Peace and security
Ukraine at UNGA 81
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Ukraine · Day 2Volodymyr ZelenskyyThank you so much.
Ladies and gentlemen, this morning on my way to New York, somewhere in the sky over the big and beautiful Atlantic Ocean, I read President Trump's post on truce Social.
The President wrote that Russia has lost control of its diesel oil industry due to its war with Ukraine.
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Estonia · Day 2Alar KarisLadies and gentlemen, One of the biggest tests for the UN's relevance is Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
For more than 12 years ago, since the illegal annexation of Crimea and occupation of eastern Ukraine in 2014, a permanent member of the Security Council, the Russian Federation, has been perpetrating a war of aggression at the very heart of Europe.
But aggression disregards the principles of the United Nations Charter to its very core.
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Republic of Moldova · Day 5Vasile TofanKiev was home for nearly 15 years, including on that fateful morning of 24th of February, 2022.
That morning, as parents, we struggled to explain to our three boys at the time, 1, 10, and 12, what war actually meant.
Perhaps nothing captures the normalization of this war better than the arithmetic children have learned.
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · Day 1Andy BurnhamBut we will not play Russia's game of trading escalatory rhetoric.
Unlike Russia, we do not seek confrontation.
Instead, we will be prepared but not panicked, clear-eyed but cool-headed.
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Romania · Day 2Nicuşor-Daniel DanWe are a credible and reliable partner, ready to contribute to shared prosperity.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have entered the fifth year of the illegal, unprovoked, and unjustified full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine waged by a permanent member of the Security Council.
This member entrusted by the entire UN community with the responsibility of maintaining international peace and security, has deliberately disavowed its fundamental obligation and is pursuing a revisionist agenda.
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Russian Federation · Day 5Sergey LavrovAnd Belgrade is basically being forced to impose sanctions against Russia in exchange for nebulous prospects of Euro integration.
There are attempts for Bosnia and Herzegovina to be unitarized, the Serbs to be unitarized and forced to give up their constitutional powers, which were guaranteed by the Dayton Agreement, together with the Security Council.
In this spirit of running Russia out of international law and security, there are reckless actions being taken in Ukraine.
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Lithuania · Day 1Gitanas NausėdaIn this light, It is crucially important to abstain from any further actions incompatible with a credible political process.
Ladies and gentlemen, the one conflict that poses the greatest threat to the world order is Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, supported by its proxies.
In the 12 years since the illegal occupation of Crimea, Russia has escalated from clandestine operations and limited warfare in eastern Ukraine to massive military operations, mass killings, and ultimately the largest drone attacks against civilian infrastructure the world has ever seen.
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Bulgaria · Day 2Iliana IotovaThe main challenge remains the war against Ukraine, the consequences of which have spilled far beyond the immediate combat zone.
Can we resolve this problem?
Can we find a solution?
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Slovenia · Day 3Janez JanšaHuman rights cannot depend on whether the victims are politically convenient to defend.
The United Nations must therefore defend not only its institutions, but also the integrity of the principles those institutions exist to serve.
Distinguished delegates, Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine is a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter and a direct assault on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a member state.
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Sweden · Day 4Maria Malmer StenergardThese are times of upheaval.
The number of armed conflicts is growing, and civilians are paying the price.
In Ukraine, Sudan, Yemen, Palestine, Lebanon, Myanmar, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and many other conflict zones, millions are suffering.
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United States of America · Day 1Donald TrumpWe're working very closely with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine, and we will get that one done.
It's going to happen, I think, more quickly than people understand.
They've they've had it.
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France · Day 1Emmanuel MacronThe coalition of the willing on Ukraine, together with the UK and Germany, a coalition which brings together everyone who stands ready to guarantee peace and stability in the very heart of Europe, the very place where two world wars began, something no one can ignore.
And many in the room today know better than anyone what a return of war to Europe could mean.
We will not yield an inch, the coalition of the willing will continue fighting.
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Denmark · Day 6Christina Markus LassenWe see this clearly in Ukraine.
The vast majority of UN member states and the UN Secretary-General support calls for an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in Ukraine.
Ukraine has been offering this for a year now.
