I am humbled and indeed honoured to stand before the General Assembly today for the first time as the Prime Minister of Tuvalu. I bring to the Assembly and the related high-level summits the best wishes of my people and the Government of Tuvalu.
I take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. President…
It is with absolute and immense honour that I, as the Head of Government of Tuvalu, offer my perspectives on the objectives and pursuits of the Summit of the Future. The Summit presents a timely opportunity for the global community to recast and to reform the global architecture of multilateralism a…
Tuvalu aligns itself with the statements delivered by the representatives of Samoa, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States; Fiji, on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum; and Germany, on behalf of the Coalition for Addressing Sea-level Rise and its Existential Threat.
We express our sincer…
I have the honour to deliver the following joint statement on behalf of the Coalition
for Addressing Sea-level Rise and its Existential Threat (C-SET). The Coalition is co-chaired by Tuvalu and Germany and led by a group of champions, namely Antigua and Barbuda, Costa Rica, Denmark, Morocco, New Ze…
I would like to congratulate the President of the General Assembly, His Excellency Mr. Dennis Francis, Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago, as he takes over the helm of this organ at its seventy-eighth session. Tuvalu has full confidence and trust in his leadership in steering our canoe through the ro…
I make this statement on behalf of my country, Tuvalu, and I would also like to align myself with the statements made by the representatives of the Federated States of Micronesia, on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States, and Tonga, on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum (see A/77/PV.…
On behalf of the Government of Tuvalu, I congratulate Mr. Csaba Kőrösi on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session. Tuvalu has full confidence in his leadership. Let me also take this opportunity to thank the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-si…
I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/75/L.98, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Pacific Islands Forum”, on behalf of the members of the Forum.
The draft resolution is an update of resolution 73/332 and serves to take stock of the various developments over the pas…
I have the honour and privilege to introduce the pre-recorded statement on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum, as delivered by His Excellency Mr. Kausea Natano, Prime Minister of Tuvalu, who is also Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum.
On behalf of Tuvalu and on my own behalf, I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy- fourth session. Tuvalu has full confidence in your leadership. Let me also take this opportunity to thank Ms. María Espinosa Garcés, President at the seventy- thir…
I am honoured and privileged to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Asia-Pacific States and to extend our Group’s sincere congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Tijjani Muhammad Bande on his successful election as the President of the General Assembly at its seventy- fourth session.
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I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 12 members of the Pacific small island developing States (SIDS), namely, Kiribati, Fiji, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu and my own country, Tu…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum members represented at the United Nations: Australia, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu and my own country, Tu…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 12 members of the Pacific small island developing States (SIDS), the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu and my own country, Tuvalu.
At the outset, th…
It gives me great pleasure, on behalf of the Government and the people of Tuvalu, to address the General Assembly and to congratulate
Her Excellency Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session. Tuvalu has full confidence in he…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the 12 Pacific small island developing States (SIDS). At the outset, I would like to thank the delegation of Japan for holding this important debate on addressing complex contemporary challenges to international peace and security.
The Pacifi…
Next week, on 1 October, Tuvalu will mark the thirty-ninth anniversary of its independence. It gives me great pleasure, therefore, on behalf of the Government and people of Tuvalu, to thank the United Nations and all its membership for granting Tuvalu the recognition of full sovereignty in October 1…
On behalf of the Government and people of Tuvalu, I bring greetings to the United Nations. We offer our prayers for those affected by the tragic loss of lives resulting from acts of violence here in our host country, the United States of America, and worldwide.
Let me now add Tuvalu’s commendations…
