At the conclusion of the first session of the BBNJ Preparatory Commission, PSIDS delegates gathered for a team photo following two weeks of sustained and coordinated engagement.
Represented by multiple Pacific nations, PSIDS delivered detailed statements across nearly all agenda items, including finance, capacity-building, governance issues, benefit-sharing, and the clearing house mechanism.
On April 15, Tuvalu’s Minister of Education delivered an inspiring statement at the side event "Youth for Sustainable Oceans – Mobilization and Actions", emphasizing the powerful role of youth in advancing SDG 14: Life Below Water.
H.E. Mr. Tuafafa Latasi , Minister of Health, participated as one of the panelists at a side event held during the 58th Session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD58).
The Honourable Mr. Tuafafa Latasi, delivered Tuvalu’s National Statement as the 8th speaker during the opening of the 58th Session of the UN Commission on Population and Development (CDP). In his remarks, Hon.
The Regional Preparatory Meeting on the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea concerning the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) took place in Koror, Palau, from 31 March to 4 April 2025.
The PSIDS chairmanship was formally handed over last week Friday, March 28, 2025, with Vanuatu officially transferring the role to Tuvalu.
Delivered by H.E Mr. Samuelu Laloniu Permanent Representative Of Tuvalu on Behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum.
Mr. President,
I am honoured to deliver this statement on behalf of the 14 Member States of the Pacific Islands Forum with presence here at the United Nations, namely; Australia, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu and my own country, Tuvalu.
Remarks delivered by H.E. Mr. Samuelu Laloniu, Pacific Islands Forum Chair and Permanent Representative of Tuvalu.
Greetings,
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the 14 Member States of the Pacific Islands Forum with presence here at the United Nations, namely; Australia, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu and my own country, Tuvalu.
Remarks Delivered by H.E. Samuelu Laloniu, Permanent Representative of Tuvalu to the United Nations to the Thematic Consultation organized by the German and French Missions to the UN On the 2020 Review of the Peacebuilding Architecture.
Thank you, Co-Chairs.
Excellencies and colleagues, I would like to begin by thanking the Co-Hosts, Germany and France, for the commendable leadership by convening this important thematic consultation to discuss the issue of the linkages between climate change and peace and security.
Written by Dame Meg Taylor
Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum
17 April 2020
In the Pacific we aspire to endurance and sustainability. But progress is difficult to sustain when we face multiple threats that reverse decades of development gains in a matter of hours or days.
