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Philip Isdor Mpango

lines on the record: 29
first: 2022-09-24
most recent: 2023-09-24
sittings or episodes: 2
sources: un-general-debate

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“Our humble plea is for the voices, promises and solutions made and proposed at this rostrum to bring hope to the hopeless, dignity to the humiliated and justice to all.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“Tanzania also advocates for the peaceful resolution of all territorial disputes in accordance with the principles set out in the Charter of the United Nations. In conclusion. I would like to reaffirm Tanzania’s unwavering commitment to supporting the United Nations and its Member States in implementing our common global agenda. We call on warring parties around the world to silence their guns and missiles and prioritize peace. Let us act towards one another with humility, not arrogance. Let us abide by the traditional wisdom that tells us that an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. Let us act together to address the climate crisis and hasten the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“Unilateral coercive measures have serious adverse effects on the economies and innocent lives they target, especially those of women and children, the very people whom we have committed to not leaving behind. Tanzania remains steadfast in its opposition to injustice, wherever and by whomever it is committed. We stand against the imposition of unjust economic sanctions and other unilateral coercive measures that undermine sovereignty and prosperity for all. We also continue to stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters who continue to be denied their rights to self-determination or are living under occupation or domination. We call for the lifting of unjust sanctions and an end to occupation and subjugation.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“Disturbingly, the report also indicates that Africa is warming at an accelerated pace that is outstripping the global rate. As a result, climate change has continued to adversely affect Africa and hamper its progress, and will continue to do so. Tanzania therefore reiterates its call for urgent and concerted action on the part of all nations to cut greenhouse-gas emissions and strengthen mitigation and adaptation measures. Together we must create an enabling environment and facilitate the investments needed to unlock the resources for scaling up the implementation of our climate commitments and the decarbonization of the global economy. We. the global community, must act with urgency. Tanzania also reiterates its call for a fair and just clean-energy transition for Africa.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“In addition, harnessing science, technology and innovation is key to hastening the implementation of the SDGs. Climate change has become the world’s greatest threat. Recent natural calamities that have devastated areas of a number of countries around the world have amplified the horrible effects of climate change. On that note. Tanzania offers its deepest condolences to the Governments and the peoples of Libya and Morocco for the loss of life and property caused by floods and earthquakes in their countries. Beyond that, the recently released sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sounded the alarm about the reality that the world is not on track to succeed in remaining below the 1.5°C limit on the overall temperature increase agreed in Paris.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“as indicated by an increase in the food sufficiency ratio, the availability of essential medicines, the decline in the under-5 mortality rate, the increase in pre-primary and primary education gross enrolment rates, the significant milestones achieved in pioneering gender equality, the improved water supply coverage in urban and rural areas and the proportion of the population with access to electricity. However, only moderate progress has been recorded under SDGs 1. 8 and 10. To ensure successful implementation of the SDGs. Tanzania is determined to take actions to improve further the domestic revenue effort, while capitalizing on public-private partnerships. We are also prioritizing investments in the social-service sectors, agriculture, agribusiness, value addition and infrastructure, as well as in developing skills for young people.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“we gathered in this Hall for a second review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the implementation of the 17 SDGs. It is discouraging to note that, at the half-way point, we are off-track to meet most of the Goals. The progress report of the Secretary-General reveals that progress towards a mere 15 per cent of the 140 targets is on track, while progress towards a staggering 37 per cent of the targets has either stagnated or even regressed from the 2015 baseline. That underperformance calls for supercharged implementation and partnership, especially the prioritizing of scaled-up investment in people. Tanzania is fully committed to implementing the SDGs as envisaged. In July, it submitted its second voluntary national report, which shows that there has been significant progress overall with respect to SDGs 2 to 7.