September 30, 2025
Your Excellency Ms. Annalena Baerbock, President of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly;
Your Excellency Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the UN;
Honourable Heads of Delegation;
Distinguished Delegates;
Ladies and Gentlemen;
Mr. President,
Allow me to join previous speakers to congratulate Your Excellency for your election to the Presidency of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly. During the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly last year, I had briefly digressed, as a backdrop and for purposes of historical reference, to dwell on humanity’s collective trajectory in the past 100 years. In this regard, the defining…