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AOSIS statement on the occasion of SIDS Day
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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…
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AOSIS Report of the 22nd Sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies of the UNFCCC
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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…
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Statement to the CSD on the outcomes of the Mauritius International Meeting
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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…
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Communique from the Fifth Summit of AOSIS Heads of State and Government
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Adopted at the Swami Vivekananda Convention Centre Port Louis, Mauritius, 12 January 2005. 1. The Heads of State and Government of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) met on 12 January 2005 in Port Louis, Mauritius. The meeting was chaired by The Honourable Paul Raymond Bérenger G.C.S.K, Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius…
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AOSIS Ministerial Declaration on Climate Change in Buenos Aires
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We, the Ministers and other heads of delegation of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) present at the tenth session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Buenos Aires, Noting with alarm the devastating effect that hurricanes in the Caribbean and cyclones in the Pacific wreaked…
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AOSIS Ministerial Declaration on Climate Change in Buenos Aires
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We, the Ministers and other heads of delegation of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) present at the tenth session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Buenos Aires, Noting with alarm the devastating effect that hurricanes in the Caribbean and cyclones in the Pacific wreaked…
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UNFCCC Executive Secretary briefs AOSIS on preparations for COP10
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At the briefing organised for the AOSIS delegations held lunchtime on Wednesday 20th October 2004, Ms Joke Waller-Hunter, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC updated the AOSIS delegations on: • the progress of work in the Climate Change process; • UNFCCC Secretariat’s preparations for the upcoming Tenth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP10: 6th…
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Statement at opening of SIDS Universities Consortium
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Your Excellency Mr Turnbell, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, Honourable Senators, Ms Ragster President of the University of Virgin Islands, Distinguished Representatives of the Universities of SIDS Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure and an honour to be invited to say a few words at this opening ceremony. Many of you will…
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AOSIS technical needs to address water and climate at CSD12
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Mr Chairman, Distinguished delegates, I have the pleasure of take the floor on behalf of the members of the Alliance of Small Island States, but first may I associate the members of AOSIS with the statement of the Group of 77 and China. The need for improved capacity to manage water resources in a sustainable…
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AOSIS outlines capacity building needs to protect biodiversity
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Mr. Chairman, I have the honor to speak on behalf of the 43 Members and Observers of the Alliance of Small Island States – AOSIS. Our delegations will be speaking as a group at this first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol, as well as at the future sessions. Our group held…