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Poland · Day 2Karol NawrockiLadies and gentlemen, for many years, representatives of my country have been trying in this chamber and in the Security Council to point out that a situation in which a permanent member of the Council, Russia, attempts unsuccessfully but with ruthless persistence to conquer a neighboring state and destabilize the entire region is violation of the principles we all uphold as signatories to the Charter of the United Nations.
Russia is destabilizing the situation in Europe through open aggression, hybrid operations, acts of subversion and sabotage, and by ignoring successive resolutions of this Assembly.
It displays the same imperial arrogance that in the past led to unimaginable suffering and the tragedies of two world wars.
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Belarus · Day 5Maxim RyzhenkovThey have an unbridled desire to preserve their slipping hegemony and they are attempting to undermine global stability and the maintenance of peace.
And to achieve this, they are prepared to sacrifice even the well-being of their own citizens.
Do the peoples of the United Europe really crave some sort of revenge against Russia, especially at the cost of their own impoverishment?
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Czechia · Day 2Petr PavelThis includes using its influence to help bring Russia's aggression against Ukraine to an end.
That aggression was launched and continues to be waged by another permanent member of the UN Security Council, Russia, in violation of the UN Charter and fundamental principles of international law.
Russia's aggression continues to inflict enormous suffering on the Ukrainian people.
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Italy · Day 2Antonio TajaniA world as complex as ours can be governed in only two ways, through shared rules or through the law of the strongest.
Italy has made its choice.
Italy stands for rules, dialogue, and policy.
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Ireland · Day 3Micheál MartinThese principles are beyond question.
That commitment is why Ireland is seeking election to the Human Rights Council for the 2027-2029 term.
And if elected, we will use that seat to defend the principle that human rights belong to everyone, everywhere.
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Malta · Day 4Robert AbelaThat is the only way that we will manage to find paths to progress on the all too many, all too intractable conflicts blighting our world today.
In Malta, the smallest member state of the European Union.
We have always been a bridge between Europe and the Middle East.
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Norway · Day 4Espen Barth EideIts closure raises energy prices, disrupts global supply lines, and curbs growth far beyond the region itself, from petrol pumps in Minneapolis to Oslo, from Cape Town to Mumbai.
International law is not a menu you can choose from at will.
It must be upheld universally.
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Japan · Day 1Takaichi SanaeIt is Japan's mission, as the only country to have ever suffered atomic bombings during war, to lead the efforts of the international community towards a world without nuclear weapons.
Japan strongly calls for solidarity within the international community to maintain and strengthen the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty regime, to which both nuclear weapons states and non-nuclear weapons states are parties.
Further, Japan will persistently advance realistic and practical efforts, including enhancing the transparency of nuclear forces and promoting a deeper understanding of the realities of atomic bombings.
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Serbia · Day 2Aleksandar VučićHow many times over the past two days from this Rose Room Have you heard calls and appeals for observance of the principles of international public law, particularly when it comes to the conflict in Ukraine, while the majority of those same countries shamelessly and recklessly remain silent about the fact that they themselves participated in trampling the Charter and destroying the foundations of the international public law system?
And today they would at any cost like to return to those principles now that they see that more powerful and stronger ones have resorted to the very same violations that they themselves carried out when they were the most powerful and the strongest.
Here I am referring to all the countries that recognized the unilaterally declared independence of the so-called Kosovo and without any basis whatsoever in international legal documents attempted to seize 14% of the territory of the Republic of Serbia.
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Netherlands (Kingdom of the) · Day 3Rob JettenAfter all, how can you possibly be opposed to prosecuting the very worst crimes?
And I believe there can be only one response, to say, "Hands off the ICC and all those other institutions that protect the international legal order."
Because the reality is that we still need to fight impunity.
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Monaco · Day 4Christophe MirmandThat is the exact scope of our task, and that is why we do not have the right to give up.
First, in Ukraine.
For almost five years, a permanent member of the Security Council has been waging a war of aggression against a sovereign state, in flagrant violation of the Charter.
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Iceland · Day 5Thorgerdur Katrín GunnarsdóttirWhen grave violations go unanswered, they are more likely to be repeated.
