At the outset, Mr. President, allow me to thank you for convening this open debate on regional partnerships in peacekeeping. Allow me also to thank the Secretary-General, and the representatives of the European Union and the African Union for framing the debate through their presentations. This statement is aligned to that just delivered by the delegation of Egypt on behalf of the Non Aligned Movement.
At the elections held today in the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), Fiji was re-elected to the Council of the ISA for a four year period commencing on 1 January, 2015.
The Council is the executive organ of the ISA. It is made up of 36 Member States elected by the ISA membership as a whole.
In its statement at the General Debate of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Jamaica today, the Fiji delegation reaffirmed the ISA's inescapable responsibility to safeguard the ocean's environmental integrity.