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“As of March. Tanzania stood as the twelfth-largest contributor among the 125 countries that contribute to United Nations peacekeeping missions. Tanzania urges the international community to increase its support for regional initiatives to bring peace to war-torn parts of the African continent. Those who participate in fuelling conflicts in Africa, either for the purpose of profiting from arms trade or gaining access to blood mineral wealth, should be tracked and condemned openly by the United Nations. With regard to combating terrorism. Tanzania has strengthened its capacity to deal with cross-border terrorism by working with our neighbours and international partners, especially through the sharing of information and strategies. Three days ago.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“I therefore implore each one of us in the Assembly to give due consideration to the priorities stipulated therein, for they resonate very well with the spirit and essence of the theme of the Assembly’s current session. Tanzania remains fully committed and ready to work with the United Nations family in maintaining global peace and security to make the world a safer place in which to live, not only for us but. more importantly, for the generations to come. Tanzania firmly believes that the world needs to invest more in dialogue and diplomacy to prevent and resolve armed conflicts. Wars and confrontation must be avoided at all costs, because in war everyone loses, including the non-warring parties. In that regard. Tanzania has and will continue to contribute to peacemaking and peacekeeping efforts in Africa and elsewhere in the world.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“However, the fact is that the massive production of weapons and the skyrocketing military spending on armed conflicts are compromising the promises we all made to the most vulnerable among us — children, young people, women and the poor — to build a better, prosperous world and create opportunities for all. leaving no one behind. In that regard. Tanzania highly commends the United Nations for its tireless efforts in maintaining international peace and security. We applaud the Secretary-General’s New Agenda for Peace, unveiled on 20 July, which provides a great vision for multilateral efforts to establish peace and security on the basis of international law.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“Furthermore, the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been disappointing, mainly as a result of the global North’s unfulfilled promises of financing and technology and the limited fiscal space in most African countries. In order to rebuild trust, it is imperative that the global North walk the talk on its promises and listen to the voices of the global South. Analogously, the global South must re-engineer its domestic revenue-mobilization efforts, including by putting an end to the haemorrhage of its natural resource wealth and the illicit capital outflows. Peace is undeniably a prerequisite for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Ironically, some nations are still firing guns and missiles at each other even in the twenty-first century.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“As a result of that paralysis in multilateralism, we have now begun to witness shifting geopolitical tectonic plates and the creation of new blocs seeking to replace the now obviously dysfunctional world order. Trust among States has worn away, and there is erosion of the rule of law and a reversion to unilateralism. The effectiveness of the United Nations system and multilateral financial institutions is being questioned more than ever before, calling for their immediate reform. All this is happening at a time when the world is reeling from the aftershocks of the coronavirus disease pandemic, the relentless wrath of climate change, horrendous armed conflicts, global food insecurity, the looming energy and debt crisis, persistent poverty and growing inequality.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“I commend the Secretary-General and the Secretariat for their dedicated service to humankind in the face of many daunting global challenges. This year, the Assembly is meeting specifically with a view to rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity. However, for decades now. the persistent voice of the global South calling in the wilderness to make straight the way towards peace, prosperity, progress and sustainability for all has fallen on deaf ears. The hitherto strong historical solidarity, fraternity and commitment to the principles of non-interference, equality among nations and mutual benefit, which was bequeathed to us by the founding fathers of the United Nations, is withering away.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“Please allow me to start by conveying to the General Assembly fraternal greetings from Ms. Samia Suluhu Hassan. President of the United Republic of Tanzania, who could not attend this current important session due to pressing national commitments. It is a great honour and privilege to address the Assembly on her behalf and for the people of my country. I also wish to join those who spoke before me in congratulating the President of the General Assembly on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session. I pledge Tanzania’s full support to his presidency. Similarly. I wish to pay tribute to his predecessor. Mr. Csaba Korosi. who successfully steered the Assembly during the seventy-seventh session. In the same way.”
