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Address by His Excellency Mr. Anote Tong, President of the Republic of Kiribati

Kiribati is committed to the international fight against terrorism and transnational organized crime.

Kiribati was mentioned in the study, and Webb and Kench found that the three major urbanised islands in Kiribati Betio, Bairiki and Nanikai increased by 30 (36 hectares), 16.3 (5.8 hectares) and 12.5 (0.8 hectares), respectively.

Politics The Kiribati Constitution, promulgated 12 July 1979, provides for free and open elections.

Kiribati is expected to be the first country to lose all its land territory to global climate change.

A vulnerability that is so many times magnified for low lying small island States like Kiribati.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) The Assembly will now hear an address by His Excellency Mr. Anote Tong, President of the Republic of Kiribati.

Concerning the Security Council, Kiribati supports the expansion of the permanent and non permanent Council memberships to better reflect the realities of our world today.

This also enabled Kiribati to become the first country to see the dawn of the third millennium, an event of significance for tourism.

Kiribati, the Federated States of Micronesia, Swaziland and the United Arab Emirates have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (180 ratifications).

The majority of Kiribati, including the capital, is not first, for example New Zealand (UTC 13 in January) has an earlier new year.

With regard to strengthening the United Nations, Kiribati firmly supports comprehensive reform of the Organization to better align and equip it to respond effectively to the challenges of this ever changing world.

Based on a 1995 realignment of the International Date Line, the Line Islands are the first area to enter into a new year, including year 2000.

President Tong It is indeed a pleasure for me to represent the people of Kiribati at this august gathering, to extend their greetings to all and to present their views on the agenda before us.

The program aims to take place over six years, supporting measures that reduce Kiribati's vulnerability to the effects of climate change and sea level rise by raising awareness of climate change, assessing and protecting available water resources, and managing inundation.

The ultimate objective of TCCC was to reduce the number and intensity of fault lines between parties to the COP process, explore elements of agreement between the parties and thereby to support Kiribati's and other parties' contribution to COP16 held in Cancun, Mexico, from 29 November to 10 December 2010.