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Safeguarding our Resilience – In Support of SIDS4
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AOSIS Statement Opening and Welcome Address Technical Workshop in support of the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) 11-13 March 2024 Tanoa Tusitala Hotel- Apia, Samoa Talofa and a very warm welcome to Samoa. Over the next three days, you will begin the conversation on an extremely important issue that is central…
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MVI Part 1 – For the Future of SIDS
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Small island developing states (SIDS) continuously call attention to the need for support, in light of our vulnerabilities which leave us lagging behind the rest of the world. Our calls fall on deaf ears to devastating effect, creating larger and larger barriers to respond to the climate crisis, advancing debt, and external shocks. Our words…
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Moving Forward on the MVI – Panel’s Final Report on the MVI
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Informal meeting of the General Assembly to allow the Co-Chairs of the High-Level Panel on the Development of a Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to present the final edited version of the Final report to Member States March 28, 2024. Trusteeship Council. 10:00 am – 12:00 Mr. President, Co-chairs of…
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Fighting for Plastic-Free Seas: AOSIS Statement at INC4
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Closing Statement by Samoa on behalf of the 39 Small Island Developing States at the Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop a legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. 29 April, 2024 Mr Chair, On behalf of the small island developing states, we thank you for your…
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Sir Molwyn stresses needs of SIDS in statement to Oceans Conference dialogue
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Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen. I deliver this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). It is 40 years since UNCLOS came into force. Part XIV of the Law of the Sea Convention is clear with obligations to transfer marine technology and to build the scientific and related capacity of developing…
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What it’s like negotiating at COP26 as a small island state
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Qui is negotiating on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis). It is a coalition of 39 countries, largely from the Caribbean and South Pacific, including Jamaica, Cuba, Fiji and Antigua and Barbuda. “We are a group of very small countries that don’t have a significant amount of political leverage,” says Frances Fuller,…
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Fighting for SIDS Survival – First Session of the Preparatory Committee for the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States
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Statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) First Session of the Preparatory Committee for the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States 22-26 January 2024 I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States. Co-chairs, thank you for convening us today and…