UN General Assembly
2023

As the saying goes, nature abhors a vacuum, and our rhetoric, our appeals at summit after summit, ring hollow. We are convinced that peaceful, equitable and sustainable societies, with educated and trained young people in good health, are in the common interest, and that we must therefore use common sense to prevent major and unpredictable disruptions. We still have the technical, financial and human resources to reform the international political system. The rich countries have a responsibility, but ours cannot be excluded either. I reaffirm the firm commitment of the Democratic Republic of Republic of Sao Tome and Principe to actively collaborating with its regional and international partners in all initiatives aimed at eradicating all acts that are inhumane, harmful to human beings and the environment and detrimental to humanist values and freedom. We firmly believe that our Organization is the converging centre of our causes and is the only entity whose role is to structure and systematize our common challenges and lead the harmonization of our world, while respecting cultural differences, models and systems of government and economic choices.