UN General Assembly
2013

and financial support for the plan. We support the Executive Director’s call that priority be given to the economic empowerment of women in rural areas. We hope the Executive Board can also address UN- Women’s representation vacuum in the Pacific. Gender violence remains an issue in Solomon Islands, and my country joins the international community in condemning sexual violence. We continue to seek an inclusive society. In partnership with an Australian entity, Solomon Islands organized national games for persons with disabilities in our country and other events. Although we still have a long way to go in creating a disability-friendly society, we remain determined to achieve that end. Let me close where I began. The post-2015 development agenda is our shared agenda. We must remain united and work as one, with one aim, to deliver one set of goals, under a single process with common but differentiated responsibilities. Present and future generations depend on what we do today.