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1. “It is not possible to be forced into a single development path and a single vision of democracy. Improving international governance lies at the core of building a future of common development for all. For all those reasons, it is essential to ensure an effective adaptation power within the United Nations system. That is the only way that the voice and rights of the majority of humankind can be heard. I wish the Council a fruitful and productive discussion.”

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2. “As a result of the severe socio-natural challenges of the current century, economic development must be always viewed as sustainable, inclusive and resilient development. That means that it depends critically on health, the environment and societies built on a foundation of equality, in addition to peace and stability in a world of mutual understanding, dialogue and cooperation. Dealing with this troubling situation requires an urgent and indispensable new level of political and institutional engineering, if we genuinely want to promote inclusive and sustainable development in an environment of common prosperity and peace for all. Without inclusive and sustainable development, there is no peace. Without peace, there is no stability or security. The different paths and development models followed by different nations cannot be dismissed.”

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3. “The different trajectories and development models followed by different nations cannot be ignored. It is not possible, in a plural and multipolar world, to be forced to choose a single path of development or a single vision of democracy. A neoliberal vision proposed by one country or history to a group of countries has allowed for the weakening of democracy in many countries and the resurgence of fascist regimes, and could open the door for genocides. When dichotomies arise, all countries are confronted with a choice: polarization or common prosperity; cold war mentality or multilateralism; copying other countries’ development models or building one’s own path in life in the light of each nation’s conditions; and fighting climate change with meaningful injections of new money or simply leaving things as they are.”

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4. “From another perspective, it is important to consider that the concepts of cooperation and consensus are in opposition to the rhetoric of narratives that seek to impose a sectarian view of development, human rights and democracy. This is not in our interest and cannot continue any longer. The United Nations, for instance, was created to defend humankind from the lethal ideologies that sustain the right of a few to have cultural and ethical supremacy over people across the world. Political models derived from the experience of a single country have been elevated to the status of the only acceptable standard of the entire world. The adoption of that standard is imposed as mandatory. Otherwise, values are imposed through traditional warfare, coups, or blockades and sanctions. The rich diversity of human societies can no longer be dismissed.”

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5. “The challenge faced by most nations of that group is also how to overcome the condition of being mere suppliers of commodities. Some of those countries need to pursue a process of industrialization, with new characteristics. Many countries have not even reached the third industrial and technological revolution. And now, in the face of the fourth industrial revolution, they risk becoming mere consumers of products from platforms, limited to being users of digital apps in their economies. The fact is that the technological gap between developed and developing countries, especially the digital divide, is establishing new inequalities in development that we have to face.”

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6. “However, those banks play only a complementary role, and it is not possible to transfer to them the responsibility for providing all the resources for development efforts and climate change adaptation and mitigation that have been undertaken by wealthy countries and have not been fulfilled so far. Developing countries have often suffered the effects of rising interest rates and currency depreciation. The high indebtedness of those countries, largely caused by neoliberal austerity policies or liquidity shortages, has affected their external debt, and many of them have come close to defaulting as a result. Developing countries and emerging markets are struggling to generate prosperity, as their populations cannot support the burden of financing climate change.”

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7. “Similarly, resources for climate change adaptation mitigation need to be made available, respecting the free exercise of full and permanent national sovereignty of developing countries over all their wealth, natural resources and levels of economic activity. Therefore, it is imperative to build effective consensus and adopt a new stance of close cooperation between developed and developing countries to address those serious issues. Multilateral development banks have an important role to play in development financing and can assist low- and middle-income countries in moving forward on their development path, addressing climate change and achieving the SDGs.”

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8. “The capital contributions that wealthy countries have committed to make to developing countries since the fifteenth Conference of the Parties, the 2030 Agenda that defined the Sustainable Development Goals and even the Paris Agreement have never materialized. Furthermore, according to the principle of common but different differentiate responsibilities, as defined by the Kyoto Protocol, there is a great responsibility on the part of developed countries in financing climate change. Therefore, neither the Sustainable Development Goals nor the fight against climate change can be achieved without allocating and investing new funds from developed countries. The poorest countries need new resources to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in a way that does not further burden them with debt that they cannot bear.”

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9. “But if it is a country — regardless of its size — it can be left to fail. Another clear symptom of the lack of coordination in international governance is the alarming fact that the climate crisis and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are not being addressed in accordance with the decisions made at all Conferences of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and other international environmental forums. As my dear friend António Guterres expressed in his address during the most recent session of the General Assembly (see A/78/PV.4), we need determination to uphold our commitments.”