And for small states, this is existential, not simply a matter of principle, not at all.
Russia's brutal war against Ukraine is a clear example.
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Germany · Day 5Johann WadephulToday, more people than ever are affected by violent conflicts.
At the same time, for every member state, resources are limited.
Thus, we have to join forces to bring conflicts to an end.
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Canada · Day 5Anita AnandThrough the Coalition of the Willing, Canada is working with over 30 allies and partners to bolster Ukraine and defend against further Russian aggression.
And in regional groupings like the Arctic Seven and the Nordic-Baltic Eight, Canada and our Arctic allies are cooperating to keep our region stable and secure.
To this end, I welcome Secretary Rubio's convening of the Arctic Seven earlier this week.
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Secretary-General of the United Nations · Day 1António GuterresIn Ukraine, Russia's full-scale invasion has subjected a sovereign country to a brutal war in blatant violation of the Charter.
Civilians continue to be killed far from the front lines.
mainly in Ukraine, but also more recently in parts of Russia.
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Türkiye · Day 1Recep Tayyip Erdoğanthat will enhance the welfare of our region.
Particularly among these projects, important is the development road project.
As for the Russia-Ukraine war, it is our sincere hope that it comes to an end with Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity being upheld.
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Finland · Day 1Alexander StubbIt should not challenge multilateralism, but build on it.
It should support the UN system, not substitute it.
The Coalition of the Willing for Ukraine is particularly close to my heart.
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Luxembourg · Day 1Guillaume of LuxembourgRussia's war of aggression against Ukraine has brought war back to our continent.
It is a stark reminder that peace requires constant commitment and that the principles on which our international order was built must be defended.
The United Nations itself was born from that choice.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina · Day 1Denis BećirovićJudgments of the highest UN courts have established that genocide was committed against Bosniaks.
They also stand as judgments on the greater state policies that, through a joint criminal enterprise, sought to divide and destroy Bosnia and Herzegovina as an independent, sovereign, indivisible and internationally recognized state.
Ladies and gentlemen, we live in a world of injustice, insecurity and intolerance.
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Belgium · Day 1Maxime PrévotWhen a signature loses its value the moment it becomes binding, When a treaty holds only for as long as it suits the party that signed it, it is not merely a legal text that is weakened.
It is trust in a promise made.
And with it, the security of all those who believed they could rely on that promise.
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Timor-Leste · Day 2José Ramos-HortaThe Berlin Wall collapsed, apartheid ended.
But the seeds of future wars were sown, just as NATO and Gorbachev inked the post-Cold War arrangements.
The ink had not even dried, and NATO began its fast eastbound expansion.
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Honduras · Day 2Nasry Juan Asfura ZablahThese principles are neither selective nor biased.
I visited Ukraine three months ago.
There, I saw a people defending its freedom and fighting for it.
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Hungary · Day 3András Bálint BakaMany countries represented here opened their doors to Hungarians who fled their country after the revolution.
We remember both the cost of losing our independence and the help that allowed our people to start again.
Today, Ukraine is fighting to preserve its independence.
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European Union · Day 3António CostaThey have repercussions on food security, energy markets, immigration, development and global stability.
We can see that with the war of aggression by Russia on Ukraine.
This was a war chosen by Russia, the consequences of which are worldwide in scope.
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Australia · Day 3Anthony AlbaneseWe uphold international law, including the UN Charter, and support bold, practical reform to ensure the UN can best fulfil its mandate into the future.
We are strong supporters of freedom of navigation and overflight for all nations, just as we are in our efforts to combat nuclear proliferation.
We oppose Russia's continued illegal, unprovoked, and immoral invasion of Ukraine, and reiterate our calls for Russia's immediate, complete, and unconditional withdrawal, and an end to attacks upon civilians and civilian infrastructure.
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Austria · Day 3Beate Meinl-ReisingerBut for all of us, the road ahead is not easy.
Because today, that order is being tested in conflict after conflict.
For more than four years, Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine has violated the UN Charter, and it still does.
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Niger · Day 4Lamine Zeine Ali MahamanThey continue to want to introduce permanent conflict in communities which since time immemorial have been living in harmony in the same space and which have created peaceful mechanisms for settling disputes, such as joking kinship, for example.
