As we meet today, we confront yet another year of complex crises and conflicts, as a deeply divided world watches. Our prospects for a more peaceful, just and equitable world are blurred today. Our times are challenging.
Albania humbly joins this discussion after the conclusion of its mission, for …
Today, the eyes of the world must be focused on this gathering, but can we honestly say that the people of the world still believe in the promise of a better future as they look upon us here? I have serious doubts, and that is something we must all confront under this roof — the very roof of the Uni…
It is a particular honour for me to address this session of the General Assembly because I stand here as the representative of a country, Albania, that is currently serving on the Security Council for the first time in its history. That responsibility lends special importance to our role in this org…
It is a special honour to deliver this speech as the representative of a country that for the first time in its history is joining the Security Council, as a non-permanent member for the 2022-2023 term. The significance of that event for a State that until not so long ago was considered one of the m…
Over the more than seven decades since this rostrum was raised to bear the weight of the entire world’s concerns, and the more than half-
century since the gloomy past of the Cold War began, we have heard in this Hall bright promises of democratic reconstruction — such as in the aftermath of the fa…
How many times has it happened that humankind has been confronted with as
many complex challenges in such a relatively short time as is the case nowadays? Has there ever been another period in what we call modern times when we have had to deal with so many pressing issues at once? When was the last…
One year ago, Pope Francis began his visits around Europe in Albania. Last week, we saw here in America the hope and joy he could bring to the richest and most powerful country in the world. Imagine the joy he brought to us, not least by the praise he bestowed on Albania in saying that we were proof…
Despite all the progress and growth achieved, the world is still home to unbearable poverty, to people who continue to lack basic needs and vital services, which is unacceptable, and to various insecurities and multiple challenges. This new, bold, ambitious and transformative global 2030 Agenda for …
I am the newly elected Prime Minister of Albania. This is my first month in office. It is truly humbling to stand at this rostrum in the steps and the shadows of some of the great figures of history who have stood here and shaped our world, in this forum, which, for all the criticisms of the United …
