Pakistan, Ukraine-Gaza war, UN & more, EAM Jaishankar delivers India's message at UNGA
Summary
TLDRHis Excellency Sabhan Yam J Shanar, Minister of External Affairs of India, addresses the UN General Assembly, highlighting global challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic, war in Ukraine, and climate change. He emphasizes India's efforts in social welfare, digital innovation, and global cooperation. Shanar calls for UN reform to ensure peace, sustainable development, and human dignity, urging collective action to prevent further global deterioration.
Takeaways
- 🌐 The world is facing multiple crises including the COVID-19 pandemic, war in Ukraine, and conflicts in Gaza, which have disrupted development plans and receding SDG targets.
- 🤝 The theme of the 79th UN General Assembly, 'leaving no one behind,' emphasizes the need for peace, sustainable development, and human dignity.
- 🔄 The current state of the world is characterized by fractiousness, polarization, and frustration, with difficult conversations and agreements.
- 🏛️ The UN's founding principles aimed to ensure world peace for global prosperity, but now both peace and prosperity are endangered due to eroded trust and broken processes.
- 🌱 India has been focusing on issues affecting the vulnerable, including women, farmers, and youth, with targeted policies for betterment and access to essential services.
- 💼 India is expanding employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, with significant financial support for small businesses and street vendors.
- 🌟 India is creating replicable templates for digital delivery, governance, public services, and accessible healthcare as examples for the world.
- 🌍 India encourages the Global South to voice shared concerns and has convened Global South Summits to foster collaboration.
- 🌱 India contributes to global well-being by undertaking projects in multiple nations, providing resources, and ensuring maritime safety and security.
- 🌐 India's transformative potential in digital technology, space exploration, 5G, fintech, and housing showcases its capabilities and global relevance.
- 🏛️ The UN must remain the central platform for finding common ground on global issues and must adapt to be effective and representative in the contemporary era.
Q & A
Who is Sabhan Yam J Shanar?
-Sabhan Yam J Shanar is the Minister of External Affairs of India, as mentioned in the script.
What is the theme of the 79th UN General Assembly?
-The theme of the 79th UN General Assembly is 'leaving no one behind'.
What are some of the global challenges mentioned in the script?
-Some global challenges mentioned include the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, the conflict in Gaza, unfair trade practices, unviable projects leading to high debt levels, threats to sovereignty and territorial integrity, technological advancements causing anxiety, climate events, food and health security concerns.
What does the script suggest is the reason for the current state of the world?
-The script suggests that the current state of the world is due to a combination of structural shortcomings, political calculations, naked self-interest, and disregard for those left behind.
What is India's approach to addressing the issues of the vulnerable, as per the script?
-India's approach includes focusing on issues of the vulnerable such as women, farmers, and youth, creating targeted policies and initiatives for their betterment, ensuring access to basic amenities, closing the gender gap in various sectors, and providing financial support to farmers.
How does India plan to expand opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship?
-India plans to expand opportunities by offering stronger training, large-scale financial incentives, and providing loans to small businesses and street vendors.
What are some examples of India's replicable templates mentioned in the script?
-Examples include digital delivery, enhancing the quality of governance and public services, making medicines and health facilities accessible and affordable, and creating a digital public infrastructure.
What is India's stance on the current globalization model?
-India believes that the current globalization model is unfair, with over concentration of production hollowing out many economies. India suggests democratizing global production, building resilient supply chains, ensuring trusted digital services, and promoting an open-source culture.
What does the script say about the role of the UN in resolving conflicts?
-The script emphasizes that the UN should play a crucial role in resolving conflicts like the war in Ukraine and the conflict in Gaza, and that the international community seeks urgent solutions.
What is India's position on Pakistan's cross-border terrorism policy, according to the script?
-India's position is that Pakistan's cross-border terrorism policy will never succeed, and it should not expect impunity. India believes that actions will have consequences and that the issue to be resolved is the illegal occupation of Indian territory by Pakistan and its long-standing attachment to terrorism.
What does the script suggest about the need for UN reform?
-The script suggests that the UN needs to be reformed to be more effective, efficient, and representative, and that it should not remain anachronistic. It emphasizes the importance of the UN as a central platform for finding common ground and addressing global issues.
