
Permanent Mission of the Independent State of Samoa to the United Nations
Permanent Representative
Statements
Opening Remarks delivered by H.E. H.E. Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Pa’olelei Luteru, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations and Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) 4TH IN-PERSON NATIONAL FOCAL POINT MEETING
Inter-regional Meeting: AOSIS Chair’s Statement delivered by Afioga Peseta Noumea Simi, Chief Executive Officer of Samoa Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Statement Coronation Breakfast Meeting for Small Island Developing States His Highness Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II, Head of State of the Independent State of Samoa and Chair of AOSIS London, 5th May 2023
Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Statement Coronation Breakfast Meeting for Small Island Developing States His Highness Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II, Head of State of the Independent State of Samoa and Chair of AOSIS London, 5th May 2023
STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF SAMOA HON FIAME NAOMI MATAAFA AT THE 78th SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, NEW YORK
Opening Remarks delivered by H.E. H.E. Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Pa’olelei Luteru, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations and Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) 4TH IN-PERSON NATIONAL FOCAL POINT MEETING
Inter-regional Meeting: AOSIS Chair’s Statement delivered by Afioga Peseta Noumea Simi, Chief Executive Officer of Samoa Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa at the Food Systems Summit in Rome
UN Food Systems Summit in Rome, 24 - 26 July 2023
The Honurable Prime Minister of Samoa, Afioga Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, in her capacity as Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States, told the Summit "I bring a message of trepidation on behalf of 65 million people in SIDS" but also "a missive of hope."
A New Era of Island Leadership: Samoa is AOSIS Chair
A New Era of Island Leadership: Samoa is AOSIS Chair
The influential negotiating bloc of small island developing States will now be headed by a Pacific country, commemorated during official handover from outgoing Chair, Antigua and Barbuda
31st January, 2023
Ambassador Luteru Presents his credentials to the Governor General of Canada
H.E. Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Dr. Pa’olelei Luteru presented his credentials, as High Commissioner of Samoa to Canada to the Governor General of Canada, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon at the Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Friday 20, January 2023.
Statement by Honourable Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, Prime Minister of the Independent State of Samoa at The General Debate, 77th United Nations General Assembly,
The only "guarantee for a safe, free and peaceful world lies only in the total elimination of nuclear weapons", Ambassador Luteru at the 10th Review Conference on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
Speaking on behalf of Pacific SIDS, Samoa's Ambassador to the UN, H.E. Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Dr. Pa'olelei Luteru, told the General Assembly that the "world and our pacific region do not need nuclear weapons to survive."
Samoa Establishes Diplomatic Relations with Jamaica
Samoa and Jamaica has formally established diplomatic relations with effect from 26 April 2022. The Joint Communique was signed between H.E. Fatumanava-o-Upolu III Dr. Pa’olelei Luteru, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations and H.E. Mr. Brian Wallace, Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations, at the Permanent Mission of Jamaica in New York.
Samoa Appointed a member of the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) High-Level Panel of Experts
Samoa has been appointed by the President of the UN General Assembly, H.E. Abdulla Shahid, as one of the 12 members of the High-Level Panel on the MVI.
The Panel is tasked with finalising work on the MVI by December 2022. The Panel will be co-chaired by the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, H.E. Mr Gaston Browne, and the former Prime Minister of Norway, H.E. Ms Erna Solberg. Other members of the Panel were drawn from the Private sector, civil societies and acadamia.