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" We need to address significant funding gaps when it comes to implementing the SDGs. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Address
Funding
Significant
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" My own country, Slovakia, has been there for South Sudan and its people. We made South Sudan a priority country of our official development assistance and humanitarian aid. "
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Development
My Own
People
" Everyone who has ever asked for asylum in Slovakia was granted asylum if that person met the conditions. There was never any discrimination based on religion. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Religion
Person
Discrimination
" The U.N. has brought peace and order to many places around the world. However, terrorism, violent extremism, violations of human rights, natural disasters caused by climate change - they all threaten the lives of people today. Add migration, insufficient health care, lack of education, and the picture gets even bleaker. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Health
Education
Peace
" It's the right and also the responsibility of member states to express their views. And my role as the present of the General Assembly is not to comment on this. I'm here to protect and respect the rules. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Rules
Responsibility
Respect
" The U.N. must have adequate resources and the right capabilities to fully engage in global peacekeeping. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Must
Engage
Right
" If we want the next generation to be born into a better world, we only have one option. And that is strong multilateralism, with the U.N. System at its core. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Better
Born
Generation
" The Commission is extremely important. The E.U. without the Commission would not be the European Union. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Commission
Union
Without
" It is far easier and more effective - and not just in terms of cost - to prevent conventional conflicts than to intervene after an eruption of violence. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Violence
Than
More
" If there is one thing we need to avoid, it is competition between E.U. institutions. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Competition
Need
Avoid
" I want to use but not misuse my position as President of the General Assembly. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Want
General
President
" South Sudan has faced numerous challenges, which include professionalising the security sector, establishing ministries and parliamentary structures with the appropriate capacity for policy making and oversight, as well as improving community safety and access to justice. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Community
Challenges
Safety
" The longer it takes to respond to a major development or crisis, the higher the chance of violence being seen as the only answer. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Violence
Chance
Development
" Indeed, it is a common goal to create a stronger United Nations able to meet the multitude of expectations placed upon it. To that end, I will facilitate a constructive, informed, and open interaction among Member States and with the Secretary-General. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Meet
Goal
Create
" 'Peace' means rules respected by everyone - big or small, rich or poor - means cooperation. It means respect for human rights and dignity. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Rules
Respect
Rich
" I'm a career diplomat. I spent 30 years as a diplomat, out of which seven years as foreign minister. I've always believed in the United Nations as a centre of multilateralism and multilateral diplomacy. "
Miroslav Lajcak
United Nations
Years
Always
" The negotiations on the future of the U.K. and the E.U. must be led... in the interest of our citizens. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Our
Interest
Future
" Membership of the E.U. is not about cherry picking. It brings a lot of advantages and, of course, it requires a lot of responsibilities. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Lot
Membership
Course
" Engagement is always better then disengagement. If we don't talk, somebody else will. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Talk
Engagement
Always
" We will continue our work on the Global Compact for safe, orderly, and regular migration. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Safe
Will
Work
" The United Nations is here to provide global guidance and also to help with global frameworks and to set the policies right. But then, it's the member states who have to implement those policies. "
Miroslav Lajcak
United Nations
Right
Help
" The U.N. was created for people. "
Miroslav Lajcak
People
Created
" We need to address issues our people think about and talk about. Because there is a feeling that Europe elites are addressing different issues. Not the ones that people care about. "
Miroslav Lajcak
People
Care
Need
" Real political will for change is achieved when the risks associated with the necessary political and structural changes are articulated at the planning stages, the key stakeholders acknowledge and accept those changes, and all stakeholders participate in the relevant processes. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Political
Planning
Key
" Better governance helps realize the full potential of the many young Africans who are currently giving their families' savings to criminal networks and risking their lives in the vast expanses of the Sahara or Mediterranean instead of starting their own businesses and using their lives to benefit their families and communities. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Young
Better
Giving
" I'm certainly not a hard liner, that's clear. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Hard
Clear
Certainly
" The United Nations should serve as a forum to address our common challenges. And it must also be a space to generate solutions for mutual benefit. This is the very essence of what the United Nations is about. We must position the multilateral system to better serve our people and deliver on their aspirations. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Serve
People
Better
" The E.U. should pay more attention to the plight of African nations hosting large numbers of refugees themselves - at times for decades. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Hosting
Pay
More
" We cannot prevent hurricanes or earthquakes, floods or volcanic eruptions. But we can ensure that both people and communities are better prepared and more resilient. "
Miroslav Lajcak
More
Better
Cannot
" As our world gets more interconnected, no one country or region can meet development challenges on its own. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Country
World
Own
" We must recognize that Small Island Developing States are particularly vulnerable to climate change, natural disasters, and external shocks. "
Miroslav Lajcak
Natural Disasters
Change
Small