Gabon urges 'restoring trust' at UN General Assembly and backs new president

Mary Edith Tacila Yanamubi, Gabon’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in charge of Integration and the Diaspora, opened her nation’s statement by congratulating the newly elected president of the General Assembly and pledging her delegation’s support.

"Restoring trust, managing transformation, a United Nations that delivers for all," she said, aligning Gabon with the session's theme and calling for listening, dialogue and compromise to advance international peace and cooperation. The minister framed the theme as urgent given multiple, interconnected crises—protracted armed conflicts, rising geopolitical tensions, persistent inequalities, accelerating climate change and multiplying humanitarian emergencies.

Gabon also paid tribute to United Nations Secretary‑General Antonio Guterres for his commitment to multilateralism as his second term ends and urged concrete cooperative action on peace, climate, development and pandemics. The minister closed by pledging Gabon’s contribution to building a more peaceful and equitable global order.