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Patrice Emery Trovoada

lines on the record: 39
first: 2012-09-24
most recent: 2023-09-24
sittings or episodes: 3
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“We firmly believe that our Organization is the converging centre of our causes and is the only entity whose role is to structure and systematize our common challenges and lead the harmonization of our world, while respecting cultural differences, models and systems of government and economic choices. Before concluding. I would like to say how especially grateful my country is to our Secretary- General. Mr. Antonio Guterres, for his tireless efforts to strengthen the role of the United Nations in promoting peace, democracy and the protection of human life worldwide, as well as in the fight against poverty and climate change in all their forms. His determination challenges and compels us.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“We are convinced that peaceful, equitable and sustainable societies, with educated and trained young people in good health, are in the common interest, and that we must therefore use common sense to prevent major and unpredictable disruptions. We still have the technical, financial and human resources to reform the international political system. The rich countries have a responsibility, but ours cannot be excluded either. I reaffirm the firm commitment of the Democratic Republic of Republic of Sao Tome and Principe to actively collaborating with its regional and international partners in all initiatives aimed at eradicating all acts that are inhumane, harmful to human beings and the environment and detrimental to humanist values and freedom.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“However, there is still hope of finding new impetus if we resolutely commit to reforming our institutions, starting with the United Nations and the Bretton Woods institutions, towards a renewed and more supportive multilateralism. As leaders, it is our duty to cultivate an art capable of articulating the expected solutions that can enlighten so many human beings whose experience is nothing more than a journey of suffering and uncertainty. True leadership means finding the necessary compromises. It means having the ability to make peace and promote progress. As the saying goes, nature abhors a vacuum, and our rhetoric, our appeals at summit after summit, ring hollow.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“Unfortunately, refugees and the dead are not equal in rights and dignity in a world that claims to be civilized. It seems that today only global pandemics are capable of uniting and mobilizing us. We are slow to act in order to impose peace in response to the latent conflict in the Great Lakes region, while the list of dead, displaced people and destruction of all kinds continues to grow, and international peace missions show their limits owing to the lack of clear and effective commitments to those who are the primary victims. It may be too late, but indifference and hypocrisy are unacceptable. Our problems as poor countries tend to also become the problems of rich countries — demographic disparity, economic disparity, climate deregulation and the loss of institutional trust, among other things.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“The very digital technological society, which could have been the catalyst for the development of our countries and global citizenship, is becoming a new source of inequality, wealth concentration and domination. Inequality, a lack of respect and a lack of inclusion can lead only to ever- greater fractures and setbacks. Coups d’etat and attempts to subvert the constitutional order are becoming increasingly frequent, while long-standing conflicts, such as those in Palestine and Cuba, persist. Those in Yemen. Syria, the Sudan and Libya are following the same path. Armed conflicts in violation of international law. regardless of their nature, also receive differential treatment. Our condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was clear and without hesitation because we respect international law and the Charter of the United Nations.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“We have striven, with some success, to adopt the codes, recommendations and good attitudes aimed at achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, but the structural problems, asymmetries of all kinds and a lack of trust in democratic institutions on the part of our populations are increasing. We should not hesitate to point the finger at those responsible for climate disruption within the Group of 20. or at the bodies of global economic governance that continue to ignore our social and environmental objectives, in particular by denying us access to financial resources in reasonable quantities and conditions. Even more worrisome is the fact that we are witnessing an increasing polarization and fragmentation of the world and global governance, with its growing proportion of populism and nationalism.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“My country, a small island State that has enjoyed effective democracy for more than 30 years, and which is still developing, is one of the main victims of climate change, ecosystem degradation and economic dependence. My country is experiencing a situation of genuine economic and financial urgency in the short term, well known to our main partners, while, at the same time, going through a complex process of transition to the middle stage of development and pursuing a policy adapted to its reality, respecting multicultural diversity and human rights.