United Nations (AP) – Many leaders say many things about many issues that care, their regions, to the world: that is what the UN General Assembly invariably produces every year.
And every year, certain voices dominate. Here, Associated Press adopts the opposite approach and highlights some thoughts of the leaders who may not have captured the headlines and the air time on Tuesday, the first day of the general debate of 2025.
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“The United Nations must be a genuine unit of nations … we are all really better together.”
-Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, President of Surinam
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“Our international order is being eroded slowly by the irresponsible actions of those who should know better. The world is becoming a much more dangerous place. We have seen this before.”
– Nausėda gypsies, president of Lithuania
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“Not for the first time, the developments in the field have made me question the value and usefulness of the words to capture the magnitude of the crisis. However, not to mention it would indicate the acceptance of the situation and the abandonment of our humanity, and that I will not.”
– Abdullah II, king of Jordan, in the situation of the Middle East
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“K culture is connecting people around the world … the success and spread of K culture show that universal empathy is possible.”
– Lee Jae Myung, president of South Korea
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“We are fighting the wars that cause death and destruction when we should be fighting poverty.”
– Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa
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