Development
Oceans and small island States at UNGA 81
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Speeches that raised oceans and small island states
Palau · Day 2Surangel WhippsI stand before this assembly for a people whose future depends on a healthy ocean and a stable climate, and the sovereign right to determine their own path.
For us, sovereignty is lived in our ability to feed our people from healthy oceans, power our homes independently from distant fuel markets, and protect our shorelines from rising seas and chart our own path.
It is a responsibility that grows more urgent each day, especially as UNEP's latest findings make clear that the world is now certain to exceed 1.5.
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Dominican Republic · Day 2Luis Rodolfo Abinader CoronaFor a small island country, climate change is not an abstract matter, ladies and gentlemen.
Our vulnerability is not a statistical category.
It's the reality that we're experiencing.
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Latvia · Day 2Edgars RinkēvičsAnd nature respects no borders either.
Heat waves do not stop at checkpoints.
Rising seas threaten to raise island nations.
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Timor-Leste · Day 2José Ramos-HortaOur young people are increasingly connected to the region and eager to learn, work and contribute.
As ASEAN works towards community vision 2045, Timor-Leste will support a united, people-centred and resilient ASEAN.
We will also support ASEAN centrality and constructive relations with all external partners.
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Panama · Day 2José Raúl Mulino QuinteroWe are a country that protects 33% of our territory and 54% of our seas.
Last year, we announced here our Pact for Nature and the Natural Panama Fund, which are initiatives that we're already progressing on.
Today, I am announcing that Panama will lead internationally an effort to recognize the universal rights of nature.
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Honduras · Day 2Nasry Juan Asfura ZablahWe have crystal clear waters and reefs in the Bay Islands.
We have the great Copan ruins and the legacy of the Mayan civilization.
And all of these things mean that we offer the world a unique combination of nature, history, and culture.
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