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“However, we could also mention the Istanbul Convention, which, despite being binding for the signatory States, did little to translate the Council of Europe’s will into results. That issue, like others, is a global objective that requires the commitment of the international community. Governments, organizations and civil society to create a fairer and more equitable world for all. Given the persistent and increasing challenges that remain, particularly in terms of poverty, hunger, inequalities and environmental issues, beyond our addresses, we. the leaders of the various nations represented here, must question ourselves and recognize our failures to protect our planet and ensure shared prosperity by 2030.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“for his commitment in conducting the work of the previous session, particularly given the complexity brought about by new conflicts and the global food crisis. The theme chosen for this year’s World Population Day. “Unleashing the power of gender equality”, which we applaud, is highly relevant at a time when humankind is going through the greatest of threats, reversing progress in human development and widening inequalities in our respective States. The Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa, known as the Maputo Protocol, is celebrating its twentieth anniversary, and we must acknowledge that there is a huge deficit in terms of empowerment and equal opportunities, particularly with regard to women’s participation in political decision-making bodies.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“In an international context marked by growing divisions, increased tensions and a decline in trust, it is with a great sense of responsibility that, as Prime Minister and Head of Government. I take the floor in this great Assembly, representing the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe. I would like to respectfully pay tribute to the victims of the recent earthquake in Morocco and the floods in Libya. Let me take the opportunity of this general debate of the seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly to congratulate Ambassador Dennis Francis on his election and to express to him our full support throughout his term of office. We also thank the outgoing President. Mr. Csaba Korosi.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“Africa is still a continent of opportunity for all, with its mineral resources, arable lands, forest, rivers and, above all, its youth. This year we will be called upon to elect a new Secretary-General, and this election must take place in ideal objective conditions in order to galvanize all the support needed to carry out this difficult but noble and vital mission of delivering peace and development to humankind. Sao Tome and Principe reiterates its commitment to the international community and to working towards building a world that is better for everyone. May our hard work bear fruit.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“The necessary financial windfall, capable of electrifying our continent, irrigating its fields, combating its endemic diseases, eliminating its hunger and promoting professional training, does exist. We see it every day in the capital markets and in the economic and financial press. Let us therefore act now. Access to development loans is the only response, and it will also help to relaunch the global economy with the necessary conditions for risk mitigation, good governance and the fight against illicit financial flows. Africa, my continent, is lagging behind in practically all the human development indexes. This same Africa paid a heavy price for its contribution to the development of other nations for centuries. But let us not dwell on the past; let us instead exercise common sense and be expedient.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“My Government has been doing its part by engaging in action, undertaking reforms and achieving results. Nevertheless, we invite developed countries to ensure that their commitments to sustainable development funding are fulfilled through, inter alia, the diverse mechanisms announced following the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development and during the twenty- first session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris. We also call upon multilateral financial institutions to increase their concessional lending. A universal push to transform our world depends principally on the mobilization of financial resources.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“Although the challenges of democracy and political stability are assured by the solidity of our institutions, the vibrance of our civil society and the good sense of our political establishment, Government and opposition alike, this does not necessarily translate to economic gain, particularly when it comes to long- term financing, which we need for the building of infrastructure in order to attract the private investment that will generate employment for young people and wealth and tax revenue for the State. This leads us to conclude that, when 60 per cent of the population is under the age of 20, there can be no lasting democratic gains unless there is economic growth on a sustained basis — a situation that cannot be ignored owing to its highly destabilizing nature in the event of failed development policies.