This perfidious attempt to destabilize the Central Sahel, conducted by France with the active complicity of Ukraine, is now documented, widely documented.
This criminal enterprise has been unmasked now that the military, political and media elites that justify it in the name of their own country's interests have themselves removed their veils and removed their masks.
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San Marino · Day 5Luca BeccariIt requires diplomacy and dialogue.
And it requires international role.
Mr. President, Europe is also facing a war that continues to cause immense humanitarian suffering.
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Mali · Day 6Abdoulaye DiopNow, faced with this reality, it is legitimate to question the effectiveness of the tools available to our organization.
It is for this reason that we welcome the strategic review of the United Nations Regional Office for West Africa and the Sahel, which should lead to an approach better aligned with the realities and concerns of the people impacted.
The government of Mali reiterates its strong condemnation of international terrorism and its foreign state sponsors who finance, arm, provide logistical support, and intelligence to this organized transnational crime.
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United Arab Emirates · Day 6Khalifa Shaheen Al MararFurthermore, we have advocated for a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace in Ukraine in accordance with international law and the principles of the UN Charter, including respect for sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity.
We have remained steadfast in our role as a trusted international mediator, successfully conducting 26 mediations that facilitated the exchange of nearly 8,000 prisoners between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, ensuring their return to their homelands and families.
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Brazil · Day 1Luiz Inácio Lula Da SilvaThreatening civilizations with extinction will not bring stability to the Middle East.
The Strait of Hormuz has become a battleground when it should have remained a vital passage for international trade.
Families around the world are paying the price of fuel, fertilizers, and food.
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Angola · Day 1João Manuel Gonçalves LourençoAs 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.
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Republic of Korea · Day 1Lee Jae MyungThe glacial flooding in Nepal that claimed many lives and destroyed the foundations of people's livelihoods evidences that the climate crisis is a reality of today, not tomorrow.
Persistent armed conflicts around the world, including those in Ukraine and the Middle East, continue to threaten the survival of humanity.
Emerging technologies such as drones are rapidly transforming warfare and posing serious challenges to human rights and the international law-based order.
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Croatia · Day 1Andrej PlenkovićRussia's ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine is a direct assault on those rules.
Croatia will continue to support Ukraine's sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, and a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace based on the UN Charter.
Peace cannot reward conquest, and recovery cannot be separated from justice.
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Palau · Day 2Surangel WhippsIt is the freedom to cooperate through mutual respect, transparency, accountability, dialogue, and international law.
This principle matters because we have seen what can happen when tensions build, when concerns are ignored, and when channels for dialogue are left too narrow for the challenges before us.
The Russia Ukraine war is a painful reminder of the tragic human toll that occurs when diplomacy gives way to conflict and how challenging it is to deescalate tensions once violence erupts.
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Panama · Day 2José Raúl Mulino QuinteroWe are at a turning point in our history.
The election of the next Secretary-General will be of paramount importance to determine the next agenda, to ensure robust, lasting trust, of course, in the understanding of the new global balance, if you can call it that.
That is why we believe that the war in Ukraine must end.
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Slovakia · Day 2Peter PellegriniThe war in Ukraine, now in its fifth year, continues to bring destruction close to Slovakia's borders.
Attacks on civilian areas and critical infrastructure remain unacceptable.
A ceasefire is still distant, and lasting peace even further away.
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Montenegro · Day 2Jakov MilatovićAnd Montenegro will be a constructive partner in those efforts.
Excellencies, Montenegro remains committed to supporting Ukraine and welcomes all credible diplomatic efforts aimed at bringing the war to this end.
We believe that a just and lasting peace must be achieved through dialogue and diplomacy.
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Spain · Day 2Pedro Sánchez Pérez-CastejónAnd I believe, what's more, that in order for her not to be alone, she will also need the support of brave governments who are prepared to do things right.
however high the price to pay may be.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is the option and the way forward that Spain has chosen.
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Andorra · Day 2Xavier Espot ZamoraIt is precisely for this reason that we continue to firmly defend the need to uphold the Charter of the UN and international law.
