The Head of State of Cape Verde, Dr. José Maria Pereira Neves, speaking at the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly,

The Head of State of Cape Verde, Dr. José Maria Pereira Neves, speaking at the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, began by welcoming the Future Summit, promoted by the UN and to be held in 2023, with a view to a new global consensus on the fate of the planet, as well as Cape Verde's active role in holding the event.

He also reaffirmed the country's status as a Small Island Developing State, but with the ambition of becoming a Small Island Developing State in the near future.

He assumed himself as one of the spokespersons for the African Continent, stressing the need to preserve Africa's Natural and Cultural Heritage and to promote climate justice and equity on the Continent. He reiterated the importance of the world movement for the candidacy of Creolization and Creole cultures as Universal Heritage, of which he is Godfather, doing justice to the fact that he is the Head of State of the most ancestral Creole Nation in the world.