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AOSIS COP28 Press Conference – AOSIS Chair Statement
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Statement by AOSIS Chair, the Honourable Minister Cedric Schuster • Talofa Excellencies, esteemed colleagues, distinguished guests, • I would like to begin by sharing a saying in my country… “O le mafua’aga a le tama a le talu”. • This means “The answer is in the soil”. When we say this, we are expressing the…
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AOSIS INC5.2 Statement
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Outcome of the Second Part of the Fifth Session Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-5.2) Geneva, Switzerland, 15 August 2025 AOSIS: Our resolve strengthened despite treaty setback Geneva, 14 August 2025 – The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) expresses deep concern…
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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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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 Addresses Collective Development Goals at SIDS Interregional Conference
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AOSIS Addresses Collective Development Goals at SIDS Interregional Conference At the Interregional Meeting of SIDS for SIDS4, AOSIS urged unified approach to chart a transformative course to SIDS’ sustainable development 1 September, 2023 A month of meetings in all regions of small island developing states (SIDS) which comprise the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)…
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AOSIS Leaders Meeting – Opening Statement by the Prime Minister
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It is my pleasure to welcome you to this year’s SIDS Leaders’ Meeting. Each year brings its own challenges for our countries, but few stand out as critical points that can truly manifest change. The decision to advance the Fund for Loss and Damage, the Agreement under UNCLOS on the BBNJ, the decision by the…
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AOSIS Submission on decision tools to evaluate alternative adaptation strategies to climate change
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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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AOSIS calls for a special window for SIDS within the Adaptation Fund
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Tuvalu on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) would like to present AOSIS initial view on specific policies, programme priorities and eligibility criteria for the operation of the Adaptation Fund, for consideration by the Subsidiary Body for Implementation at its twenty-fourth session (May 2006). AOSIS welcomes the decision of COP/MOP 1 providing…
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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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Report of the AOSIS Workshop on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and SIDS
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1. The first workshop of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and Small Island Developing States was held in Saint Kitts and Nevis from 4 to 6 December, 2000, under the auspices of the Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis. It was organized by the Alliance of Small…