Malaga Afioga i le Palemia mo Niu Ioka
Ua faamaonia e le Kapeneta le malaga atu o le Afioga i le Alii Palemia, Susuga Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi mo le tatalaina aloaia o le Tausaga Faapitoa Faavaomalo mo Atumotu Laiti Tauatia’e e faia i Niu Ioka i Amerika i le aso 24 Fepuari 2014.
O le polokalame o le fono i Niu Ioka e aofia ai le saunoaga a le Failautusi Aoao o Malo Aufaatasi, Ban Ki Moon; o le Failautusi Aoao o le fono tele lea e faia mai i Samoa, Wu Hongbo; faapea ma saunoaga a sui o atunuu ia na talimalo i lea fono tele i tausaga ua mavae, o Barbados i le 1994 ma Mauritius i le 2005. O le a saunoa foi le Afioga i le Palemia o Samoa ma le taitaifono o le Faalapotopotoga o Atunuu Laiti (AOSIS) mai Nauru i le fono.
O le tausaga muamua lenei ua faia ai se tausaga faapitoa faapenei, ma o se matati’a fou lea mo Malo Aufaatasi. E taua tele foi lenei tausaga mo Samoa, lea o le a usuia mai i ai le fono tele a Malo Aufaatasi mo Atumotu tau Atia’e ia Setema 2014. O le a faalauiloa ai foi i Niu Ioka tulaga ua i ai tapenaga a Samoa mo lana taligamalo.
O le a malaga faatasi le Afioga i le Alii Palemia ma le Ofisa Sili o Pulega o le Matagaluega o le Vaifafo, Aiono Pouvi Sua ma le Pule o Tapenaga o le Fono Tele Lona Tolu a Malo Aufaatasi mo Atumotu tau Atia’e, Faalavaau Perina Sila.
Prime Minister to attend UN launch in New York
Cabinet has approved the attendance by Honourable Prime Minster, Susuga Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi at the high-level global launch of the International Year of Small Island Developing States in New York on 24 February 2014.
The programme for the launch in New York includes an address by the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon; the Secretary General for the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States, Wu Hongbo; and also speeches by representatives of former host nations, Barbados in 1994 and Mauritius in 2005. Samoa’s Prime Minster and the Chairman of the Alliance of Small Island States from Nauru are also expected to make presentations at the launch.
This is a milestone event for the United Nations in celebrating this year especially for the Small Island States. This is also an important year for Samoa in hosting the Small Island Developing States conference in September, 2014.
Samoa, as host country, will also reveal the progress of its preparations for the SIDS conference at a special side event to the global launch.
The Chief Executive Officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Aiono Mose Pouvi Sua and National Coordinator for the UN Conference on SIDS, Faalavaau Perina Sila will accompany the Prime Minister to New York.