We also support more than ever the efforts of the International Criminal Court to identify those responsible for the gravest crimes, and we condemn any act of aggression, once again and unambiguously, that violates the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a state.
In this sense, we continue to express our solidarity with the people of Ukraine in the face of the consequences of a war that has lasted for far too long already, and we reiterate our support for efforts aimed at achieving a just, comprehensive, and lasting peace in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the UN and international law.
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Guyana · Day 3Mohamed Irfaan AliIt needs a more sophisticated capacity for peace.
In this regard, I reiterate Guyana's call for a just and lasting solution to the crisis in the Middle East, one that brings an end to the suffering of innocent civilians and recognizes the Palestinian people's legitimate right to self-determination and to secure homeland of their own.
Reiterate our support for a two-state solution.
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Portugal · Day 3Luís MontenegroIn Europe, we must achieve a just and lasting peace that puts an end to the brutal and illegal aggression of Russia against Ukraine.
Ukraine is a partner that has the full support of Portugal and European Union.
In Sudan, The most dramatic humanitarian crisis we face must come to an end.
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Greece · Day 3Kyriakos MitsotakisThe war in Ukraine is now in its fifth year, five years since Russia's full-scale aggression brought back war to European soil.
The Ukrainian people have shown extraordinary courage defending their freedom, and Greece continuously stands with them.
We strongly, strongly condemn attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure.
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Day 4Godwin FridayInternational conflicts far from our shores in Ukraine and the Middle East continue to have devastating consequences for our daily lives, disrupting agricultural trade and global food stability, and driving up fuel prices and shipping premiums.
We therefore join others here and call for an immediate end to the war in Ukraine, with full respect for state sovereignty and territorial integrity under the UN Charter.
And likewise, we call for a permanent ceasefire in the Middle East, the protection of civilians, and the realization of a two-state solution guaranteeing peace and security for Palestine and Israel.
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Bahrain · Day 4Abdullatif bin Rashid Al ZayaniWe appreciate the efforts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in this vein.
Our position on other conflicts, including the conflict in Ukraine, is guided by the same principles, regardless of the parties involved.
That is, adherence to the Charter, respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the peaceful settlement of disputes.
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Kazakhstan · Day 4Mukhtar TileuberdiWe stand firmly for diplomacy and dialogue and against the escalation of tension and the use of force.
We remain deeply concerned about the Ukrainian crisis, which continues to take lives, erode global trust, and undermine international security.
Even the most difficult conflicts must, ultimately, be resolved through diplomacy and negotiation.
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China · Day 5Han ZhengOn Ukraine, President Xi Jinping has put forward four points on what must be done, which are the fundamental guidance for China in playing a continued constructive role in its own way for achieving a political settlement of the crisis.
China urges the relevant country to immediately stop using threat of force against Cuba and immediately and completely lift the blockade and sanctions against Cuba.
Second, we should address the global development predicament and promote prosperity for all through openness and cooperation.
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Belize · Day 5John BriceñoEnd the occupation and decolonize Palestine.
Our charter summons us to act.
Our actions must extend to every conflict and to every person displaced, destitute, or in despair.
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Holy See · Day 5Cardinal Pietro ParolinAnd while condemning all forms of religious discrimination, The Holy See raises its voice on behalf of these brothers and sisters, not in a spirit of exclusive advocacy, but because the defense of any one community's freedom strengthens the freedom of all.
Mr. President, the passing of time does not make a war any less intolerable.
Rather, it makes the responsibility of those who can end or help bring it to an end all the more grave.
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Philippines · Day 5Ma. Theresa LazaroThe war in Ukraine compounds a global food crisis and economic shocks unseen since the Second World War.
Peace, therefore, is not merely the absence of war.
It is our shared and indivisible responsibility.
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India · Day 5Subrahmanyam JaishankarThe targeting of commercial shipping and seafarers transiting international waterways is simply unacceptable.
India calls upon all parties to exercise restraint, de-escalate tensions, ensure protection of civilians, and uninterrupted flow of energy and commerce.
Mr. President, The conflict in Ukraine, now in its fifth year, is equally concerning.
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