Security Council reform at UNGA 81

Statements that raised Security Council reform

1. 
   🇰🇪 Kenya · Day 2William Samoei Ruto

   • In 2008, after years of discussion, this General Assembly moved Security Council reform into intergovernmental negotiations. Those negotiations began the following year. 17 years later, we are still negotiating. The central question remained before us, membership, the veto, regional representation, the size and working methods of the Security Council, and its relationship with this General Assembly. 8:12:42Copy

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   🇧🇧 Barbados · Day 3Mia Amor Mottley

   • the Security Council still has 15 members, five of them permanent and armed with that veto. Africa, with 54 states, has no permanent seat. And you've heard speaker after speaker after speaker come to this platform to say that this must change. Small island developing states equally confront threats that now reach squarely into the council's mandate. 8:17:20Copy

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   🇺🇳 President of the General Assembly (opening) · Day 1Dr. Khalilur Rahman

   • Under the UN Charter, the Security Council bears primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. Yet, when the Council is unable to act, member states turn to the General Assembly. We saw this as early as 1950 with the Uniting for Peace resolution, and we have seen it more recently through the Assembly's veto initiative. These two principal organs of our organization are complementary, not competing. 1:03:39Copy

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   🇸🇴 Somalia · Day 3Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

   • Reform 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. We carry these responsibilities with great seriousness, humility, and determination in both institutions. 2:24:37Copy

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   🇧🇸 Bahamas (the) · Day 4Philip Edward Davis

   • Mr. President, Mr. President, the Security Council was designed by the victims of a war that ended 81 years ago. The world has changed, the Council has not. Five nations still hold a veto over the peace of 193. Most of the nations in this hall did not exist when that arrangement was made. 6:38:40Copy

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   🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan · Day 1Sadyr Zhaparov

   • However, despite numerous efforts and years of discussion, the institutional structure of our organization continues to face various challenges. Therefore, I believe that expanding the membership of the Security Council is one of the reforms that the international community expects. I consider it fair to grant two permanent seats to the African continent with population of more than 1 billion people and one permanent seat to Latin America. Today, the world has changed. 3:32:54Copy

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   🇱🇧 Lebanon · Day 4Nawaf Salam

   • We know that Security Council reform is a complex matter, but the difficulty of reform is no argument against its necessity. Indeed, reform of the United Nations must begin here, with the Security Council. For it is the Security Council that bears primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. Therefore, once again, add Lebanon's voice to that of the majority of the members of our organization in calling for an expansion of the Security Council that achieves more inclusive and equitable representation. 1:41:48Copy

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   🇺🇳 Secretary-General of the United Nations · Day 1António Guterres

   • And technological power alone cannot guarantee security. A networked multipolar world can create the conditions for more balanced and representative global problem solving. But it requires a multilateral system centered in the UN that is balanced and representative, strong, effective institutions that reflect the realities and progressively changing relative weight of countries and economies in today's world, not the power arrangements of 80 years ago. Fortunately, we are not starting from scratch. 28:32Copy

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   🇨🇫 Central African Republic · Day 2Faustin Archange Touadera

   • Mr. President, the transformation that is the theme of this session is what we want, but we refuse to allow it to take place without Africa or while exploiting Africa. This transformation first requires a bold Security Council reform. We cannot claim to represent the world of 2026 with the proportions of 1945. A continent of more than 1.3 billion inhabitants, whose crises make up a large portion of the Council's work, ought to have at least one permanent seat in it. 6:02:19Copy

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    🇭🇷 Croatia · Day 1Andrej Plenković

    • Our responsibility is to govern them so that change expands human freedom and security instead of weakening them. The United Nations must begin with its own transformation. Croatia supports a UN that is more effective, accountable and financially sustainable, and stronger across all three pillars: peace and security, sustainable development and, of course, human rights. Reform must also produce a more representative and effective Security Council. 11:25:07Copy

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    🇫🇮 Finland · Day 1Alexander Stubb

    • Every Secretary-General is shaped both by their era and by their own actions. And I was reminded of this when I recently read the biographies of two former Secretaries-General, U Thant and Kofi Annan, both highly influential leaders who navigated an era of great power tensions. Let me put forward a few suggestions for the new Secretary-General's consideration, whoever she may be, and for the international community at large. Now, since my first speech here two years ago, I've consistently called for a reformed Security Council. 5:14:31Copy

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    🇯🇵 Japan · Day 1Takaichi Sanae

    • A permanent member of the Security Council, which is with a special responsibility for international peace and security, has initiated an act of aggression against another country and has vetoed Security Council resolutions concerning its own actions. In this current situation, it must be said that the Security Council is not functioning for international peace. Since the end of Second World War, Japan, as a peace-loving nation, has attached great importance to the rule of law in the settlement of any disputes. This is demonstrated by Japan's consistent support for and its contributions of judges to various international judicial organizations, such as the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. 10:45:06Copy

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    🇱🇻 Latvia · Day 2Edgars Rinkēvičs

    • Let us not look away. Russia is a permanent member of Security Council. With that comes a special responsibility for international peace and security. Instead, Russia is violating the very principles it is entrusted to uphold. 33:08Copy

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    🇱🇷 Liberia · Day 3Joseph Nyuma Boakai

    • The UN Security Council article is home to 1.5 billion people and account for nearly one third of the UN membership. Yet 80% of Security Council mandates concern Africa peace and security, while Africa remains without a single permanent seat on the organ responsible for global peace. This historical injustice is no longer tenable. Liberia reaffirms its support for common African position and proposed reform of the United Nations Security Council. 3:13:05Copy

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    🇲🇾 Malaysia · Day 5Mohamad Haji Hasan

    • And we have advocated for full Palestinian membership in this hall. And yet, again and again, Mr. President, the collective will of this assembly has accounted the silencing effect of the veto. Malaysia will speak plainly, Mr. President. We are sick of it. 7:03:04Copy

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    🇲🇺 Mauritius · Day 4Dhananjay Ramful

    • We need to enhance and accelerate the revitalization of the General Assembly and that of ECOSOC so that they are not merely forums for debate but engines of action. This must be done as we bring about the reform of the Security Council. The historical injustice regarding the composition of the Council was acknowledged in Action 39 of the Pact for the Future, but the process for reform is still stalled. Mauritius fully supports the common African position the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sertic Declaration, calling for no fewer than two permanent and five non-permanent African seats on the Council. 11:08:29Copy

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    🇵🇹 Portugal · Day 3Luís Montenegro

    • These are shared responsibilities and opportunities that require a collective effort that must unite us all. Mr. President, Excellencies, despite everything, the United Nations is a political masterpiece of humanity. It will be constantly evolving and will reflect the decision of its members. The results in maintaining peace and security will, to a large extent, depend on the decision by the members of the Security Council and particularly its permanent members. 6:06:08Copy

