UN General Assembly
1993

year as an important early milestone in the post-Rio process, not only for small island developing States but for all nations, developed and developing, that believe as we do in the Rio Declaration and in Agenda 21. The Barbados Conference is, in our view, the first real test of Agenda 21. It may seem at times that we of the region of the Pacific islands are overly-preoccupied about our environment, and that we take too broad a view of the potential impact resulting from the actions of others. We raise our voices loudly and often on the subject of Forty-eighth session - 13 October l993 5 human-induced climate change and sea-level rise, but many say that it may not happen. We speak out against nuclear testing, especially in and among our islands, but those who are more powerful say that it probably is not harmful. We strongly urge that lethal toxic substances such as plutonium and chemical weapons not be transported through or stored within our region, but even some of our closest friends do so