UN Organization
UN80 and UN reform at UNGA 81
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Speeches that raised un80 and un reform
Paraguay · Day 2Santiago Peña PalaciosExcluding it doesn't serve to strengthen the system.
It deprives the system of capacities that could benefit us all.
And it is a stain on the United Nations.
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Estonia · Day 2Alar KarisThe cooperative spirit in international relations that emerged after San Francisco and that was clearly present after the end of the Cold War is fading away.
The UN is suffering because of it.
But it is also true that the United Nations requires profound reforms to be able to tackle the challenges of the 21st century.
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Botswana · Day 2Duma Gideon BokoEight decades later, the United Nations has yet to be led by a woman as Secretary General.
Mr. President, the theme of this session, restoring trust, Managing transformation, a United Nations that delivers for all, aptly captures the central challenge before us.
Restoring trust requires fidelity to the UN Charter and international law.
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Slovakia · Day 2Peter PellegriniIt can be frustrating.
At times, it does not deliver as quickly as people need.
But the solution is not to destroy it.
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Latvia · Day 2Edgars RinkēvičsIt must earn it, day by day.
Not through the number of meetings we hold, not through the number of resolutions we adopt, but through real and tangible results.
The United Nations must prove that it can still make a difference when it matters most.
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Rwanda · Day 2Justin NsengiyumvaThis year, under a new call to restore trust and deliver for all, we must be honest with ourselves, we are still far behind.
The United Nations has yet to demonstrate that it can adapt to a changing and uncertain world, and it is up to Member States to make this a reality.
That gap is not abstract to Rwanda.
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Argentina · Day 2Javier Gerardo MileiBut today, regrettably, it is time to acknowledge that in practice that sacred covenant has been broken.
That's to say, it's become a useless organization whose only purpose is to sustain a cast of fatally arrogant parasites, masquerading as well-intentioned bureaucrats.
I would remind them of what Mises said, "Good people do not think about controlling the lives of their fellow human beings."
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Dominican Republic · Day 2Luis Rodolfo Abinader CoronaAnd three things are necessary in this regards to achieve it.
Renewing representation, renewing peacekeeping operations, and renewing support for developing countries.
We support the UNAT initiative with a sense of conviction.
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Poland · Day 2Karol NawrockiLadies and gentlemen, Poland's priority is order based on truth, enshrined in our constitution and resulting from our historical experience.
That is why we view the United Nations not merely as a forum for discussion, but as an institution that must be capable of taking action.
The world is changing.
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Kenya · Day 2William Samoei RutoThey built a new order.
Our responsibility is no less consequential today.
We must not wait for another catastrophe to reform this institution, whose weaknesses we can already see.
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Serbia · Day 2Aleksandar VučićWe must anticipate the consequences of a world in which force is once again being presented ever more openly as the most reliable instrument of policy, in which military budgets are growing, conflicts are multiplying, arms control mechanisms are weakening, and channels of communication are disappearing precisely when they are needed most.
We must therefore ask the essential question, where is the United Nations in such a world?
The Security Council is often blocked precisely in the crisis in which it should be most active.
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Mozambique · Day 2Daniel Francisco ChapoHe leaves behind a robust organization that is prepared to a better respond to the challenges of our time.
His legacy is, in our point of view, unquestionable positive.
and marked by transformative achievements of this organization.
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Montenegro · Day 2Jakov MilatovićClimate change is testing the resilience of states and of societies, and artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies are creating risks at a speed that national frameworks alone cannot adequately address.
So the answer cannot be less multilateralism.
It must be more effective multilateralism.
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Italy · Day 2Antonio TajaniThe United Nations cannot simply record the divisions of today.
It must have the ambition to imagine the future and recognize its limitations, overcome its paralysis, and reform its instruments without abandoning its deepest raison d'etre, to be the place where conflict gives way to dialogue, confrontation to diplomacy, and fear to the search for shared solutions.
The United Nations remains the most universal place for pursuing this aspiration, not because it's perfect, but because no other institution can bring together around the same table such different interests, cultures, religions, and visions of the world.
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Burundi · Day 2Évariste NdayishimiyeWe 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.
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Czechia · Day 2Petr PavelWe expect her or him to carry forward the UN80 agenda and turn reforms into results.
The success of UN reforms will be judged not by new structures or new language, but by whether the multinational system can deliver, uphold international law, and make its rules matter.
The future legitimacy of the United Nations will depend on it.
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Cyprus · Day 2Nikos ChristodoulidesThe UN80 initiative is an important part of this effort.
The Pact for the Future and the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals are also part of the effort to ensure that multilateral cooperation can respond to the needs of our time.
This moment of reform also comes as the UN Secretary-General approaches the completion of a decade leading this organization.
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Ecuador · Day 2Daniel Roy-Gilchrist Noboa AzinIt's precisely for this reason that we want an organization that's able to respond to the challenges of the world today, not of 1945.
supporting the organization that the United Nations also needs to involve a willingness to transform the United Nations and that's why we support the UN80 initiative and pose an essential question, what United Nations of the world needs today?
We need an organization that's more efficient with the ability to prevent conflicts, resolve crises and support states to challenges that didn't exist when the organization was created.
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Panama · Day 2José Raúl Mulino QuinteroI 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.
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Ethiopia · Day 2Taye Atske-Selassie AmdeNevertheless, Some of the initiatives we see from the global south give a beacon of hope that we indeed can attain technological advancement through foresight and leadership.
A case in point is Ethiopia's initiative of 5 million quarters program and the soon to be commissioned University of Artificial Intelligence reaffirms that our continent is ready to build the future.
Mr. President, Ethiopia remains steadfast, and it is believed that the United Nations must be fundamentally reformed to best address the shifting global challenge.
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Uganda · Day 2Jessica Rose Epel AlupoWhile acknowledging its vital achievements and convening power, We must continue to reform the organization to ensure it becomes more transparent, cost-effective, efficient, and representative.
Through renewed international cooperation, the UN can truly deliver on its founding promises for all humanity.
I thank you for your kind attention.
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Spain · Day 2Pedro Sánchez Pérez-CastejónThey 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.
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Andorra · Day 2Xavier Espot ZamoraThis 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.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo · Day 2Judith Suminwa TulukaThis ought to be the ambition of the United Nations.
Mr. President, we cannot speak of restoring trust toward the UN, let alone of a transformation As long as the UN continues to reflect a world that is ceased to exist, the world of 1945 no longer exists.
Digital revolution, energy transition, and climate dysregulation are now altering equilibria.
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Uzbekistan · Day 2Saida MirziyoyevaWe need the United Nations capable of implementing decisions, not just making them.
We need the United Nations where voices of every country are heard.
Uzbekistan supports the UN Secretary-General's efforts within the framework of the UN80 initiative aimed at adapting the organization to modern requirements.
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