2023-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 78 (2023)
“To conclude, let me once again reaffirm the resolve of the United Republic of Tanzania to uphold the three pillars of the United Nations, namely, peace and security, development and human rights. I also call upon all of us to renew our commitment and prioritization of actions especially on those Sustainable Development Goals where we lag behind. We remain committed to working closely with the United Nations and its Member States in the spirit of multilateralism and global solidarity towards a sustainable future.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“We therefore wish to reiterate the common African position, as elaborated in the Ezulwini Consensus and the Sirte Declaration, with respect to the long-awaited reforms of the Security Council. It is well past time the Security Council reflected the present-day realities of the United Nations membership and not that of the 1940s. I would be remiss if I did not end my statement without acknowledging that, the world celebrated the Kiswahili Language for the first time this year on 7 July, following the historic UNESCO declaration designating that date as World Kiswahili Language Day. As the birthplace of the Kiswahili language, Tanzania commends the efforts of the United Nations in promoting multilingualism as a core value, which is essential to achieving both the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union Agenda 2063.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“In the same spirit, peacekeeping operations remain one of the most dependable instruments for promoting world peace and security. Tanzania is proud to have contributed men and women in 5 of the existing 16 peacekeeping missions across the world. Despite this state of affairs, Tanzania stands ready to contribute more, if requested to do so. We also continue to actively participate in regional peace initiatives — and more so now in our capacity as a member of the African Union Peace and Security Council as well as the East African Community and Southern African Development Community. We therefore call upon the United Nations to enhance its support to regional efforts in peacebuilding and peacekeeping. The credibility of the United Nations rests on a well-represented and responsive Security Council.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“Experience has taught us that, in war, everyone loses, including the non-warring parties. It is therefore our plea that, in the wake of global conflicts, our focus should remain to be on safeguarding human lives, especially children and women, and the well-being of people. Moreover, just recently, we have witnessed disruptive effects on global supply chains, dramatic increases in food and fuel prices as well as food shortages and declines in agricultural and industrial production around the world — all the more reasons to state that we all have a stake in pursuing the peaceful resolution of conflicts. As we do so, we must also leverage our abundant resources and human capabilities to address some of the impacts.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“As long as robust environmental and social impact assessments have been done and concrete measures taken to effectively address the environmental and democratic governance concerns of our citizens, our sovereign rights to pursue transformative projects should be respected. We also call upon transparency in the conduct of carbon-credit markets so that Africa benefits fairly from our earnest effort to take care of the carbon sinks that we are holding for the world. For example, Tanzania has preserved over 30 per cent of our total land area — a land mass almost equivalent to the size of Germany — which includes forests and wildlife parks. In the maintenance of peace and security, Tanzania has always believed that diplomacy is the best instrument for resolving conflicts.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“At this point, I must emphasize that Tanzania and the rest of Africa need a just transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Africa must be given time to adjust since the majority of Africans have no access to energy. The well-established principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities must be observed. In this regard, we call upon the lifting of opposition to global financing and implementation of the transformative projects in our countries that aim to harness our hydrocarbon deposits for energy and other equally important uses to address our critical developmental needs.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“As much as we remain committed, most developing countries have insufficient fiscal space and weak debt- sustainability status to address increasing demand for climate-resilience interventions. Addressing the climate crisis therefore requires reliable access to climate finance. It is on this note, that Tanzania calls on the international community to live up to its commitments made under the Paris Agreement. Enhanced capacity building, technology transfer and support for adaptation and mitigation measures, as well as the creation of an independent loss-and-damage financial facility must be implemented in order to scale up the fight against climate change. We need, as a matter of urgency, to take action and walk the talk.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“The fact remains that the most vulnerable countries, including Tanzania, have been disproportionately affected and that we do not possess the capacity to effectively respond. Tanzania has put forward ambitious targets on both adaptation and mitigation through nationally determined contributions (NDCs). The Government spends an average of $500 million per annum on adaptation measures and up to 3 per cent of its gross domestic product on mitigation and building community resilience. With the help of the international community, we are committed to continually updating our NDCs and making important progress to tackle climate change. Yet, unless there are immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions, limiting warming to at least 2°C will be elusive.