Vanuatu is very pleased that we are meeting under your presidency, Sir, and, on behalf of my Government and of the Pacific Islands Forum, I extend my warm congratulations to you, and we wish to assure you of our full confidence and cooperation.
I should also like to take a moment to pay tribute to …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum. At the outset, allow me to convey our appreciation to you, Sir, for convening this high-level conference on the five- year review of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further
Implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action. Allow me…
The leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum remain concerned about the pace of our progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Despite steady progress towards achieving the MDGs and improved levels of human development, many of our countries that are small island developing Stat…
I begin by joining others in congratulating Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on assuming the noble and high responsibility of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. Let me wish him well in his leadership as the United Nations makes its way through the myriad evolving challenges …
