Alliance of Small Island States

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  • AOSIS calls for a roadmap to protect vulnerable communities at COP13

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    2007, Climate, COP13, UNFCCC

    Thank you Mr. President, I have the honour and pleasure to speak today on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). It has been said that for the island peoples the oceans do not divide us, in fact they unite us. We are pleased to be here in Bali and to experience the…

  • AOSIS prepares for the COP13/CMP3 of the UNFCCC

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    2007, Climate, COP13, UNFCCC

    The AOSIS Preparatory Meeting for the UNFCCC Thirteenth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 13) and the Third Session of the Conference of the Parties as the Meeting of the Parties of the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 3) was held in St. Kitts-Nevis on 7 to 10 November 2007. OPENING CEREMONY The opening ceremony…

  • Principles for integration across development, adaptation, technology and market mechanisms

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    2007, Climate, UNFCCC

    The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) welcomes this opportunity to present views on the issues under discussion in the Dialogue. Background The fourth workshop of the Dialogue on long term cooperative action to address climate change by enhancing implementation of the convention (the Dialogue), which will take place in Vienna, Austria between 27-31 August…

  • AOSIS submission on issues relating to climate related risks and extreme events

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    2007, Climate, SB26, UNFCCC

    Background At SBSTA 25, Parties adopted conclusions relating to the ‘five-year programme of work on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change’ (FCCC/SBSTA/2006/L.26). In paragraph 34 of these conclusions, under the heading ‘climate related risks and extreme events’, SBSTA invited Parties and relevant organizations to submit to the secretariat, by 23 February 2007, information on…

  • AOSIS takes stock of progress at COP12

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    2006, Climate, COP12, UNFCCC

    Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen I have the honor to speak on behalf of the Members States of the Alliance of Small Island States, all of whom are Parties to this Convention. We are most gratified by the warm welcome extended to our delegations. Mr. President, at this session, AOSIS has sought progress on…

  • AOSIS calls for a special window for SIDS within the Adaptation Fund

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    2006, Climate, Finance, UNFCCC

    Tuvalu on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) would like to present AOSIS initial view on specific policies, programme priorities and eligibility criteria for the operation of the Adaptation Fund, for consideration by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation at its twenty-fourth session (May 2006). AOSIS welcomes the decision of COP/MOP 1 providing…

  • AOSIS calls for a special window for SIDS within the Adaptation Fund

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    2006, Climate, Finance, SB24, UNFCCC

    Tuvalu on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) would like to present AOSIS initial view on specific policies, programme priorities and eligibility criteria for the operation of the Adaptation Fund, for consideration by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation at its twenty-fourth session (May 2006). AOSIS welcomes the decision of COP/MOP 1 providing…

  • AOSIS statement on the occasion of SIDS Day

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    2006, Sustainable Development

    Chairman – thanks, etc. We are most grateful to the Vice-Chairman, Mr de Boer from the Netherlands for his masterful stewardship of the SIDS Day discussions. We received last evening the completed report of the Chairman of CSD which contains the report of SIDS Day as well as several other paragraphs of importance to SIDS…

  • AOSIS Report of the 22nd Sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies of the UNFCCC

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    2005, Climate, SB22, UNFCCC

    1. Introduction 1.1 The twenty-second sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB 22) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took place from 19-27 May 2005, at the Maritim Hotel in Bonn, Germany. Approximately 1600 participants attended the meeting. 1.2 As Vice-Chairman of the AOSIS coordinating for the AOSIS group at the SB…

  • Statement to the CSD on the outcomes of the Mauritius International Meeting

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    2005, Sustainable Development

    In the absence of His Excellency the Permanent Representative of Mauritius, the Chairman of the Alliance of Small Island States Ambassador Jagdish Koonjul, and in my capacity as Vice-Chairman of AOSIS, I have the honor to make present some viewpoints from our group. This statement will build upon our introductory statement to the opening session…