September 20, 2023
August 21, 2023
Fellow Ministers, High Government Officials, Representatives from CROP Agencies, and Ocean Advocates………Alii and warm greetings to you all.
July 2, 2023
June 14, 2023
I am honoured to be part of this auspicious event to commemorate World Ocean Day here in Suva. I thank you sincerely for the invitation as I strongly believe that the Ocean is indeed a key part of Fiji, the Blue Pacific Region and its peoples.
March 24, 2023
Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends, Kia Orana and warm Pacific greetings. I am delighted to welcome you to this first session of a talanoa series, related to the important issue of Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdictions…BBNJ.
As many of you are aware, over two weeks ago, we witnessed history in the finalization of the global agreement on BBNJ. In the words of the President of the Conference of the Parties, Rena Lee, “The ship has finally reached the shore, bringing with it a new chapter on the law of the sea”.
Friends, the journey has not been without its challenges, and I am told the final hurdle included a closing negotiation session, that ran for 36 hours straight, until the final brackets were taken out!
As many of you are aware, over two weeks ago, we witnessed history in the finalization of the global agreement on BBNJ. In the words of the President of the Conference of the Parties, Rena Lee, “The ship has finally reached the shore, bringing with it a new chapter on the law of the sea”.
Friends, the journey has not been without its challenges, and I am told the final hurdle included a closing negotiation session, that ran for 36 hours straight, until the final brackets were taken out!
February 20, 2023
As our Pacific Forum Leaders gather this week for their Special Retreat in Nadi, Fiji, their leading officials and Oceans negotiators from our Blue Pacific region will be joining the rest of the world at the UN Headquarters in New York.
February 26, 2020
Suva, Fiji- The regional preparatory meeting for the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction opened this morning at the headquarters of the Pacific Islands Forum in Suva, Fiji.
September 1, 2019
The third round of negotiation to establish a new global treaty to oversee the management and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in the high seas concluded […]
August 29, 2019
One of the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) lead negotiators for the high seas biodiversity treaty says State Parties need to start reaching out and […]