Development
SDGs and development financing at UNGA 81
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Speeches that raised sdgs and development financing
Malawi · Day 6George Chapatula ChapondaThe first opportunity is accelerating sustainable development and economic transformation.
Mr. President, the timeline for the 2030 agenda for sustainable development is rapidly drawing to a close.
Yet, the promise of the sustainable development goals remain dangerously out of reach for millions.
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Republic of Korea · Day 1Lee Jae MyungWhile it can be a core driver of new prosperity and sustainable development, it will only deepen inequality and imbalance unless we are properly prepared for it.
Younger people around the world in particular are facing growing anxiety about their employment and their future as the pace of change becomes increasingly difficult to keep up with.
This boils down to a clear direction for the new era we seek to build.
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Uruguay · Day 3Yamandú OrsiWe come from a country that is diverse in its opinions, but one that is deeply committed to the possibility of building a common future.
And we believe that this combination, diversity of ideas and cohesion around the future, can also serve as our contribution to the international community.
Today, we are living through a particularly difficult period.
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Gambia (Republic of The) · Day 3Mohammed JallowSecurity measures are necessary, but they must be accompanied by increased support for democratic governance institution building, education, job creation, development, and climate resilience.
Mr. President, for millions of people around the world, poverty, lack of human rights, democratic governance, et cetera, continue to pose greater insecurity.
The absence of education, healthcare, decent employment, and the loss of homes and livelihoods to climate change leave communities as vulnerable as conflict itself.
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Barbados · Day 3Mia Amor MottleyAnd across the vast range of observations and analysis that he made in that extraordinarily lucid and prescient book, he said the following.
What matters today is the issue which blocks the horizon is the need for a redistribution of wealth.
Humanity will have to address this question, no matter how devastating the consequences may be.
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Solomon Islands · Day 4Matthew Cooper WaleMr. President, for my people, what is said in this hall is measured not in declarations, but in results.
Classrooms with teachers and books, clinics with medicines, roads that reach markets, and villages that thrive.
That is the lens through which Solomon Islands engages with the world.
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India · Day 5Subrahmanyam JaishankarYet, Even as we meet, conflicts and confrontations remain our primary preoccupation.
The inability to maintain peace is not just undermining security, but threatening progress and retarding development.
In a globalized world, the effects of war are felt worldwide.
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Algeria · Day 6Ahmed Attafnor can poverty and marginalization be effectively tackled in isolation from a security environment that enables terrorist groups and organized crime networks to expand and spread and take root.
Algeria has incorporated sustainable development into its national programs and enshrined it in the constitution since 2020.
When presenting its voluntary national review report in July 2026, Algeria outlined the progress it has achieved in implementing the 17 SDGs and the efforts that it has made in that regard.
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Sri Lanka · Day 6Vijitha HerathMr. President, as we approach 2030, we must deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals, which remain our collective blueprint for sustainable development.
We welcomed the civil commitment last year, including its call for urgent action to close the $4 trillion financing gap for sustainable development in developing countries.
We remain steadfast in recognizing poverty and inequality as factors requiring our urgent attention.
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Denmark · Day 6Christina Markus LassenMore than a billion people lifted out of poverty, standards of living transformed, colonial empires brought to an end, independent nations emerged, peoples gained the right to shape their own future.
Extreme poverty is on the rise.
It also means continuing to meet the UN target of providing 0.7% of GNI for official development assistance.
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President of the General Assembly (closing) · Day 6Dr. Khalilur RahmanWe heard that only a few of the sustainable development goals are on track.
Excellencies, While peace and security, human rights and sustainable development are perennial concerns in this hall, artificial intelligence, including artificial general intelligence, has moved from the margins of our discussions to the center.
Leader after leader recognized the extraordinary potential of AI to transform public services, accelerate scientific discovery, advance sustainable development, and expand access to knowledge while pointing out potential risks arriving from it.
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President of the General Assembly (opening) · Day 1Dr. Khalilur RahmanEnding Africa's underrepresentation now is a question of fairness, justice, and ultimately the credibility of this organization.
Turning to the development pillar, and particularly the Sustainable Development Goals, we are right to focus on the challenges.
Last year, OECD donors spent about $175 billion on development assistance, a whopping 23% drop year on year.
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Dominica · Day 1Sylvanie BurtonEconomic 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.
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Naoero · Day 1David Ranibok AdeangThat is why we strongly support the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index, or MVI, and the United Nations' efforts to pilot the tool.
Its full implementation is essential to ensuring that countries like ours are fairly assessed and adequately supported.
It recognizes that vulnerability is complex, and it must be seen, measured, and acted upon.
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Eswatini · Day 2King Mswati IIIA family can afford food, and a developing nation can access the finance required to build its future.
Trust among nations has eroded on multiple fronts.
Multilateral commitments have too often gone unmet Financing pledges have not yet been fulfilled and developing countries face trillions of dollars in annual investment gaps to achieve the sustainable development goals.
