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A New Vision: Samoa Assumes Leadership of AOSIS
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ALLIANCE OF SMALL ISLANDS STATES – SAMOA’S VISION FOR THE PERIOD 2023 AND 2024 Prime Minister Browne Excellencies and distinguished colleagues, Let me begin by offering Samoa’s best wishes to each and everyone present here today for a highly successful and rewarding 2023. It will be a full and demanding year for all of us.…
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AOSIS Joint Opening Statement Sixty-Second Session of the Subsidiary Bodies of UNFCCC
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Chairs, Thank you, distinguished Chairs of the SBI and SBSTA for convening this joint opening plenary. We congratulate you on your appointment and look forward to continuing to work constructively with you. Palau has the honour to make this statement on behalf of the 39 members of the Alliance of Small Island States. At the…
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Regional AOSIS Statement: Preparatory Meeting for the Caribbean region
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Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Caribbean region 8 – 10 August 2023, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines AOSIS Statement Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States. Let me begin by thanking the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines for…
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SIDS4 Can Safeguard Hopes for Islands’ Sustainability
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SIDS4 Can Safeguard Hopes for Islands’ Sustainability As world leaders converge for the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States, vulnerable islands say urgent, enhanced international cooperation is key to rescuing faltering sustainable development goals for SIDS. New York, 23rd May, 2024 Islands are in grave danger of falling further behind on sustainable development…
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AOSIS STATEMENT ON ELECTION OF SIDS REPRESENTATIVES TO IPCC CHAIRMANSHIP
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Small island developing states (SIDS) hope for focus on topics critical to vulnerable countries, particularly pathways to keep global commitment to 1.5°C warming limit. 28th July, 2023 Small island developing states (SIDS) will be strongly represented in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) Bureau, with the newly elected Working Group…
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AOSIS and LDCs Say Progress Is Too Slow At Bonn Climate Negotiations
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The Chairs representing countries most vulnerable to climate change warned the world is wasting its last chance to raise ambition and avoid breaching the global warming limit UN Campus, Bonn, Germany, June 24th, 2025 On Tuesday 24th June, the UN negotiating bloc for small island developing states, AOSIS, joined the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) at…
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UN Secretary General at AOSIS Leaders Conference: “Polluters Must Pay”
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UN Secretary General at AOSIS Leaders Conference: “Polluters Must Pay” Small Island Developing States leaders determine their direction on critical issues for COP27, focusing on loss and damage and the MVI NEW YORK 22ND September, 2022 – The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) is adamant that at COP27 major emitters must do right by…
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AOSIS comments on decision tools for evaluating alternative adaptation strategies
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The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) welcomed the informal report provided by the Secretariat at the last meeting of SBSTA in Bonn this year. AOSIS is very interested in furthering the work on adaptation, especially for coastal areas. AOSIS Member States have been grappling with the need to find cost-effective and technically feasible options…
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SIDS share outcome on 2021 Health Summit of island nations
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WHO-SIDS Summit Antigua and Barbuda and The World Health Organization co-organized the first ever SIDS Summit for Health: For a healthy and resilient future in Small Island Developing States. The virtual Summit took place from 28-29 June 2021. The Summit was part of the COVID-19 pandemic response as articulated by the Chair and formed a…
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WADADLI ACTION PLATFORM
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THE WADADLI ACTION PLATFORM 8-9 AUGUST 2022 JOHN E. ST. LUCE FINANCE & CONFERENCE CENTER ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Small Island Developing States (SIDS) continue to face the combined challenges arising from geographical remoteness, small scale of economies, high costs and the adverse effects of climate change and natural disasters. These challenges have been…