"I am going to tell it to you straight because Omicron is so contagious, we could be entering the worst phase of the pandemic. We must do whatever we can to reduce the total number of infections. We want as a few as those infections to cause serious illness as possible."

"The conspiracy of silence has diminished the horror of what our people faced,"

"“Our world stands at a fork in the road; one no less significant than when the United Nations was formed in 1945. But then the majority of countries here did not exist, we exist now. The difference is we want to exist a 100 years from now,”"

"“Are we really going to leave Scotland without the commitment to ambition that is sorely needed to save lives and to save our planet? Or are we so blinded and hardened that we can no longer appreciate the cries of humanity?”"

"“We are waiting for urgent global, moral, strategic leadership,” said Ms. Mottley. “If we don’t control this fire, it will burn us all down.”"

"“Alongside new capital, innovative instruments, partnerships and new ways of working together are critical if we are to overcome the challenges posed by climate, pandemics and debt. These new, integrated, initiatives announced today are embodiment of what can come out of new cooperative ways of working together.”"

"Our local representatives do not participate in the deliberations. Of course, they are not member of parliaments like you, but we are each other's neighbors, share a common history and in many ways, we are each other's fellow sufferers"

"“Our people are watching, and our people are taking note,”"

"“If I use the speech prepared for me to deliver today, it would be a repetition– s repetition of what you’ve heard from others, and also from me”."

"” The best leaders not only create their vision, but also inspire others toward action.”"

"“If we can find the will to send people to the moon and solve male baldness, we can solve simple problems like letting our people eat”."

"I want to salute the King for having the courage to recognise this is a conversation that the time has come to have,"

"“We are committed to resume the battle of saving people and the planet,”"

"I am sincerely grateful for the warm reception accorded to the Moroccan delegation, and I congratulate the United Arab Emirates for their wonderful organization of this World Expo. Our presence at Expo 2020 Dubai allows us to introduce our ancient heritage, plus our tourism, cultural and scientific achievements to the world. Morocco's participation in Expo 2020 Dubai showcases the Kingdom's commitment to actively contribute to an enriching dialogue at both regional and international levels for a safer and more stable future for all, while our pavilion is a platform to announce our new identity, 'Morocco Now', highlighting Morocco's investment and industrial opportunities, particularly for foreign investment."

"“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision is merely passing time. But vision with action can change the world."

"“Trust and inclusion are indivisible… We need a New Internationalism, a truly inclusive United Nations and international system.”"

"MCC (United States assistance project Millennium Challenge Compact) is in the interest of Nepal. This is a grant which can be utilized in the development of Nepal. MCC is a grant and it is within the law of Nepal. But people are not acknowledging this. It is time for people to understand this."

"This (extrajudicial killings of thousands of people committed by Military Forces of Colombia partly during Santo's term as defensee minister) should never have happened. I recognize that and ask forgiveness from all the mothers and their families, victims of this horror, from the depths of my soul."

"“even if for many we are invisible, we are not dispensable.”"

"“Because it is the right thing to do - not just politically but morally,”"

"In a family, children leave and go and set up their own households and that does not in any way affect the relationship between the family."

"“We are trespassing on ground that is best left in our history and not our future. And to this, we add the insidious threats of terrorism and, now, the existential threat of climate change,”"

"“If it matters enough, we can choose to end climate change. Our only limits are the limits to our imagination. We achieve what we put our resources behind.”"

"We have experienced the impact of a national shutdown (due to COVID-19 pandemic) and we are certainly not keen to have to resort to that again. Therefore, our actions over this (2021 Christmas and 2022 New Year) festive season will determine what happens in our country in the next few weeks."

"“But we who are invisible do not have the luxury of time because we are busy trying to survive,”"

"My brother, the problem with you guys (lawyers) is that people pay you to create confusion. Those like me, statisticians, they pay us to find solutions."

"the world must claim ground, secure it and move forward. “We need collective partnerships. We need new voices to inspire and to influence.”"

"“An international order that is not inclusive, or strongly rooted in fairness and moral legitimacy will fail to halt and reverse climate change,”"

"Our people humanized the violent, inhumane slave plantation society that the British colonialists had established, (but) we are still faced with the insidious nature of a culture that is intended to dehumanize black people wherever black or blackness is found, and our parliaments therefore, while we shall be in the vanguard of removing all laws of discrimination, it is the mental emancipation that shall forever always matter."

"It's up to my people, if they want me to contest the (Vanuatu general) election in 2024 or if there are any by-elections from now onwards. It's up to the constituency, as well as my political party (Vanua'aku Pati). I don't decide myself."

"To ask us (Barbados) to continue carrying the battle against the backdrop of the (COVID-19) pandemic and not having contributed to the crisis to greenhouse gases is really unacceptable. We can't fight the pandemic or climate crisis from a national perspective. All of us have to cooperate globally, or we're not going to win this battle."

"The world needs to share the burden,"

"We are looking at the degree of virulence this (Omicron) strain has, we are seeing if the vaccines with which we immunize the population would be working for this strain. Everything says they do."

"The Yemeni government is working hard to mitigate the repercussions of the decline in the local currency, and curb the rising inflation and weak purchasing power."

"“Just as we find it abhorrent today to contemplate, far less support, removing freedom and choice from other human beings, so must we also recognize that true freedom also requires changing the structural imbalances in power and wealth,”"

"I met President Piñera several years ago. He always had a positive attitude towards Uruguay and me personally. As an example ... his support with the logistics offered for the arrival of vaccines during the (COVID-19) pandemic."

"The world needs us to rise up and change our behaviour."

"“Let us choose to end climate change. We will achieve it. Human ingenuity will enable us to do so. But we cannot wait. Let us bring it forward.”"

"If our existence is to mean anything, then we must act in the interest of all of our people who are dependent on us,"

"“We know how to run fast in one set of circumstances when it suits one set of people but yet we run very slow when it matters to billions of people and their access to livelihood,”"

"And if we don't, we will allow the path of greed and selfishness to sow the seeds of our common destruction,"

"“What will it take for us to get the mighty of the world to protect us against the existential threat to our survival?”"

"We do not want that dreaded death sentence, and we have come here today to say, 'Try harder,'"

"Many of these (mining) companies (operating in Burundi) have received formal notices to immediately stop operations because we realized that they were only there to plunder our mineral wealth. They have duped the government from the conventions that govern their operation to the execution of their activities. Some sort of scoundrels."

"Don't make a mistake to vote for opposition candidates who sole aim is opposing government programs. This will mean that you won't receive the services you deserve."

"Our prime minister, Abdallah Hamdok, is a highly qualified professional with an outstanding career in African development. He leads an exceptional team, and they have their priorities straight."

"Cambodian and Vietnamese relations have prospered despite some regional and global challenges in the last few years. We are looking forward to the upcoming official visit to Cambodia by President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc to celebrate the 55th anniversary of Cambodian-Vietnamese diplomatic relations."

"Mai presus de orice orgoliu și de orice adversitate politică se află interesul românilor."

"I have an ambition to push at the level of the African Union, that we should have a harmonized legislation in the petroleum and also the mining sector so as to avoid ruinous competition with the aim of attracting investors."

"It has been complicated for the past four years (2017–2021) and it will continue to be complicated. But maybe it is also healthy having to work with people who don't agree with you on everything."