General debate of the seventy-first session of the United Nations General Assembly

Speakers will be put on the list in the order of their request, with special consideration for ministers and other government officials of similar or higher rank.

Each speaker is requested to provide 20 copies of their statements in advance to the conference officers to facilitate translation and to be presented at the podium.

[1][2] The chosen theme for the debate is "The Sustainable Development Goals: a [sic] universal push to transform our world.

spoke on behalf of Ban-ki Moon, who was in Bogota to celebrate the signing of a final peace deal between the government and FARC.

The Secretary General and I have appreciated the national goals and an historic achievement towards laying the foundations for international development.

He commended the efforts of the UNGA and UNSC to "sustain peace and to prevent and reduce violence as well as post-conflict work."

As a final point, he said: "Mr. President, to express on behalf of the Secretary General on his statement of his 10-year term, I've done half the time and understand the pressures thereof, especially on climate change.

Leaders reaffirmed principles of the UN Charter and the central role of the UN in international cooperation and today's critical issues.

Further, the "New York declaration at last Monday's summit set trends to adopt global compacts and on refugees in 2018, also a result of climate change."

He joined the Secretary General and members to condemn attack on an aid convoy in Aleppo and the need to find a solution, as did many states, to call for resumption of dialogue to resolve the Middle East conflict to reduce tensions.

Many delegations also highlighted the need for UN reform and disarmament, which would occur on the day's high-level plenary meeting on nuclear weapons at UN headquarters.

In human rights, members states also renewed calls as such on the empowerment of women and girls, as well a continuation of the need to tackle all forms of discrimination.

There was also a need for an ad hoc group on the revitalisation of the UNGA: "To conclude, excellences, appreciation to all staff (others such as UN translators, security, etc).

The delegate of the Solomon Islands responded to the statement by Indonesia on 24 September in regards to human rights violations of the Melanesian peoples in West Papua.

"The Solomon Islands receives documents from leaders and civil society in regards to human rights [violations] in West Papua.

in body of human rights, can we turn a blind eye to the deaths of thousands of West Papuans.

As with the case of the five other Pacific island countries mentioned by Indonesia (including Palau it becomes six states), we cannot resolve this matter alone so we highlight the challenges at this august body.

We reject the baseless allegations that seek to deflect attention from the over 500,000 occupation forces against the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

The attack in Uri [bears the hallmarks of] timing to divert attention from the international community with activities such initiated to use as a propaganda objective.

India has perpetrated aggression on all its neighbours in order to do its bidding and support subversion in various parts of my country.

It made a fanciful misrepresentation of Jammu and Kashmir and did not attempt to answer the questions posed repeatedly by the international community.

Will the representative explain why civil society is being silenced by a plethora of heavily armed groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Harkat-ul-Mujahideen?

As President Jimmy Morales said, [we] aspire to a privileged relationship and an ongoing dialogue to resolve the current problems.

For over 120-years Guatemala has done the impossible to seek a mutually beneficial solution by direct negotiations and good offices but [our] good faith has been taken advantage when a colonising power unilaterally granted independence in 1981 but Guatemala recognised the legitimacy of independence [yet] maintains a right to its territory.

Also as in Article 2, the last decade has still made victims of defenceless Guatemalan farmers whose only mistake is to be under Belizean jurisdiction.

Guatemala has been patient and shown conciliatory attitudes for 110 years to deal with threats of imperialist power [such as] those who want to appear as victims when oppressors.

It is farcical [when we] a regime who has exported extremist taqfiri ideologies in Syria, Lebanon and other places to destabilise the region.

It shows how the respective regimes come together and its Persian Gulf allies are working with the Israelis and are tantamount to betraying the Palestinian people.

[Over 500] Iranian pilgrims died...we [call] to the Saudis to accept responsibility...[and a] thorough[ly] transparent and independent investigation is done so representatives of related countries can participate and [does not] fall on deaf ears.

He closed his statement in saying that "last[ly, we] always endeavoured to the removal of tension in the region and seek good neighbourly relations, including with Persian Gulf countries and call for a dialogue to dispel misunderstanding and restore friendly relations that our peoples mostly enjoyed through history.