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Sustainable Recovery of the Tourism Industry at the SIDS Global Business Network Forum
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Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for joining us at the SIDS Global Business Network Forum for this important discussion on Tourism and COVID-19 Recovery in SIDS. Significance of Tourism Industry in SIDS As you are all aware, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are disproportionately vulnerable to global economic shocks due to their small…
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Statement at opening of SIDS Universities Consortium
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Your Excellency Mr Turnbell, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, Honourable Senators, Ms Ragster President of the University of Virgin Islands, Distinguished Representatives of the Universities of SIDS Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure and an honour to be invited to say a few words at this opening ceremony. Many of you will…
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AOSIS On Draft COP Presidency GST Text: This COP Cannot Kill 1.5
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On Monday 11th December, the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) held a press conference to share feedback on the release of the COP28 Presidency’s draft text on the Global Stocktake. AOSIS Chair, Minister Cedric Schuster of Samoa, was joined by several other AOSIS Ministers, including: Minister John Silk, Republic of the Marshall Islands Minister…
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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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Island Leaders at UNGA79 Resolve to Spur Global Support for Sustainable Development
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Island Leaders at UNGA79 Resolve to Spur Global Support for Sustainable Development Heads of State and high-level officials united at the AOSIS Leaders Meeting to strengthen the course for delivery of the ‘ABAS’, enhanced finance, and addressing sea level rise. 24th September, 2024 – New York City On the margins of the High-Level General Debate…
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AOSIS petitions for sustainable recovery plans as pandemic takes hold of SIDS
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I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), and we align ourselves with the statement delivered by Guyana on behalf of the Group of 77 & China. Let me begin by thanking the Secretary-General for the reports presented under this cluster, which provide useful information…
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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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Climate change: Bonn talks end in acrimony over compensation
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“The climate emergency is fast becoming a catastrophe,” said Conrod Hunte, lead negotiator for the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). “Yet within these walls the process feels out of step with reality, the pace feels too slow,” he told delegates at the end of the meeting.
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How the Ukraine crisis raises the costs of climate change for poor nations
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“[These] governments have largely been bankrolling or paying for their adaptation,” Janine Felson, Belize ambassador and co-lead Climate Finance Negotiator at the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), told TRT World. “They will have to take a bit of a pain killer to swallow the cost,” Felson says, “which means that national budgets will have…
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A successful Rio Process is not a luxury, but an imperative for small islands
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Chair, I have the honor to speak on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). We align ourselves with the statement of Argentina on behalf of the G77 and China. Chair, AOSIS stands ready to engage in the important questions asked of member states; we encourage our fellow members to quickly resolve otherwise…