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Full Speech of President Prabowo Subianto at the United Nations General Assembly
New York, USA
His Excellency, Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Her Excellency, Madame Annalena Baerbock, President of the United Nations General Assembly.
His Excellency, Mr. Morses Abelian, Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Management.
Excellencies, Heads of State and Government,
Distinguished Delegates,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a great honor to stand in this august General Assembly Hall among leaders representing almost all of humanity. We differ in race, religion, and nationality, yet we gather as one human family. We are here first and foremost as fellow human beings, each created equal, endowed with unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The words of the U.S. Declaration of Independence have inspired democratic movements across continents—including the French Revolution, the Russian Revolution, the Mexican revolutions, the Chinese Revolution, and Indonesia's own struggle for freedom. It also gave birth to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the UN in 1948. "All men are created equal" was the creed that opened the way to unprecedented global prosperity and dignity.
Yet, in our era of scientific and technological triumphs—an era capable of ending hunger, poverty, and environmental ruin—we also face grave dangers, challenges, and uncertainties. Human folly, fueled by fear, racism, hatred, oppression, and apartheid, threatens our common future.
My country knows this pain. For centuries, Indonesians lived under colonial domination, oppression, and slavery. We were treated as less than dogs in our own homeland. We know what it means to be denied justice, to live under apartheid, in poverty, and to be denied equal opportunity. But we also knew what solidarity can achieve.
In our struggle for independence and our fight against hunger, disease, and poverty, the United Nations stood with Indonesia and gave us vital assistance. Decisions made here based on human solidarity by the Security Council and this Assembly gave Indonesia international legitimacy, opened doors, and supported our early development through UNICEF, FAO, WHO, and many other UN institutions. Because of that, Indonesia today stands on the cusp of shared prosperity, greater equality, and dignity.
Madam President, Excellencies,
Our world is driven by conflict, injustice, and deepening uncertainty. Every day we witness suffering, genocide, and a blatant disregard for international law and human decency. In the face of these challenges, we must not give up. As the UN Secretary-General said, "we cannot give up." We cannot surrender our hopes or our ideals. We must draw closer, not drift apart. Together, we must strive to achieve our hopes and dreams.
The UN was born from the ashes of the Second World War that claimed scores of millions of lives. It was created to secure peace, security, justice, and freedom for all. We remain committed to internationalism, multilateralism, and to every effort that strengthens this great institution.
Today, Indonesia is nearer than ever to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals of ending extreme poverty and hunger because years ago, this very chamber chose to listen and uphold social and economic justice. We will never forget. And today, we must never be silent while Palestinians are denied that same justice and legitimacy in this very Hall.
Excellencies, Thucydides warned: "The strong do what they can, the weak suffer what they must." We must reject this doctrine. The UN exists to reject this doctrine. We must stand for all, the strong and the weak. Might cannot make right. Right must be right.
Indonesia is one of the largest contributors to United Nations Peacekeeping Forces. We believe in the United Nations. We will continue to serve where peace needs guardians—not just with words, but with boots on the ground. If and when the Security Council and this Great Assembly decide, Indonesia is prepared to deploy 20,000 or even more of our sons and daughters to secure peace in Gaza or elsewhere—in Ukraine, in Sudan, in Libya, everywhere where peace needs to be enforced and guarded. We are ready.
We will take our share of the burden, not only with our people. We are also willing to contribute financially to support the UN's great mission to achieve peace.
Madam President, Excellencies,
I propose to this assembly a message of hope and optimism grounded in action and execution. We heard the speech of the President of the General Assembly. She was right. Without the International Civil Aviation Organization, would we be here today? Without the UN, no country can feel secure. We need the United Nations, and Indonesia will continue to support it. Even as we still struggle, we know the world needs a strong UN.
The world's population is growing. Our planet is under strain. Food, energy, and water insecurity haunt many nations. We choose to answer these challenges directly at home and to help abroad whenever we can.
This year, we recorded the highest rice production and grain reserves in our history. We are now self-sufficient in rice and have exported it to nations in need, including Palestine. We are building resilient food supply chains, strengthening farmer productivity, and investing in climate-smart agriculture to ensure food security for our children and the children of the world. We are confident that in a few years, Indonesia will be a granary for the world.
As the world's largest island state, we testify that we are already experiencing the direct consequences of climate change, particularly rising sea levels. The sea level on the north coast of our capital is rising by 5 centimeters every year. Can you imagine in ten or twenty years? For this, we are forced to build a giant sea wall, 480 kilometers in length. It may take 20 years, but we have no choice. We have to start now. Therefore, we confront climate change not with slogans, but with immediate steps. We are committed to our Paris Agreement obligations. We aim to achieve net-zero emissions by 2060 and are confident we can achieve it much earlier.
We aim to reforest more than 12 million hectares of degraded land, reduce forest degradation, and empower local communities with quality green jobs. Indonesia is shifting decisively from fossil fuel-based development to renewable-based development. From next year, most of our additional power generation capacity will come from renewables.
Our goal is clear: to lift all our citizens out of poverty and make Indonesia a hub for solutions to food, energy, and water security.
Madam President, Excellencies,
We live in a time when hatred and violence can seem like the loudest voices. But beneath this noise lies a quieter truth: every person longs to be safe, to be respected, to be loved, and to leave a better world for their children. Our children are watching. They are learning leadership not from textbooks, but from our choices.
Today, a catastrophic situation in Gaza is unfolding before our eyes. At this very moment, the innocent are crying for help, to be saved. Who will save them? Who will save the old and the women? Millions face danger as we sit here. They face trauma, irreparable damage to their bodies, and are dying of starvation.
Can we remain silent? Will there be no answer to their screams? Will we teach them that the human family can rise to the challenge?
Madam President, we must act now. Many speakers have said that. We must stand for a multilateral order where peace, prosperity, and progress are not the privilege of a few but the right of all. With a strong United Nations, we can build a world where the weak do not suffer what they must, but live the justice they deserve.
Let us continue humanity's great journey of ideals—the selfless aspirations that created the UN. Let us use science to uplift, not to destroy. Let rising nations help others to lift themselves.
I am convinced that the leaders of the great world civilizations—of the West, East, North, and South; leaders of America, Europe, India, China, the Islamic world, the whole world—will rise to their role demanded by history. We are hopeful that they will show great statesmanship, wisdom, restraint, and humility to overcome hate and suspicion.
Madam President, Distinguished Delegates,
We are greatly heartened by events of the last few days, where significant leading countries have chosen to side with history—the path of the moral high ground, rectitude, justice, and humanity—to shun hatred, overcome suspicion, and avoid violence. Violence begets violence. No single country can bully the whole community of the human family. We may be weak individually, but the sense of oppression and injustice has proven throughout history to unite people with a force strong enough to overcome it.
To close, I reiterate Indonesia's complete support for the Two-State Solution in Palestine. We must have an independent Palestine, but we must also recognize and guarantee the safety and security of Israel. Only then can we have real peace: peace without hate, peace without suspicion. The only solution is this two-state solution. Two descendants of Abraham must live in reconciliation, peace, and harmony. Arabs, Jews, Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists—all religions—must live as one human family. Indonesia is committed to being part of making this vision a reality.
Is this a dream? Maybe. But this is the beautiful dream we must work toward together. Let us continue humanity's journey of hope, a journey started by our forefathers, a journey we must complete.
Thank you.
Wassalamu'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh,
Shalom, Om shanti shanti shanti om.
Namo Budaya.
Thank you very much.
May God bless us all, may peace be upon us. Thank you.
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