COVID-19

Opening Remarks at the Virtual Meeting: Responding to COVID-19 in the SIDS - Access to Concessional Finance

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Opening Remarks by Ms. Fekitamoeloa Katoa‘Utoikamanu, High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States

22 July 2020 
New York, USA

Excellencies, 
Colleagues, 
Ladies and gentlemen,

I must thank the United Kingdom for your collaboration with OHRLLS on this very important  initiative for SIDS.

2020 SIDS National Focal Point Meeting - Pacific Region

INTRODUCTION

The SIDS National Focal Points Network (NFP), established and inaugurated in 2018, facilitates the strengthening of coherence and coordination at the national, regional and global levels on SIDS-related issues and fosters peer-learning and exchange of best practices on the implementation and follow up of the SAMOA Pathway, the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other global frameworks.

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Statement at the Virtual Meeting of the Group of Landlocked Developing Countries

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Statement by Ms. Fekitamoeloa Katoa‘Utoikamanu, High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States

21 July 2020 
New York, USA

Excellencies, 
Colleagues, 
Ladies and gentlemen,

Thank you Ambassador Umarov, for inviting me to participate in this meeting.

I appreciate the opportunity to update you on the work that OHRLLS undertakes  and to consult with you on ways of advancing the development agenda of the LLDCs.

Statement at the SIDS Partnership Framework Global-Multi Stakeholder Dialogue

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Statement by Ms. Fekitamoeloa Katoa‘Utoikamanu, High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States

10 July 2020 
New York, USA

Excellencies, 
Colleagues, 
Ladies and gentlemen,

I join my colleagues in warmly welcoming you to our Global-Multi Stakeholder SIDS Partnership Dialogue.

I thank our  Co-Chairs, Ambassadors Webson and Frazier for your strong support and keeping us all going!

Remarks at the HLPF Session: Mobilizing International Solidarity, Accelerating Action and Embarking on New Pathways to Realize the 2030 Agenda and Respond to COVID-19

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Remarks by Ms. Fekitamoeloa Katoa‘Utoikamanu, High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States

9 July 2020 
New York, USA

Excellencies, 
Colleagues, 
Ladies and gentlemen,

It is a fact that the  LDCs, LLDCs and African countries are especially hard hit by COVID-19 and the world-wide recession this pandemic triggers.

High-level Political Forum 2020 Side Event: UN Roadmap for Accelerated Implementation of the VPoA for LLDCs in the Decade for Action and COVID-19 Era

The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact spans the economic, social, environmental and political spheres, with the LLDCs likely amongst those most impacted.

It will undoubtedly pose serious constraints on the pursuit of LLDCs in achieving the goals and targets of the Vienna Programme of Action and the SDGs.

 

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Pathways Towards Universal Access to Resilient Connectivity in the Least Developed and Landlocked Countries

This virtual session is a space for participants and the development community to learn, share and explore the measures being taken by UN Agencies, governments and the digital industry to provide resilient connectivity - through access to broadband - and its importance in current global crises like COVID-19.

 

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Statement at the 2020 HLPF Side Event: UN Roadmap for Accelerated Implementation of the VPoA for LLDCs in the Decade for Action and COVID-19 Era

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Statement by Ms. Fekitamoeloa Katoa‘Utoikamanu, High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States

9 July 2020 
New York, USA

Excellencies, 
Colleagues, 
Ladies and gentlemen,

Ambassador Umarov, we certainly meet frequently virtually! Thank you so much for co-organizing this side event with UN-OHRLLS. 

Statement at the Webinar on The Role of the Oceans as a Sustainable Resource

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Statement by Ms. Fekitamoeloa Katoa‘Utoikamanu, High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States

8 July 2020 
New York, USA

Excellencies, 
Colleagues, 
Ladies and gentlemen,

First, I wish to  thank the Permanent Mission of Barbados for your invitation to participate in this important event.

Statement at the Briefing on UN75 Organised by UN-OHRLLS in Coordination with the Office of the Special Adviser to the SG on the Commemoration of the UN 75th Anniversary

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Statement by Ms. Fekitamoeloa Katoa‘Utoikamanu, High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States

2 July 2020 
New York, USA

Excellencies, 
Colleagues, 
Ladies and gentlemen,