New York, 23 September 2024 Climate change is the single greatest threat to the livelihoods, security, and wellbeing of the peoples of the Pacific. Climate change-related sea-level rise is one of the starkest manifestations of that threat, particularly in small island states. Climate change-related sea-level rise poses severe and potentially...
Thirty-fourth Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Agenda item 14: Reports of the SG under article 319 Statement by H.E. Jeem S. Lippwe, Permanent Representative New York, 12 June 2024 Mr. President, Micronesia welcomes the reports of the Secretary General under article 319 of the Convention. We wish to comment in connection to a number of issues...
FSM elected Vice President of the General Assembly
June 6, 2024 (New York, FSMUN) – Today the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) elected 16 Vice Presidents, including the Federated States of Micronesia, to serve at its 79th session, lasting from September 2024 until September 2025. The Vice-Presidents are nominated by the UN regional groups and Micronesia is one...
FSM deposits instrument of ratification for BBNJ Agreement
June 3, 2024 (New York, FSMUN) – In a brief ceremony today, Ambassador Jeem S. Lippwe, the Permanent Representative of FSM to the United Nations in New York, deposited FSM’s instrument of ratification for the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation...
SIDS4 – Side event: SIDS Leadership in the Race to Ratification
Remarks by H.E. Jeem S. Lippwe Permanent Representative of the Federated States of Micronesia to the UN St. John’s, 30 May 2024 Moderator, I would like to first thank the organizers of this event for the opportunity to say a few words. The Pacific has played an active role during...