Statement of Kenya at the UNGA72

Women: “I am encouraged, Mr. Secretary General, by your commitment to empower the world’s women and girls because, as you said ‘parity at the UN will improve performance at the UN.’”

Conflict prevention: “Kenya agrees with and supports the priorities for action that you have outlined to guide the focus on people, namely; peace and conflict prevention; migration; the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), climate action; and human rights.”

SDGs: “Kenya acknowledges the importance of SDGs as an appropriate response to the pressing challenges that we face today.”

SDGs: “We recognize, however, that achieving the SDGs will be as much about the effectiveness of development cooperation as it will be about the scale and form such cooperation takes.”

Women: “In the health sector, for example, our government now offers free maternal health care services across the country. We intend to target to cover health care services for women, children and adolescents.”

Women: “Confirming this commitment two years ago, President Uhuru Kenyatta said, and I quote: “I pledge to take the needed sustainable actions to end all preventable deaths of women, children and adolescents within a generation and ensure their well-being; we hold ourselves accountable for our collective progress towards this goal.”

Conflict prevention: “Further, we strongly believe that the support of the reconstruction process, including by enabling the government to provide basic services, will improve confidence and help prevent conflict in the future.”

SDGs: “We believe that the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda have given the UN a blueprint for creating greater peace in our world and for making globalisation and development fair and equitable for all.”

Disarmament: “This demonstrates our concerns with the danger the use of such weapons poses to humanity as we are all reminded by the unfortunate nuclear detonation that took place on 3rd of September. The adoption treaty gives us renewed hope that it is possible, if we work together, to rid the world of nuclear weapons.”