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2015-07-30
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2015-07-30
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  1. “As the sources of this organized crime are the supply-and-demand markets to which these illegal activities are ultimately directed, we call on the countries concerned to give greater cooperation, assistance and resources to small island developing States to combat these illegal activities. In conclusion, we join with others in calling for the Council to remain seized of the security challenges faced by SIDS. We repeat the conclusions of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities for Action (Samoa Pathway) on the urgent need to strengthen international cooperation and ensure genuine and durable partnership at the national, regional and international levels as the best means of overcoming these challenges.”

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

  2. “By definition, SIDS are vulnerable owing to their small size, developing economies and isolated locations. Many struggle to adequately control their sovereign boundaries. The resources of organized crime from larger countries often exceed those of SIDS. It is thus that many of them are fighting losing battles against the illegal activities of drug traders and human traffickers. Transnational organized crime is a security threat to small island developing States because of the aforementioned control capacities, particularly in relation to effective border controls. But it is also a security threat because of the ways and means by which organized crime introduces corruption to vulnerable small island developing States.”

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

  3. “IUU fishing deprives coastal communities of their source of livelihood and income and is thus a security threat to the economies of SIDS. We call on bodies such as the Council to help small island developing States overcome this problem by coalescing in international cooperation and technical support mechanisms to strengthen the monitoring, control and surveillance of our oceans. It is largely because of these security threats to our marine environment that the Triennial Oceans and Seas Global Conference process is being constructed, in order to ensure the integrity of the forthcoming sustainable development goals on the sustainable use of marine resources. The third area we wish to address is that of the vulnerability of small island developing States to the criminal activities of the wider international community.”

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

  4. “I turn now to the threat to the biodiversity of the world's environment, with particular emphasis on oceans and seas. It is essential that we protect and restore the health, productivity and resilience of our oceans, marine ecosystems and fisheries. We are challenged to maintain their biodiversity, enable their conservation and manage the sustainable use of their resources for present and future generations. The marine environment provides opportunities for sustainable economic growth for SIDS, but only if we can overcome existing threats. The ongoing overexploitation of ocean resources through illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing is a significant security threat to SIDS, in relation to both sovereignty issues and the overall sustainability of marine resources.”

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

  5. “We believe that it is for the Security Council and development partners to bring greater international effort to ensuring that we have the capacity, both human and institutional, to deal with this existential threat to the security of the small island developing States. One obvious response measure is to address the issue of sustainable energy in a meaningful way. Supplying energy through burning fossil fuels for electricity, heat and transport is a major source of greenhouse-gas emissions, causing climate change and ocean acidification. This has to stop, or at least be severely curtailed, if we are going to have sustainable development on this planet. We therefore call for a much greater share of global capital to be directed at the development of renewable energy sources and green growth frameworks for the future we want.”

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

  6. “In the south-west Pacific, we face a future in which sea levels will rise to the great detriment of our island foreshores. Likewise, we will be attacked by tropical storms of unprecedented severity and frequency. While the rest of the world debates the implications of climate change, we in the small islands and atolls of the Pacific are having to deal with the problem, because it is already upon us. To respond to the security threat of climate change, we need strategic investment in adaptation measures. We need to move from rhetoric to a more pragmatic and action-oriented response.”

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

  7. “Our participation has come at a considerable cost to our country. We have lost precious, innocent lives in the course of Blue Helmet duties, and the provision of peacekeeping personnel has cost our Government substantial amounts from our national budgets. Despite these burdens, Fiji remains steadfast in its commitment to the cause of United Nations peacekeeping. Climate change has emerged as the biggest threat to the security of small island developing States, and Fiji is no exception in this regard. Climate change has been accurately described as a risk multiplier. The man-made causes of climate change are now well established, and it must be clear to all by now that small island developing States are the victims of a problem not of their creation.”

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

  8. “Fiji aligns itself with the statement delivered by the President of Kiribati, His Excellency Anote Tong, on behalf of the Pacific small island developing States (SIDS). I thank you, Mr. President, for the invitation to participate in this Security Council debate. I wish in particular to convey Fiji's gratitude to you, Foreign Minister McCully, and the Government ofNew Zealand for convening this debate. I also take this opportunity to extend Fiji's congratulations to you on the occasion of your presidency of the Council for the month of July. By way of introduction, may I also make the point that many small island developing States are actively contributing to the management of global security problems. Fiji, for instance, has been participating in United Nations peacekeeping operations since 1978.”

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