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Bolivia (Plurinational State of) · Day 3Rodrigo Paz PereiraThat is why Bolivia is fighting to overcome this crisis and be able to produce and export.
We want investment, employment, technology.
We want resources.
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South Africa · Day 3Ronald Ozzy LamolaThe promise of democracy and international cooperation wanes when we cannot demonstrate that they can address inequality and insecurity.
Compelled by our inevitable position as the world's most unequal society, South Africa made inequality a key focus of our G20 presidency in 2025.
Today, the top 10% own roughly 75% of global wealth, while the bottom 50% own only 2%.
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Azerbaijan · Day 4Jeyhun Aziz oglu BayramovSince 2020, we have provided humanitarian, economic, and technical assistance worth approximately USD 400 million to more than 140 countries.
As we mark the 40th anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development, Azerbaijan reaffirms its commitment to partnership-based approaches founded on solidarity, mutual respect, and shared development priorities.
Ladies and gentlemen, as we inch closer to 2030, it is becoming even more apparent that the world remains off track in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Antigua and Barbuda · Day 6Walton Alfonso WebsonOur 10-year framework for sustainable development and resilient prosperity.
The SIDS Center of Excellence will help turn Abbas' commitment into practical solutions through the better data, innovation, investment, and support for sustainable development.
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, which was held in Seville, Spain, placed debt and development finance close to the center of the international agenda.
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Secretary-General of the United Nations · Day 1António GuterresExcellencies, the second test of power is inequality.
Inequality is often framed as an economic problem, but it is a power problem.
Power over opportunity and who has it, access to resources, voice.
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Mongolia · Day 1Khurelsukh UkhnaaTo translate the AVASA Programme of Action into tangible outcomes, it is essential for landlocked developing countries to align the Programme with their national development agendas and make full use of available resources and opportunities to accelerate regional integration and cooperation.
We also call upon the international community, banks, financial institutions, and development partners to provide credible assistance to landlocked developing countries through their support and collaboration.
Mr. President, As the deadline for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development approaches, the SDG Report 2026 shows that only 36% of the Sustainable Development Goals are on track or making moderate progress, while 15% are regressing.
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Viet Nam · Day 1To LamHumane and inclusive and sustainable international commitments must be translated into action and bring people lives of peace, security, dignity and happiness.
It is for this reason that the Pact for the Future and the 2030 Agenda, our promises to present and future generations, must be implemented earnestly and in full.
Commitments on financing for development, including the severe commitment.
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United Republic of Tanzania · Day 1Deogratius NdejembiIn our opinion, the UN80 initiative must go beyond administrative efficiency to include overall organizational effectiveness, accountability, and representativeness for the United Nations to be able to deliver for all.
Further, The transformation must be undertaken with utmost caution to avoid going off track on the development pillar and incapacitating the United Nation country offices and programs.
Mr. President, Excellencies, and distinguished delegates, while we are a few years away from year 2030, progress towards attainment of the SDGs is still unimpressive.
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Bhutan · Day 1Tshering TobgayBut GMC's operating system was designed around a deeper conviction that prosperity and values should reinforce one another.
That means rejecting the assumption that we must choose between enterprise and well-being, between technology and humanity, between development and nature.
At GMC, we believe a balanced approach can deliver substantial profits while protecting the values that makes prosperity worthwhile.
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Dominican Republic · Day 2Luis Rodolfo Abinader CoronaWe've reduced monetary poverty by 25.8% from 25.8% in 2019 to 14.6% in the first six months of this year.
And just two months ago, the FAO confirmed that my country was taken off the hunger map.
being the fifth country in Latin America to achieve this.
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Namibia · Day 2Netumbo Nandi-NdaitwahMr. President, UN system needs constant transformation to be effective.
As we forge ahead with the SDGs, reform of the United international financial architecture is critical to a more equitable and inclusive global economic order.
Such reforms should create greater policy space and access to financing to enable countries to expand their economies through value addition to their natural resources, including critical minerals, for our people to have full benefit of our resources.
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Kenya · Day 2William Samoei RutoIt gave this organization, the United Nations, a duty to prevent conflict, defend peace, and make collective security real.
It also charged it to advance the economic and social well-being of all peoples.
Peace and prosperity were never two mandates.
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Mozambique · Day 2Daniel Francisco ChapoWe also advocate for mutual beneficial economic cooperation based on respect for sovereignty for each state, for the equality between the states and the freedom of choice for the people during the electoral process.
In the area of development, we are still far from fulfilling the promise of the 2030 agenda.
With less than four years until the deadline, millions of people remain deprived of basic opportunities, water, energy, infrastructure, and others.
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Andorra · Day 2Xavier Espot ZamoraWe have increased our contribution to the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict.
We have strengthened our support for UNICEF programs and are taking an active part in negotiations of the future Convention on Crimes Against Humanity, with particular attention to the protection of children.
