00:00 This institution and our shared multilateral system is falling short of the commitments
00:07 we have made together.
00:09 And we are collectively falling further behind.
00:13 There are more people displaced, more people hungry, there is more conflict and greater
00:18 risk that a nuclear weapon could be used.
00:21 The climate is changing faster than our combined efforts to stop it.
00:26 Already African agricultural productivity has dropped by a third.
00:31 Within just 22 General Assemblies from now, more than 900 million additional people in
00:37 Sub-Saharan Africa will have less water than they need.
00:42 In many countries, including my own, floods or fires have overwhelmed communities.
00:48 The most tourism-dependent region in the world, the Caribbean, faces the loss of half its
00:53 tourism revenue because of extreme weather.
00:57 And nowhere is the climate threat more profound than in the Pacific.
01:01 Kiribati, Tuvalu and Marshall Islands are only a few metres above sea level.
01:06 Friends, the first article of the UN Charter speaks to maintaining peace and security,
01:12 but there can be no security if the sea itself closes in.
01:17 This is why the voices and experiences of the Pacific matter.
01:23 Our commitment to international peace and security is why Australia seeks a seat on
01:27 the Security Council for 2029-30.
01:31 And it is why we pursue Security Council reform.
01:34 We must ensure greater permanent and non-permanent representation for Africa, for Latin America
01:41 and Asia, including permanent seats for India and Japan.
01:46 And we must demand more of permanent members, including constraints on the use of the veto.
01:53 With its special responsibility as a permanent member of the Security Council, Russia mocks
01:57 the United Nations every day.
01:59 It continues its illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine.
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