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2003-02-19

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2007-04-17

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un-security-council

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1. “While much lip service has been paid to climate change, the global community has too often disregarded the severity and broad reach of its impacts. International action in both developing critical adaptation strategies and in successfully implementing greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals has been a sad and grave disappointment. My nation realizes the complex challenges and costs that face the global community in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and in adapting to climate change impacts. However, the challenges and cost of inaction or of inadequate action will be far greater. Climate change will undermine our regional and global stability, in addition to threatening the very survival of certain small island developing States, such as the Marshall Islands.”

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

2. “While my nation's land mass and population may be small, our large exclusive economic zone is home to some of the world's richest fisheries. As our coral reefs continue to vanish due to bleaching and our marine ecology is altered by increasing greenhouse gas emissions, we must emphasize to the Security Council the severe and growing threat posed by climate change to our fish stocks - a critical global food source. The diminishment of food supplies in the face of rising populations not only threatens our own national subsistence, but will also intensify international competition for increasingly scarce essential resources. Such future rivalries will create an invitation to global conflict. We have the opportunity still before us to reduce the threat that climate change poses to regional and global security.”

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

3. “Certain low-lying island nations, including the Marshall Islands, are at serious risk of becoming an entirely new class of global environmental refugees. The vanishing of entire nations is simply without historical precedent; with an average height of only two metres above sea level, my nation is among the most vulnerable in the world. Faced as we are with the foreseeable loss of our islands, our struggle to redefine our Marshallese identity and homeland will compound existing political and social stresses already prevalent in the Pacific region. The threat of climate change to security is very much a stark reality, not a theoretical possibility. Recent research indicates that two impacts associated with climate change - ocean acidification and increased water temperatures - are already affecting marine ecosystems.”

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

4. “My island nation wishes to align itself with the statement delivered by Papua New Guinea on behalf of the Pacific Island developing States. It is well known to the global community that small island developing States such as the Marshall Islands are already experiencing the earliest ecological impacts of climate change. The fate of my nation is not merely an isolated moral concern, but part of the first chapter of a complex chain of events which will weaken the structure of global peace. In addition to consideration by other forums, the issue of climate change deserves the ongoing attention of this body as a continuing agenda item. Population relocation due to rising sea levels is already a reality in my region; with limited available land, this issue will quickly reach critical mass.”

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

5. “We hope and pray for a swift resolution of this conflict, and look forward to the establishment of a new and democratic Iraq free of weapons of mass destruction - free for its people to live in peace.”

   2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source

6. “The devastation of war is becoming increasingly evident to all of us as we watch events unfold in Iraq. The focus now needs to turn to the humanitarian requirements of the people of Iraq. We therefore urge the Security Council to do everything in its power to ensure that humanitarian aid is delivered quickly and effectively to those who so desperately need it. Our energies must be focused on alleviating the suffering of the Iraqi people. At this difficult and turbulent time our thoughts are with the coalition forces, and especially with the young men and women of the Marshall Islands who serve in the United States armed forces that are stationed in Iraq. We wish them all a safe and speedy return. Our thoughts and condolences are also with all of those who have lost loved ones in this conflict.”

   2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source

7. “It is my honour to address this open meeting of the Security Council. I would like to express my thanks to you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting and for once again giving small delegations such as my own an opportunity to participate in this crucial debate. The Republic of the Marshall Islands is a country of peace-loving people. Both our people and our lands have suffered from the ongoing effects of weapons of mass destruction. We have witnessed first-hand the absolute devastation that can be unleashed by such weapons. For that reason, we believe that the disarmament of the Iraqi regime is an urgent priority. We also support the ultimate goals of the current operation in Iraq, namely, to ensure Iraqi compliance with its disarmament obligations and to restore the sovereignty of the country to its people.”

   2003-03-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4726Resumption1 (2003) · source

8. “The people of the Marshall Islands have had personal experience with, and thus have first-hand knowledge of, the extreme power and devastating effects of weapons of mass destruction. The devastation of war is evident to all of us. Our sons and daughters now serving in the United States armed forces are at the forefront of our thoughts, as they are among those being placed in peril. The Marshall Islands joins with others in expressing the strong belief that the best hope for peace and security lies in Iraq's full cooperation with the inspection teams of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission and the International Atomic Energy Agency and in full compliance with Security Council resolution 1441 (2002).”

   2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source

9. “It is an honour for me to address this open meeting of the Security Council. I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting, thereby giving smaller delegations such as my own an opportunity to participate in a debate on this crucial matter. The Republic of the Marshall Islands, having listened to the various statements made by the Government of the United States to the Security Council in recent weeks, affirms its unity with the United States of America and with its determination to ensure that Iraq provides full cooperation and compliance with its obligations under resolution 1441 (2002). The Republic of the Marshall Islands takes immense pride in its close relationship with the United States, and continues to benefit greatly from the generosity of that nation.”

   2003-02-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4709Resumption1 (2003) · source