Excellencies, the 2030 Agenda remains the most ambitious collective commitment ever undertaken by the international community.
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Zimbabwe · Day 3Emmerson Dambudzo MnangagwaThe tendencies where our resolutions in international law are ignored should no longer be excused.
Mr. President, peace cannot endure without development.
With less than four years to implement the 2030 agenda, only 36% of the sustainable development goals are on track.
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Madagascar · Day 3Michaël RandrianirinaThese images illustrate the daily vulnerability of our people, our Malagasy population.
Faced with these recurring humanitarian emergencies, amplified by climate change, considerable investments are made reflecting the unwavering commitment of our development partners, working every year towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, the SDGs, whether that be fighting hunger, providing education or providing access to basic services for vulnerable populations.
and we hope to mobilize $1.5 billion over five years for the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for the period 2024-2028.
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Guyana · Day 3Mohamed Irfaan AliBut a true measure of technological progress will not be how powerful our machines become, but how much more empowered our people become.
Technology must not become the privilege of the few.
It must become the servant of all humanity.
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Hungary · Day 3András Bálint BakaWe will fight illegal migration and the criminal networks that profit from it by respecting human dignity and the protection given to refugees.
But security is not only about borders and war.
People also need the chance to build the future where they live.
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European Union · Day 3António CostaBut the value of what we can do with our partners needs to go beyond trade.
no sphere is more urgent than that of sustainable development.
The 2030 agenda is at risk.
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Georgia · Day 3Irakli KobakhidzheIn this context, maintaining peace and strengthening international cooperation remain key priorities.
In light of the growing number of global challenges, coordinated responses to common obstacles, conflict prevention, and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development are possible only through strengthened international cooperation and their shared commitment to collective action.
Lasting peace cannot be imposed by force, it must be built through communication, and mutual respect.
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Bangladesh · Day 3Tarique RahmanA vast horizon of opportunities has now opened before Bangladesh.
Taking advantage of the demographic dividend, the government has begun implementing extensive programs to transform the country's working age population into a skilled human resource.
The government has also undertaken some forward-looking initiatives to create large-scale employment opportunities and transform Bangladesh into a manufacturing hub.
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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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Kiribati · Day 4Taneti MaamauOur economy, food security, livelihoods, culture, and the way of life depend on healthy, sustainable marine resources.
Sustainable management is essential to our long-term developments, and we call for increased efforts and partnerships to have agreeable progress towards SDG 14, which is conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development.
The 2026 Sustainable Development Goals reports reminds us that our oceans and fisheries continue to face mounting pressures from overfishing, illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, pollution, warming, and acidification.
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Cabo Verde · Day 5Francisco Avelino Vieira de CarvalhoAmilcar Cabral, one of the greatest figures of our history, left us a lesson that continues to resonate across generations.
Learn in life, learn from our people, learn from the books, and learn from the experiences of others.
Learn always.
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Brunei Darussalam · Day 5Prince 'Abdul MateenIt must strengthen this organization's credibility and its capacity to deliver.
Mr. President, a United Nations that delivers for all must ultimately deliver for the people.
That is the spirit of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Nicaragua · Day 5Valdrack Ludwing Jaentschke WhitakerPresident, Nicaragua is addressing the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly with the strength of the peace that we think is possible in our country and throughout the world, where the human family can opt for the urgent need to live in harmony.
in all possible ways.
This is critical to address poverty and to live in dignity, freedom and fraternity.
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Tajikistan · Day 5Sirojiddin MuhriddinIt needs development, opportunity, inclusion, and hope.
Excellencies, lasting peace requires sustainable development.
Yet, development remains deeply uneven.
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Djibouti · Day 5Abdoulkader Houssein OmarBeyond climate action, the 2030 agenda remains at the heart of our development vision.
Djibouti's economy is demonstrating resilience, driven in particular by port and logistics activities.
trade, telecommunications, energy and investment.
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Zambia · Day 5Mulambo Hamakuni HaimbeTrust means that international agreements must be honored.
Trust means that development commitments must be financed.
Trust means that the voices of developing countries matter in a world in word and in deed.
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Burkina Faso · Day 6Karamoko Jean Marie TraoréThe conclusions of the High-Level Political Forum of July 2026 confirmed that the international community remains far away from achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
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.
Reform of global governments must also transform the international financial architecture, more equitable representation for developing countries in international financial institutions, fair treatment of debt, access to real financing for development, more equitable international trade and respect for national priorities.
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Congo · Day 6Constant Serge BoundaOur vision, I would like to point out, aligns with the Sustainable Development Goals, the SDGs, and the 2063 African Union agenda, the Africa we want.
Four years before the 2030 SDG deadline, we cannot afford another collective failure.
The Republic of the Congo, therefore, calls for an ambitious international action on the issue of developing country debt, including through debt relief and, where appropriate, debt cancellation measures to free resources for SDG-related investments.
