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Dear Visitors,

Talofa lava and Welcome to the website of the Permanent Mission of the Indepedent State of Samoa to the United Nations. This website is designed to provide information on the work of the Permanent Mission, on consular and immigration formalities, as well as useful links and data on the Independent State of Samoa.

You will also find selected statements delivered at various conferences and meetings of the United Nations.

I trust this website will be of assistance to you. Thank you for your interest in our website and I invite you to email us with your comments and suggestions.

Soifua ma ia manuia

Aliioaiga Feturi Elisaia
Ambassador/Permanent Representative


Least Developed Countries: United Nations High Level Meeting to Review the Brussels Program of Action
Statement by Honourable Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Samoa at the United Nations High Level Meeting on the Midterm Comprehensive Global Review of the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010, 18 September 2006

United Nations Special Sessions: United Nations High Level Plenary Meeting
Statement by Honourable Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Samoa at the United Nations High Level Plenary Meeting to review the Millennium Development Goals, 14 September 2005

United Nations Special Sessions: Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations
Statement by HE Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations to the Special Commemorative Meeting of the General Assembly on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations, New York, 23 October 1995

United Nations Special Sessions: Overall Review and Appraisal of the Implementation of Agenda 21
Statement by HE Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) to the 19th Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGASS) For the Overall Review and Appraisal of the Implementation of Agenda 21, New York, 26 June 1997 For the Overall Review and Appraisal of the Implementation of Agenda 21 26 June 1997, New York

Security Council: Question of Equitable Representation on an Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Related Matters
Statement By HE Aliioaiga F Elisaia, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the 59th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Agenda Item 11: Report of the Security Council and Item 53: Question Of Equitable Representation on an Increase in the Membership of the Security Council And Related Matters, New York, 12 October 2004

United Nations General Assembly: 60th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Statement by Honourable Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Samoa to the 60th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, General Debate, 18 September 2005

United Nations General Assembly: 59th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Statement by Honourable Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi,Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Samoa to the Fifty-Ninth Session of the United Nations General Assembly, General Debate, New York, 24 September 2004

United Nations General Assembly: 58th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Statement by Honourable Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Samoa to the Fifty-Eighth Session of the United Nations General Assembly General Debate, New York, 26 September 2003

United Nations General Assembly: 57th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Statement by Honourable Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Samoa to the Fifty-Seventh Session of the United Nations General Assembly, General Debate, New York, 17 September 2002

United Nations General Assembly: 56th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Statement by Honourable Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Samoa to the Fifty-Sixth Session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, Sunday, 11 November 2001

United Nations General Assembly: Millenium Summit of the United Nations
Statement By HE Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations at the Millennium Summit of the United Nations, New York, 6 September 2000

United Nations General Assembly: 54th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Statement by Honourable Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi,Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance of Samoa to the Fifty-Fourth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, General Debate, New York, 29 September 1999

United Nations General Assembly: 53rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Statement by HE Mr Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Permanent Representative Of Samoa to the United Nations to the Fifty-Third Session of the United Nations General Assembly, General Debate, Tuesday, 29 September 1998

United Nations General Assembly: 51st Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Statement by Honourable Tofilau Eti Alesana, Prime Minister of Samoa to the Fifty-First session of the United Nations General Assembly, General Debate, Wednesday, 9 October 1996

United Nations General Assembly: 50th Session of the General Assembly
Statement by Honourable Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Deputy Prime Minister of Samoa to the Fiftieth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, General Debate, New York, 29 September 1995

Pacific Islands Forum: United Nations General Assembly Second Committee
Statement by Ms Perina Jacqueline Sila, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum group at the 60th session of the General Assembly Second Committee General Debate, 3 November 2005

Pacific Islands Forum: Second Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Program of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects
Statement by HE Mr Aliioaiga F Elisaia, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations on behalf of the Pacific Forum Island Group, 11 July 2005

Pacific Islands Forum: 2005 Executive Board Meeting of UNDP/UNFPA
Statement by HE Ms Marlene Moses, Permanent Representative of Nauru to the United Nations on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum Group to farewell Mr Mark Malloch Brown as Administrator of UNDP and to congratulate on new position as Chief of Staff of the United Nations Secretary General, 14 June 2005

Pacific Islands Forum: 2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Statement by HE Mr Aliioaiga F Elisaia, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum Group at the 2005 NPT Review Conference, 4 May 2005

