Peace and security
Ukraine at UNGA 81
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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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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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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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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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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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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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