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“Despite being an island State, the second-smallest State in Africa and a State without mineral resources, we have nevertheless made remarkable progress in human development, with a school enrolment rate of over 97 per cent, an electricity coverage rate of over 60 per cent, an Internet penetration rate that is growing exponentially, one of the lowest rates of malaria in Africa and recognized advances in matters of governance and business climate. We are without a doubt on track to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“However, it is clear that this belief in inclusion and the quest for sustainable development, peace and security cannot become a reality unless we reform our Organization. We must make it more credible, more effective, more efficient and more representative, in particular by ending a situation in which Africa is the sole continent without a permanent seat on the Security Council. My country, Sao Tome and Principe, is a young democracy that has been functioning for almost 26 years. In August, it again held democratic elections, in which it elected its fourth President of the Republic.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“We also welcome the Colombian peace agreement and the rapprochement between Cuba and the United States of America. Humankind has always made genuine progress when peaceful coexistence and quest for solutions are prioritized, thanks to the opening of hearts and minds to differences, innovation, tolerance and respect for others. We strongly believe in our Organization as the ideal vehicle for bringing harmony to our world through respect for differences, cultures and government models and systems, as well as by constructing intelligent solutions based on cooperation and exchanges that generate wealth, prosperity and sustainable peace for everyone. The role accorded to sustainable development at the two most recent sessions of the General Assmebly demonstrates the undeniable spirit of inclusion that drives us.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“Because of these conflicts, we are compelled to deploy a prevention policy to ensure that other issues of conflict do not arise. We must ensure on a permanent basis that States respect the integrity of human beings and the right to freedom of expression and to regular, just and transparent elections, and that post- conflict commitments are fulfilled by stakeholders. We are pleased to witness the return of peace and the conclusion of the electoral process in the Central African Republic. We encourage support for the achievement of better conditions for the free and peaceful elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and we reaffirm our commitment to the dialogue and consultations between neighbouring States in order to stabilize South Sudan, Burundi and Somalia.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“We are pleased that the high-level plenary meeting on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants was held here at Headquarters a few days ago. But the United Nations, and particularly the Security Council, must do more to bring definitive settlements to the conflicts that are fuelling terrorism, the disappearance of States and the despair of populations. In this sense, we await the urgent adoption of the comprehensive convention on international terrorism. We believe it to be essential that our Organization establish more binding mechanisms to ensure effective solidarity with the victims of war and terrorism and bring about solutions for old and recent conflicts, particularly the Israel-Palestine conflict and those in Syria and Libya, as well as the emergence of terrorist groups in the Sahel.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“The annual convening of the General Assembly can in many respects be interpreted by the people that we represent as an act of powerlessness, arising from the fact that the world continues to live in tension, with more than its fair share of indescribable suffering on a daily basis, as a result of past conflicts, new conflicts and poorly managed conflicts. At a time when the treatment of refugees fleeing war or hunger or both collides with populism and extremism, the democracies of rich countries appear to provide false responses to real problems, rendering them even more complex, stigmatizing and isolating our fellow peoples as simplistic slogans and reductive schemes increase divisions between peoples, civilizations and cultures.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“Allow me, at this seventy-first session of the General Assembly, to congratulate, on behalf of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, President Peter Thomson on his election and to wish him every success. We hope that during his presidency our Organization will be able to address and resolve the major issues that affect our respective peoples and our planet as a whole, following on from the adoption in 2015 of the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. My delegation would also like to take this opportunity to pay homage to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his sustained efforts throughout his two terms of office to help our Organization grow and reinforce its role and action, focusing on peace, democracy and the protection of life in all its forms and elements.”