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    🇸🇲 San Marino · Day 5Luca Beccari

    • It must be more representative, transparent and accountable. San Marino is also a member of the Uniting for Consensus group and supports its effort to promote a comprehensive and balanced reform of the Security Council. based on a greater regional representation, equitable geographical distribution, and wider access to elected seat. Reform must train the voice of all member states, including the small state, and it must be achieved through broad consensus. 6:29:16Copy

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    🇸🇳 Senegal · Day 3Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye

    • In that vein, Senegal is presenting its candidacy to a non-permanent seat on the Security Council for 2032-2033. However, beyond reform, the organization also needs experienced leadership. to steer its work in these times of crisis and uncertainty. The UN needs a Secretary-General able to speak to one and all, able to listen and to build bridges between member states. 6:29:05Copy

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    🇷🇸 Serbia · Day 2Aleksandar Vučić

    • Do you know which countries, dear friends, took part in decision making in the UN Security Council to bomb an independent and sovereign country that had attacked no other country? Just to add, not a single soldier, not a single police officer from Serbia had set foot on the territory of any other country and yet the decision was made. I am certain that most of you, dear friends, who are among those best informed about world politics, no longer remember much of this either, and especially not the fact of who in the UNSC voted for that decision, or perhaps in the General Assembly. Do not even try, because it is impossible for you to remember. 8:26:25Copy

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21. 
    🇸🇱 Sierra Leone · Day 1Julius Maada Bio

    • The credibility weakens when institutions entrusted with the law preserve an unequal distribution of power. The Security Council still reflects the world of 1945. Africa, home to more than 1.6 billion people and the subject of most of the Council's work, still has no permanent seat. That's not fair. 7:45:10Copy

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    🇸🇮 Slovenia · Day 3Janez Janša

    • And Slovenia will continue to support Ukraine on its European path. Ukraine's future belongs in the European Union. A permanent member of the Security Council of this organization, entrusted with a special responsibility for international peace, is waging war of aggression against another member state. Is waging war against another member state. 10:21:48Copy

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    🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Day 3Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa

    • The support of Zimbabwe will also be extended to the women and youth peace and security agendas. The current times demand peacekeeping that is grounded in clear political strategies, realistic mandates, and adequate resources. Those most affected by the decisions of the Security Council should not be the least heard. There is need not only give a voice, but consider the views of the countries and regions on the Security Council agenda towards our shared aspirations for ensuring peace and sustainable development. 24:37Copy

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    🇦🇴 Angola · Day 1João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço

    • As the embargo is chiefly responsible for the calamitous situation in which Cuba and the Cuban people find themselves, And since it is inhumane, unfair and violates all the principles and norms of international law, we once again call for the end to the embargo against Cuba. Ladies and gentlemen, today we are witnessing the direct involvement of certain permanent members of the United Nations Security Council in in the bloodiest and most destructive conflicts in our time in Europe and in the Persian Gulf, which constitutes a cause of concern and a bad example for the rest of the world. Those countries rendered a great service when they freed humanity from the horrors of Nazism, fascism and the Holocaust, and should therefore preserve that capital and legacy as liberators. At a time when good governance of countries is widely advocated, the governance of the world likewise calls for a new, more democratic and just world order, one that is not only based on the power of the restricted club of victors of a war that took place eight decades ago. 6:26:48Copy

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    🇦🇺 Australia · Day 3Anthony Albanese

    • And 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. We will listen with respect, we will partner as equals, and we will protect what matters most. 10:54:44Copy

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    🇧🇾 Belarus · Day 5Maxim Ryzhenkov

    • The Council must be strengthened by expanding the category of permanent members to include the countries of the South, which today play an ever-increasing role in world affairs. The voice of the global majority must be heard loud and clear in the Security Council. Second, restoring respect for international law and the UN Charter, and specifically respect for the law, not the rules-based order. The UN Charter has been and remains the only universal document that recognizes the sovereign equality of all states. 5:24:30Copy

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    🇧🇼 Botswana · Day 2Duma Gideon Boko

    • Botswana remains committed to further deepening its cooperation with UNOCT and the wider United Nations system through capacity building, technical assistance, knowledge sharing and the exchange of good practices. Such partnerships demonstrate that a responsive United Nations can build trust strengthen national capacity, and foster peace and security. Mr. President, no reform agenda, including UN80, is complete without addressing the longstanding inequities within the Security Council. In this regard, Botswana reaffirms its support for comprehensive Security Council reform and aligns itself with a common African position as articulated in the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration. 4:51:28Copy

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    🇧🇷 Brazil · Day 1Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva

    • Its credibility has never been lower. Its ability to protect the most vulnerable, those who have no army or arsenals, has never been so weak. We are all held hostage by the inaction of the Security Council for failing to fulfill its role. In 1946, at the first session of this Assembly, Brazil warned of the high price that the international community would pay for the right to veto. 1:21:49Copy

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    🇨🇻 Cabo Verde · Day 5Francisco Avelino Vieira de Carvalho

    • The UN80 initiative presents an opportunity to modernize this organization and strengthen its response capacity. In this spirit, we also support the reform of the Security Council. Africa is home to nearly one quarter of the member states of this organization and represents approximately one fifth of the world's population. And yet, it still lacks the representation it deserves on this council. 1:20:17Copy

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    🇹🇩 Chad · Day 4Abdelmadjid Abdelrahim Mahamat

    • Nonetheless, conflicts persist. People are still awaiting justice. Will generations still grow up with fighting as their backdrop? Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Security Council reform illustrates alone this situation and this crisis of confidence. 11:27:59Copy

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    🇨🇱 Chile · Day 1José Antonio Kast

    • For decades and for several reasons, the United Nations has not been part of the solution to the problems I've outlined. We cannot simply continue to play by the same rules of an order that was established in 1945. In 2026, what we've seen is the development of a UN architecture that holds too many discussions and is too quick to act, a Security Council that reflects the political arena of 1945 and not the reality of 2026. We have red tape that continues to proliferate, as is true for, indeed, many countries. 4:54:00Copy

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    🇪🇬 Egypt · Day 4Moustafa Kamal Madbouly

    • In this context, Egypt continues to advocate genuine and comprehensive reform of the Security Council. In accordance with the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration, particularly to mend the historical injustice suffered by Africa. The imbalance in political representation is matched by another imbalance in the global economy. Developing countries are required to accelerate development, create jobs, finance green transitions, and adapt to crises, while simultaneously facing growing debt burdens, higher financing costs, and a shrinking fiscal space. 7:52:31Copy

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    🇪🇪 Estonia · Day 2Alar Karis

