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Demeke Mekonnen, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, told world leaders, “Climate disaster and its insufferable impacts are preventable.” He made an “urgent” call to all states to translate rhetoric into action, adding that “we must realize our climate finance commitments to build resilience and mitigate impact. We should act to meet our emission reduction targets.” UNIFEED

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the world leaders that by “firmly upholding the One China Principle, China is not only upholding its sovereignty and territorial integrity, but also truly safeguarding peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.” UNIFEED

Addressing the general debate of the 77th Session of the UN's General Assembly on Saturday, Abdoulaye Maiga, Acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Mali, said, “It is extremely important that MINUSMA keeps supporting Mali’s quest for stability.” UNIFEED

The Prime Minister of Samoa, Fiame Naomi Mataafa, said “natural disasters continue to devastate countless lives,” and stressed that climate change remains Samoa’s “number one priority.” UNIFEED

Addressing the general debate of the 77th Session of the UN's General Assembly on Friday, Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, said, “not a single Rohingya was repatriated to their ancestral homes in Myanmar.” UNIFEED

The Prime Minister of Iraq, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, told the General Assembly his country “looks forward to receiving further UN support in reconstructing the liberated areas affected by the occupation of ISIS terrorists.” UNIFEED

Speaking at a meeting on ending the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “it’s time to build political momentum to finish the job on COVID-19. Let’s get it done. Let’s end this pandemic, once and for all.” UNIFEED

The Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said, “33 million Pakistanis today are paying in the form of their lives and the livelihoods for the industrialization of bigger countries.” UNIFEED

Describing the “biblical flood” that left one third of his country under water, the Prime Minister of Pakistan told the General Assembly that “the question to raise here is quite simple: why are my people paying the price of such high global warming through no fault of ours?” UNIFEED

Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern told world leaders, “Russia’s war is illegal. It is immoral. It is a direct attack on the UN Charter and the international rules-based system and everything that this community should stand for.” UNIFEED