The delegation accompanying President Dr Muizzu includes Environment Minister Thoriq, Housing Minister Dr Ali Haidar, Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer and Housing Development Corporation (HDC)’s Managing Director Ibrahim Fazul Rasheed.
President Dr Mohamed Muizzu, accompanied by a government delegation, will depart to Antigua and Barbuda tomorrow night to attend the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) hosted by the United Nations (UN).
The once in a decade event will be held from this coming Monday until 30th May in the Caribbean country’s capital Saint John’s with leaders from all around the world in attendance.
President’s Office held a special press conference today to share information about the trip, in which it was announced that Environment Minister Thoriq Ibrahim and President’s Office’s Special Envoy for Climate Change Ali Shareef will also accompany the president.
Chief Spokesperson of the President’s Office Heena Waleed said that President Dr Muizzu is due to speak at the event and that a total of seven statements will be given by the president focused around the environmental impacts of climate change on the Maldives and what the country requests from the global world to overcome these challenges.
Maldives will also be organising three side line meetings during the conference, said Heena.
The delegation accompanying President Dr Muizzu includes Environment Minister Thoriq, Housing Minister Dr Ali Haidar, Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer and Housing Development Corporation (HDC)’s Managing Director Ibrahim Fazul Rasheed.
Recognised in 1992 at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held at Rio de Janerio, Brazil, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) include low-lying coastal countries that share similar sustainable development challenges, including small population, limited resources, remoteness, susceptibility to natural disasters, vulnerability to external shocks, and excessive dependence on international trade.
Their growth and development is often further stymied by high transportation and communication costs, disproportionately expensive public administration and infrastructure due to their small size, and little to no opportunity to create economies of scale. Currently there are 39 states and 18 associate members in SIDS.
This year, the theme of the SIDS conference is “Charting the course toward resilient prosperity", the Conference will aim at assessing the ability of SIDS to achieve sustainable development, including the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals.
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