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Turkmenistan · Day 6Vepa HajiyevTurkmenistan firmly believes that the United Nations must continue to serve as the universal and legitimate foundation of international cooperation and as the principal mechanism for reconciling interests and developing solutions in the areas of peace, security and sustainable development.
In pursuance of the General Assembly resolution entitled Key Role of Reliable and Stable Energy Connectivity in Ensuring Sustainable Development, Turkmenistan will continue consultations in preparation for the High-Level Forum on Sustainable Energy for All.
As a part of the preparatory process, we propose convening in Turkmenistan in 2027 an international forum devoted to the interrelationship between international law, disarmament, neutrality, preventive diplomacy, and sustainable development.
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France · Day 1Emmanuel MacronWe must put the finishing touches on the pandemics treaty.
And CDC Africa and the WHO should be in a position to combat Ebola ever more effectively.
We must be clear-sighted as we reform our official development assistance, ODA.
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Japan · Day 1Takaichi SanaeThe distribution of goods is stagnating.
People across the world are suffering from high cost of living.
Progress towards development goals is not on track, and human rights issues are rising in various places around the world.
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Burundi · Day 2Évariste NdayishimiyeWe therefore call for stronger international mobilization in favor of universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation, particularly in rural areas and in the most vulnerable communities.
We invite our partners to view water not merely as a natural resource, but as a strategic investment in peace, health and sustainable development.
Excellencies.
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Paraguay · Day 2Santiago Peña PalaciosToday, Paraguay is experiencing one of the finest economic periods in its history.
and it has become an example to other countries of macroeconomic stability, sustained growth and poverty reduction.
As a result of this, in December 2025, Standard & Poor's awarded us our second investment grade rating, making Paraguay the first country in more than a decade to achieve that distinction.
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Botswana · Day 2Duma Gideon BokoBut what is a demographic dividend today can become a demographic crisis tomorrow if opportunity does not keep pace with aspiration.
Youth unemployment remains one of the most urgent challenges of our time.
Managing it is a shared responsibility.
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Ecuador · Day 2Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa AzinAnd today we are experiencing a crisis, a profound crisis, and recovering security means giving people about their future for a young person to be able to choose university rather than being trapped by a criminal gang for a family to open a business without fear for a company to invest and create jobs and for institutions to respond to the needs of citizens and not to elicit interests therefore the success of an economy is not measured only by how much production grows but rather how much is able to reduce poverty is measured in young people with decent jobs and children with a better education, and citizens who are able to build their future with dignity.
This must also guide the agenda of international development.
Middle-income countries face vulnerabilities that income per capita does not reflect.
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Ethiopia · Day 2Taye Atske-Selassie AmdeMr. President, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for placing before us the defining imperatives of our era, namely artificial intelligence, the climate crisis, and deepening global inequalities.
These are not only policy choices, they are the pivots upon which human destiny is determined.
The United Nations has achieved remarkable victories against extreme poverty, but it has never been enough.
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Uganda · Day 2Jessica Rose Epel AlupoIn this regard, we demand Africa's rightful representation in both the permanent and non-permanent categories to correct historical imbalances in line with the common African position articulated in the Eswatini Consensus and the Sauti Declaration.
Regarding the ongoing UN Aid Initiative, Uganda commends efforts to streamline the UN system to make it cost-effective, efficient and well-coordinated.
However, these reform processes must not dilute agreed UN mandates, commitments and programmes, nor should they impede the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
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Spain · Day 2Pedro Sánchez Pérez-CastejónIn 2018, the 193 countries that make up this body had just adopted the 2030 agenda and the majority of the leaders present here proudly showed off the SDGs logo.
And we didn't do this because it was fashionable, nor because we thought that it would be an easy journey.
We did it because the majority of us believed in this common promise, because we were convinced that peace, sustainability, equal opportunities were not ideological positions, but rather a comprehensive part of the future of humanity.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo · Day 2Judith Suminwa TulukaThe climate crisis is also a water crisis.
Following the African Water Forum held in Djamena in July, the DRC has proposed the creation of an African Coalition for Water Security, which aims to strengthen regional cooperation and mobilizing the financing needed to make water a driver of development and for the prevention of tensions.
Mr. President, these transformations require considerable resources four years from the 2030 deadline.
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Uzbekistan · Day 2Saida Mirziyoyevathey must be given hope and confidence to achieve a peaceful life.
Dear friends, the reforms being implemented by the head of Uzbekistan are primarily based on the criterion of whether people's lives are improving.
We measure the results by this very criterion.
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Somalia · Day 3Hassan Sheikh MohamudThere was genuine hope that we were beginning a new chapter, one in which No person, no community, no country would be left behind.
11 years later, we must have the courage to admit that the world is not where we expected it to be.
Progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 stands at 36% only.
