It is an honour for me to deliver this statement on behalf of the members of the Pacific Islands Forum, namely, Australia, the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and my own countr…
I thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the opportunity to speak at this meeting on the very important issue of the Bougainville peace process in Papua New Guinea. I make this statement on behalf of the members of the Pacific Islands Forum that are Members of the United Nations, including Australi…
Imagine, if you can, a region so diverse in its culture, history and geography that its people speak some 1,200 languages — a region of islands large and small, numbering in the thousands and isolated by vast distances, where pervasive socio- economic change and environmental adversity have had powe…
It is a pleasure for us to have Ambassador Kamalesh Sharma amidst us, and we thank him most sincerely for the very comprehensive report he has presented to the Council.
In all previous meetings of the Security Council on East Timor, we had leaders from Dili, but it is now a great pleasure for us to…
I would like to thank the President for giving me the opportunity to speak on this agenda item on the report of the Secretary-General
on progress towards the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, and I am honoured to do so on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum countries with…
It is an honour to address the Assembly on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum Group in New York: Australia, the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand,
Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, as well as my own country, Fiji.
May I beg…
I have the honour to address the Council on this very important topic on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum group: Australia, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and my own country, Fiji, …
The Millennium Declaration is both a milestone and a road map for a renewed strategy and sharpened focus on the development agenda for the twenty-first century. Lessons learned in the United Nations system since its inception have shaped a common vision of humankind to deliver a more peaceful, prosp…
My delegation warmly congratulates you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October.
It is my honour to address the Security Council on behalf of the group of countries members of the Pacific Islands Forum that maintain permanent missions in New York: …
Fiji fully endorses the Pacific Islands Forum statement delivered earlier by Mr. Vinci Clodumar of Nauru.
In congratulating the Forum earlier this year on its thirtieth anniversary, former Fiji statesman and elder Pacific leader, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, announced that the Forum has become a potent …
Fiji fully endorses the Pacific Islands Forum group statement that will be delivered by Ambassador Vinci Clodumar of Nauru later today.
The Agreement for the implementation of the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea relating to the conservation and management of stradd…
Fiji mourns the recent losses and world-changing tragedies which the United States of America has endured. We remember the many lives lost in that adversity, and we express the hope that peace and goodwill may prevail. Now is the time to make haste to galvanize collaborative efforts by developed and…
Terrorism has fast become an intellectual concept and the subject of academic deliberations in the United Nations in recent years. Numerous international, regional and bilateral treaties, conventions and declarations to suppress and prevent terrorism have been concluded. Mostly, however, these instr…
My Government highly commends the incisive report of the Secretary-General. However, Fiji laments the fact that its charismatic impact has been severely overtaken by the cold- blooded, vicious terrorist attacks that took place two weeks ago in our host country — although it helps us perhaps to under…
I have the honour to introduce the draft resolution contained in document A/55/L.90, under agenda item 39. The draft resolution is entitled “United Nations Electoral Observation Mission for the general elections in Fiji in August 2001” and is sponsored by the following Member States: Argentina, Aust…
Allow me to warmly congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to the Council and your assumption of the presidency during the first month of your membership. I would also like to take this opportunity to warmly congratulate Colombia, Ireland, Mauritius and Norway on their election to the Coun…
Fiji wishes to align itself with the statement delivered by His Excellency Mr. Peter Donigi of Papua New Guinea on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum members represented in New York.
For eight years, the reform of the Security Council has been under discussion. General consensus is emerging for th…
My delegation feels greatly strengthened and inspired by the strides that the United Nations is making on the rights of children. It is a triumph of this era that we have been able to expound children’s human rights.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child is a milestone instrument, one which my …
My delegation fully endorses the statement made by Mr. Peter Donigi of Papua New Guinea on behalf of the countries of the Pacific Islands Forum.
Fiji is not immune to the global invasion of HIV/AIDS. Although 70 per cent of the 34.3 million infected victims are in Africa, HIV/AIDS is bigger than Af…
It is my profound privilege to deliver the greetings of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Fiji, who deeply regrets not being able to share this momentous occasion of the Millennium Summit with all of us here at the United Nations. His Excellency Ratu Josefa Iloilo is nonetheless with u…