2016-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 71 (2016)
“In that regard, I would like to take this opportunity to extend the sincere thanks of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe to the entire international community, and in particular UNESCO and all of its member States, for designating the island of Principe a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, thus recognizing and providing further incentives for our efforts to defend and preserve the environment. I would like to conclude by repeating that the Government of Sao Tome and Principe, which I have the honour of representing, stands ready and willing to take part in efforts to mobilize the will and synergy needed to achieve the honourable goals that guided the creation of the United Nations.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“Regarding the Millennium Development Goals, for which the United Nations has set a deadline of 2015, the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe can report significant progress, particularly in the areas of education, with a literacy rate of 92 per cent of the population, and health, especially in the fight against malaria. However, we realize that meeting the deadline will require further effort. To achieve those goals, our country hopes to continue to receive support in many forms from the international community.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“We believe that the most vulnerable populations, in both the northern and southern hemispheres of our planet, are demanding changes in the practices and rules of the international financial system, and new world financial governance that is better able to hold accountable the financial stakeholders and speculators who undermine the efforts of Governments and their peoples to develop economies that bring progress. Internally, the Government of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe is making efforts to reduce poverty and increase transparency in public management and economic growth. Institutional reforms in the areas of public finance, justice and national defence, whose purpose is to strengthen the capacities of our democratic institutions and develop the country, have been progressing at a good pace.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“In that regard, Sao Tome and Principe believes that the continuing international and economic financial crisis and its effects on the economies of small countries, which have included reductions and slowdowns in official international aid, tend to threaten social cohesion as well as previous improvements in fiscal discipline, the business climate and political stability itself. The acceptability of controlling and reducing public deficits in developing countries such as ours is reaching its limits where our citizens are concerned, and good governance now demands measures that can effectively jump-start our economies through productive investments.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“As part of the Gulf of Guinea region, we repeat our firm pledge to do everything we can, jointly with our partners, to prevent that region, rich as it is in raw materials of strategic importance to industrialized economies, from becoming a stage for maritime piracy and other scourges that hinder economic trade, peace and security in the region. To that end, we reiterate that we are absolutely ready and willing to help implement initiatives to hold an international summit on maritime piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. The substantial transformations that have occurred in the international political arena as a result of the grave global financial crisis have forced the citizens of small States, and of Sao Tome and Principe in particular, to make major sacrifices.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“Threats to our global security, particularly transnational crimes such as piracy and the trafficking and sale of arms and drugs, are a matter of great concern for Sao Tome and Principe, a country with a long coastline located in the Gulf of Guinea. Such events are threats that we cannot ignore; they demand that we cooperate as closely as possible both with the States we share the coastline with and the other partners and organizations that have experience in dealing with such issues, and adopt mechanisms — which we resolve to strengthen — for preventing, managing and resolving conflicts caused by organized crime in order to improve our collective security. In that context, we applaud the important resolutions 2018 (2011) and 2039 (2012) adopted by the Security Council on maritime safety and security in the Gulf of Guinea.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“The High-level Meeting that preceded the general debate was an excellent opportunity for Member States to share information on how democratic reforms are being implemented and the rule of law strengthened both in individual countries and at the international level. It is very pleasing that this discussion is leading to significant progress in implementing the democratic and institutional reforms that can help to strengthen the rule of law, internally and internationally. In that regard, Sao Tome and Principe congratulates the Republic of Angola on its recent successful and transparent general elections, since they also constitute another step towards strengthening the democratic process in its sister country of Sao Tome and Principe.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“We are pleased to note a few positive signs in the dialogue between the Republic of China on Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China on the one hand, and, on the other, the willingness of the United States Congress and the European Parliament to admit Taiwan as a member of international organizations. Sao Tome and Principe supports initiatives such as these, which will make it possible for the people of Taiwan to make a significant contribution to international issues without ignoring the necessity for the two parties in the Straits of Formosa to work peacefully to agree to frame and normalize their relations.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“The massacres in Syria must cease, the integrity and security of the State of Israel must be effectively guaranteed, the Palestinian people must have their own State, the embargo against Cuba must end, countries, including Iran, must have the right to civil nuclear technology and must scrupulously observe the commitments that that entails, and polluters must be the principal payers. It must be our ambition, and not a mere hope, to ensure that we return here next year with an agenda that includes fewer of these troublesome issues, many of which are recurring.