    • Allow me to take this opportunity to commend and express our gratitude to our current Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres, for his steadfast commitment to the principles of the UN Charter, including his support for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine. With regard to the Security Council, it must be said that its inability to take timely and decisive decisions on some of the worst crises we are seeing today risks rendering the United Nations irrelevant. We have not seen unified and decisive Council action on Ukraine, Sudan or in Myanmar. The use of the veto and the threat of its use continue to loom over the Council. 2:53:28Copy

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    🇸🇿 Eswatini · Day 2King Mswati III

    • Restoring trust cannot be achieved through declarations alone. It requires that promises already made be honored and that our institutions demonstrate the capacity and will have to respond to changing global realities. Since the Ezulwini Consensus was adopted in 2005, sadly, Africa still has no permanent seat on the UN Security Council. And yet, the continent remains a global strategic partner in the world stage. 9:24:05Copy

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    🇫🇷 France · Day 1Emmanuel Macron

    • This is why at the Security Council, France supports reforms aimed at bolstering its effectiveness. We must open up to new members, new regions, first and foremost Africa, but In terms of the substance, the Security Council must be able to take action in the face of mass violations of international law. Who can accept a procedural deadlock when we see barbaric acts being committed? The Franco-Mexican initiative on regulating the veto in the case of mass atrocities being committed is needed more than ever, and I'm delighted that it now has the support of 128 member states. 5:45:33Copy

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    🇬🇭 Ghana · Day 3John Dramani Mahama

    • Mr. President, the injustices of the past remain embedded in today's power structures. Africa is home to 1.5 billion people. over 18% of humanity, and constitutes the largest regional voting bloc in this General Assembly. And yet, Africa remains without a single permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. 1:09:12Copy

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    🇮🇪 Ireland · Day 3Micheál Martin

    • These are necessary if we are to meet the challenges of our rapidly changing world. But it is also necessary to point out that no reform process can succeed unless member states are prepared to support the United Nations politically, financially, and through their actions. We need the Security Council to live up to its mandate and respond to the crises around us. Too long, the veto has stymied the Council and eroded its legitimacy. 11:25:06Copy

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    🇮🇹 Italy · Day 2Antonio Tajani

    • We will continue to support Ukraine for as long as necessary while working towards a just peace and towards a future in which Russia can once again be a partner in dialogue rather than a threat to Europe. Russia, as a permanent member of the Security Council, cannot evade its responsibilities. A ceasefire is not a concession to the other side. It is the first step towards a European security that protects everyone, including Russia. 12:18:21Copy

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    🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Day 4Mukhtar Tileuberdi

    • But to fill its potential, UN must be able to act, adapt and deliver. We fully support the UN80 initiative. The success of the reform should be measured not by what is cut or reorganized, but by whether the United Nations prevents conflicts more effectively, responds more rapidly to crisis and delivers better results for all member states. Central to this renewal is reform of the Security Council. 10:09:58Copy

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    🇱🇾 Libya · Day 2Mohamed Younis Menfi

    • Ladies and gentlemen, a Libya that regains its sovereignty and the unity of its institutions will not be a gain for Libyans alone. It will be a force for stability in the Arab world, a source of strategic depth for security and development in Africa, a responsible partner in the Mediterranean, and a bridge for cooperation between North and South. From this rostrum, Libya announces its candidacy for the membership of the Security Council for the term 2028-2029 for the African seat. Its campaign is conducted under the slogan, "Consolidating Justice for Security and Peace, Libya, a Bridge Among Nations." 3:43:26Copy

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    🇱🇮 Liechtenstein · Day 4Sabine Monauni

    • It is time that we make better use of this authority. The veto initiative, which we were proud to spearhead, provides a platform for such action. What is required is the will to spend our political capital here in this room on peace rather than force, by dealing with conflict through diplomacy rather than through war. The United Nations must not accept being reduced to a crisis mitigation organization that distributes states' contributions to a skyrocketing humanitarian assistance bill. 7:19:18Copy

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    🇲🇻 Maldives · Day 4Hussain Mohamed Latheef

    • The Security Council cannot reflect the world of 1945 while deciding for the world of today. It must be expanded in both permanent and non-permanent categories Seats must have a rotating seat. Africa must receive the representation long denied to it. And the veto must be abolished. 55:58Copy

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    🇳🇷 Naoero · Day 1David Ranibok Adeang

    • Invest with us, not simply in us. Mr. President, I've raised today concerns to this organization and what it has promised. So does this. The Security Council does not reflect the world as it is. 9:24:52Copy

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    🇳🇬 Nigeria · Day 3Kashim Shettima

    • Africa cannot continue to fill the council's agenda while remaining absent from its permanent membership. Nigeria demands, in accordance with the Delwin consensus and the safety declaration, at least two permanencies for Africa. With all the rights and responsibilities of permanent membership, including the veto, for as long as it exists, and five non-permanent seats in total. The authority to speak for humanity carries an obligation to represent it. 7:16:02Copy

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    🇵🇰 Pakistan · Day 4Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif

    • We will restore trust when those who failed the climate, those who fueled the climate crisis, protect those who suffer most from its devastating consequences. And above all, trust will be restored when the guns are silenced and replaced by handshakes, embraces, and smiles. Mr. President, the UN80 initiative should make the United Nations stronger, more coherent, and more effective. The Security Council must become more representative, democratic, and accountable. 5:26:28Copy

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    🇵🇾 Paraguay · Day 2Santiago Peña Palacios

    • And the admirable theme of this Assembly calls for a United Nations for all. An admirable theme, certainly, but I fear that it's not enough. So I ask you today, respectfully but firmly, how can we have a United Nations for all when it is led by a Security Council of the few? Worse still, this is a council that was designed 80 years ago for another era, for another scenario, another entire set of circumstances, one that all too often demonstrates it is simply unable to address today's problems. 1:55:27Copy

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    🇵🇱 Poland · Day 2Karol Nawrocki

    • At the very moment the foundations of the UN were being laid, my nation, a victim of two totalitarian regimes, was under the domination of one of them, Soviet Russia, and after several years of devastating occupation of the other, Germany. Thousands of Polish heroes who fought for the freedom of Europe and the entire world were at that time imprisoned, tortured, and sentenced to death. The UN already existed at that time. At the same time, the state responsible for those crimes had a say in shaping the post-war order as a permanent member of the Security Council. 6:44:18Copy

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    🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe · Day 5Ilza Maria dos Santos Amado Vaz

    • Excellencies, the experience of Sao Tome and Principe as a small democracy also shapes the way we view representation at the international level. Africa today occupies a demographic, economic, and political place that is not yet adequately reflected in the institutions where the most far-reaching decisions are taken. It is in this area that reform of the Security Council becomes imperative. This is not a concession to Africa, it is a matter of legitimacy, justice, and effectiveness. 8:26:15Copy

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    🇸🇨 Seychelles · Day 1Mathew Antonio Patrick Herminie

