PM Modi UNGA Speech: Top quotes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed the 74th session of the UN General Assembly. In a veiled attack at Pakistan, Modi raised the challenge of terrorism the entire world continues to face. He touched issues such as plastic use, development, security and climate change. Ahead of his UNGA address, PM Modi held a number of bilateral meetings with top world leaders like US President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of his UN address.
PM Modi UNGA Speech: Top quotes
- Terrorism is not a challenge for any one country, but for all countries and mankind as a whole. The entire world has to unite against terror. Lack of unanimity amongst us on issue of terrorism, dents those very principles, that are the basis for the creation of UN.
- Mahatma Gandhi's message of truth and non-violence is very relevant for us even today, for peace, development and progress in the world. We belong to a country, that has given the world, not war, but Buddha’s message of peace.
- Climate change is a challenge India has been combating, though our contribution to global warming is very low.
- Plastic-free nation is a very large campaign that India is moving towards. As I came in here, on a wall at the entrance to this building, I noticed the call to make the United nations free of single use plastic. I am pleased to inform this august assembly that even as I am addressing you today, a very large campaign is beingstarted across the entire country to make India free of single-use plastic.
- India's contribution towards United Nations Peace-keeping missions has been immense, no other country in the world has sacrificed as much as India has for these peace-keeping missions.
- India is committed to eradicating Tuberculosis by 2025. The dateline is five years ahead of that set by the Unitee Nations under its sustainable development goals.
- 15 crore households will be catered with clean water in inaccessible areas, says PM Modi
- When a developing nation successfully carries out the biggest cleanliness drive of the world and provides more than 11 crore toilets to its people just within 5 years, that system gives a message of inspiration to the entire world.
- India is running the biggest health scheme.
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