UN General Assembly
2024

We call for **collective support** to advance these priorities at the **Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4)** in 2025—ensuring the **democratisation of global economic governance**, where every country, not just those with power or wealth, has a voice in decision-making. --- **Mr President – Health** Vanuatu, like many Pacific neighbours, faces **acute and existential health and development threats**, including the burden of non-communicable diseases, malnutrition, and future pandemics. COVID-19 and violent tropical cyclones exposed the **fragility of our health infrastructure** and the urgent need for a system capable of meeting our population’s needs and withstanding climate change and related disasters. We call on the **World Health Organization** and SIDS partners to collaborate in improving access to **sustainable health financing**—supporting our efforts to prevent and control non-communicable diseases and build climate-resilient health systems. --- **Mr President – Decolonisation and Human Rights** To leave no one behind, we must **constructively complete the decolonisation process** for non-self-governing territories.