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10. “If the United Nations has been unable to address the growing geopolitical tensions and the so-called Bretton Woods institutions — the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organization — have not demonstrated their ability to reverse the trends of geoeconomic fragmentation and increasing social fragility, we have a mission, that is, to empower the United Nations and reform the Bretton Woods institutions. They are indispensable to make the system capable of dealing with any type of crisis. The conditionalities imposed by international financial institutions on developing countries and emerging economies when they face crises must be rejected. It is important to reject the double standard of rescue that has been applied during crisis. If it is a bank, it is too big to fail.”

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11. “The pursuit of peace and sustainable and inclusive development for all can be successful if based on the principles of consensus-building multilateralism and international cooperation. The failure to appeal to those principles, as Council members are witnessing today, results in profound failures in international governance. The United Nations was created to prevent humankind from entering into conflicts such as the bloody Second World War. The principles and values that form the foundation of the United Nations are significant and enormous achievements of humankind because they are crucial in creating space where consensus can be built for cooperation, dialogue and mutual understanding, especially when it comes to preventing or halting violence and wars.”

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12. “In recent times, the reaction to those factors produced undeniable multilateral trends among emerging economies and developing countries and within some regions, such as Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. If disconnecting the world has become increasingly difficult, it is urgent to contain the impetus towards fragmentation and confrontation that has emerged in recent years. We know that attempts to erect insurmountable barriers can produce disruptive consequences. The growing trend towards multilateralism is in fact a way to circumvent the protectionism of central economies, which is an important instrument for creating an environment suitable for economic growth and development. That also allows for the emergence of new actors in the economic and financial landscape as emerging economies.”

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13. “The adoption of beggar-thy-neighbour policies that produced the First and Second World Wars, combined now with decoupling and de-risking policies, have intensified those already serious trends. The dynamics of globalization have given rise to a profound interdependence among the economies and regions of the world, and interconnection that has grown in parallel with the increase in international trade, the greater density of global value chains and the proliferation of capital flows. Today economic crises, geopolitical conflicts, COVID-19 and the especially the emergence of unbridled protectionism are creating a momentum of violence and the resurgence of regional conflicts.”

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14. “The growing concentration of income and wealth in the hands of very few has brutally increased inequalities in developed countries while also creating more poverty, speculation and successive debt crises in developing countries. The weak regulation of international finance has failed to prevent recurring crises linked to financialization. The regulatory measures recommended after the 2008–2009 crisis have not been able, in fact, to prevent the occurrence of new speculative bubbles or problems of excessive liquidity. Globalization has weakened since the most recent global financial crisis and has also been threatened by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and worsening geopolitical confidence.”

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15. “The world is facing overlapping crises, such as slow growth and high inflation; a sharp increase in inequality; protectionism that fragments global value chains; serious geopolitical conflicts causing huge loss of life and extremely severe climate change resulting in rising temperatures and the spread of natural disasters. The terrible consequence is that today insecurity and instability have become the rule rather than the exception. Financial neoliberalism has turned credit and financing into headwinds, rather than drivers of a productive economy. They have become obstacles at the centre of rampant speculation that drains all resources.”

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16. “At the time, the Council emphasized that the rebuilding and rehabilitation of countries’ economies are crucial elements in the long-term development of societies and the creation of sustainable peace. But since then, we have seen crises deepen. Sustainable peace requires a comprehensive approach taking into account not only the causes of violence but also social and economic situations. Poverty alone does not explain violence, and not all individuals or groups suffering from poverty resort to aggression, but social, political and economic exclusion can contribute to the emergence, prolongation or recurring use of violence that fuels conflicts. It is clear that development, peace, security and human rights are interconnected and mutually reinforcing. If we want peaceful environments, we need economically and socially inclusive development.”

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17. “Ms. Rousseff: Since the creation of the United Nations in 1945, the world has undergone significant transformations. Considering the challenges facing humankind, the central theme of this meeting, “Promote sustaining peace through common development”, is very timely, and I thank the Government of China for inviting me to speak at this important meeting. Cooperation among countries that is broad, productive and respectful, conducive to dialogue and consensus, is a guiding principle for achieving the peace and development that we need if we want to address the seriously unstable and disruptive times that the world is experiencing. I would like to remind the Council that back in 2011, when I was President of Brazil, we proposed a debate on the interdependence of security and development (see S/PV.6479).”

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