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2015-07-30
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  1. “President, for taking the initiative during your presidency to organize this special event dedicated to the unique challenges faced by SIDS. We look forward to a time in the near future when the peace and security challenges facing SIDS are an integral part of the work of the Security Council. It is our hope that this debate will be a step in that direction.”

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

  2. “The Organization must keep pace and step into the twenty-first century. Change can only serve to make it more inclusive and dynamic. I would like to briefly mention the issue of climate change. The existential threat posed to SIDS by climate change can only be tackled by a comprehensive international effort grounded in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Barbados is supportive of the various arenas in which this peril is being tackled and appreciates the supportive framework that these multiple processes offer. However, we maintain that the negotiations process under the UNFCCC remains the pre-eminent and most appropriate space for discussions on climate change to take place. In conclusion, the Government of Barbados thanks you, Mr.”

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

  3. “As a region, we are acutely aware of the deleterious effects that these threats can have on our communities' food security and livelihoods. We therefore welcome the ongoing discussions taking place here at the United Nations aimed at formal recognition of how important the conservation and sustainable use of our oceans, seas and marine resources are to the sustainable development of SIDS. Barbados congratulates New Zealand and other members of the Security Council for the constructive role they continue to play in this issue. As we engage in this dialogue on the peace and security challenges facing small island developing States, it is clear that the narrow postwar definition of peace and security that has guided the work of the Council in its 70 years of existence must be broadened. Much has changed since 1945.”

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  4. “We call on developed States and international financial institutions to support small island developing States, which are engaged in a constant fight to raise the level of development they have attained. In the SAMOA Pathway, member States recalled how critically important international cooperation and partnerships are to achieving SIDS' sustainable development. Peace and security are integral enablers of that development. We maintain that these issues are inextricably linked and that a holistic approach must be taken to them in order to ensure success. As ocean States, SIDS attach particular importance to maintaining healthy seas. We remain concerned by the myriad threats facing our oceans. They include illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, pollution, acidification and coastal runoff.”

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  5. “States, extracting a high toll in human lives and productivity, lowering the quality of life, impeding social development and undermining economic growth. In Barbados and throughout the Caribbean region, we are aware of the need for international partnerships in facing challenges to peace and security. We are pleased by the decision of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to re-establish a presence in the Caribbean, and expect that its contribution as a global leader in crime prevention will help us in the burdensome task we must undertake. We look forward to an early commencement of the project in Barbados. It is often said that there can be no peace without development, and no development without peace. SIDS have made dedicated efforts towards both those ends.”

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  6. “They include narrow resource bases, small domestic markets, a susceptibility to external shocks owing to high degrees of openness, and environmental vulnerability. The threats are made more significant by the geography of SIDS. Often made up of small land masses, SIDS have air and maritime borders that are multiple times larger. The cost of protecting national borders is thus prohibitive, and difficult in circumstances where SIDS find it equally challenging to exploit their important maritime resources and are therefore unable to benefit fully from them. Taken together, these threats to peace and security require the diversion of already limited resources at a significant cost to national development. They have a grave impact on the socioeconomic development of Barbados and other CARICOM.”

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  7. “In the 2011 Declaration on Small Arms and Light Weapons of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Heads of Government emphasized the grave threat posed by small arms and light weapons and their ammunition, and committed to implementing all necessary actions at the national and regional level to fully combat their illicit trade. Moreover, in 2013 the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community adopted a CARICOM. crime and security strategy entitled "Securing the Region". It lists a number of immediate significant threats to the region, such as transnational organized crime, gang crime, cyber crime, financial crime and corruption. The situation is of course made worse by the many vulnerabilities peculiar to or common among SIDS.”

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  8. “The preamble to the Conference's SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway outcome document (General Assembly resolution 69/15, annex) reaffirmed "the importance of freedom, peace and security, respect for all human rights, including the right to development and the right to an adequate standard ofliving, including the right to food, the rule oflaw, gender equality, women's empowerment, reducing inequalities and the overall commitment to just and democratic societies for development." The Government of Barbados continues to oppose the proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. On a day-to-day basis, however, we must focus on the trade in small arms and light weapons that facilitates traffic in illicit drugs and other organized crime, undermines our economy and can destabilize society.”

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  9. “It is a pleasure to see New Zealand seated among the 15 members of the Security Council, where, typically, the perspectives of small island developing States (SIDS) are not articulated. My delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on the peace and security challenges facing small island developing States, which for the first time brings the focus of the Security Council to the specific concerns of SIDS. At the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States in Samoa, the importance of peace and security was reaffirmed.”

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