PIFS update to the BWC universalization workshop for the Pacific - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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