UN General Assembly
2010

Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the International Civil Aviation Organization. My country supports such participation. The two organizations deal with two global issues that are of common concern to all the world. Climate change and aviation issues need the participation of all countries for aviation safety and the health of our atmosphere. My delegation finds it regrettable that the UNFCCC secretariat has adopted a narrow position on a matter that requires the parties to the Convention and to the Kyoto Protocol to decide on. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are internationally agreed development benchmarks. The Solomon Islands scorecard remains mixed, uneven and generally off track in terms of meeting our 2015 Goals. The international programme for the Solomon Islands for achieving the MDGs is defined in the Mauritius Strategy and the Brussels Programme of Action. Both frameworks outline the Solomon Islands’ special 35 10-55128 situation, one that requires special international attention. The review of the Mauritius Strategy held last week revealed that international commitments to the Barbados Programme of Action remain wanting and