UN General Assembly
2025

The Assembly will now hear an address by His Excellency Mr. Faustin-Archange Toidera, Head of State of the Central African Republic. I request protocol to escort His Excellency and invite him to address the Assembly. Madam President of the General Assembly, Majesties, Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Mr. United Nations Secretary General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with a profound sense of responsibility that I take the floor on behalf of the people of the Central African Republic as our organization marks its 80th anniversary. This anniversary reminds us of a simple truth. Our destinies are intertwined. Dignity is one and indivisible. Our peoples can only prosper if peace is secured, if development is shared, and if human dignity is guaranteed for all. Eighty years after the founding of the UN, the world is confronted by an unprecedented accumulation of threats, protracted wars, geopolitical rivalries, rising terrorism and organized crime, climate crisis, humanitarian relief and food security crises that are unprecedented. Not since the Cold War have we witnessed such fragility.