Outlines
🌐 Global Challenges and the Need for UN Reform
The speaker addresses the UN General Assembly, acknowledging the difficult times the world is facing, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and conflicts in Gaza. The speaker emphasizes the theme of the 79th UN General Assembly, 'leaving no one behind,' and the importance of addressing peace, sustainable development, and human dignity. The paragraph highlights the erosion of trust and the breakdown of processes within the international system, calling for urgent reform of multilateralism. The speaker also points out the negative impacts of unfair trade practices, unviable projects, and technology advancements that cause anxiety. The speech concludes by reflecting on the founding principles of the UN and the need to rekindle optimism and demonstrate that big changes are possible.
🇮🇳 India's Response to Global Concerns
The speaker outlines India's multifaceted approach to global challenges. India focuses on supporting vulnerable groups such as women, farmers, and youth through targeted policies and initiatives. The country has made significant strides in providing access to basic amenities, reducing the gender gap in various sectors, and supporting small businesses through financial incentives. India also emphasizes the importance of creating replicable models for digital delivery and enhancing governance and public services. The speaker highlights India's role in encouraging the Global South to voice shared concerns and its contributions to global well-being, including undertaking projects in 78 nations and responding to humanitarian situations. The paragraph concludes by emphasizing the transformative potential of digital technology and India's commitment to working together to create a larger lifting tide in troubled times.
🌱 India's Vision for a Digital and Equitable Future
The speaker discusses India's experience with digital transformation and its potential to improve daily lives. India has efficiently delivered public benefits and support to small businesses and farmers through digital means. The country's fintech sector has empowered street vendors and the workforce, ensuring more people are included in the digital economy. India's achievements in space exploration, 5G technology, and housing global capabilities centers showcase its potential as a developed nation. The speaker calls for a fair globalization model that democratizes global production, builds resilient supply chains, and promotes an open-source culture to ensure widespread prosperity. The paragraph also addresses the need to resolve conflicts and the importance of respecting international law and commitments.
🏛️ Addressing Global Injustices and the Role of the UN
The speaker addresses the issue of countries being left behind due to circumstances beyond their control and those that make choices with disastrous consequences, specifically calling out Pakistan for its cross-border terrorism policy. The paragraph emphasizes the importance of exposing dysfunctional nations and holding them accountable for their actions. The speaker calls for a more representative and efficient UN that can address contemporary global issues and strengthen the world order. The paragraph concludes with a call to action for the UN General Assembly to send a clear message of determination to change the world for the better by coming together, sharing experiences, and strengthening resolve.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Covid pandemic
💡Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
💡Global South
💡Digital transformation
💡Global Commons
💡Climate change
💡Multilateralism
💡Human dignity
💡Globalization
💡Democratizing Global Production
💡Peace and development
Highlights
Greetings from 1.4 billion people of India and congratulations to the president of the General Assembly.
Support for the 79th UN General Assembly's theme of 'leaving no one behind'.
The world is facing challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic, war in Ukraine, and conflicts in Gaza.
Development plans are off track and SDG targets are receding.
Unfair trade practices, unviable projects, and threats to sovereignty and territorial integrity are highlighted.
Technology advancements are a source of anxiety as well as hope.
The world stands fractious, polarized, and frustrated.
The need for reforming multilateralism is emphasized.
Leaving no one behind means advancing peace, ensuring sustainable development, and strengthening human dignity.
The UN must not be paralyzed by division, conflict, terrorism, and violence.
India's focus on issues of the vulnerable, women, farmers, and youth through targeted policies.
Expansion of opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship in India.
Creating replicable templates for digital delivery and enhancing governance.
Encouraging the global South to voice shared concerns and convening Global South Summits.
India's contributions to the well-being of the Global Commons and responding to pressing needs.
The transformative potential of digital technology in India's daily lives.
India's quest for a developed nation and its global capabilities centers.
The unfairness of the current globalization model and the need for democratizing global production.
The importance of resolving conflicts and the world's inability to be fatalistic about violence.
The need for the UN to maintain respect for international law and commitments.
Condemnation of terrorism and the opposition to global terrorists.
Criticism of Pakistan's cross-border terrorism policy and its impact on the region.
The call for a more representative and efficient UN to address contemporary issues.
