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AOSIS Submission to the Secretary-General’s report challenges related to sea level rise and on ways and approaches to address this issue
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SUBMISSION AOSIS Submission to the Secretary-General’s report challenges related to sea level rise and on ways and approaches to address this issue October 24, 2025 Download PDF Topic: Oceans Introduction 1. Pursuant to the request made by the General Assembly, in its decision 78/558, for the Secretary-General to prepare a report on challenges related to…
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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 Climate Newsletter – AOSIS Chair Message, August 2023
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Talofa reader, I am pleased to introduce the first newsletter from the climate team of the Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States. We look forward to keeping our members and partners updated on our work as we strive to amplify the priorities of our small island developing states (SIDS) and empower our people.…
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AOSIS October Newsletter – Chair’s Message
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AOSIS CLIMATE TEAM NEWSLETTER – OCTOBER, 2024 • Message from the Chair of AOSIS H.E. Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Dr Pa’olelei Luteru Talofa reader, For our Climate team, the tireless efforts of this past year will come to a head in just a few weeks at COP29. As we prepare for Baku, I am confident that our…
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AOSIS Joint Statement Twenty-eighth session of the Conference of Parties to UNFCCC
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● Samoa is honored to speak on behalf of Small Island Developing States. We are 39 small island and low-lying coastal nations that are most vulnerable to climate change. ● We align ourselves to the statement made by Cuba on behalf of G77 and China. ● Let me also join others in congratulating your Excellency…
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• February Climate Newsletter Message from the Chair of AOSIS – H.E. Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Dr Pa’olelei Luteru
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Talofa reader, We are advancing resolutely into 2024, and as we look forward to a new year of challenges and pivotal opportunities, we would be remiss if we did not spend some time reflecting on the critical events which defined the culmination of 2023. As we begin to get a clearer perspective on the momentous…
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Statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) at the Briefing by the Secretary-General on his priorities for 2023 6 February 2023, New York
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I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and to align with the statement delivered by the Distinguished Permanent Representative of Cuba on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. Mr. President, AOSIS thanks you for convening this meeting so that the Secretary-General could…
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Climate finance is not Overseas Development Assistance
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1. I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). We align ourselves with the statement delivered by the distinguished Permanent Representative of South Africa, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. 2. Although separate and distinct processes, there must be coherence between both the FfD…
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Statement by AOSIS to closing SBSTA Plenary in Paris at COP21
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Good morning Madam Chairperson and distinguished delegates. I have the honour of delivering this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States, a group of 44 countries most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Madam Chairperson, limiting the global rise in temperature to 1.5 degrees is a life or death matter…
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AOSIS welcomes the UN Task Force created to finalize the Multi-dimensional Vulnerability Index
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AOSIS Statement delivered by H E. Walton Webson, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the UN Informal meeting of the plenary to hear a briefing by the President of the General Assembly on his priorities for the resumed part of the seventy-sixth session 19 January 2022 President of the General Assembly, Secretary- General Excellencies…