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“In that regard, we would like to take the opportunity that this platform affords us to express to the mourning families of diplomats, journalists, members of non-governmental organization and peacekeepers our sincere and deep condolences as well as our unfailing solidarity. Our ongoing obligation to work to build a better world and to invest in education and the promotion of human and democratic values is fundamental, beginning with Member States complying with all United Nations resolutions.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“Various situations of insecurity and reprehensible acts, as well as the acts recently committed in Benghazi of which American diplomats were the victims, raise the issue of how we may live in this new context of the circulation and dissemination of images and information at the global level, in a world that we want to be free, open and tolerant, but in which large segments of the world population still live in a state of extreme poverty, with no access to education and with the growing conviction that they face exclusion and discrimination. How do we deal with the offences committed by people, including even some persons with public political responsibilities such as State leaders, who fail to recognize the right of other peoples and States to exist?”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“Through that framework, the two countries will be able to live in peace and harmony. We also welcome the positive role of the African Union Mission in Somalia, which paves the way to returning the political, economic and social situation of that country and the region to normalcy. Moreover, in our opinion, the important recommendations of the Secretary-General’s report on the situation concerning the Western Sahara (S/2012/197) are a positive asset for a permanent resolution. The social movements that took place in North Africa in 2011, which had the merit of reinstating the right to freedom and democracy for the different peoples, were popular movements that in many cases were mobilized through social networking and modern instruments of technical communication.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“However, it seems that it is becoming increasingly essential for us to ask the States that share borders with those two African countries to establish more effective, intelligent and effective ways to cooperate, based on trust and on a matrix of mutually beneficial and realistic economic interests. It is common knowledge that the forces of destabilization, despair and terror are fuelled and furthered by differences and distrust between States, which in turn paralyses the international decision-making process. However, we must point out positive signs in the trends of a few conflicts on the African continent, such as the cases of the Republics of the Sudan, South Sudan and Somalia. Consequently, we cannot fail to applaud the recent agreement signed by the Republic of the Sudan and South Sudan.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“On our side, we will continue to make efforts, in cooperation with the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries and other engaged regional and international organizations, to guarantee a better future for the people of Guinea-Bissau. Regarding the occupation of the north of the Republic of Mali by groups of terrorists and the persistent conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sao Tome and Príncipe acknowledges and applauds the efforts the international community has made through the United Nations and the African Union to establish peace, security and stability.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“We must prevent the disintegration of territories and remedy the abnormal and degrading situations of peoples who have already suffered from the poverty and exclusion created by a lack of democratic leadership or of effective and democratic rule of law. In the specific case of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, with which Sao Tome and Principe maintains deeply rooted historic, cultural and linguistic links, the international community should bring both firmness and persistence to bear in finding a credible, inclusive and lasting solution that will ensure that coups d’état do not recur in that country. To do so necessarily requires a reform of the armed forces as well as a strong warning to the political class as a whole to make a steadfast commitment to respect political dialogue and democratic legality.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“That inaction translates into impunity for leaders who martyrize their own peoples, paving the way for more international disorder, despair and the sentiment of injustice that is experienced when peoples receive unequal treatment. We need no further evidence of the urgency for in-depth reforms of our Organization, primarily the Security Council, than our inability to put an end to the horrific images of children, symbols of purity and innocence, who are killed daily in Syria, to prevent the destruction of the world’s historic and cultural heritage, as by gangs of destructive criminals in Mali and in Afghanistan, and to forestall coups d’état or obvious attempts to destabilize States and democratically elected Governments that in fact solve nothing and irreparably delay the lengthy process of building democracy and fighting poverty.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser for his highly positive contribution during the sixty-sixth session. As it did during the debates of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly, the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe reiterates its hope that the United Nations will play a key role in mediating international conflicts. Unfortunately, today we continue to look on with concern as conflicts that could jeopardize international peace and security persist and further exacerbate the deep economic and financial crisis that is devastating the world. Sadly, our Organization continues to suffer from roadblocks that prevent urgent decisions from being taken and that undermine this forum’s credibility.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“First of all, on behalf of the Government of Sao Tome and Principe, and in my own name, I would like to congratulate Vuk Jeremić on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. I am convinced that his experience as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia will be a most positive contribution to strengthening the affirmation of the principles of the United Nations Charter for world security and peace, and I trust that he will lead the work of this session with clarity and balance. The Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe also wishes to express its great appreciation for the work of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and for his role in expanding our Organization and encouraging it to continue its efforts to achieve the objectives of world peace and security.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)