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Csaba K\u0151r\u00f6si (at podium and on screens), President-elect of the seventy-seventh session of the Â鶹APP General Assembly, addresses the 75th plenary meeting of the 76th session of the General Assembly. The Assembly elected Csaba K\u0151r\u00f6si of Hungary as President of the seventy-seventh session of the UN General Assembly during the meeting. Seated at dais are, from left to right: Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres; Abdulla Shahid, President of the seventy-sixth session of the Â鶹APP General Assembly; and Movses Abelian, Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
I am honoured by the trust the General Assembly has placed in me through my election by acclamation to the position of President of the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session. I feel truly privileged to have the opportunity to serve the community of Member States and work with other stakeholders throughout the upcoming session.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
I express my special gratitude to the Member States in the Eastern European Group for supporting my nomination, to the President and the Government of Hungary for their valuable support to my candidature and to my team and the Permanent Mission of Hungary, who have worked with me persistently during the preparations for this endeavour. Yet, first and foremost, I am grateful to my family, who patiently stood by me all along this journey.<\/p>\n
I would also take this opportunity to commend Abdulla Shahid for his outstanding work as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session. I congratulate President Shahid on his tireless efforts in guiding our work throughout the current session. His valuable support was crucial for me and my team to gain an insight into conducting the business of the General Assembly and to learn its good practices.<\/p>\n
I also thank the Secretary-General for his leadership and commitment to guiding the Â鶹APP to be up to the tasks of the twenty-first century.<\/p>\n
We are living through multiple, global \u2013 and interlinked \u2013 crises of food, energy and debt, while water crises seem to be the next imminent threats. With global food supply shortages and soaring prices, 49 million people in 43 countries are already at emergency levels of hunger.<\/p>\n
Owing to the continuous climate emergency, oceans have never been as acidic or warm as in 2022, with sea levels at a record high. Biodiversity loss is also at an unprecedented intensity. Global conflicts have never been this fierce since the end of the last century. Some 303 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid and protection in 69 countries across the world, a more than 10 per cent increase since December 2021.<\/p>\n
The cruel war in Ukraine is adding new dimensions to these ominous challenges.<\/p>\n
The Office of the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session will pursue an integrated agenda of peace, prosperity and sustainability and will be an agent of multilateralism, multiculturalism and multilingualism.<\/p>\n
My doors will be open to all of you. Impartiality, with the intention to build bridges among sides, will be our principle of operation.<\/p>\n
I will coordinate actions with the Secretary-General, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and all other relevant organs of the Â鶹APP.<\/p>\n
I will devote special attention to impact-oriented and regular consultations with civil society organizations, youth representatives, scientific institutions, knowledge centres, faith-based organizations, representatives of business communities and key institutions of finance.<\/p>\n
We live in times that rock the foundation this Organization was built upon. With multiple crises looming, nothing less than the credibility of the Â鶹APP is at stake. Seventy-seven years ago, Member States showed that lasting peace could be built on the ashes of war. We need the same resolve today to stand up to the challenges that threaten international peace and security and our sustainable future on this planet.<\/p>\n
During my rounds of consultations, most of you expressed concern about declining trust and the loss of a spirit of cooperation. We all may have an interpretation of how we got here, but we concur that only by joining forces can we tackle the unprecedented global challenges of today and tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Let me recall a quotation attributed to the industrialist Henry Ford: \u201cComing together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Acceptance Speech by Her Excellency Ms. Mar\u00eda Fernanda Espinosa Garc\u00e9s of Ecuador<\/h2>Election of the President of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly, 5 June 2018<\/h3>
- As delivered -<\/i><\/p>
One of the most important aspects of the Charter of the Â鶹APP is the possibility of deciding by universal vote on the person who will lead the work of this forum. The process that we are concluding today therefore represents a celebration, more than a competition, of the founding principles of our Organization. Accordingly, this vote has been an act that strengthens multilateralism. For that reason, all States win, because by strengthening the Â鶹APP we are making progress in building up its pillars of peace and security, development and human rights for the benefit of our peoples and our common home, planet Earth.<\/p>