The message of determination to change the world for the better through unity and shared resolve.
Transcripts
I now give the floor to his Excellency
sabahan yam J shanar minister of EX
external Affairs of
[Applause]
India Madame President
excellencies distinguished members of
the general assembly
greetings and namaskar from 1.4 billion
people of
bhat I congratulate the president of the
general assembly his Excellency Mr fimon
Y and strongly support the 79th UN
General assembly's theme of leaving no
one
behind Madame
President we are gathered here at a
difficult
time the world is yet to recover from
the ravages of the covid
pandemic a war in Ukraine is well into
its third
year the conflict in Gaza is acquiring
wider
ramifications across the global South
development plans have gone off
rails and sdg targets are are
receding but there is
more unfair Trade Practices threaten
jobs just as unviable projects raise
debt
levels any
connectivity that flouts sovereignty and
territorial Integrity acquires strategic
connotations especially when it is not a
shared
Endeavor technology advancements which
have long been a source of Hope
are now equally a factor of
anxiety climate events occur with
greater intensity and
frequency food security is as worrisome
as health
Security in truth the world stands
fractious polarized and
frustrated conversations have become
difficult agreements even more so
this is surely not what the founders of
the United Nations would have wanted of
us Madame President almost exactly eight
decades ago the first steps towards the
formation of the UN were taken near here
at damat
Oaks refined thereafter at the yta
conference they were finally approved in
San
Francisco the debates of that era
centered around how to ensure World
Peace a prerequisite for Global
Prosperity today we find both peace and
prosperity equally
endangered and that Madame President is
because trust has eroded and processes
have broken down countries have
extracted more from the International
System than they have put into it
enfeebling it in the
process we see that vividly in every
Challenge and every
crisis reforming
multilateralism is therefore an
imperative the urgency of this call is
highlighted by the theme of this
session leaving no one behind means
advancing peace ensuring sustainable
development and strengthening human
dignity this cannot be delivered by a un
paralyzed when faced with division
conflict terrorism and
violence nor can it be Advanced if
access to food Fuel and fertilizer is
jeopardized when capturing markets lacks
restraint it damages the livelihood and
social fabric of others evasion of
climate action responsibilities by the
developed undermine the growth Prospect
of the
developing
indeed when resource crunch Limits The
Very pursuit of sdg targets it is not
just economies but human dignity itself
that is
emper if the world is in such a state
this body must ask itself how has this
come to
pass the problem problem s arise from a
combination of structural
shortcomings political
calculations naked self-interest and yes
disregard for those left
behind it is
natural to feel overwhelmed by what we
confront
now after all there are so many
dimensions different moving Parts issues
of the day and the changing
landscape but every change must begin
somewhere and there is no better place
than where it all
started we the members of the United
Nations must now seriously and
purposefully address ourselves to that
task not because it is a competition of
fore influence or a squabble for
positions but because if we carry on
like this the state of the world is only
going to get worse and that could mean
that more of us are going to be left
behind Madame President as the world
contemplates these
concerns India has sought to respond in
a variety of
ways first by focusing on the issues of
the vulnerable women farmers and youth
and fashioning targeted policies and
initiatives for the
betterment assured access to piped water
to electricity to cooking gas and new
homes are changing millions of
lives the gender gap has started to
close be it in health in education or in
the
workplace our food producers twice a
year get financial support at at the
click of a
button and a third term government has
made Skilling of the youth its key
priority second by expanding
opportunities for employment and for
entrepreneurship including through
stronger training and large scale
Financial
incentives
495 mudra loans 495 million mudra loans
have been given to small business
businesses in the last decade 67% of
them are to
women equally
telling 6.56 million Street vendors have
availed of 8.85 million Swan loans this
is just in the last four years 45% of
the beneficiaries are again
B third by creating templates that are
replicable elsewhere it could be digital
delivery or enhancing the quality of
governance and public
services as indeed making medicines and
health
facilities accessible and
affordable a digital public
infrastructure and a People's Pharmacy
are today examples of what India can
readily offer to the world it is also an
alternative Vision where technology is
used to empower
not to
dominate
fourth by encouraging the global South
to voice it shared concerns and come
together to that end we have convened
three Global South Summits the most
recent in August of
2024 and fifth by contributing to the
well-being of the Global Commons and
responding to the pressing needs of
