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IPCC sidesteps question of what constitutes dangerous climate change in AR3
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Samoa, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) welcomes the opportunity to submit some views on priority areas of research and questions for the scientific community arising from the Third Assessment Report (TAR) of the IPCC. AOSIS has already commented on the TAR at the 7th Conference of the Parties, and those…
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Inter-regional Preparatory Meeting for the World Summit on Sustainable Development
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The meeting was held at the M Hotel, Singapore from 7 to 11 January 2002. It was organized by the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and the Small Island Developing States Unit (SIDS Unit) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). A significant financial contribution was made by the Singapore…
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AOSIS Workshop on trade, sustainable development and small island developing States
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The workshop was held at the Wyndham Rose Hall Resort and Country Club in Montego Bay, Jamaica from 12 to 15 December, 2001. Informal consultations, registration and preparation was held on 11 December. Proceedings Opening ceremony The workshop was blessed by The Reverend Edward Jennings, of Montego Bay. Mrs. Norma Taylor Roberts (Ministry of Foreign…
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AOSIS decries the failure of the AdHoc Energy Working Group
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Mr. Chairmen, I have the honour to speak on behalf of the forty-three Members and Observers of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), thirty-seven of which are members of the United Nations. Energy is one of the fourteen priority issues identified in 1994 in the Barbados Programme of Action for the sustainable development of…
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AOSIS heightens calls for implementation of the BPOA
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Mr. Chairman, I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the thirty-seven members of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) that are represented at the United Nations. Let me also say that as developing countries the AOSIS membership associates fully with the statement delivered by the Chairman of the Group of…
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Further cooperation is needed between the UNFCCC, the CBD and the CCD
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Samoa, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Islands States (AOSIS) welcomes this opportunity to submit its initial views on the issue of “Cooperation between the Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention to Combat Desertification”. At present the implementation of the UNFCCC, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)…
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AOSIS contributes to work on developing methods to assess climate change impacts
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Samoa, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) welcomes this opportunity to provide comments on the report of the adaptation workshop contained in FCCC/SBSTA/2001/Inf.4 and the conclusions therein. AOSIS also wishes to provide further views on the general approaches to adaptation work under the Convention, in light of the decision on guidance…
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AOSIS sets out a pressing agenda at 56th UNGA
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Mr. Chairman, I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the thirty-seven members of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) that are represented at the United Nations. In their name I congratulate you and the other Bureau officers for your election. Let me also say that as developing countries the AOSIS…
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Time to set the Kyoto Protocol in place to deal with climate change
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Mr. President, I have the honor to speak on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). We endorse fully the statement just made on behalf of the developing countries. The statement is a clear declaration of commitment to the Kyoto Protocol and firm resolve to bring it into force. We thank the distinguished…
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AOSIS emphasizes Energy and Climate Change at the 9th Commission on Sustainable Development
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Mr. President, I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 43 member countries of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), 36 of which are member States of the United Nations. First, may I congratulate you on your election as Chairman of the 9th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development. We are…
