than 10,000 of its peacekeepers to United Nations peacekeeping operations over the past 20 years.
Thank you very much for your attention.
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Iceland · Day 5Thorgerdur Katrín GunnarsdóttirUN peacekeeping and peacebuilding operations have helped prevent and contain conflict around the world.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights transformed our understanding of human dignity.
The Convention on the Law of the Sea became the constitution of the ocean, on which countries like mine depend, now strengthened further by the BBNDJ agreement.
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India · Day 5Subrahmanyam JaishankarOur capacity building and experience sharing programs have made a real difference across the global South, especially in Africa.
The same international spirit also inspires our contribution to safeguarding peace.
India has always been at the forefront of UN peacekeeping operations.
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Tajikistan · Day 5Sirojiddin MuhriddinThat agreement ended a devastating imposed civil war.
It was achieved through dialogue, through compromise, and through the determination to put the future of the country above division.
The United Nations was an important partner in that process.
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Jamaica · Day 5Kamina Johnson SmithWe urge sustained international support for the Gang Suppression Force, the Haitian National Police, and its armed forces.
This support must include the financial, logistical, and operational resources necessary to restore security.
We further call for the Security Council to renew the mandate of the GSF at this imperfect but particularly critical juncture.
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Cameroon · Day 5Lejeune Mbella Mbellain order to strengthen development and trade cooperation among African countries.
Moreover, my country reiterates its solidarity when it comes to the African Union's common position for better representation of the African continent in the United Nations Security Council.
My country also has the intention of continuing to participate in peacekeeping operations led by the United Nations, as well as training and building capacities of African staff that serve in these operations.
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