Nations can speak about their pain from stages like this. But even during bloodshed, there isn't a single international institution that can truly stop it. That's how weak these institutions have become. What can Sudan or Somalia or Palestine or any other people living through war really expect from the UN or the global system? For decades, just statements and statements...

This is all about collapse of international law and the weakness of the international institutions. And so it's about the rise of weapons. Weapons decide who survives...

Almost every day when we open the news, we see headlines about violent attacks happening all around the world. Most of it is done with weapons. People are already used to it, but weapons are evolving faster than our ability to defend ourselves.

Now there are tens of thousands of people who know how to professionally kill using drones. Stopping that kind of attack is harder than stopping any gun, knife or bomb. This is what Russia has brought with its war. It used to be that only the strongest countries could use drones because they were expensive and complex. Now even simple drones can fly thousands of kilometers.

War tech doesn't care about geography anymore. It's now reshaping reshaping it.

Just recently airports in Europe had to shut down because of drones. Authorities couldn't even say what kind of drones they were, who sent them, or from where. Last week, North Korea announced the test of a tactical strike drone. That means even countries with limited resources can now build weapons that are dangerous to their neighbors. Ukraine and nations like Saudi Arabia know all too well how dangerous Iranian attack drones are.

But what happens when all the types of drones become available even to small terrorist groups or cartels? The world moves too slowly to protect itself and weapons move fast. Now companies are already working on drones that can shoot down other drones and it's only a matter of time, not much, before drones are fighting drones, attacking critical infrastructure and targeting people all by themselves, fully autonomous, and no human involved except the few who control AI systems.

Dear leaders, we are now living through the most destructive arms race in human history because this time it includes artificial intelligence. And if there are no real security guarantees except friends and weapons, and if the world can't respond even to old threats, and if there is no strong platform for international security, will there be any place left on earth that's still safe for people?

We need global rules now for how AI can be used in weapons. And this is just as urgent as preventing the spread of nuclear weapons. We need to restore international cooperation, real working cooperation, for peace and for security. A few years from now might already be too late.

10 years ago, war looked different and no one imagined that cheap drones could create dead zones, areas stretching for dozens of kilometers where nothing moves, no vehicles, no life. People used to imagine that only after a nuclear strike. Now it's drone reality, mass-produced, simple drones and without AI yet.

Ukraine doesn't have the big fat missiles dictators love to show off in parades. But we do have drones that can fly up to two 3,000 kilometers. We had no choice but to build them to protect our right to life. Control over the sea used to depend on having a big navy. Ukraine doesn't have a big fleet. But we succeeded in the Black Sea. We pushed what's left of the Russian Navy into remote bases and we did it with sea drones. That's how we protect our ports and maritime trade routes because Russia has left us no other choice. And our spiderweb operation when cheap drones destroyed or damaged dozens of expensive Russian strategic bombers became a real example for special forces around the world of what new weapons can do to old systems.

These very Russian bombers attacked our cities. And none of these would have happened if Putin had not started this full scale aggression, full-scale war. And every year that this war goes on, weapons become even more deadly. And only Russia deserves to be blamed for this.

Dear leaders, to protect lives, Ukraine builds underground schools and underground hospitals. To protect lives, we have to spend more on protecting power stations from drone and missile attacks than on building sports facilities or cultural infrastructure. Ukrainian farmers are learning how to protect their equipment from Russia's FPV drone strikes. And for them that challenge is far greater than climate change. Russia's war has put us in this situation. But do you have protection against similar threats?

The facts are simple. Stopping this war now and with it the global arms race is cheaper than building underground kindergartens or massive bunkers for critical infrastructure later. Stopping Putin now is cheaper than trying to protect every port and every ship from terrorists with sea drones. Stopping Russia now is cheaper than wondering who will be the first to create a simple drone carrying a nuclear warhead.

So, we must use everything we have together to force the aggressor to stop. And only then do we have a real chance that this arms race will not end in catastrophe for all of us. If it takes weapons to do it, if it takes pressure on Russia, then it must be done and it must be done now. Otherwise, Putin will keep driving the war forward, wider and deeper. And we told you before, Ukraine is only the first. And now Russia drones are already flying across Europe, and Russian operations are already spreading across countries, and Putin wants to continue this war by expanding it, and no one can feel safe right now.

The first: We are now building a new security architecture for ourselves. More than 40 countries are already part of our coalition and we are strengthening army, launching joint weapons production with partners and defining financial commitments for defense in a way that could become a security model for any other nation. If security guarantees work for Ukraine, something more than just friends and weapons, it will mean that people were able to make national security not a privilege for a few nations but a right for everyone.

Second, we are ready to make our modern weapons become your modern security, your modern weapons. And we have decided to open up arms exports. And these are powerful systems tested in a real war when every international institution failed. And we are also ready to grow our defense production together with strong partners so that their protection is modern and reliable. You don't need to start this race from scratch. We're ready to share what has already proven itself in real defense.

And third, many in the world are still relaxed. Still. But look at how many countries are here at this General Assembly. Countries that are at war. Or just came out of war. Or are trying to stop one. Or openly getting ready for one. War has already reached too many people to pretend it has nothing to do with you. So it depends on you. Whether you help peace or continue trading with Russia and helping Russia to fund this war. It depends on you whether prisoners of war will be freed, whether abducted children will come home, whether hostages will be free. It depends on you. What will define existence: War like now or our joint strong actions as it should be.

• King Abdullah of Jordan's UN Speech - "[Israel's] hostile rhetoric calling for the targeting of Al-Aqsa Mosque will incite a religious war that would reach far beyond the region and lead to an all-out clash that no nation would be able to escape."
• Finland's President Alexander Stubb on Gaza, Ukraine & the Future of Global Order - "War is always a failure of humanity. It is a collective failure of our fundamental values. It is a failure of us as human beings... No single state should have a veto power and if a member of the Security Council violates the UN Charter its voting rights should be suspended."