Transcription of small island developing States - UNFCCC
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climate changesmall island developing StatesUNFCCC (2005) climate change , small island developing by the climate change SECRETARIAT ( UNFCCC ), Bonn, and rightsThis guide is issued for public information purposes and is not anofficial text of the Convention in any legal or technical otherwise noted in captions of graphics all matter may befreely reproduced in part or in full, provided the source isacknowledged. UNFCCC 2005 all rights reservedISBN 92 9219 012 1 For further information contact: climate change Secretariat ( UNFCCC )Martin-Luther-King Strasse 853175 Bonn, Germanyt. +49 228 815 1000f. +49 228 815 The Maldives is one ofthe small States . Weare not in a position tochange the course ofevents in the what you do or donot do here willgreatly influence thefate of my people. Itcan also change thecourse of worldhistory. Statement by Maumoon Abdul Gayoom(Maldives)4 December 1997, Kyoto, Japan (COP 3)ForewordSince the negotiations that led to the United NationsFramework Convention on climate change began, one groupof Parties has been particularly active and vocal: the smallisland developing States , or is climate change so important to SIDS?
States and climate change “It is a particular honour, Madame, as amongst our membership are many countries that have been “first movers” in the international response against climate change. These include: - Maldives, host to one of the first Ministerial Declarations on the Impacts of Climate Change; - Malta, sponsor of the UN General
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