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Aboud

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2006-10-26
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2007-04-17
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  1. “Those from rich countries, poor countries or island States should not wait until the last minute to catch the flight. 36 We should act now. Otherwise, those beautiful islands will disappear forever.”

    2007-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5663Resumption1 (2007) · source

  2. “I would like to take this opportunity to announce that in coming days, my country's Parliament will be ratifying the Kyoto Protocol. It is time to act now. Let us act together to make the international community aware of the vulnerability of the small island States, which are the first to suffer the negative consequences of climate change. Tough lessons must be learned, because everyone's future is at stake now. (spoke in English) To conclude, I will cite an anecdote. A first-class passenger arrived late at the airport. He went to the counter and said, "Sir, my flight is leaving in a few minutes". The person at the counter looked at him and replied, "Sir, the passengers in first class and economy class have left together on the same flight." We are all passengers on the same flight.”

    2007-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5663Resumption1 (2007) · source

  3. “My country would like to recall that the responsibility of the Security Council is the maintenance of international peace and security, as stipulated in the Charter of our universal Organization. Moreover, other questions, including those relating to economic and social development, are entrusted by the Charter to the Economic and Social Council. The questions of energy and climate change are vital to sustainable development. Responsibilities in the area of sustainable development are incumbent upon the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council and on their subsidiary bodies, particularly the Commission on Sustainable Development and the United Nations Development Programme. Climate change is covered by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.”

    2007-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5663Resumption1 (2007) · source

  4. “Comoros does not cause greenhouse gas emissions, but climate change increases the difficulties for the sustainable development of our country, which is already fragile. The challenge facing the Comoros is to remain a carbon sink, particularly through the promotion of new and renewable energy, to meet the future needs for our sustainable development. We fully support the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. We also support the principle according to which one must anticipate phenomena linked to climate change and prepare for them. However, such efforts require technical and financial support. Adapting to the potential impact of climate change is a new area, where urgent needs are now emerging, and the challenge of international cooperation is to help small island developing countries to confront those challenges.”

    2007-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5663Resumption1 (2007) · source

  5. “The Comoros is already witnessing great population movement to areas that are deemed to be more favourable, in particular to the Comorian island of Mayotte. In order to travel within their country to Mayotte, Comorians of the three other islands cross the sea under unimaginable conditions. These population movements are due to the loss of agricultural land, soil degradation and increased rural poverty. Such displacements of people to other areas will increase along with the phenomena related to climate change. At the 2002 Johannesburg Summit, a group of young people delivered a message of alarm and despair to the international community when they said, "Remember we cannot buy another planet". The survival of each of our countries depends on the preservation of our natural resources, and on making the best of them.”

    2007-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5663Resumption1 (2007) · source

  6. “But it must be said that succeeding generations are threatened today by the negative impact of human activities on the global climate. The predicted consequences are already to be seen in several regions, particularly in the small island developing States. Climatic events which used to be exceptional or limited to certain regions have now spread throughout the world. Droughts, torrential rainfall, flooding and cyclones now occur at a global level, resulting in sea-level rise, lack of water, famine, loss of life and material damage. Such is the lot of the least developed and most vulnerable States, such as our small island States. In the case of the Comoros, that is shown by the destruction of coastal areas, where more than about 80 per cent of our economic and human activities take place - as is the case for other small island States.”

    2007-04-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5663Resumption1 (2007) · source

  7. “Mr. Aboud (Comoros) (spoke in French): Allow me first of all, on behalf of my Government, to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this meeting, the main objective of which is to consider the relationship between energy, security and climate. We are meeting here today to discuss and study together threats caused by climate change and their impact on security, and to resolutely commit our countries to finding viable solutions. However, we all know how difficult those solutions are to attain, given the problems that some of our countries are facing, because of our status as both least developed countries and small island developing States. However, we must quickly come up with sustainable solutions, because we are talking about saving succeeding generations.”

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  8. “That would enable my country to contribute to the success of resolution 1325 (2000), which opens up wider horizons for the promotion of the status of women throughout the world, in order to make our world a secure world with equality for all, a world that is truly committed to the recognition, defence and promotion of human rights. I cannot conclude without thanking the development partners of the Comoros, who are helping to strengthen its capacity for defending and promoting women's rights, in particular the Government of Japan, UNIFEM. and UNDP, for their financial support to this important project, which will help to fulfil my country's commitments to the international community and its citizens to defend and promote the rights of all Comorian men and women. Long live international cooperation.”

    2006-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5556Resumption1 (2006) · source

  9. “That project is among the Comorian Government's priorities with a view to creating a favourable environment for the full participation of all Comorians in our fight against poverty, through enhancing awareness of the women's rights, providing training to facilitate the access of women to high-ranking positions and strengthening existing structures and mechanisms for promoting gender equality. My country takes this opportunity to appeal to all our partners and friends here to be so kind as to give their support to that and similar projects, as they make it possible to promote the status of Comorian women.”

    2006-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5556Resumption1 (2006) · source

  10. “In December 2003, under the auspices of the highest political and religious authorities of my country and with technical support from a United Nations team, my country organized a workshop on the participation of women in decision-making, which enabled us to explore appropriate strategies for establishing a durable foundation for the effective participation of Comorian women at all levels of political decision-making. In that regard, a project to support the participation of women in decision-making enjoys the financial support of the Japanese Women in Development Fund and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), as well as technical support from UNIFEM.”

    2006-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5556Resumption1 (2006) · source

  11. “My country, the Union of the Comoros, is a signatory of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Gender equality is guaranteed by the constitution of the Comoros. The Union of the Comoros also subscribed to the Declaration of the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing, and the African Platform for Action and, at the regional level, has ratified the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights. In so doing, it recognized and guaranteed a broad range of political, civil, economic, social and cultural rights for women. In spite of this favourable political and legal framework, it is evident that Comorian women continue to play a marginal role in the decision-making process and are hardly visible within decision-making bodies in both the public and private sectors.”

    2006-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5556Resumption1 (2006) · source

  12. “However, with the election of His Excellency Mr. Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, President of the Union of the Comoros, my country has now begun a new political era. The success achieved in the national reconciliation process begun by Comorians with the immeasurable support of the entire international community and all the development partners of the Comoros offers Comorian women a real opportunity to participate in decisions involving the future of the Comoros, since my country has resolutely committed itself to the path of democracy, the rule of law and good governance. In 2000, when the Security Council adopted resolution 1325 (2000), my country was caught up in crisis. That prevented it from becoming truly involved in the establishment of mechanisms to ensure the advancement of the status of women throughout the world.”

    2006-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5556Resumption1 (2006) · source

  13. “Mr. Aboud (Comoros) (spoke in French): On behalf of my Government, first of all, I would like to thank the delegation of Japan for convening this public debate. I would also like to thank this morning's speakers for their briefings and for having demonstrated the importance and constant commitment of the international community to the advancement of women, to peace and to security throughout the world. As the Security Council knows, since its independence in 1975, my country has not experienced a stable political situation. This has prevented the key elements of Comorian society from becoming dynamically involved in our country's progress and development. In such a context, Comorian women have not been able to exercise any real political influence in decision-making involving the future of the Comoros.”

    2006-10-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5556Resumption1 (2006) · source