Heads Of State

"“If we begin to divide ourselves, nothing will be accomplished … I humbly urge you, my fellow Tanzanian citizens, let us preserve our nation’s reputation. Tanzania is peaceful let us go and remain in peace.”"

"“Women in leadership roles … work diligently and professionally to demonstrate to society that they are capable of holding such positions … This would help in breaking down the concept of a male-dominated society""

"“We cannot be reading about COVID-19 in the world and when you reach sections about Tanzania, one find[s] gaps. I think we need to be clearer whether we accept or not,”"

"“We should not give any room to say that we are suppressing media freedom,”"

"We all know that if the world will not act accordingly the countries like ours with lower adaptive capacity have no options"

""This is not a time for finger pointing, but it is a time to hold hands and move forward together."

"Our pride the Mount Kilimanjaro is drastically becoming bolt due to glacier melting and we experiencing unpredictable floods and droughts, we experience all this despite our resolve to dedicate 48 million hectares to forest conservation as global service carbon sequestration""

"“Our regulations should also be clear for every offence and their punishment. We should not use force to ban media platforms.”"

"“After the onset of the pandemic, we in Tanzania, and I believe in many other developing countries, were stuck in the twilight of protecting lives and livelihoods. Measures advocated by the WHO were geared towards protecting lives, however, an economy like Tanzania, consists of a bigger proportion people living on subsistence economy whom we need to keep afloat,”"

"“the burden of expectation to deliver gender equality is heavier on my shoulders.”"

"“We will continue the good work achieved during the previous administrations, change where necessary but with a view to promoting efficiency and productivity, guided by the national, regional and party manifestos,”"

"“The money will be used to promote policy changes and industry growth in the blue economy, finance for growth, gender equity, green energy, and smart cities, as well as the renovation of rural roads in the southern highlands region.”"

""A woman is like a tea bag; you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water,”"

""Education and leadership roles should not make us forget our fundamental responsibility of raising and nurturing our children. Neglecting this duty can lead to various societal challenges.”"

"An integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens, representing a dynamic force in the international arena."

"Today the private sector of Venezuela is becoming less dependent on oil income. It's becoming a sector that invests, produces and finds in Venezuela a space where it can develop its potential."

"We are friends with almost every country on the planet. We are not enemies with anybody. We respect the views of those we do not agree with, even as we continue to defend ours as a responsibility passed down from our forefathers."

"We must at this precise moment safeguard our democratic achievements."

"We're here everybody with masks on our faces - and when I see people with masks on faces it reminds me in our village, when we go and do the herding with the goats, we protect them [with a muzzle] from eating the crops on the way… so we cover them the same way we are doing today… we have to do it."

"I make a call, to all daughters and sons of our nation, to support the war effort, each according to their abilities."

""God has blessed these two countries to be neighbours. We have land and sea borders. And even our ecology is one. Even our animals are family and neighbours."

"“The level of vaccine inequity that we see is appalling. It is truly disheartening to see that most of the countries have inoculated less than 2 per cent of the populace and thus need to seek more vaccines for our people,”"

"There are these animals wildebeests, that come to get pregnant in Kenya and deliver in Tanzania… Now, if the animals had citizenship, what nationality would they be?"

"The FSM (Federated States of Micronesia) has a key role to play in either the prevention of such a conflict (war between Mainland China and Taiwan), or participation in allowing it to occur. It is on this basis that Political Warfare and Grey Zone activity occur within our borders; (mainland) China is seeking to ensure that, in the event of a war in our Blue Pacific Continent between themselves and Taiwan, that the FSM is, at best, aligned with the PRC instead of the United States and, at worst, that the FSM chooses to 'abstain' altogether."

""Over the past 30 years, Tanzania has made significant progress … governmental commitment to empowering women … maternal health outcomes improving … ”"

"This is a time to bury our differences, and be one as a nation,"

"I have made it very clear that on the issue of the border controversy (with Venezuela), Guyana's position is non-negotiable."

"The lessons of this peacekeeping operation, recognized as one of the rare successes of our world Organization in maintaining peace over the past several decades must inspire the United Nations further in initiatives in favour of peace"

"We must win the fight against abject poverty and suffering to spare humanity the dramatic consequences"

"Tanzania we have in place the National Climatic Response strategy and the national determine contribution and introducing green house gases emissions economy wide between 30-35 by 2030"

"He (Imam Shaheed Mohamed) was instrumental in building the (Queenstown) mosque. He took from his pocket and asked the Muslim community to donate so that the mosque could have been completed. The Muslim community, matter in fact, the community at large is poorer without him."

"There are wide areas of cooperation opportunities that both friendly countries can benefit from to enhance their logistical facilities, air transport, tourism sector, increase the volume of import and export exchange, taking advantage of Costa Rica's location near the Panama Canal and Sharjah's, which enjoys a unique geographic location in the Middle East."

"It is important for everyone to know that we (Laurent Gbagbo and I) have decided to restore trust and ensure that Ivorians reconcile and trust each other as well. The past events have been painful. Too many died and we must try to put that behind us."

