She warned that truth, trust and equity were fraying under the weight of war, inequality and climatic crisis.
“Countries of different sizes, capacities and cultures can only survive in the world in which we live if we maintain a rules -based system,” Mottley said in his direction to the UN General Assembly.
“The Jungle Law does not guarantee any of us a future or a habitable planet.”
She said that the “truth crisis” is undermining the institutions that once promoted order and prosperity, eroding confidence between citizens and governments, and converting news, science and law into a Tawdry show.
“When we lose the shared truth, our countries and our global society lose their center of gravity,” he warned.
Conflicts and crisis
As for the proliferation of war, Prime Minister Mottley reiterated the need for peace in Ukraine, but also pressed governments so that they do not ignore suffering elsewhere.
“The world should not ignore the horror in Sudan and … it should not ignore the horror in Gaza,” he said. He asked for the release of hostages, while denouncing disproportionate attacks against Palestinians.
He stressed the need for urgent humanitarian funds, saying that $ 66 million were needed for Gaza children and $ 200 million for Sudan over the next three months, largely for food, water and health needs.
Climate change
In climate change, Mrs. Mottley urged leaders to act honestly and urgency.
He welcomed the opinions of the International Court that affirmed the obligations of the States to stop emissions and proposed a binding global framework on methane to slow down the increase in temperature.
“The fossil fuel industry is not the enemy, they are emissions,” he said, and urged the political will to unlock $ 1.3 billion per year by 2035 to finance the green transition.
The leader of Barbadian criticized the chronic sub -financing of climatic finance and the loss and damage fund “severely under capitalized.”
Mrs. Mottley also linked the climatic and development agenda to the central issue of global governance. She warned that the debates run the risk of becoming “performative exercises” unless they are backed by resources and an operation system rooted in justice.
“If we must be protected by a rules -based system, then we must take a step forward and provide the funds to close the gap to deliver the results we want,” he said.
Mrs. Mottley also touched the UN reform, insisting that the Security Council must reflect the multipolar world today.
“You can’t ask us to really show up for photos and family votes when you need them and then exclude us from family decision making. As if you were adults and we are children.”
The message of a Palestinian girl
Prime Minister Mottley ended with the image of a young Palestinian girl of six or seven years walking through the rubble in Gaza with hollow eyes and her sister on her shoulders.
“It was clear that she had great pain, but she acknowledged that it was she who would have to take the burden of taking them to a safe place,” he said.
Calling the scene “The best image of hope and resistance”, Mrs. Mottley urged leaders to take strength from her.
“If a six -year -old girl can overcome physical and emotional pain and still find the hope that there is a better time ahead of her, then, with much more and with an obligation of many more, we must summon that.