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First high-level UN visit to Nauru marks milestone for SIDS

The United Nations Secretary General's Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning, Ms Amina Mohammed is in Nauru this week (10-13 Nov) for specific talks on how the complex challenges that Nauru and other Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face, can be addressed in the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

 

This is Ms Mohammed's first visit to Nauru and the Pacific, hence provides a unique opportunity for Nauru and SIDS to call attention to the obstacles and challenges they face ahead of three major negotiations that will take place over the next year.

 

Ms Mohammed said one of the bigger initiatives Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has in place at present is education and so to look at some of the goals that are lagging in that agenda.

 

"While we may have got most children into school, the quality of that education gives great concern for many. And so this is an impetus with [development] partners to come to the fore. In particular, Nauru has done very well to put education back on the agenda and front and centre," Ms Mohammed said.

 

She highlighted the importance of building on education as an ingredient in the sustainable development process.

 

Ms Mohammed is accompanied on this trip by Nauru's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Marlene Moses, who was instrumental in setting in motion Ms Mohammed's visit.

 

This morning (11 Nov) Ms Mohammed visited Nauru Secondary School and the Republic of Nauru (RoN) Hospital before taking part in the commemoration service for Armistice Day where she laid a wreath on behalf of the United Nations.

 

Ms Mohammed also made courtesy calls on Cabinet ministers and caucus members and will later be hosted to a dinner reception by His Excellency, Acting President David Adeang this evening (11 Nov).

 

Tomorrow (12 Nov), Ms Mohammed is expected to go on a boat ride, before touring other schools, the boat harbour, the Nauru Utilities Corporation and meetings with members of the opposition, heads of department and state-owned entities and ending the day with a barbeque with members of the community at the Carey Grammar hall in Aiwo.

 

On her last day (13 Nov), Ms Mohammed is expected to take a tour of the mining site and the Regional Processing Centre before departing in the afternoon.

 

Nauru is currently chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) which is a coalition of 44 member states and observers of small islands and low-lying coastal countries that share similar development, environment and climate challenges. AOSIS is the chief advocate for action on climate change capable of protecting the world's most vulnerable nations at international climate negotiations.