A good evening to you all. May God bless you all, your and your family.

May you all enjoy great health. President of the General Assembly, Secretary-General, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, distinguished delegates. Honduras is coming to this Assembly today with the title of a founding nation, one of the 50 countries who, 81 years ago, signed the agreement in San Francisco, California, that was the United Nations Charter, the charter that today governs our work. Nine months ago the country went to the polls: our democracy and freedom were in peril.

They were saved by the institutions that resisted, and the Honduran people that decided, at the polls, with their vote, decided to change the course of the country. And we—it's not just us saying that— international observers bore witness to elections that were flawless in terms of their conduct, flawless despite the challenging context. This was an effort waged by brave men and women, and we also enjoyed the support of international democracies who accompanied us in our attempts to rescue and restore our country's greatness. As we began our work, we found ourselves faced with a people who never lost their dignity, neither did they lose hope. Today we are strengthening our institutions and our multi-party democracy. Mr. President, since the very first day in office, we decided to govern differently, with deeds. We are reducing expenditure so that we can invest in health care, education, infrastructure, and security. We're doing all of that whilst guaranteeing macroeconomic stability and with— and guaranteeing a great deal of fiscal responsibility.

No national effort alone can suffice, in view of the global conditions that today determine the development of our nations. Today the global economy is facing an energy crisis resulting from the high prices of oil. That crisis is having a direct impact on our people. This is the only forum in which the voice of a country of 11 million inhabitants is heard.

Honduras exercises sovereignty over the full extent of its national territory. Moreover, it administers its natural resources in accordance with its constitution. The law applies to each and every individual, in all four corners of the country, because without legal security and certainty, and without respect for private property, there can be no peace, development, employment, or investment. The right to development is something that it is the duty of the country's government to ensure for the millions of Honduran people. Honduras makes good on its promises. It honors its agreements and its treaties. These principles are neither selective nor biased. I visited Ukraine three months ago. There I saw a people defending its freedom and fighting for it, in full respect of its territorial integrity and its political independence. I saw a country protecting civilians and working to achieve a lasting peace. Security cannot be imposed by decree. It is something that is built with resources, with training, and with political resolve.

Today that is exactly what we're doing. We are equipping and strengthening our national police force and our armed forces. We're doing this because transnational organized crime does not respect borders. Drug trafficking networks and gangs operate in several countries at the same time, and no country can vanquish them alone. It is a matter of shared responsibility. Every nation must do its part. Democracies whose interests are aligned must unite and act together, quickly and with resolve. It is only in so doing that we will enjoy security and prosperity in our hemisphere.

Mr. President, there is another challenge that no country can face alone: natural phenomena. Today we are weathering a severe drought, and we are taking tangible decisions to support our most vulnerable citizens. The hurricanes that have beset us in the past, and today's drought, have the same root cause: that is a climate which is operating at increasing extremes, and that will affect the entire world for decades. Our response is not simply to react to these disasters. Rather, we are taking action by preparing as best we can to mitigate the effects of climate change. We are investing our own resources in protecting lives, harvests, and access to drinking water. However, we want to go further. Honduras is opening its doors to anyone developing new solutions for water, agriculture, early warning, and the infrastructure that our country requires.

Addressing these challenges is allowing us to focus on the future. Honduras is a conscientious country, a country of law, a country in which we invite you to invest. Anyone who invests in Honduras will be offered opportunities, order, transparency, and clear rules. We are adhering to the International Monetary Fund guidelines. In the seven months that my country has been in office, we have increased our international reserves to the tune of $1.3 billion, and that is an increase of 13%. We returned to the International Center of Arbitration, CIARI, on the 6th of March 2026. We'd been members of that center since 1989, and we returned to resolve our problems with a sense of solemn responsibility. With these steps, we sought to reiterate that in Honduras, rules apply to everyone, and rules are followed. On that basis, Honduras can offer concrete investment opportunities in logistics, industry, energy, infrastructure, agroindustry, mining, tourism, to name just a few sectors. We are the center of America. We stand between two oceans. We are optimizing Puerto Cortés— that is a port in our Caribbean-Atlantic area— and it is the port with greatest potential for growth in the country, and one of the largest, most important ports in Central America. We are investing to strengthen our road infrastructure so that we can create a logistics corridor to join the Atlantic with the Pacific. This project and its location means that we can offer to the world safe, reliable, and efficient supply chains. Honduras is one of the world's key textile exporters. We manufacture the clothes of well-known brands. We also manufacture cable harnesses and automobile parts that are sold around the world. They've come from Honduran factories. Around 200,000 Honduran people work in those industries. These factories, maquilas, and other forms of industry require stable energy at competitive prices. It is for that reason that the National Congress recently adopted a reform to our electrical energy law. That reform had been championed by the Presidency. In light of the above, we invite both national and foreign investment: investment in the development of Honduras's energy sector, investment in the generation, transmission, and distribution of energy. Our land is fertile land.

We are the largest coffee exporter in Central America and the fifth largest globally. Fifty percent—57%— of the coffee which Honduras exports is coffee recognized to be of extremely high quality, as well as accredited and specialized coffee. That is a reflection of the quality of our production and its standard of excellence. Honduras sees its agriculture, fisheries, and poultry industries as fundamental pillars for economic development, as well as for food security and job creation. Our commitment is to breathe momentum into these sectors sustainably. We want to empower our producers and bring high-quality Honduran products to international markets. Our land harbors mineral wealth with vast potential that has yet to be harnessed. We have the opportunity to develop a modern, responsible, and sustainable mining industry so that we can create employment and transform these resources into development and prosperity for our people.

We want to develop these resources with clear rules, in full respect of the environment and for the benefit of our communities. Our extraordinary biodiversity, natural riches, and cultural heritage make us a country with a vast wealth of potential for tourism. We have crystal-clear waters and reefs in the Bay Islands. We have the Great Copan Ruins and the legacy of the Mayan civilization. And all of these things mean that we offer the world a unique combination of nature, history, and culture. And above all, we have the most valuable asset that any nation can hold: a young, hardworking, and capable population. A population who demands, and quite rightly so, the opportunity to use their talent on their own in their own country. We want to see investment. We want investment to arrive in the country and to stay. We want investment that creates jobs and which brings knowledge to the table to train our young people. My commitment is to facilitate investment in Honduras. Honduras is in a period of renewal.

It has once again begun to believe in its institutions. It is looking its allies straight in the face with pride and is working to build its future with a hardworking spirit. And it wants to see a future of order and hope. Honduras reaffirms its commitment to peace, international law, sovereignty, and cooperation between states. Our country has understood that sovereignty does not mean isolation. Rather, it means the ability to establish bonds with the rest of the world on the basis of equality and respect. May God bless you. May God bless your nations.

And may God bless Honduras. Many thanks to you all.