those in distress
this has ranged from undertaking
projects in 78 Nations providing
resources to neighbors and responding to
HR situations to supplying medicines and
ensuring Maritime Safety and
Security Madame President given the
scale of transformation underway in
India each of these Dimensions underline
that the world's problems can can indeed
be
tackled and that by working together we
can surely create a larger lifting
tide in these troubl times it is
necessary Madame President to provide
hope and rekindle
optimism we have to demonstrate that big
changes are possible and not over a long
period and nothing is more powerful in
this regard than the transformative
potential of the
digital we have seen its impact in our
daily lives in India over the last
decade it is visible when public
benefits from nutritional support and
housing to energy and health are
delivered efficiently and on a vast
scale or when small business loans and
Farmers support are extended without
using intermediate
duties in fact when Street vendors and
exper Workforce confidently use fintech
in their regular
transactions when Services delivery and
benefits move seamlessly and
transparently less people will be left
behind that Madame President is India's
experience and India's
relevance such leap frog
possibilities coupled with people
Centric policies and Visionary
leadership can be real game
changers when India lands on the
moon rolls out its own 5G stack
dispatches vaccines
worldwide Embraces fintech or houses so
many Global capabilities
centers there is a message
here our Quest for a vixit bat or a
developed India will understandably be
followed
closely Madame President an important
cause of many getting left behind has
been the unfairness of the current
globalization
model over concentration of production
has hollowed out many economies
impacting their employment and social
stability
democratizing Global Production building
resilient Supply chains ensuring trusted
Digital Services and espousing an
open-source culture all these promote
widespread
Prosperity there are economic answers
just as there are social ones Madame
President the UN has always maintained
that peace and development go hand in
hand yet when challenges to one have
emerged due regard has not been given to
the
other clearly their economic
implications for the weak and vulnerable
need to be
highlighted but we must also recognize
that conflicts themselves must be
resolved the world cannot be fatalistic
about the continuation of violence on a
large scale no more then be impervious
to its broader
consequences whether it is the war in
Ukraine or the conflict in Gaza the
International Community seeks urgent
Solutions these sentiments must be
acknowledged and acted
upon Madame
President the UN is a testimony to the
agreed principles and shared objectives
of the world order
respect for international law and
commitments are among the foremost in
that
regard if we are to ensure Global
Security and
stability then it is essential that
those who seek to lead set the right
example nor can we countenance egregious
violations of our basic
tenants terrorism is
antithetical of of everything that the
world stands for all its forms of and
manifestations must be resolutely
opposed the sanctioning of global
terrorists by the United Nations should
also not be impeded for political
reasons Madame
President many countries get left behind
due to circumstances beyond their
control but some make ious choices with
disastrous
consequences a premier example is our
neighbor
Pakistan unfortunately their misdeeds
affect others as well especially the
neighborhood when this poity instills
such fanaticism among its people it's
GDP can only be measured in terms of
radicalization and its exports
in the form of
terrorism today we see the ills it
sought to visit on others consume its
own
Society it can't blame the world this is
only
Karma Madame President a dysfunctional
Nation coveting the lands of others must
be exposed and must be
counted we heard some bizarre
assertions from it at this very Forum
yesterday so let me make India's
position perfectly
clear Pakistan's crossborder terrorism
policy will never succeed and it can
have no expectation of
impunity on the contrary actions will
certainly have
consequences the issue to be resolved
between us is now only the evocation of
illegally occupied Indian Territory by
Pakistan and of course the abandonment
of Pakistan's long-standing attachment
to
terrorism Madame President the global
order is inherently pluralistic and
diverse the UN began with 51 members we
are now
193 the world has changed profoundly and
so have its concerns and its
opportunities but to address both and
indeed to strengthen the order itself it
is essential that the UN be the central
platform for finding common
ground and that it certainly cannot be
by remaining
anachronistic large parts of the world
cannot be left behind when it comes to
deciding the key issues of our times an
effective and efficient you
a more representative un and a un fit
for purpose in the Contemporary era is
essential let us therefore send out a
clear message from this un G session we
are determined not to be left behind by
coming together sharing experiences
pulling resources and strengthening our
resolve we can change the world for the
better I thank you mam PR
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