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The head of the UN Mission in Haiti, Helen La Lime, told Security Council members, “An economic crisis, gang crisis, and political crisis have converged into a humanitarian catastrophe.” UNIFEED

Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly told world leaders, “we need more multilateralism, not less. We need more of the UN, not less. We need a UN that is effective, efficient, relevant, and accountable.” UNIFEED

The Syrian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates told the General Assembly that “the illegal military presence on Syrian territory runs counter to international law and the UN Charter” and “must cease immediately.” UNIFEED

Speaking at the High-Level Debate of the General Assembly on Saturday, Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said, "A permanent member of the Security Council has launched an unprovoked, unjustified and illegal aggression against a neighboring country,” adding that this was done in “blatant disregard of its international obligations and the human suffering that extends far beyond the immediate war zone.” 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

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

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

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

The Prime Minister of Armenia told the General Assembly his country is determined to defend its “democracy, independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity by all means” in the conflict with Azerbaijan, but “diplomatic solutions are an absolute priority”. UNIFEED

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said “the Kremlin and the Russian Ministry of Defense are directing plans to hold sham referenda in the Ukrainian sovereign territory in an attempt to annex those territories.” UNIFEED