    • Seychelles, therefore, reaffirms Africa's unified position. Our continent must hold no fewer than two permanent seats on the Security Council, with full prerogatives, including the veto, for as long as it exists. Mr. President, this past June, Seychelles proudly celebrated 50 years of independence. Half a century of self-determination has taught us a fundamental lesson. 9:01:31Copy

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    🇸🇰 Slovakia · Day 2Peter Pellegrini

    • The Security Council should better reflect today's realities and give a stronger voice to countries and regions that are still underrepresented. Countries from the region often understand a crisis best. Giving them a stronger voice can help us act earlier and prevent escalation. Slovakia sees its engagement in UN reform as a part of its responsibility to this organization, including through UNAT and the implementation of the Pact for the Future. 7:37:01Copy

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    🇸🇧 Solomon Islands · Day 4Matthew Cooper Wale

    • The UN is not perfect, but it remains the cornerstone of multilateral diplomacy and the indispensable platform through which nations preserve peace, advance sustainable development, uphold international law, and protect human rights. Solomon Islands looks to the next Secretary-General to lead with vision and to ensure that the Secretariat is accountable to all Member States, serving the interests of small and large States on an equal footing. Mr. President, Solomon Islands reiterates its support for comprehensive reform of the Security Council to make it more representative, transparent, accountable, and reflective of today's realities. A Council with a dedicated seat for small island developing states would strengthen the legitimacy and effectiveness of the entire multilateral system. 4:16:29Copy

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    🇿🇦 South Africa · Day 3Ronald Ozzy Lamola

    • Yet over the past decade, 70% of UN Security Council resolutions have concerned conflicts on the African continent. If the future belongs to the young, then surely a continent that will be home to one in four of the world's youth by 2030 deserve a bigger seat at the table. South Africa, therefore, reaffirms its support for the Ezulwini Consensus in its call to end Africa's relegation to the margin of global decision-making. A permanent seat for Africa in the Security Council, with all the prerogatives of the permanent memberships, is long overdue. 12:09:09Copy

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    🇸🇪 Sweden · Day 4Maria Malmer Stenergard

    • Sweden remains firm in its defense of the UN's normative mandates on human rights, gender equality, and sexual and reproductive health and rights. Everyone has the right to live freely and with dignity, to be who they are, and to love whom they choose. Sweden will always stand up for that freedom and for equal rights of all. Mr. President, a balanced expansion of the Security Council would strengthen its credibility and the legitimacy of its decisions. 12:24:59Copy

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    🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Day 5Sirojiddin Muhriddin

    • Tajikistan is ready to do so. For the first time in its history, Tajikistan is seeking election to the United Nations Security Council for the 2028-2029 term. We approach this responsibility with humility and determination. We congratulate proudly Kyrgyzstan on its election to the Security Council for 2027-2028 and look forward to its contribution to the work of the Council. 5:45:50Copy

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    🇹🇭 Thailand · Day 3Anutin Charnvirakul

    • And that is why Thailand supports Security Council reform that gives developing countries and underrepresented regions, particularly in the global south, a greater role in decision making. Asia, too, must be better represented for all its economic weight. Asia must be able to help shape global decisions and carry more responsibility for the outcomes. And representation must also mean that women have a meaningful voice in the decisions that shape our common future. 9:09:37Copy

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    🇺🇬 Uganda · Day 2Jessica Rose Epel Alupo

    • Accordingly, we remain and reaffirm our commitment to the principles of the UN Charter as the cornerstone of global diplomacy, supporting the interconnected pillars of peace and security, human rights, humanitarian affairs, and sustainable development. We believe the United Nations must remain agile and adaptive to evolving global realities. Uganda is committed to working with the entire membership to build consensus on necessary systemic reforms, particularly within the UN Security Council. We call for a comprehensive reform to render the Council more equitable, transparent, democratic and representative. 10:47:56Copy

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    🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Day 2Saida Mirziyoyeva

    • Next year, Uzbekistan will take up the chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement. At a time of escalating tensions, we take this as a responsibility to create new platforms for dialogue. In that spirit, Uzbekistan has offered its candidacy for the non-permanent membership in the Security Council for 2035 and 2036. We count on your support. 12:32:09Copy

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    🇦🇩 Andorra · Day 2Xavier Espot Zamora

    • This organization exists because the international community understood that the destiny of peoples is shared. No nation can prosper while ignoring the suffering of others, because the security of one depends on the security of all. In this regard, I would like, first and foremost, to commend the excellent UN80 initiative, which proposes improvements to the work of the Secretariat, a stronger mandate life cycle, and simplification of structures to avoid duplication and overlap. Secondly, I would like to emphasize the need for reform of the Security Council so that the UN can reflect the realities of today rather than those of 80 years ago. 11:37:00Copy

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    🇦🇹 Austria · Day 3Beate Meinl-Reisinger

    • What matters to them is whether food arrives, whether a doctor reaches them, whether peacekeepers protect them. Reform must therefore pass a simple test: does it make the United Nations more able to deliver when people need it? Austria has been a strong supporter of the reform efforts of the Secretary-General. And as an incoming member of the Security Council, we are committed to protect the principles of the Charter, to show the world that the Council can act, and to work towards making the decisions we take more inclusive. 11:49:40Copy

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    🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · Day 4Jeyhun Aziz oglu Bayramov

    • Through inclusive multilateralism, all states, large or small, particularly developing countries, must have the opportunity to participate equally in global decision-making. In this context, reform of the UN Security is essential to make it more representative, effective and responsive. Ladies and gentlemen, Restoring global trust begins first and foremost with respecting international law, sovereign equality, and peaceful coexistence. It is exactly these principles that are guiding our efforts for peace and stability in the South Caucasus. 9:51:15Copy

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    🇧🇭 Bahrain · Day 4Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani

    • He noted that this organization must evolve to confront the growing threats. He called for comprehensive, consensus-based reform encompassing all decision-making bodies, including the Security Council. What has happened since then has not altered that conviction. Instead, it has reinforced it. 9:38:50Copy

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    🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Day 2Iliana Iotova

    • The Pact for the Future provides an important guideline, but it must be supported by real reform. The Security Council ought to reflect the world of today with more equitable regional representation and greater legitimacy and effectiveness. Bulgaria is in favor of an enlargement of the Council's two membership categories, including with at least one additional non-permanent seat for the group of Eastern European states. The upcoming election of a new Secretary-General will also be a choice for the UN's leadership. 5:35:50Copy

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    🇧🇮 Burundi · Day 2Évariste Ndayishimiye

    • We therefore strongly reaffirm the need for reform of the United Nations Security Council in order to allow for permanent African representation and more equitable participation by the continent in the international community's decision-making mechanisms. In this regard, Burundi believes that discussions on reform must also address the financial viability of the United Nations system by strengthening the predictability, transparency, and sustainability of its financing. It would not be coherent to entrust the organization with ever greater responsibilities without guaranteeing it the resources necessary for their implementation. We therefore call on member states, particularly the wealthiest, to demonstrate responsibility and solidarity in order to preserve the organization's financial stability. 1:06:38Copy

