PIFS update to the BWC universalization workshop for the Pacific region 12 – 13 Dec 2018 Nadi, Fiji
Context Key development • 2018 PIF Leaders’ priorities, focusing on the Boe Declaration
Working together to address common interests through regionalism The South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty of 1985 (Rarotonga Treaty) Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI), 2003 – 2017 Pacific Regional Assistance to Nauru (PRAN), 2004 – 2009 COP21 negotiations of the Paris Agreement, 2015
“Building a Strong Pacific: Our People, Our Islands, Our Will” 49 th Pacific Islands Forum 3 – 6 September 2018 Yaren, Nauru
Our shared challenge – securing the Blue Pacific Combined land mass of 8.5 million square km Combined ocean area of 37 million square km Ratio land/sea = 1:4 Ratio land/sea excluding Australia and New Zealand = 1: 48 Long distances between islands, small land areas, large maritime areas to monitor Not enough resources to effectively monitor exclusive economic zones POROUS BORDERS
Recognises that climate change The Boe Declaration , 2018 remains the single greatest threat to the livelihoods, security and wellbeing of the peoples of the Pacific; Recognises the complex security challenges faced by our region, framed by the expanded concept of security – human, environment and resource, transnational and cyber; Recognises the need for strengthening respective national security approaches as the basis for regional security; It is a call to action for stronger, more cohesive regional security cooperation and coordination.
Regional legal frameworks / model provisions to give effect to Forum priorities • Model Provisions on Counter Terrorism • Model Provisions on Targeted Financial Sanctions
Ms Nola Faasau, Legal Drafting Officer, nolaf@forumsec.org PIFS website: www.forumsec.org
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