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  • Opening statement for the first AOSIS workshop on Persistent Organic Pollutants

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    2003, Sustainable Development

    It is a great pleasure for me to be here today to open this workshop. I wish to thank the Government of Antigua and Barbuda for their graciousness in hosting this important meeting. I also wish to thank, on all our behalf, the UNEP Chemicals Secretariat and the Global Environment Facility for making this meeting…

  • AOSIS OPENING STATEMENT: UNFCCC JOINT SBSTA AND SBI OPENING PLENARY (SB 58)

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    2023, Climate, Mitigation, UNFCCC

    FULL VERSION OF STATEMENT CAN BE DOWNLOADED VIA PDF ABOVE Executive Secretary Stiell Chairs of the Subsidiary Bodies Excellencies Colleagues I am pleased to deliver this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States, and we align ourselves with the intervention by the Group of 77 and China. The full version of our…

  • Statement at opening of the 2nd Inter-sessional of UN Conference on Sustainable Development

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    2011, Sustainable Development

    Mr. Chairman, Grenada has the honour address you and the Co-Chair H.E Mr. John Ashe and to congratulate and thank you, your distinguished staff and the Secretariat for your leadership. Co-Chairs, Grenada has the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the 43 members of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). AOSIS aligns…

  • AOSIS outlines important SIDS issues to reflect in the UN Secretary General’s priorities for 2022

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    2022, Sustainable Development

    Secretary-General Excellencies and Colleagues, I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). While we are seated here Mr. Secretary-General, our sister island of Tonga is reeling from the devastation of a volcanic eruption and tsunami. The latest reports are simply disturbing, entire communities were destroyed,…

  • AOSIS Pushes Progress On Loss and Damage Finance Facility

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    2022, Climate, Loss & Damage

    SIDS climate negotiators chart way forward for climate at AOSIS regional workshops Thursday 11th August, 2022: The operationalisation of a Loss and Damage Finance Facility is an urgent issue for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) that grapple with servicing loans to recover from extreme climate disasters and slow-onset impacts, at the cost of sustainable development.…

  • AOSIS presents a Draft Protocol to the UNFCCC

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    1995, Climate, COP1, Mitigation, UNFCCC

    This briefing has been prepared as a guide to the text of a Draft Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction (Draft Protocol), submitted by the government of Trinidad and Tobago on behalf the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) for consideration by the Parties to the…

  • AOSIS Chair Statement at Briefing on the Climate Action Summit

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    2023, Climate, Mitigation, SB52, UNFCCC

    Briefing on the Climate Action Summit June 9, 2023 Statement by AOSIS Excellencies, colleagues, I would like to start by thanking the Deputy Secretary-General for convening this briefing on the Climate Action Summit. We believe this meeting is crucial in bringing the necessary political momentum to deliver the climate action we need in order to…

  • 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…

  • Pacific Islands Forum defines actions to combat Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise

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    2022, GA, GA75, Oceans, UN Oceans Conference

    Excellencies and colleagues, I’d like to begin by thanking the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat for hosting this very important side-event. We have talked much this week about the linkages between oceans and other issues, and there is no more important connection than that between oceans and climate change. The rapidly changing climate is having a…

  • AOSIS Chair Statement on SIDS Priorities at COP28

    AOSIS Chair Statement on SIDS Priorities at COP28

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    2023, Climate, COP27, Mitigation, UNFCCC

    Achieving a robust Global Stocktake, keeping 1.5C goal are imperative to SIDS’ survival. Dubai, 27th November, 2023 Small island developing states (SIDS) from the Pacific, Caribbean, African, Indian Ocean and South China Seas have converged in Dubai ahead of the pivotal United Nations climate summit, COP28, to solidify priorities that must be achieved to give…