Pacific Islands Forum: Nuclear Weapons Free Zones
Statement by HE Mr Aliioaiga F Elisaia, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations on behalf of the States Parties to the Rarotonga Treaty at the Conference of States Parties and Signatories of the Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones, Tlatelolco, Mexico City, Mexico 26 April 2005

Pacific Islands Forum: 13th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development
Statement by Honourable Saufatu Sopoaga, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works and Energy of Tuvalu, at the High Level Segment of CSD13, 21 April 2005

Pacific Islands Forum: Integrated and Coordinated Implementation of and Follow-up to the Outcomes of Major United Nations Conferences and Summits in the Economic, Social And Related and Fields
Statement by HE Mr Aliioaiga F Elisaia, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum Group on the United Nations Secretary General's report "In Larger Freedom", New York, 6 April 2005

Pacific Islands Forum: The Future of Regionalism in the Pacific
Address by Honourable Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Samoa and Chairman of the Pacific Islands Forum at the Pacific Cooperation Foundation Annual Pacific Lecture in Wellington, New Zealand, 22 March 2005 and in Auckland, New Zealand 23 March 2005

Pacific Islands Forum: Commission on the Status of Women
Statement by Honourable Amberoti Nikora, Minister of Internal and Social Affairs of the Republic of Kiribati on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum Group to the 49th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, New York, 7 March 2005

Pacific Islands Forum: Report of the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges And Change
Statement By HE Aliioaiga Feturi Elisaia, Permanent Representative Of Samoa to the United Nations on Behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum Group at Informal Consultations of the United Nations General Assembly Fifty-Ninth Session on the Report of the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges And Change and on the United Nations Millennium Project, New York, 22 February 2005

Pacific Islands Forum: Group of 77 and China
Statement by HE Mr Aliioaiga F Elisaia, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum on the Handover of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China for 2005, 25 January 2005

Pacific Islands Forum: United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea
Statement by Ms Perina Jacqueline Sila, Deputy Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations 59th Session of the General Assembly Agenda Items 49 (a) and (b)on Oceans and Law of the Sea, 16 November 2004

Pacific Islands Forum: Cooperation between the United Nations and Regional and Other Organizations
Statement by HE Mr Aliioaiga F Elisaia, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum Group to the General Assembly on Agenda Item 56(q), 21 October 2004

Pacific Islands Forum: International Peace and Security
Statement by HE Mr Aliioaiga F Elisaia, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum Group at the Security Council Open Debate on �Threats to International Peace and Security Caused by Terrorist Acts�, New York, 19 October 2004

Pacific Islands Forum: Further Implementation of the Program of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
Statement by HE Mr Aliioaiga F Elisaia, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum Group at the United Nations 59th General Assembly Second Committee General Debate on Agenda Item 85(b), 20 October 2004

Pacific Islands Forum: The Ilicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects
Statement by HE Mr Aliioaiga F Elisaia, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum Group to the 59th United Nations General Assembly First Committee General Debate on Agenda Item 65(z) General and Complete Disarmament: The Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects, 20 October 2004

Pacific Islands Forum: United Nations General Assembly Second Committee
Statement by HE Mr Aliioaiga F Elisaia, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum group at the 59th session of the General Assembly Second Committee General Debate, 4 October 2004

Millennium Declaration: MDGs in the Asia and Pacific
Statement by Honourable Misa Telefoni, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Samoa to the Ministerial Meeting: Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific, Jakarta, Indonesia, 3-5 August 2005

Millennium Declaration: Millennium Summit 2000
Statement by HE Mr Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the United Nations at the Millennium Summit of the United Nations, New York, 6 September 2000

Sustainable Development: International Meeting, Mauritius
Statement by Honourable Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Samoa at the International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Program of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Port Louis, Mauritius, 13 January 2005

Sustainable Development: Small Island Developing States and the World Trade Organization
Statement by Honourable Tuisugaletaua A. Sofara Aveau, Minister of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries and Meteorology of Samoa at the FAO-organized SIDS-FAO Panel "A Pacific Perspective", New York, 6 October 2004

Sustainable Development: World Summit on Sustainable Development
Statement by Honourable Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Samoa at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2002

Sustainable Development: Third Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change
Statement by Honourable Tuala Sale Tagaloa, Minister of Lands, Surveys and Environment of Samoa on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island Developing States (AOSIS) at the Third Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, Monday, 8 December 1997


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