I deeply appreciate the vote of confidence that Member States have placed in Ecuador today to preside over the Assembly. I appreciate the very generous expressions of support and confidence from the countries of my beloved region of Latin America and the Caribbean and from every region of the world.<\/p>
I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your stewardship of the Assembly. For the first time in history, you have made it possible for us to hold an interactive dialogue with the candidates for the leadership of the Assembly at its next session. This election is therefore also another step in the process of the revitalization of the General Assembly. I want to express my special thanks to Ambassador Elizabeth Flores for her commitment to the Organization and to the General Assembly through her participation in this election process.<\/p>
Today, with the Assembly\u2019s support, I become the fourth woman to be elected to this position in the 73 years of the existence of the Â鶹APP. I will also be the first woman from Latin America and the Caribbean to preside over the Assembly. I hope that this parity will continue to make progress and that men and women alike will at last have the opportunity to address this forum equally, as I have the honour to do so today, thanks to the Assembly\u2019s support. For that reason, I would like to dedicate this election to all the women in the world who are participating in politics today and who face political and media attacks marred by machismo and discrimination. I would like to pay a special tribute to the women who struggle every day to access jobs on equal terms; to the women and girls who are victims of violence; to the girls and adolescents who are demanding access to quality information and education. I will always be committed to them.<\/p>
I would like to thank the Ecuadorian people and our President, Lenin Moreno Garc\u00e9s, for their confidence in proposing their Minister for Foreign Affairs to represent Ecuador in this distinguished position. President Moreno\u2019s daily telephone calls to enable him to stay personally informed about the progress of my candidature, and his direct interest in the process, demonstrate his great commitment to and his love for Ecuador and multilateralism. My special thanks go to the team of the Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the Â鶹APP and its Permanent Representative for their intense and committed work; to our ambassadors and foreign service personnel around the world, and to the Foreign Ministry team in Quito, who have been working in the past few weeks to mobilize the support that we achieved today for my candidature.<\/p>
I offered an open-door presidency and I will keep that promise. In addition, today I reiterate my commitment to acting as an impartial, objective and open facilitator. As many of those here know, in addition to being a politician, I am also a poet. As such, I am fully aware that no view is useful if we do not see, and no words have value if we do not listen. I will be ready to listen to all representatives and to work for them and with them. I want to assure delegations that I will promote every action within my reach so that the Assembly can play a central role in advancing towards the fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p>
I want to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your work, vision and ongoing effort during this period. I put my time and energy entirely at your disposal to work together with you in this period of transition in order to ensure continuity for your excellent work and results. It is an honour for me to have the challenge of succeeding you, and I hope that I will be able to rely on your experience throughout my term.<\/p>
As I mentioned in the interactive dialogue, the bodies of the Â鶹APP must run like clockwork, like cogs in a single, well-oiled machine moving the Organization towards the objectives of its foundational Charter. I am sure, therefore, that I will work hand in hand with the Secretary-General to promote the reforms and processes that are necessary to strengthen the Organization. I would also like to congratulate the Secretary-General on his example of entrepreneurship and his courage in seeking to achieve the best results rather than the easiest. I pledge to support his initiatives, according to the mandate I receive from Member States.<\/p>
One of my greatest challenges will certainly be providing support to States in the implementation of the reforms of the Â鶹APP system. We have the challenge of building a stronger and more efficient Organization. Strengthening multilateralism is not an option but an obligation. It is therefore urgent that the Â鶹APP show the ability to respond to the main global challenges, and that the Organization be brought closer to the people, connecting its decisions directly to its beneficiaries, the citizens of the world. As I stated in this election process, therefore, each and every one of my actions will bear in mind the fact that the main recipients of our commitments and decisions are our peoples. We are working for them.<\/p>
Once again, I am deeply grateful to the Assembly for this appointment. Before the Assembly, I pledge to work for the common good and for the principles and pillars of our Organization. I pledge to abide by the code of ethics for the President of the General Assembly with absolute responsibility, and to strictly follow the precepts of the Charter of the Â鶹APP and the Assembly\u2019s rules of procedure.<\/p>