Tanzania's Vice President Addresses UNGA on Peace, Development, and Global Reform

Commemorating 80 Years of the UN

• 🌍 The 80th session of the UN General Assembly convenes under the theme "Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights," emphasizing determined cooperation as crucial for addressing global challenges.
• ⚠️ Despite the theme, the world faces chaos, unilateralism, wars, poverty, pandemics, and climate catastrophe, underscoring the need to uphold the UN Charter's principles.
• 🕊️ The UN's founding vision, rooted in solidarity and the pursuit of peace through international law, remains vital for overcoming difficulties and building a better future.

Reforming Global Governance and Finance

• 🏛️ Tanzania supports UN reform initiatives aimed at enhancing efficiency and effectiveness, stressing the importance of transparency, equity, and objectivity.
• 🌍 Africa's underrepresentation in the Security Council is highlighted, with a call for at least two permanent seats with veto power for the continent.
• 💰 Urgent reform of the global financial system is demanded, including scaling up concessional financing, revising credit rating frameworks, and rethinking debt sustainability to unlock investment.
• 🏦 Increased African voice and representation in the IMF and World Bank governance structures are reiterated as long-standing, unheeded demands.

Advancing the SDGs and Climate Action

• 📈 With only five years left until 2030, over 80% of SDG targets are off track, facing an estimated $4 trillion financing gap.
• ✅ Tanzania reports significant strides in SDG implementation, citing reductions in maternal mortality and increased access to clean water and electricity.
• 🌳 Collective responses to climate change must be strengthened, with a call to prioritize delivery on climate action pledges and capitalize the loss and damage fund.
• 💡 Tanzania launched its "Vision 2050" in June 2025, aligning its long-term development aspirations with the SDG agenda.

Peace, Security, and Human Rights

• 🤝 Peace is presented as a prerequisite for socio-economic development, with commendation for UN efforts in conflict mediation and resolution.
• 🚺 Full involvement of women in peacebuilding is called for, with a nod to Tanzania's first woman president, Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, as a champion for gender equality and empowerment.
• 🇸🇸 Tanzania announces its candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2029-2030 term, reaffirming its commitment to global peace and security.
• 🚫 Unilateral coercive measures are opposed as they undermine sovereign equality and harm civilians, with solidarity expressed for Zimbabwe and Cuba.
• 🇵🇸 Tanzania stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine and Sahrawi, advocating for their rights to freedom, sovereignty, and self-determination.
• 💣 Terrorism is condemned, and the misuse of military might, unilateralism, and the international community's incapacity to end bloodshed are criticized.
• 💰 Increased military spending is deemed tragic and morally wrong, diverting resources from sustainable development and prosperity.
• ✊ Tanzania invokes the principle of its founding president, Julius Nyerere, against silence in the face of injustice and the surrender of freedom and dignity.