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    🇨🇲 Cameroon · Day 5Lejeune Mbella Mbella

    • in 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. And in this regard, I would like to welcome the stellar cooperation that Cameroon has with the United Nations in this area. 9:26:08Copy

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    🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire · Day 3Tiémoko Meyliet Koné

    • Indeed, it is becoming increasingly difficult to explain to younger generations that organizations created in the aftermath of the Second World War can no longer faithfully reflect the political, demographic, and economic realities of the 21st century. My country once again reaffirms its support for an ambitious reform of the Security Council so as to ensure permanent representation for Africa in this important body whose decisions directly affect our peace and security. That is why Cote d'Ivoire welcomes the progress achieved through the Pact for the Future and calls for its swift implementation. The real challenge is no longer to adopt new commitments, but rather to translate those already made into tangible results for the greater well-being of our peoples. 7:05:04Copy

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    🇨🇿 Czechia · Day 2Petr Pavel

    • The international community must become better at preventing crises, protecting civilians, and defending the rules it has agreed to uphold. The Czech Republic is ready to do its part. Let me reiterate that we are seeking a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council for the period 2032-2033. If elected, we will contribute actively to its work and shoulder our share of responsibility. 2:14:55Copy

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    🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo · Day 2Judith Suminwa Tuluka

    • How can we fail to mention the historic anomaly that is the absence of Africa among the permanent members of the Security Council? The admission of the African Union to G20 is certainly a major step in the right direction. However, it is not sufficient to meet this need for representation. As a member of the Security Council 2026-2027, we reaffirm our support for the common African position enshrined in the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration, that is to say, two permanent seats for Africa with all of the associated privileges, including veto rights as long as they exist, and two non-permanent additional seats. 11:48:30Copy

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    🇩🇴 Dominican Republic · Day 2Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona

    • This year, we were one of the first countries to fully pay our contribution to the regular budget. Renewing representation requires a Security Council that looks more like the multipolar world of the present. and it also requires thinking about who will lead this organization next. This year, I affirmed from this very same rostrum that it was the turn of Latin America and the Caribbean to provide renewed leadership and that the time had come for a woman to be Secretary General of this organization. 4:28:38Copy

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    🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea · Day 3Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue

    • Africa brings together 54 United Nations member states and represents a fundamental share of the political and demographic reality of the 21st century. We must move towards a more balanced international community in which Africa participates fully in global decisions and strengthens its ability to lead its own development. Equatorial Guinea reaffirms the African common position as enshrined in the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirt Declaration. which calls for two permanent seats with veto right for Africa, as well as two additional non-permanent seats on the Security Council. 4:25:51Copy

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    🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Day 2Taye Atske-Selassie Amde

    • Africa has waited for too long in the shadow of global decision making. Now it is demanding immediate justice through the comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council. With genuine political goodwill, how can a world with the right conscience justify the denial of 1.6 billion Africans the right to equal representation? That indeed is a generational quest for truth and for morality. 6:34:41Copy

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    🇪🇺 European Union · Day 3António Costa

    • The answer is to reform, renew, and reinvest. The UN80 initiative offers an opportunity to make the United Nations more efficient and more effective. The European Union also continues to call for a comprehensive reform of the United Nations Security Council to make it more effective, inclusive, democratic and accountable. The European Union will continue to contribute to strengthen the United Nations politically, financially and through concrete actions. 4:06:07Copy

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    🇬🇦 Gabon · Day 5Marie-Édith Tassyla-Ye-Doumbeneny

    • The UN must therefore demonstrate its ability to adapt to the international context and effectively address the challenges facing the world. This commitment to institutional transformation must take into account the urgent need to reform the Security Council. Indeed, Africa must take its rightful place within the very restricted circle of permanent members. For Gabon, there can be no legitimate global governance without equitable African participation in decisions concerning international peace and security. 7:33:57Copy

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    🇩🇪 Germany · Day 5Johann Wadephul

    • First, we need a functioning UN that plays an active role in resolving conflicts, rather than merely managing them. In times when the Security Council as the central decision-making body is paralyzed, this is more difficult than ever. We need to keep its reform high on our agenda. Germany stands up for peace and security. 5:04:51Copy

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    🇬🇹 Guatemala · Day 4Carlos Ramiro Martínez Alvarado

    • That transformation must also reach the Security Council. Its composition must better reflect the realities of the 21st century and remedy the long-standing underrepresentation of entire regions. When the veto causes paralysis in the face of serious threats to international peace and security, confidence in the entire system suffers. We also face an important decision for the future of the organization, the selection of the next Secretary-General. 12:11:27Copy

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    🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau · Day 4Ilídio Vieira Té

    • We also consider it urgent to reform the architecture of global governance so that it reflects the geopolitical realities of the 21st century. It is essential that Africa have more adequate and effective representation in the international institutions that play a central role in shaping responses to the challenges of peace, security, and development. The reform of the United Nations Security Council must reflect the legitimate aspirations of the African continent and ensure fairer, permanent, and effective representation in keeping with the principle of a more inclusive, equitable, and representative international order. Guinea-Bissau welcomes the efforts of the United Nations to achieve a lasting political solution to the question of Western Sahara. 7:33:57Copy

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    🇬🇾 Guyana · Day 3Mohamed Irfaan Ali

    • United Nations must not be a monument to the past. It must become an instrument for the future. We need a Security Council that reflects the geopolitical realities of the 21st century, not the power structures of 1945. A council that embraces the emerging multipolarity of our world, including permanent representation from Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean. 2:05:28Copy

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    🇮🇸 Iceland · Day 5Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir

    • The Security Council, entrusted with maintaining international peace and security, has too often been paralyzed when action was needed most. Too often, the veto has become a shield against action, rather than a tool for preserving peace. So, yes, the United Nations needs reform. And Iceland fully supports the UN80 reform process. 3:55:38Copy

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    🇮🇩 Indonesia · Day 5Sugiono

    • We will carry our diplomacy forward through humanitarian assistance, through peace building, and through engagement across regions and institutions. Mr. President, it is in this spirit that Indonesia present its candidature for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2029-2030 term. Our commitment is clear. Fostering unity, advancing peace. 9:10:31Copy

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    🇰🇼 Kuwait · Day 3Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah

