Report: Ayya
Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid, has urged on Commonwealth Member States to take a tough stance on global warming ahead of next month’s crucial climate change Conference in Bali, Indonesia. Minister Shahid especially impressed upon Commonwealth leaders the importance of deep and absolute emission reductions and binding international commitments.Shahid drew attention in his speech to the plight of the Commonwealth’s numerous Small Island State Members, many of whom met recently in the Maldives to highlight the human impacts of climate change, saying that while for many nations climate change is an issue of policy, for the Maldives and other Small Island States it is an issue “directly related to the very survival of our people and our nation”.
Bearing in mind that large number of Small Island States represented in the Commonwealth, the Minister urged the Organization to send a “clear and resounding” message to the world.
Minister Shahid also reiterated in his statement the call made by President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on the international community to grant universal recognition to the fact that environmental protection, preservation and security are part of an individual’s basic human rights.
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