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Comoros · Day 3Azali AssoumaniFor 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.
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Liberia · Day 3Joseph Nyuma BoakaiSo we call on international partners for targeted support in coast guard surveillance, intelligence sharing, and post security technologies, sustainable development, and reforming the international financial system.
Mr. President, as we enter the home stretch of the 2030 agenda, Developing nations have been squeezed by unsustainable debt, shrinking financial space, and mounting external shocks.
At a core, this is a crisis of international financial system designed for a different era.
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Equatorial Guinea · Day 3Teodoro Nguema Obiang MangueTherefore, 21st century cooperation should provide opportunities for the mobilization of financing to transform raw materials and to develop one's own knowledge and technologies.
Excellencies, this vision is especially relevant for Africa, which needs investments that can allow it to develop local value chains, build infrastructure, advance industrialization, strengthen human capital, incorporate new technologies, and generate employment, especially for the continent's large youth population.
A more productive and industrialized Africa will be a stronger partner to the benefit of all of those wanting to halt its immigration.
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Colombia · Day 3José Manuel RestrepoMy administration is therefore also focused on ensuring that Colombia grows again.
For years, we have discussed how to better distribute what we have.
That is a legitimate, necessary discussion, but it's absolutely not enough.
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Senegal · Day 3Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar FayeThat is our ambition for the third United Nations Water Conference that Senegal will co-organize with the United Arab Emirates.
It will be held this year.
Ladies and gentlemen, a lasting peace cannot be decoupled from development.
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Fiji · Day 3Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati LalabalavuFiji asks for a process that is transparent and merit-based, and for a Secretary-General who understands the realities of small island states, and more importantly, will act on them.
For too long, our circumstances have been well diagnosed and poorly addressed.
The promise to deliver for all must also be measured in development.
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Nigeria · Day 3Kashim ShettimaThrough sound macroeconomic management, Stronger institutions, private sector development, and strategic public investment, we seek to give practical meaning to our sustainable development commitments.
This purpose binds our national advancement to our continent's progress and to our responsibility to contribute to a peaceful, equitable, and prosperous world.
We understand that governments and multilateral institutions earn trust when their decisions improve lives.
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Thailand · Day 3Anutin CharnvirakulDevelopment must be people-centered and sustainable.
Growth must improve people's lives today without closing off the opportunities of tomorrow.
Consistent application of principles gives countries the confidence that they will be treated fairly But that confidence must also extend to how decisions are made.
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Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Day 3Rob JettenBut that is not true.
We have the knowledge and we have the technology to combat climate change.
And a better world is really within reach.
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Monaco · Day 4Christophe MirmandAnd what goes for the ocean also goes for the climate.
The Paris Agreement remains our common framework.
Monaco will honor its commitments by reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 67.5% by 2030 and by achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.
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Marshall Islands · Day 4Hilda HeineToo often, the purported solutions for island nations don't seem to know the problem.
Mr. President, the Marshall Islands faces complex challenges in tackling the SDGs, but we committed with all of our efforts to ensure no one is left behind.
Our national planning is now firmly linked to SDG goals and targets, and our actions proves our commitment.
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Tuvalu · Day 4Feleti TeoFifthly, it calls for accessible, predictable, and needs-based climate finance.
And sixthly, it supports science, technology, data, and knowledge systems that enable informed decision making and long-term planning for vulnerable countries.
The declaration affirms that Tuvalu's nationhood is not negotiable, that our maritime rights are not erasable, and that our people should never be forced to choose between their homeland and their future.
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Bahrain · Day 4Abdullatif bin Rashid Al ZayaniWe would like to express the Kingdom of Bahrain's appreciation to your brotherly country, the People's Republic of Bangladesh, as well as the Secretary-General for his tireless efforts in the service of international peace and security and the Sustainable Development Goals.
It is my honor to convey to this distinguished gathering the greetings of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, and their best wishes for the success of this session.
Mr. President, you have chosen for this session a theme that speaks directly to the challenges before us, restoring trust, managing transformation, and a United Nations that delivers for all.
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Kazakhstan · Day 4Mukhtar TileuberdiMr. President, the growing role of middle powers in global affairs is opening new avenues for practical cooperation to achieve SDGs.
Kazakhstan is working with the United Nations to operationalize the United Nations Regional Center for the Sustainable Development Goals for Central Asia and Afghanistan in Almaty City.
Its success should be measured by what it delivers.
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Mauritania · Day 4Mohamed Salem MerzougAfter more than eight decades since the establishment of the UN, The Security Council reform has become a necessity to ensure a fair representation of Africa, including permanent and non-permanent membership, while reviewing the financial architecture.
This will ensure a cooperation on equal footing and open greater opportunities for development.
The reform of this organization cannot be complete without promoting its ability to meet the promises of development.
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Mexico · Day 4Roberto Velasco ÁlvarezPlease allow me to underscore some of the progress made.