"I want to create new educational and work opportunities for young professionals in our country. I want them to gain experience and to become educated and trained to be owners and managers of all sectors of our society. While, at this time, we must rely on foreign know-how in the oil and gas sectors, the ground must be readied now for young Guyanese to assume those positions, regardless of their race, color or creed."

"We are on the right side of international law, on the right side of ethics and on the right side of history."

"Our first line of defense is diplomacy. But we are also preparing for the worst case scenario ... We are preparing with our allies, with our friends, to ensure that we are in a position to defend what is ours."

"Our little children who are differently abled, they too must enjoy a good life, they too must enjoy a prosperous life, they too must be able to experience the joys of life in a comfortable environment, in an environment in which they are safe, protected, their parents can find comfort in having their children there. We are showing that in the world, we have a common commitment to ensure equity in access so notwithstanding the schools that were already budgeted for this year, we now can expand the program with this gift of love from the UAE (United Arab Emirates)."

"To be clear: I have had direct threats against my personal safety from PRC officials acting in an official capacity."

"We can play an essential role in preventing a war in our region; we can save the lives of our own Micronesian citizens; we can strengthen our sovereignty and independence. And we can do it while having our country at large benefit financially."

"This is a historic day for all of us. Anyone who thinks the people of Eritrea and Ethiopia are separated is considered as naïve from now on."

"Russia was the hope of the people of the world during the period of the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, leaders in the Soviet Union made mistakes that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union, which was a historic tragedy, as you said at one point. That was a historic tragedy: in the course of the history of humanity that was a catastrophe."

"In 1991, Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea and Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia teamed together to liberate their respective countries from the brutal Ethiopian dictatorship of Mengistu Haile Mariam. Seven years later, Isaias and Meles subjected their own people to a bloody and useless border war that claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people and served no purpose other than to distract the two citizenries from the terrible job the two dictators were doing in running Eritrea and Ethiopia."

"I have already made it clear that the ICJ (International Court of Justice) will determine the controversy surrounding the borders of Guyana and Venezuela. We are firm on this matter and it will not be open for discussion."

"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."

"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."

"in 2022, Gabriel Boric appointed Maya Alejandra Fernandez Allende head of the military that deposed her grandfather and drove her family into exile. It is one of history's most perfect about-faces. But to tell it this way is to tell it as the story of high-profile individuals, whereas it should be told as the story of movements, of public participation, of grassroots organizing, of people showing up, often in the face of threats of bodily harm or even death, to stand on principle. They stood up as did las Madres de Plaza de Mayo in Argentina when it seemed impossible to topple the regime; they stood up when the risks were huge; they stood up to sing the Ode to Joy where political prisoners could hear their voices; they stood up to orchestrate voting in the 1988 plebescite that established an open election in 1990; they stood up to get out the vote that year; they kept standing up, showing up, speaking up. These countless, anonymous heroes were the midwives who birthed a new Chile."

"On Monday the Chilean Elections Qualifying Tribunal, Tricel, officially proclaimed Gabriel Boric as president-elect of Chile, following his victory in the runoff last 19 December. The ceremony was held at the Tricel offices in Santiago but under the most strict security and sanitary measures given the surge in Covid 19 cases. One representative per media was allowed in and the rest had to follow the ceremony via streaming. President elect Boric will be taking the oath of office next March 11, at the Chilean congress in Valparaíso. Before returning to Santiago, Boric spent Christmas and New Year with his family at his hometown of Punta Arenas, where despite his refusal, the City Municipal Council decided to name him “Favorite Son” of the extreme south Magallanes Region capital."

"I as President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic in such a destructive situation made every possible effort to return the dialogue to normal and prevent an escalation of tension (with Moldova)."

"Two recent presidential elections in Latin America resulted in important milestones: Xiomara Castro is poised to become the first female president of Honduras, while Gabriel Boric, 35, will be Chile’s youngest president. Beyond those historic occasions, there’s another remarkable dimension to the two victories: They represent a huge win for the Latin American left — both in the richest and in one of the poorest countries in the region... [Boric] The president-elect has vowed to fight Chile’s growing and notorious income inequality. He wants to reform Chile’s free-market economic model and favors expanding social protections for the poor, raising taxes on the wealthy, canceling student debt, and overhauling the nation’s private pension system to replace it with one run by the state."

"Socialist Gabriel Boric's victory in Chile's high-stakes presidential election Sunday was hailed by progressives worldwide as an inspiring example of how a democratic groundswell can overcome deeply entrenched forces of reaction and chart a path toward a more just, equal, and sustainable future. Riding a massive wave of anger at Chile's neoliberal political establishment and the economic inequities it has perpetuated... Boric, who ran on the promise to undo the lingering vestiges of Pinochet's regime, will become the youngest president in Chile's history when he takes office in March.... Boric, who has vowed to cancel student debt, impose higher taxes on the wealthy, oppose environmentally destructive mining initiatives, and scrap Chile's private pension system—another leftover from the Pinochet regime."