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On the sidelines of the 77th\u00a0session of the United Nations Heads of State and Government General Assembly, President\u00a0Ramkalawan\u00a0who is currently leading the Seychelles delegation in New York,\u00a0also participated in various side events strategic for Seychelles. The Bilateral\u00a0discussions have been of crucial platforms of networking and important discussions with key partners and stakeholders of Seychelles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The President\u00a0participated\u00a0as one of the\u00a0panelists\u00a0at the African Heads of Government Climate Finance Dialogue hosted by Africa Investors (Ai) and the UN Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA).\u00a0At their invitation, President\u00a0Ramkalawan\u00a0was a Keynote Speaker on the panel of discussion under the guided theme \u201cPartnerships and Opportunities to implement Investable NDCs, Agenda 2063 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)\u201d. President\u00a0Ramkalawan\u00a0spoke alongside three other African Heads of States; which included\u00a0the\u00a0President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was joined by H.E Adama Barrow (President of The Gambia),\u00a0<\/p>\n

President\u00a0Ramkalawan\u00a0also attended the\u00a0Blue Leaders 30X30: Catalyzing action for a Global Network of Highly and Fully Protected Marine Areas and a strong new High Seas Treaty\u00a0event\u00a0which was held at the Plaza hotel in New York. The\u00a0event, which\u00a0was being hosted by\u00a0the Government of\u00a0Belgium and Nigeria,\u00a0where\u00a0President\u00a0Ramkalawan\u00a0was one of the\u00a0Blue Leaders Head of State\u00a0who addressed the audience.\u00a0The Prime Minister of\u00a0Cura\u00e7ao,\u00a0Gilmar\u00a0Pisas\u00a0also made a presentation\u00a0whilst\u00a0the\u00a0the\u00a0Prime-Minister of\u00a0Beligum\u00a0delivered a virtual\u00a0video\u00a0statement.\u00a0The main event was opened by\u00a0Blomberg\u00a0Philanthropies CEO, Patricia E. Harris and Panel discussions Moderated by the Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Following the Blue leaders event, the President also held talks with the\u00a0President and Chairperson of Mission Blue \/ The Sylvia Earle Alliance, the\u00a0legendary oceanographer, Her Deepness Dr. Sylvia Earle. Dr.\u00a0Earle is a National Geographic Society Explorer in Residence, and is called Her Deepness by the New Yorker and the New York Times, Living Legend by the Library of Congress, and first Hero for the Planet by Time Magazine.\u00a0Familiar\u00a0to Seychelles, the meeting with the Head of State\u00a0was an opportunity for Dr. Earle\u00a0to brief President\u00a0Ramkalawan\u00a0of her past\u00a0expeditions and works\u00a0in Seychelles as well as engage in\u00a0fruitful\u00a0discussions of how\u00a0Mission Blue can further support Seychelles in its environment conservation efforts.\u00a0She will be arriving in Seychelles shortly to accompany Prince Albert, Prince of Monaco, for a mission at Aldabra.<\/p>\n

In his capacity as the Vice-Chairperson\u00a0of the SIDS DOCK Initiative, President\u00a0Ramkalawan\u00a0also delivered a virtual statement at the 7th\u00a0Session of the Assembly of SIDS DOCK.\u00a0SIDS DOCK is\u00a0an initiative among member countries of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) created to help SIDS transform their energy sectors and address adaptation to climate change\u00a0inline with UN Sustainable\u00a0Developmental\u00a0Goals (SDGs).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other side meetings included discussions with the\u00a0High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States,\u00a0Ms.\u00a0Rabab\u00a0Fatima.<\/p>\n

\u00a0While at the UNGA77\u00a0in New York, the President also had the\u00a0opportunity to network with\u00a0various world leaders during a closed-door High Level\u00a0meeting of the Association Of Small Island States(AOSIS),\u00a0limited to\u00a0Heads of State or\u00a0Government\u00a0focused on two core objective discussion namely; progress for the\u00a0Adoption of a Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) at the UN\u00a0and\u00a0Establishing Funding Arrangement to Address Loss and Damage at COP27.<\/p>\n

Ambassador Ian Madeleine assisted President Ramkalawan and other staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of State House \u2013 Office of the President of the Republic of Seychelles.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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