UN General Assembly
2023

Given the theme of this year’s session “Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: accelerating action on the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals towards peace, prosperity, progress and sustainability for all”. I would like to recall a Somali proverb: “to be without knowledge is to be without light”. Somalia is a country that has been blessed by God with resilient people who have great and countless abilities. We clearly see the great contradictions between the promise on the ground and the harsh realities and challenges that we face. Therefore. I stand before the Assembly today to bear witness to the dire consequences of inaction.