Alliance of Small Island States

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

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    2006, Climate, Finance, SB24, 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 technical needs to address water and climate at CSD12

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    2004, Sustainable Development

    Mr Chairman, Distinguished delegates, I have the pleasure of take the floor on behalf of the members of the Alliance of Small Island States, but first may I associate the members of AOSIS with the statement of the Group of 77 and China. The need for improved capacity to manage water resources in a sustainable…

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

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    1999, Adaptation, Climate, SB11, 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…

  • A New Vision: Samoa Assumes Leadership of AOSIS

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    2023, Climate, Finance

    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.…

  • Statement by AOSIS on SIDS and Energy for Sustainable Deelopment

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    1995, Climate, COP1, UNFCCC

    Mr. Chairman, honorable Ministers, Excellencies, It is an honor for me to represent the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) here at this meeting, and to share with you some of our concerns with what we as Small Island Developing States (SIDS) consider to be the question of energy for sustainable development. Energy is required…

  • AOSIS shares views on national communications from non-Annex I Parties

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    1999, Climate, SB10, Transparency, UNFCCC

    The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) is grateful for the opportunity to comment on the issue of the consideration of communications from non-Annex I Parties. As all AOSIS Members are non-Annex I Parties, and the majority are in the process of completing their national communications, this issue is relevant and timely. I. General concerns…

  • AOSIS calls for full implementation of the Doha Programme of Action for LDCs

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    2022, Macroeconomics, Sustainable Development

    I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). We align our statement with the statement delivered by Pakistan on behalf of G77 and China. We wish to congratulate the President of the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-5) on his election and…

  • SIDS require political, technical and financial support to achieve sustainable development

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    2013, GA, SDGs, Sustainable Development

    Co-Chairs, Nauru has the honour to speak on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), a coalition of 44 island and low lying coastal states from the AIMS, Caribbean and the Pacific region. AOSIS associates its statement with the statement delivered by the distinguished Permanent Representative of Fiji on behalf of the Group…

  • Holistic approach urgently needed to address decline in coastal marine systems

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    2022, GA, GA75, Oceans, UN Oceans Conference

    Throughout this week, you have heard all about how the ocean and its finite marine resources are increasingly threatened and destroyed by unsustainable human activities, reducing their ability to provide crucial ecosystem services. For Small Island Developing states, this decline in ocean health is even more acute, as our identity, culture and livelihoods are closely…

  • Safeguarding our Resilience – In Support of SIDS4

    Safeguarding our Resilience – In Support of SIDS4

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    2024, Sustainable Development

    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…