The first is the reduction of poverty.
Between 2018 and 2024, more than 13 million people were lifted out of poverty in Mexico, the most significant reduction in the history of our country.
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Norway · Day 4Espen Barth EideSecondly, the UN is in a financial crisis.
Major contributors are withholding or delaying payments.
Wars and security concerns divert resources away from the fulfillment of our sustainable development goals.
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Guatemala · Day 4Carlos Ramiro Martínez AlvaradoThe 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.
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Micronesia (Federated States of) · Day 5Aren PalikMicronesia calls on the international community to match local action with global responsibility through sustained funding, meaningful technology transfer, stricter upstream control on plastic production, and an end to waste exporting.
Critically, the international community must complete its work on a new treaty to end plastic pollution, including the marine environment.
Mr. President and Excellencies, with less than five years to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, The international community must respond with renewed political resolve, scaled up financing, and accelerated implementation.
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Belize · Day 5John BriceñoIt is time to consider what follows the Sustainable Development Goals.
The next framework must carry forward what remains undelivered, and it must rest on a fairer foundation.
The demand for reparatory justice is no longer a marginal whisper in this Assembly.
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Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Day 5Thongsavanh PhomvihaneThe 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development remains fully embedded within our national planning.
As we prepare to present our fourth voluntary national review at the 2027 High Level Political Forum, we remain dedicated to an open, transparent assessment of our progress.
For the Lao PDR, The nexus between peace and development is a life experience.
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Iceland · Day 5Thorgerdur Katrín GunnarsdóttirIt is not charity offered when times are good.
Cutting ODA is shortsighted and risks making instability, displacement and conflict worse.
The cost will eventually reach us all.
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Grenada · Day 6Ingrid JacksonAnchored in our national sustainable development plan of 2020 to 2035, vision 75 charts a transformational course for our nation.
Our commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals reflects our belief in shared global progress, and our engagement in this United Nations reflects our conviction that partnership remains one of humanity's greatest sources of strength.
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Vanuatu · Day 6Odo TeviTherefore, when we speak about climate finance, development finance, disaster resilience, and sustainable development, we are not asking merely for charity.
Such measures are in violation with the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and adversely affect sustainable development outcomes of countries such as Cuba.
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Brazil · Day 1Luiz Inácio Lula Da SilvaWe will not give in to pressure from multinationals that want to privatize our PIX, a free public payment infrastructure that has made financial inclusion a reality for millions of residents.
Ladies and gentlemen, the sustainable development goals are currently under attack from reactionary forces that wish to normalize injustices.
Inequality and underdevelopment are the result of political choices.
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United States of America · Day 1Donald TrumpSince I took office, we have created more than 1 million new private sector jobs, and more Americans are working today by far than ever before.
Last week, it was announced that the poverty rate has reached its lowest level in American history.
We lifted 1.5 million Americans out of poverty last year alone, another record.
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Chile · Day 1José Antonio KastWe are taking tangible actions that are changing the very course of Chile and bringing us closer to development.
The economy is not yet taking off and unemployment is still plunging thousands of families into anguish, but...
Unemployment is hard and high, but it will change.
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Luxembourg · Day 1Guillaume of LuxembourgMadam President, Luxembourg's commitment to the United Nations is underpinned by all three pillars: peace and security, human rights and development.
Solidarity must be translated into deeds.
We continue to allocate 1% of our national income to development cooperation.
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Angola · Day 1João Manuel Gonçalves LourençoThe voice of Africans must be heard in all circumstances, at all times, in strategic decision-making processes on issues of peace, global security, financing for development as well as climate issues and global governance of artificial intelligence.
Mr. President, Your Excellencies, peace and development are inseparable.
which compels us to consider strategies that can help accelerate the implementation of the 2030 agenda.
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Suriname · Day 1Jennifer Geerlings-SimonsSo we are preparing for that.
Coming back to the United Nations, with only four years left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, we may question whether we were too ambitious or if we should have done much more.
Political will, international peace, and accelerated implementation are required, supported by financing, technology and partnerships that produce measurable results.
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Sierra Leone · Day 1Julius Maada BioThese conflicts differ in origin and circumstance, but they carry a common warning.
Military action may contain a threat, but it cannot by itself build lasting peace.
When hunger, exclusion, and despair deepen insecurity takes root.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina · Day 1Denis BećirovićLet 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.
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Switzerland · Day 1Guy ParmelinA business that can take on an apprentice, a family that can secure a more stable income.
A producer who can trade beyond their local market.
Young people for whom the range of possibilities suddenly widens.
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Seychelles · Day 1Mathew Antonio Patrick HerminieIf multilateralism is to deliver, it must first secure the peace upon which all human progress depends.
Without peace, sustainable development is an illusion.
Conflict destroys lives, uproots communities, and diverts vital resources away from healthcare, education, and climate resilience.
