"CLIMATE CHANGE"

Addressing the General Assembly on Saturday, Reem Ebrahim Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, said, “we must prioritize diplomatic solutions, dialogue, and de-escalation in order to settle tensions, prevent conflicts from emerging, and combat extremist ideologies.” UNIFEED

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland Thórdís Kolbrún Reykjfjörd Gylfadóttir, told world leaders on Saturday, “we must advocate for the multilateral system at every opportunity and convince the peoples of the world, that despite its flaws, it is vastly and completely superior to any other method of resolving issues and disputes between states.” UNIFEED

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

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

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

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

Addressing the general debate of the 77th Session of the General Assembly of the UN on Thursday, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley said, “a Security Council that retains the power of veto in the hands of a few will still lead us to war, as we have seen this year.” UNIFEED

Vice President of Uganda Jessica Alupo told world leaders, “we must note that despite contributing an insignificant amount of global greenhouse gas emissions, the African continent, like many developing regions of the world, suffer the effects of climate change to a disproportionate degree.” UNIFEED

The President of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum said that the surest way to ward off the effects of the terrorist violence is to strengthen democracy. UNIFEED