Development
SDGs and development financing at UNGA 81
Raised by 132 of 223 speakers. Read verbatim UN transcript quotes and select a time to hear the speech.
Speeches that raised sdgs and development financing
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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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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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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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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