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2015-07-30
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  1. “The Security Council ultimately acts for the whole Organization, not solely on behalf of narrow interests, and it has full power to investigate any situation that could lead to international friction so as to better understand the possible danger to international peace and security. The collective math of all the factors that have been outlined today makes an overwhelming case for the Council's direct and formal treatment of them.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source

  2. “In the 2011 presidential statement S/PRST/201l/15, the Council expressed its concern that possible security implications could arise from the loss of territory in some States caused by sea-level rise, in particular small, low-lying States, as well as the worry that climate impacts could, in the long run, aggravate certain existing threats to international peace and security. Those should not be seen as empty words. I am asking the Council to act directly to address the situation of small, low-lying atoll States through its formal agenda - we are not helped by its continued silence, general sympathy or references to multilateral negotiations that are ill equipped to directly address this issue as it pertains to low-lying island States.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source

  3. “We are a nation with no higher ground, so narrow that one can stand in the lagoon and see the ocean on the other side. The impacts of climate change not only pose severe challenges to development, they threaten our land's habitability and raise increasingly problematic questions about political boundaries. As recent weather events have shown, nuclear-waste storage structures from the era of atomic testing are at risk from the rising waters, an issue that we have raised previously with the United Nations.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source

  4. “Many of these issues, which others have also addressed today and which are outlined in the concept note (S/2015/543, annex), intensify our fragility and increase security threats. As a major fishing port, we have a limited capacity to monitor and address transnational organized crime, in particular when it is associated with illegal fishing, an activity that can net well into the billions of dollars in foreign markets. As a major flag State, we remain very concerned about piracy's impact on global trade, and we also have a clear understanding of the capacity challenges that small island nations face in addressing and controlling such activity. Finally, while it is possible for us to be warned in a timely manner of imminent hazards, as a low-lying nation we have simply nowhere else to go.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source

  5. “With skyrocketing youth populations and overwhelming unemployment, the long-term risks are only growing. The cumulative impact of domestic instability within fragile nations is a long-term threat to international security. Our security, as small island and large ocean nations, cannot be considered apart from the security of much larger geostrategic interactions. Some may see our small island nations as strings of pearls, as though our political alliances, borders and in some cases significant marine mineral resources were mere possessions, readily available to the highest bidder or strongest military force in the context of the growing rivalries between major Powers.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source

  6. “In the case of the Marshall Islands, 60,000 people populate nearly 2 million square kilometres, an area larger than Mexico. While international partnerships, including shiprider agreements and bilateral security arrangements, have had a strong impact, we nonetheless have only two national boats with which to patrol our entire nation. Some of our neighbours in the Pacific have even greater challenges. Our baseline condition is State fragility. Many in the Pacific and elsewhere are uniquely vulnerable to external shocks, as well as to outside groups and forces that may seek to offer easy solutions in desperate moments. While many small island Governments, including that of the Marshall Islands, are strongly committed to good governance, democratic principles and the safeguarding of human rights, there is high potential for exceptions.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source

  7. “In 1969, responding to the impacts of the nuclear testing that took place during the period where we were a United Nations trust territory, the top diplomat of a major global Power said, "there are only 90,000 people out there. Who gives a damn?" Forty-five years later, with the Second World War and the Cold War now firmly in the past, we approach the Council today as a sovereign member of the United Nations, and the world has dramatically changed. However, our concern is that some of the shades of deep history may still remain. It is not only our own security that is at stake; the problem also serves as a barometer of wider global pressure. As many speakers before me have said, there is an intrinsic relationship that characterizes countries with small populations, limited resources and an overwhelmingly difficult geography.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source

  8. “At the outset, I would like to recognize the leaders of the small island developing States (SIDS) who were with us here today, the Prime Ministers of Samoa and Jamaica and the Finance Minister of Seychelles, and thank them for their briefings this morning. I also thank the Secretary- General and you, Mr. President, for taking the initiative to organize today's debate. Further, we align ourselves with the statements delivered by the representative of Tonga, who spoke on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States, and by the representative of Maldives, who spoke on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States.”

    2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source