    • We would be remiss not to applaud the efforts, good offices, and initiatives of the Secretary-General aimed at strengthening multilateralism and that include initiatives such as UN80 and the Pact for the Future, as well as the ongoing efforts to address global challenges, crises, conflicts, wars, climate change, and terrorism, as well as the efforts to assist member states in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and to strengthen international cooperation on artificial intelligence. We hope that these efforts will continue beyond the conclusion of the Secretary-General's term in a manner to guarantee the continuity of work to reform and develop the organization's bodies enhance its effectiveness and performance in discharging its responsibilities. In this context, we emphasize that Security Council reform and the Security Council is the body charged with maintaining international peace and security has become essential to keep pace with the significant increase in the number of member states and the changes in international relations since the establishment of the organization. There is an urgent need for the Council to become more representative, effective and transparent in carrying out its responsibilities. 7:51:34Copy

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    🇱🇸 Lesotho · Day 4Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane

    • We reiterate our support for comprehensive reform of the Security Council in line with the consensus to make it more representative, equitable, and reflective of our current geopolitical realities. The Kingdom of Lesotho reaffirms its unwavering commitment to the Charter of the United Nations, multilateral system, and the rule of law. International law remains the cornerstone of sovereign equality, peace coexistence, and sustainable development. Mr. President, the rise in regional conflict is cause for deep concern. 3:02:58Copy

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    🇱🇺 Luxembourg · Day 1Guillaume of Luxembourg

    • Madam President, restoring trust also means making our institutions worthy of that trust. The Security Council must become more representative, more effective, and more accountable to the entire membership of the United Nations, Africa in particular. and it was said many times today, should have a stronger voice. And when the Security Council is paralyzed, the General Assembly must be able to play its rightful role. 5:32:22Copy

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    🇲🇬 Madagascar · Day 3Michaël Randrianirina

    • We must also correct the historical imbalance affecting Africa's representation on the Security Council. Indeed, Africa cannot remain on the margins of decisions. We have 1.4 billion inhabitants, decisions concerning international peace and security. Africa should be granted permanent representation on the Security Council in accordance with the Ezulwini Consensus and the Cirt Declaration, which express a common position grounded injustice, equity and representativeness within the African Union. 52:54Copy

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    🇲🇭 Marshall Islands · Day 4Hilda Heine

    • Further, the Marshall Islands strongly welcomes recent calls for a ministerial summit between ASEAN and the Pacific Islands Forum to take forward our 2023 agreement. our two regions can stand united as neighbors and close friends. The Marshall Islands affirms its longstanding support for Japan and its G4 partners to achieve permanent membership on the UN Security Council. Mr. President, the Marshall Islands expresses its grave concern over increased efforts to spread dangerous disinformation in these halls. 2:15:49Copy

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    🇲🇷 Mauritania · Day 4Mohamed Salem Merzoug

    • After 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. As 2030 approaches, we call for accelerating the implementation of the SDGs, and we support the UN80 initiative as well as the Pact of the Future. 10:31:24Copy

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    🇫🇲 Micronesia (Federated States of) · Day 5Aren Palik

    • Our priority is to create a UN architecture that preserves what works, fixes what does not work, and ensure that no community, no matter how remote and how small, is left behind. Mr. President, in its reform programs, Micronesia supports an expanded council that includes Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan as permanent members, alongside permanent representatives for Africa and a dedicated non-permanent seat for small island developing states. SIDS. This ensures that the most affected by global decisions are finally present at the table. 50:21Copy

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    🇲🇨 Monaco · Day 4Christophe Mirmand

    • In the same vein, the Principality is in favour of a reform of the Security Council to make it more representative to today's realities, while also preserving its ability to act. And we're also in favour of the revitalization of this General Assembly, the house of equality between states. This session will also see the election of the next Secretary General of the organization. Monaco calls for a transparent, inclusive, and rigorous process. 1:53:50Copy

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    🇲🇳 Mongolia · Day 1Khurelsukh Ukhnaa

    • Believing that reform of the Security Council should be at the core of broader United Nations reform, Mongolia maintains its principled position in support of expanding the number of both permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council, ensuring equitable representation of developing countries in the Council, and promoting greater openness and transparency in its work. Mongolia is one of the 58 countries that have never served as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Therefore, Mongolia aspires to actively participate in the work of the Security Council and contribute to finding collective solutions to the problems and challenges facing the international community. In manifestation of this aspiration, I officially announce from this rostrum today that Mongolia is presenting its candidature for a non-permanent seat of the UN Security Council for the term 2048-2049. 6:44:06Copy

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    🇲🇪 Montenegro · Day 2Jakov Milatović

    • This reform must strengthen the UN's ability to deliver where it matters most. in preventing conflict, protecting human rights and freedoms, advancing sustainable development, and responding effectively to humanitarian crises. This responsibility also extends to the Security Council itself, which must become more effective, representative, accountable, and transparent. And the exercise of the veto must carry the weight of conscience Above all, when the world is confronted with mass atrocities and the large-scale loss of civilian life, the Charter of the United Nations must remain our common reference point. 10:12:41Copy

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    🇲🇿 Mozambique · Day 2Daniel Francisco Chapo

    • Reforms must also correct imbalances in representation of global governance. In this regard, Africa cannot continue to be in a center of the Security Council agenda while remaining absent from its rank of permanent members. Africa must be a permanent member of the Security Council of the UN. We therefore reaffirm the common African position related to the reform of the United Nations Security Council based on the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration, under which no fewer than two permanent seats with all prerogatives and privileges, including the veto, as long as it exists, and five non-permanent seats are allocated to Africa. 9:02:37Copy

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    🇳🇦 Namibia · Day 2Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah

    • Therefore, we shall not be passive observers to the efforts aimed at dismantling or weakening the international system that had served us over eight years, albeit with some shortcomings. In this regard, we shall continue to call for peace over conflict, dialogue over confrontation, and peaceful coexistence over tension. In restoring trust, we need to manage transformation of the United Nations Security Council based on equitable representation in its decision-making process to reflect contemporary geopolitical realities. The common African position as articulated in the Ezulwini Consensus and the SALT Declaration has also been reaffirmed in the Pact for the Future, which recognizes Africa as a special case. 7:12:46Copy

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    🇳🇱 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Day 3Rob Jetten

    • And the middle powers must take the lead in fostering such international cooperation. And everyone must be able to participate, including those countries who are currently too often left on the sidelines. It is time that countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America had a fully fledged place, not only on the equal earth map, but in the real world too. To start with, here in the UN, improved African representation in the Security Council at the very least, because If we want to preserve the UN for the future, we must change the balance of power in line with the changing times and modernize our institutions. 9:55:05Copy

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    🇳🇴 Norway · Day 4Espen Barth Eide

    • A true reform of this organization must also address the composition and functioning of the Security Council. That is the common call of the majority of this room. The absence of Africa among the permanent seats of the Council is but one striking example. While striving to improve legitimacy, we must ensure that we do not reduce efficiency. 11:53:07Copy

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    🇵🇦 Panama · Day 2José Raúl Mulino Quintero

