UN General Assembly
2022

For the Marshall Islands, our first and most clear priority as the seas rise is to never cease safeguarding our nation’s land, ocean and maritime boundaries and to ensure that our communities have a safe, secure, fully democratic and sovereign future. The vulnerabilities that we and others in our region share are severe and diverse. We join many others, especially our Pacific Island neighbours, in condemning Russia’s continued aggression and war crimes in Ukraine. We do so not only as a United Nations Member, but also in response to a wider global instability that directly impacts our own island region. Russia and all related actors will be held to account, as actions have consequences. The Republic of the Marshall Islands has proudly been a co-Chair of the Group of Friends of Accountability since its establishment following the aggression against Ukraine and supports the independent investigations of the Human Rights Council and International Criminal Court.