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · Day 1Andy BurnhamIf you're struggling with the cost of living and your life is not improving, or if you're a young person not in employment, education or training, you are going to be much more vulnerable to this kind of influence.
So part of the challenge is to lift our people up and create the opportunities they need.
When inequalities grow too wide, our societies are at greater risk.
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Croatia · Day 1Andrej PlenkovićThis practical, inclusive and human-centred approach is also what Croatia brings to ECOSOC.
If elected to the presidency of ECOSOC for the 27-28 cycle, Croatia will work to strengthen coordination and accountability.
As 2030 approaches, accelerating implementation of the Sustainable Goals continues to be a central priority.
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Cyprus · Day 2Nikos ChristodoulidesThe UN80 initiative is an important part of this effort.
The Pact for the Future and the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals are also part of the effort to ensure that multilateral cooperation can respond to the needs of our time.
This moment of reform also comes as the UN Secretary-General approaches the completion of a decade leading this organization.
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Bulgaria · Day 2Iliana IotovaWe have inequalities that are deepening every minute throughout the world.
Bulgaria supports international efforts toward this end.
from guaranteeing the right of each child to education to the consistent implementation of the women, peace and security agenda.
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Central African Republic · Day 2Faustin Archange TouaderaThe trap is an insidious one.
A fragile country needs security to develop.
It needs development for stability.
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Poland · Day 2Karol NawrockiWe are actively participating in preparations for this event, which will take place in Miami this December.
At the same time, we must be aware that sustainable economic development and international stability are not possible without addressing the structural challenges that affect many regions of the world today.
One of these is the demographic crisis.
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Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) · Day 2Delcy Eloína Rodríguez GómezVenezuela, who today knows exactly what it is to lift its children from the rubble, extend its solidarity, indeed its wholehearted solidarity, to all peoples suffering from war.
We reaffirm in the most unambiguous terms here that peace, a just, lasting peace, underpinned by dignity for all parties is not a naive ambition.
Rather, it is the only truly humane solution to conflict.
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Rwanda · Day 2Justin NsengiyumvaRwanda calls on all actors, including the Security Council, to support this same peace effort fairly and to encourage all parties to honor their commitments.
There is no lasting peace without confronting the root causes of the conflict and addressing the legitimate concerns of all those affected.
Excellencies, the value of prevention extends beyond conflicts.
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Ghana · Day 3John Dramani MahamaCentral to our national reset is a revolutionary expansion of social protection, universal healthcare, delivering on the sustainable development goals, specifically SDG 1 on poverty, SDG 3 on good health and well-being, and SDG 10 on reduced inequalities.
And so Ghana has officially launched a historic free primary health care program ensuring that every Ghanaian can access essential primary health care services at their community level at zero cost.
This program has been hailed by the World Health Organization and the United Nations as a benchmark paradigm shift for the global south.
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Côte d’Ivoire · Day 3Tiémoko Meyliet KonéExcellencies, ladies and gentlemen, there can be no lasting peace without truly inclusive and equitable development.
As the 2030 deadline approaches, progress towards achieving the sustainable development goals remains insufficient, while financing needs remain considerable in many developing countries.
The fourth international conference on financing for development rightly recalled that the necessary resources exist.
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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 Albanesesupporting the jobs, homes, schools and healthcare that represent the fullest expression of the UN's commitment to the economic and social advancement of all peoples.
We know that the surest way to minimise the potential for conflict is to create the prosperity, opportunity and economic justice on which lasting peace depends.
That means cooperating on the urgent challenge that confront each of our sovereign nations and creating solutions that work for our citizens.
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Ireland · Day 3Micheál MartinWe should also remember what our collective commitment to the United Nations has achieved.
The multilateral system anchored in the United Nations Charter, has been the foundation of many of humanity's greatest achievements.
It has driven advances in poverty alleviation, healthcare, education, social protection, and food and nutrition security.
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Maldives · Day 4Hussain Mohamed LatheefThat means finance must reach those who need it at the scale, at the speed, and on the terms needed to build resilience.
This is why COP31 in Antalya must be a COP of delivery.
Implementation must be the measure of commitment.
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Lebanon · Day 4Nawaf SalamDevelopment, too, is a matter of peace.
There can be no sustainable peace in a world of widening economic disparities.
where some states spend more on servicing their debt than on the health of their citizens and the education of their children.
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Lesotho · Day 4Samuel Ntsokoane MatekaneYet challenges persist.
Economic diversification remains limited.
Youth unemployment stands at 38%, and climate-related shocks and inequality continue to constrain inclusive transformation.
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Haiti · Day 4Alix Didier Fils-AiméHaiti needs investment to craft its future.
This is why today, Haiti is calling for a paradigm shift.
We need to move from aid to investment, from assistance to production, from dependency to partnership.
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Guinea-Bissau · Day 4Ilídio Vieira TéEnormous gaps persist in financing for development and climate action, alongside high levels of poverty and social inequality, and a growing and unsustainable debt burden on the economies of developing countries.