    • I wish to reiterate to this General Assembly the need for Latin America and the Caribbean to have places with greater decision-making power in the Security Council, specifically a permanent seat, a permanent member of the Security Council of this organization. We are a region that plays a protagonist role in food, minerals, biodiversity, and a deep-seated belief in peace and integration. Our contribution is without doubt. The world doesn't need less UN, it needs a United Nations that works better, that acts with preventive diplomacy and that can yield positive results in the short term. 6:22:35Copy

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    🇵🇭 Philippines · Day 5Ma. Theresa Lazaro

    • Lasting peace requires addressing the root causes of conflict, empowering local communities, and ensuring that women are at the center of peacebuilding. Mr. President, Excellencies, our world is evolving. So must the United Nations. To remain effective, we must reform the Security Council to make it more representative, transparent, and accountable, expanding the voices of developing regions across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. 2:49:11Copy

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    🇰🇷 Republic of Korea · Day 1Lee Jae Myung

    • We must reduce duplication across organizations and programs, accelerate decision-making, and direct limited resources where they are needed most. In this spirit, the Republic of Korea supports the UN80 initiative, which will improve efficiency, prioritize field operations, and deliver greater results. We also support the reform of the UN Security Council so that it operates in a more effective, democratic, and accountable manner. The Republic of Korea will live up to its responsibility and position to deliver results that can be vividly felt by people around the world across the UN's three pillars of peace, development, and human rights. 7:11:46Copy

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    🇷🇺 Russian Federation · Day 5Sergey Lavrov

    • Our principled approach is the following: UN Security Council reform cannot involve any additional seats being allocated to Western countries, especially to Germany and Japan, who are now on the path to militarism and revanchism. We are in favor of broadening the representation of Asia, Africa and Latin America. We support Brazil's and India's candidatures for a permanent seat. And at the same time, I wish to emphasize this, we must satisfy the interests of the African continent in keeping with the Asylwini Consensus and the SET Declaration. 3:22:53Copy

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    🇱🇨 Saint Lucia · Day 4Philip J. Pierre

    • Saint Lucia advocates for comprehensive reform of the Security Council to enhance its legitimacy and effectiveness in addressing global challenges, thereby restoring trust and a more inclusive multilateral system. Mr. President, a 21st century United Nations Security Council could have been more successful in its responsibility for international peace and security had it not been anchored in the world of 1945. The prolonged reform process must be concluded quickly and include expanded permanent and non-permanent membership for Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean region. This reform is essential to restore trust in the United Nations and ensure it delivers peace and security for all. 4:32:55Copy

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    🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Day 4Godwin Friday

    • Therefore, we join with other nations in calling for reform, specifically of the Security Council, to include a permanent member from the continent of Africa, with all the attendant rights and privileges. Failure to do so will only confirm that the current composition is not about governance. And fairness. But about power. 8:08:04Copy

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    🇼🇸 Samoa · Day 4Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo

    • We remain concerned by the ongoing wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Iran. The terrible loss of civilian lives, displacement of people, as well as the destruction of infrastructure and the environment is something we do not condone. The continued supply of weapons to fuel conflicts must end. We also reiterate our long-standing call for meaningful reform of the Security Council to ensure that it remains effective, credible, and representative of today's realities. 8:55:52Copy

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     🇪🇸 Spain · Day 2Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón

     • They asked us to fulfill it. They asked us to defend it and for us to turn back to it in times of uncertainty and extraordinary difficulty. And today, is one of those times and therefore it's our duty to rise to the courage and the ambition present in this text in the United Nations Charter and this is why ladies and gentlemen we need to reform the Security Council so that all of the regions in the world have fair representation and so that we can do away with the right of veto of the permanent members because as the UN Charter sets out no country should be judged in its own case, no matter how powerful they are. We therefore need to strengthen all of the other main bodies and reorganise the agency's funds and programmes and provide them with more resources and more executive capacity so that they can have a more decisive impact on the great challenges that beset humanity. 11:15:35Copy

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     🇸🇷 Suriname · Day 1Jennifer Geerlings-Simons

     • It should not reduce support where it is most needed. Equally important is the overdue reform of the Security Council. Hence, Suriname reiterates its call for making it more representative, more accountable, and more capable of acting. Africa, The Republic of Suriname supports your demand for just permanent representation. 7:25:33Copy

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     🇹🇱 Timor-Leste · Day 2José Ramos-Horta

     • And after more than 80 years of men at the helm of our Organization, needless to say, We ought to have enough wisdom and elect a woman with unquestionable integrity, unblemished record, and in the face of human rights, a strong advocacy of gender equality and inclusion, rule of law, democracy, solid experience in senior management in national and multilateral institution. Mr. President, Excellencies, For developing countries, particularly small island developing states and least developed countries, efficiency must translate into stronger delivery on the ground, not reduce essential support. Timor-Leste urges comprehensive reform, expansion in both the permanent and non-permanent categories, so that developing countries and historically underrepresented regions have a stronger voice in decisions concerning international peace and security. The veto is inconsistent with the sovereign equality of member states. 3:17:50Copy

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     🇹🇴 Tonga · Day 4Lord Fakafanua

     • We cannot keep negotiating climate, biodiversity, and the ocean in separate COPs when they are clearly an interconnected ecosystem requiring integrated and coherent solutions. We call on global processes to recognize the ocean climate nexus and address these interconnected challenges together. We need a more inclusive Security Council equipped for today's challenges, a Security Council that recognizes the triple planetary crisis as a profound threat to peace and security. We need a financial architecture that delivers timely and accessible financing to those who most need them. 8:27:04Copy

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     🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago · Day 1Kamla Persad-Bissessar

     • In this regard, we extend our deepest appreciation to the 181 Member States that entrusted Trinidad and Tobago with the responsibility of serving on the Security Council for 2027-2028. Can we say thank you to all 181 States? We regard that overwhelming expression of confidence not simply as an achievement, but we see it as a very solemn responsibility on the part of Trinidad and Tobago. We return to the council for only the second time in the history of our nation. 10:24:29Copy

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     🇹🇷 Türkiye · Day 1Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

     • Now, only in this way can trust in the UN possibly be restored. We must acknowledge that a system in which the will of more than 190 countries is subject to the whim of just five countries is not a fair system, and it is not capable of fully inspiring or establishing trust either. The Security Council must absolutely be reformed in accordance with the principle that the world is bigger than five. Dear friends, While we must keep pace with rapidly advancing technology, we also have the demanding but noble responsibility of building a more equitable international order. 3:04:14Copy

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     🇹🇻 Tuvalu · Day 4Feleti Teo

     • The continuation of those economic sanctions deprive Cuba of essential development partnership and support needed for recovery and future progress. and we call for the lifting of those sanctions. Tuvalu also support the call for necessary reform of the UN Security Council to ensure that it is more representative, inclusive, transparent, and accountable, and better align it with the reality of the 21st geopolitical landscape. Mr. President, to conclude, I wish to assure this Assembly that Tuvalu stands in solidarity with the rest of the Member States to play its part in restoring trust and managing transformation to ensure the United Nations delivers for all. 3:26:22Copy

