Human rights
Women and girls at UNGA 81
Raised by 77 of 223 speakers. Read verbatim UN transcript quotes and select a time to hear the speech.
Speeches that raised women and girls
South Sudan · Day 6Cecilia Adout Majok AdengWomen and young people must participate meaningfully.
We recognize the men and women who serve under the United Nations flag, particularly those who have lost their lives in the service of peace.
Invest in women and young people.
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Burkina Faso · Day 6Karamoko Jean Marie TraoréPresident, it is with my heart full of the memory of thousands of children, women and men from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, innocent victims of terrorism that I am taking the floor here this morning.
Our priorities must be clearly defined, reducing the digital gap, strengthening climate resilience, investing in human capital, consolidating and strengthening educational health systems, supporting industrialization, ensuring the effective participation of youth and women in decision making.
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Turkmenistan · Day 6Vepa HajiyevLasting peace is impossible without the full participation of women and young people, the preservation of human dignity, mutual respect, and equal opportunities.
Our country will continue to advance the women and peace and security agenda, including by developing the Central Asian Women's Dialogue and expanding its cooperation within the United Nations Peace Building Commission and UN Women.
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President of the General Assembly (closing) · Day 6Dr. Khalilur RahmanWe see the test wherever civilians are dehumanized, wherever minorities face hatred, wherever migrants and refugees are denied dignity, and wherever women and girls are excluded from education, employment, and public life.
It was clear from the debate that gender equality cannot remain peripheral to our agenda.
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Mali · Day 6Abdoulaye DiopPublic spending is increasingly directed today towards a structuring productive investment, better access to basic services and training and employment for young people and women in particular.
And this ambition requires greater local processing of our natural and mining resources, stronger national production capacities, and an active role for youth in Mali's economic and social transformation.
Mali intends to continue its national re-foundation to guarantee security, justice, well-being, and prosperity for all of its citizens.
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