In the face of this reality, we need more multilateralism, effective international cooperation, and more united and determined collective action.
No country, however powerful, can face today's challenges alone.
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Egypt · Day 4Moustafa Kamal Madboulyand a fairer system for assessing countries' needs and investment risks, thus enabling the mobilization of private capital without shifting risks onto the most vulnerable countries.
Countries should not be forced to choose between debt servicing and financing education, healthcare, food security, and essential infrastructure.
Development is not charity.
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Samoa · Day 4Mulipola Anarosa Ale MoliooResources intended for education, Health, water and social protection are now diverted to disaster recovery.
Small nations are being asked to finance both development and survival.
No nation should have to borrow its way out of a crisis it did so little to create.
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Saint Kitts and Nevis · Day 4Geoffrey HanleyMr. President, Last year, our Prime Minister, the honorable Doctor Terrence Drew, spoke of our sustainable island state agenda, Cesar.
Our national blueprint for transforming Saint Kitts and Nevis into a more resilient, sustainable, inclusive, and prosperous society by twenty forty.
Today, we return to demonstrate that it is becoming a record of delivery.
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Mauritius · Day 4Dhananjay RamfulWe welcome the high-level meeting on this subject and reaffirm our commitment to the international decade for people of African descent.
Mauritius is fully committed to supporting the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
Earlier this year, Mauritius adopted new legislation to further enhance the protection of women's rights.
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Sweden · Day 4Maria Malmer StenergardThis was not only a matter of principle.
It also came from the realization that our economy needed women in the workforce.
Women's economic empowerment is a matter of freedom.
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China · Day 5Han ZhengIt is important to give priority to key areas, including poverty reduction, food security, and energy transition, step up resource input, and increase support for countries in the Global South.
Developed countries should honor their commitment to development financing and climate financing.
The international community should also build consensus and pool strength to formulate the post-2030 global development agenda.
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Philippines · Day 5Ma. Theresa LazaroWe call for the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement, the full operationalization of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, and strengthened implementation of the Sendai Framework.
Put a face to the pursuit of sustainable development With the 2030 agenda less than four years away, only 36% of accessible SDG targets are on track.
Achieving these goals requires renewed political will, stronger partnerships with the private sector, reform of the international financial architecture, and a United Nations development system responsive to the evolving needs and priorities of developing countries.
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San Marino · Day 5Luca Beccariwhere prolonged hardship is placing an immense burden on the daily life of the Cuban people.
We must therefore treat peace, security, human rights, and sustainable development as part of the same agenda.
The SDG remain our common commitment.
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Oman · Day 5Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood AlbusaidiLadies and gentlemen, the Sultanate of Oman attaches great importance to sustainable development and sustainable development goals.
We believe that development is indeed an inherent right for all.
My government continues to implement its development plans and programs within the Oman Vision 2040.
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Gabon · Day 5Marie-Édith Tassyla-Ye-DoumbenenyIn this regard, under the leadership of the President of the Republic, Gabon is continuing its social, environmental and economic transformation as set out in our National Growth and Development Plan, the PNCD, for 2026-2030.
This development plan also stresses improving the living conditions of our people, particularly through new administrative, hospital and educational infrastructure in keeping with the Sustainable Development Goals.
In light of all of the above, my country calls for a renewed partnership based on mutual respect, shared responsibility and concrete commitments.
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Jamaica · Day 5Kamina Johnson SmithJamaica will continue to take responsibility for the things within our control, but domestic responsibility must be matched by international solidarity and cooperation.
Developing countries cannot reasonably be expected to simultaneously finance climate adaptation, modernize infrastructure, strengthen social protection, manage debt, absorb external shocks, and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals without an international financial system responsive to their realities.
We do not ask to be relieved of responsibility.
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Indonesia · Day 5SugionoThis is how national resilience becomes collective resilience.
And this is how resilience helps us advance the SDGs.
Mr. President, a resilient nation contributes to a resilient region.
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Cameroon · Day 5Lejeune Mbella MbellaMr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The deadline for Agenda 2030 is fast approaching and we are able to observe that despite remarkable efforts, there is still a ways to go in order to reach the SDGs that we all chose for ourselves.
and the resources to reach the Sustainable Development Goals are nevertheless available throughout the world and therefore we must improve the conditions to access them and use these resources.
This is why financing for development should not be considered as some kind of alms or kindness It is an investment in stability, shared prosperity and collective security.
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Mali · Day 6Abdoulaye DiopIf we looked today, the level of international assistance We compare that with the needs for financing in our countries, the places where millions of young people arrive at the labor market in Mali, in Burkina Faso, in Niger, and in Africa.
We can see that the international assistance will never be enough and we need to mobilize our own resources and we need to have confidence that we will be able to have other sources of funding.
so that our country can move forward.
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