Speaking in Fiji’s capacity as 2013 Chair of the Group of 77 and China, Fijian Ambassador Peter Thomson, today addressed the United Nations on the importance of giving prominence to improved sanitation in the global Post-2015 Development Agenda. The focus in New York today on sanitation was due to 19th November being designated by the United Nations as “World Toilet Day”.
The Principality of Monaco and the Republic of Fiji formalised diplomatic relations at a ceremony at the Fiji Mission to the United Nations in New York on 13th November, 2013. The Permanent Representative of Monaco to the United Nations, Ambassador Isabelle Picco and her Fiji counterpart, Ambassador Peter Thomson, today signed a joint communiqué establishing diplomatic relations between the two States.
