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“The project will assist local institutions in dealing with disaster risk management and better responding to the evolving needs of farming communities. It is my privilege to address the Security Council, and I wish to conclude by underlining the importance of ensuring that the voice of small island developing States reaches the Council. Italy attaches great importance to the reform of the Security Council. We share the goal of assuring better representation for certain categories of States, cutting across traditional United Nations regional groups. Small States make up one such category, including small island developing States, whose specific needs and aspirations should be addressed.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“More recently, we have been developing a cooperation programme to help meet the specific challenges and needs of our Caribbean partners. In early July, we hosted in Italy a specialized training course on illegal financial flows for experts and officers from the Caribbean Community countries. Since the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway recognizes sustainable tourism as an important driver of sustainable economic growth, Italy is financing a World Bank pilot project to strengthen agro-tourism clusters and foster growth prospects in the area. Finally, I have pleasure in announcing that Italy is launching a new regional cooperation programme in the Caribbean in the field of disaster risk management and rural development.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“As a founding member and permanent supporter of the Global Island Partnership, Italy will also host the annual Steering Committee meeting of the Global Island Partnership in Turin next October. Energy is another crucial element of the equation. Renewable energy sources are among the main points of focus of cooperation with Pacific SIDS through the regional environmental partnership that since 2007 we, together with Austria, Luxembourg and Spain, have been supporting financially. The scope of that partnership was expanded recently to include climate-change adaptation. Another programme supported by Italy, and implemented through the International Union for Conservation of Nature, seeks to carry out targeted renewable energy projects in response to the problem of energy dependency.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“Many other countries face similar challenges, as therefore the international community must stand together in providing needed answers and support. As a follow-up to the 2014 Samoa Conference, I have pleasure in confirming that Italy will host a stock- taking event at ministerial level, which will take place in Milan from 14 to 15 October in connection with EXPO 2015. We look forward to welcoming everyone to that event, which will allow us to assess the progress made by SIDS and donors, monitor the commitments undertaken in Samoa, and connect them to the global debate on food security and nutrition promoted by Italy through the EXPO, whose theme will be "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life".”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“Helping to improve the food security, sea defences, renewable energy systems, natural risk-management and economic competitiveness of small island developing States is also an opportunity to build a comprehensive and sustainable development model that will also benefit other countries. Climate change is a key element of the equation. On a national basis, Italy has gathered broad expertise in learning to face natural disasters, floods, soil erosion and rising sea levels. For example, the rising level of the Adriatic Sea poses a risk to the world heritage city of Venice. To address that challenge a highly sophisticated system - called MOSES 4 has been developed to protect the city from tides that are up to three metres high.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source
“Thanks to the initiative of New Zealand, I am pleased to have this opportunity to intervene today on a crucial topic. I wish to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing, as well as the Prime Ministers of Samoa and Jamaica and the Minister of Finance of the Seychelles for their contributions to this important debate. The challenges affecting small island developing States (SIDS) deserve the attention of the Security Council. Italy, as a peninsula surrounded by the sea, is deeply convinced that those challenges are both specific and global, with wide-ranging consequences that can affect our common security.”
2015-07-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7499 (2015) · source