UN General Assembly
2014

for ourselves and generations yet unborn. We have an obligation to combat climate change through mitigation and adaptation measures. Climate change financing and technology transfer will be pivotal to the success of that objective. We urge widespread acceptance by the international community of creative initiatives such as debt swap for climate adaptation and mitigation. My Government is convinced that such proposals, developed with assistance from the Commonwealth Secretariat, provide SIDS with a greater degree of flexibility as we try to achieve sustainable development. We welcome the commitment of the President of the General Assembly to provide appropriate impetus and momentum to the ongoing process under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to reach a global agreement on climate change by 2015. Maintaining peace and security remains one of the main priorities of the United Nations. That ideal is captured in the post-2015 development agenda as sustainable development goal 16, to achieve peaceful and inclusive societies and the rule of law and to build effective and capable institutions. I am pleased to