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     🇺🇦 Ukraine · Day 2Volodymyr Zelenskyy

     • When someone gives Russia more money through trade, they give this war more time. That is exactly why we insist on limiting trade with the aggressor and why we are burning Russia's revenues ourselves. Many of you here Many of you here seen more than once how the abuse of the veto at the UN weakens the world and pushes peace further away. When Russia has money, it always says no, no to diplomacy. 5:17:26Copy

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     🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania · Day 1Deogratius Ndejembi

     • Excellencies, Building on this record and sustained commitment to multilateralism, I am pleased to inform you that recently, the African Union formally took note of Tanzania's candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the term 2029-2030 during elections to be held by this Assembly in June 2028. I therefore seize this opportunity to formally announce our candidature. During our tenure in the Council, we will put forward and prioritize deliberations on matters vital to the maintenance of international peace and security such as preventive diplomacy and the peaceful settlement of disputes, women in peacekeeping, youth in peace and security, and the reform of the United Nations peacekeeping. In the coming days, we will engage with each one of you and present our vision and respectfully seek your valued support to enable Tanzania to serve with a strong African voice, principled leadership, and unwavering commitment to international peace and security. 9:54:19Copy

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     🇺🇾 Uruguay · Day 3Yamandú Orsi

     • They must be protected and respected as they represent the boundaries established to preserve identity, distinctive character, and a sense of belonging of their respective populations. We cannot continue to be held hostage to the will of a handful of countries that can be counted on the fingers of one hand, nor can we yield to the economic expediencies of the time. The aim here is clear, to achieve lasting stability, to ensure that the efforts of our citizens and their governments are channeled towards generating prosperity, far removed, of course, from the destruction and suffering caused by war. And we have made a commitment. 4:00:27Copy

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     🇻🇳 Viet Nam · Day 1To Lam

     • For the UN to adapt to the transformations of the time, Vietnam supports efforts to reform the organization, particularly the GA, the Security Council, and the Secretariat, with a view to enhancing effectiveness, prioritizing structural reform, and streamlining the apparatus, while fully harnessing the UN's advantage in advancing global agendas and safeguarding the interests of developing countries. These perspectives are drawn from the experience of Vietnam itself. Over the past half century, since its accession to the UN mirrors the transformation of our own country. From primarily a recipient of invaluable assistance during the years of Doi Moi, Vietnam today is making proactive contributions to our common endeavors while deepening and broadening our substantive relations with the UN. 9:36:20Copy

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     🇿🇲 Zambia · Day 5Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe

     • The United Nations remains indispensable to international peace, security, and sustainable development. However, its institutions must evolve to reflect today's geopolitical, economic, and demographic realities. Zambia therefore supports meaningful UN reform, particularly of the Security Council, including permanent African representation in line with the Ezulini Consensus and the Certe Declaration. We also support reforms to global economic and financial governance that give developing countries a greater voice in decisions affecting them. 8:51:48Copy

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112. 
     🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda · Day 6Walton Alfonso Webson

     • Antigua and Barbuda welcomes the initiative led by France and Mexico calling on the permanent members to restrain, refrain voluntarily from using the veto but use it especially in situations of mass atrocities. 5:00:09Copy
     • The veto must not paralyze the Council's work or prevent it from fulfilling its responsibility to maintaining international peace and security. 5:00:41Copy
     • Africa's continued exclusion from the permanent membership is an injustice that must be corrected. 5:00:59Copy

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113. 
     🇨🇬 Congo · Day 6Constant Serge Bounda

     • In accordance with the Ezulwini Consensus, Africa's demand for two permanent Security Council seats with veto power is not a request, but a right, a legitimate right grounded, which reflects the realities of the 21st century. 2:56:03Copy
     • The Republic of the Congo, as a member of the Committee of Heads of States and Governments of the African Union on Security Council reform, the C-10 Committee, will not compromise on this shared demand. 2:56:38Copy
     • Your Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, the Republic of the Congo reiterates its willingness to serve the international community With your support, we renew our aspiration to serve as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the 2030-2031 term. 2:56:52Copy

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114. 
     🇳🇪 Niger · Day 4Lamine Zeine Ali Mahaman

     • How to restore trust when 81 years after San Francisco, Africa, with its more than around 1.5 billion inhabitants and its 54 states, still does not have a single permanent seat on the Security Council. Through me, Niger reaffirms its commitment to the Azawad consensus and calls for this historic anomaly to no longer be the subject of sterile debates repeated day after day to at long last become subject to a full and concrete decision. Excellencies, Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, our Sahel is 5:59:13Copy

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115. 
     🇩🇰 Denmark · Day 6Christina Markus Lassen

     • Denmark continues to call for a fundamental Security Council reform. 5:56:42Copy
     • We wish to expand the Council with more members in both categories, including permanent seat, for underrepresented regions. 5:56:46Copy

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116. 
     🇳🇿 New Zealand · Day 6Victoria Louise Hallum

     • Permanent members in particular must act in a manner consistent with their special responsibilities under the Charter. 4:08:04Copy
     • Too frequently has the veto or the threat of the veto been abused to block the Council from fulfilling its responsibilities, to the frustration and sometimes despair of the global community. 4:08:14Copy

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117. 
     🇸🇩 Sudan · Day 6Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim

     • Hence the need for United Nations reform, particularly reform of the Security Council. 3:16:02Copy
     • Africa should be represented by two permanent seats, And the working methods of the Security Council should be improved in line with current developments and realities. 3:16:10Copy

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118. 
     🇩🇿 Algeria · Day 6Ahmed Attaf

     • We call for a profound reform of the Security Council that would make it more representative, more equitable, and more effective. 1:27:21Copy

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119. 
     🇧🇯 Benin · Day 6Marc Hermanne Gninadoou Araba

     • Africa does not have a permanent seat. 6:47:50Copy

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120. 
     🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · Day 6Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré

     • The reform of the Security Council is something that must not be delayed. 1:10:15Copy

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121. 
     🇲🇼 Malawi · Day 6George Chapatula Chaponda

     • Africa deserves Permanent representation with full veto privileges are articulated in the Eswatini consensus. 2:20:03Copy

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122. 
     🇺🇳 President of the General Assembly (closing) · Day 6Dr. Khalilur Rahman

     • In this regard, Africa's exclusion from permanent membership of Security Council is a continuing injustice. 7:08:49Copy

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     🇯🇵 Japan · Day 6Right of reply

     • Having served as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council 12 times over the last 70 years since Japan joined the UN, Japan has actively contributed to international peace and security. 8:12:19Copy

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