Alliance of Small Island States

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  • Communique from the Fifth Summit of AOSIS Heads of State and Government

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    2005, Sustainable Development

    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…

  • AOSIS Ministerial Declaration on Climate Change in Buenos Aires

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    2004, Climate, COP10, UNFCCC

    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…

  • AOSIS Ministerial Declaration on Climate Change in Buenos Aires

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    2004, Climate, Cross-cutting, UNFCCC

    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…

  • UNFCCC Executive Secretary briefs AOSIS on preparations for COP10

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    2004, Climate, COP10, UNFCCC

    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…

  • Statement at opening of SIDS Universities Consortium

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    2004, SDGs, Sustainable Development

    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…

  • AOSIS technical needs to address water and climate at CSD12

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    2004, Sustainable Development

    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…

  • AOSIS outlines capacity building needs to protect biodiversity

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    2004, Sustainable Development

    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…

  • AOSIS’ Strategy for the Further Implementation of the BPOA

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    2004, SDGs, Sustainable Development

    AOSIS Strategy for the Further Implementation of the BPOA 1. The Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA) provides a blueprint for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and the international community to address national sustainable development in SIDS that takes into account the economic, social and environmental aspects that are the pillars of the holistic and integrated…

  • AOSIS Chair reviews progress and shortcomings at COP9 of the UNFCCC

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    2003, Climate, COP9, Mitigation, UNFCCC

    1. Introduction 1.1 The Ninth Conference of the Parties (COP9) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the nineteenth sessions of the COP’s Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) were held at the Fierra Milano in Milan, Italy, from 1 to 12 December…

  • Report of the AOSIS Meeting of Experts on Waste Management

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    2003, Sustainable Development

    1. INTRODUCTION The Meeting of Experts on Waste Management for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) was held at Hotel Nacional, Havana (Cuba). It brought together experts from all SIDS regions and from a variety of backgrounds, such as government trade officials and representatives from educational institutions, waste management, private business and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). A…