Alliance of Small Island States

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  • AOSIS share initial views on Technology and Technology Transfer

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    1998, Climate, COP4, UNFCCC

    Introduction AOSIS welcomes this opportunity to present further views on the development and transfer of technologies, especially as this relates to technology and technology information needs of developing countries. Several member States of AOSIS have in the past responded to the survey prepared by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat, and this…

  • AOSIS outlines capacity building needs to protect biodiversity

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    2004, Sustainable Development

    Mr. Chairman, I have the honor to speak on behalf of the 43 Members and Observers of the Alliance of Small Island States – AOSIS. Our delegations will be speaking as a group at this first meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol, as well as at the future sessions. Our group held…

  • AOSIS shares views to be discussed at the Expert Workshop on funding, insurance and technology transfer

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    1999, Climate, SB10, UNFCCC

    Introduction The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) welcomes this opportunity to further elaborate on the issues relating to articles 4.8 and 4.9. These articles are of fundamental importance to developing countries, in particular AOSIS, but unfortunately they have not received the necessary attention up until now. AOSIS sees this as an important opportunity to…

  • AOSIS calls for a special window for SIDS within the Adaptation Fund

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    2006, Climate, Finance, UNFCCC

    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…

  • AOSIS submission on issues relating to climate related risks and extreme events

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    2007, Climate, SB26, UNFCCC

    Background At SBSTA 25, Parties adopted conclusions relating to the ‘five-year programme of work on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change’ (FCCC/SBSTA/2006/L.26). In paragraph 34 of these conclusions, under the heading ‘climate related risks and extreme events’, SBSTA invited Parties and relevant organizations to submit to the secretariat, by 23 February 2007, information on…

  • Communique from the Fifth Summit of AOSIS Heads of State and Government

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    2005, Sustainable Development

    Adopted at the Swami Vivekananda Convention Centre Port Louis, Mauritius, 12 January 2005. 1. The Heads of State and Government of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) met on 12 January 2005 in Port Louis, Mauritius. The meeting was chaired by The Honourable Paul Raymond Bérenger G.C.S.K, Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius…

  • 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…

  • AOSIS Submission on decision tools to evaluate alternative adaptation strategies to climate change

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    1999, Adaptation, Climate, UNFCCC

    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…

  • Communique from the Fourth Summit of the AOSIS Heads of State and Government

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    2002, SDGs, Sustainable Development

    We, the Heads of State and Government and representatives of AOSIS express great satisfaction with the agreement on the special provisions contained in Chapter VII of the draft Plan of Implementation for the WSSD on the sustainable development of Small Island Developing States. The section elaborates the special case for Small Island Developing States in…

  • Blueprint for Ocean and Coastal Sustainability

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    2011, Blue Economy, Oceans

    The Blueprint for Ocean and Coastal Sustainability, otherwise known as the Blue Paper, launched here today in Paris, and produced as a result of a collaboration between our hosts, UNESCO, as well as other instrumental agencies including the UNDP, FAO, IOC and IMO provides an excellent guide for approaching discussions on oceans management within the…