Development
SDGs and development financing at UNGA 81
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Speeches that raised sdgs and development financing
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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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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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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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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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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