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“Tanzania would therefore like to thank all our development partners that have been working with us to deal with the pandemic and put the country on a bright post- COVID-19 recovery path. Currently, the Government continues with its vaccination campaign whereby, as of 11 September, we already vaccinated 60.56 per cent of the targeted population. With respect to climate change, we are indeed at a tipping point. The United Republic of Tanzania appreciates all individual efforts and other collective measures taken thus far to implement interventions geared at upscaling mitigation and adaptation as stipulated in the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 and the Paris Agreement of 2015. However, despite the efforts, we are observing unprecedented changes across the whole climate system in every region.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“In addition, Africa’s marginalization in the provision of vaccines underscored the need for African countries to work together in the development and nurturing of indigenous solutions through joint medical and scientific research. The pandemic also brought to the fore the need to invest more in public health education, especially preventive medicine to build individual resilience, including body fitness and healthy diet and habits. However, I wish to acknowledge that although international support in taming the spread of the global pandemic, through provision of diagnostic equipment, medicines, vaccine support programmes and financing came late to Africa, it was critical in winning the war against the pandemic.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“As it did for most other developing countries, the pandemic robbed us of precious lives, over-stretched health infrastructure and health-care workers to the limit and led to severe budget constraints and economic deceleration. Real gross domestic product growth declined from 6.7 per cent decadal growth attained in the pre-pandemic period to 4.8 per cent in 2020. The key lesson we have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is that the world needs to be better prepared in terms of national and global health systems in order to be able to handle future pandemics. This entails investing more in building health infrastructure and beefing up the health workforce, as well as enhancing national and regional capacity to manufacture drugs, supplies, vaccines and medical equipment.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“We have a famous proverb in Kiswahili that says, “Where there are problems, ingenuity increases.” In the spirit of this, we in Tanzania are convinced that transformative solutions to the global challenges we face are already at our disposal but subject to two conditions being met: first, there must be a passionate belief in the need to bring a caring spirit to considering the needs and happiness of other peoples and nations; and, secondly, there must be solemn adherence to the credo of multilateralism and collaborative efforts. Fortunately, both conditions are a restatement of the ideals, values and principles of the United Nations Charter. Specifically, on the COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic had devastating effects on Tanzania’s socioeconomic systems and performance.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“The root cause of all these challenges is human greed, selfish desire and unilateralism. Yet we know for sure that unilateralism, driven by greed, is leading us, rich and poor, strong and weak, to a catastrophe. For it is now evident that these challenges have inflicted and continue to inflict enormous disruptive impacts on economies, ecosystems and social lives worldwide, with sub-Saharan African countries and other developing countries being hit disproportionately.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“Antonio Guterres and the entire United Nations Secretariat for their dedicated service as guardians of the common interest of all peoples and all States, particularly during this time of unprecedented global challenges. This Assembly is convening at a critical point, when the world is engulfed in dangerous flames ranging from conflicts and mounting geopolitical tensions, devastating effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, food and energy insecurity, environmental carnage and extreme climate-change-related events, to barriers to education, technology and opportunity for shared prosperity. These challenges are in turn inextricably linked with and propelling stubborn global poverty. Furthermore, with only eight years remaining before 2030, the world is still way off the mark in meeting many of the targets that we set in 2015.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)
“I wish to begin by conveying to this august body fraternal greetings from Her Excellency Ms. Sarnia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, who could not attend this year’s session owing to pressing national commitments. It is therefore my distinct honour and privilege to address the United Nations General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session on behalf of the Government and the people of the United Republic of Tanzania. Let me join those who have spoken before me in congratulating the President of the Assembly on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session. I assure him of Tanzania’s support and cooperation as he discharges his responsibilities. Let me also extend our appreciation to the Secretary- General, His Excellency Mr.”
2022-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 77 (2022)