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Addresses delivered in the general policy debate by the Head of Delegation at the General Conference

37 session of the General Conference

Son Excellence, M. Fauoa Maani, Ministre de l’éducation, de la jeunesse et des sports de Tuvalu

Speech delivered during the General Policy Debate of the 37th session of the General Conference - revised and corrected version of the verbatim records of plenary meetings

35 session of the General Conference

Honorable Dr Faalesa Pitoi, Minister for Education, Youth and Sports

“(…) I would like (…) to pay tribute to the outgoing Director-General, Mr Matsuura, for his excellent leadership over his tenure.”
“In education, we have seen improvements in the way our teachers work and, most importantly, in improving student learning and achievements through the various UNESCO programmes and interventions such as those improving teaching competencies and efficiency, teacher standards, leadership and management of schools (…).”
“UNESCO has also been very instrumental in spearheading discussions to allow development on culture, ICT and the natural sciences to take place. In culture, for instance, discussions and consultations which may lead to Tuvalu's ratification of the Convention of the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage is progressing well.”
“Tuvalu is well associated with the Decade for the Education for Sustainable Development DESD. Let me mention the global project "Small is beautiful", which was chosen 2005 by UNESCO as one of the remarkable actions for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development that Tuvalu is also party to.”
“(…) I would like to propose revisiting ways of strengthening the national commissions.”
“I join my colleagues who have come before to highlight the adverse effects of climate change on humanity. (…) Will there be another tsunami warning? This is a very scary situation in countries like Tuvalu, which are very vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change must be protected. (…) Human activities contribute to the production of greenhouse gas. However, you and I can, as part of UNESCO, contribute to the reduction and elimination of such human activities through education and so forth. I would like to propose that UNESCO strengthen its work on fighting the adverse effects of climate change before it starts losing its member countries.”
“(…) I would like to extend a very warm welcome on behalf of my Government to the incoming Director-General, Her Excellency Ms Irina Bokova.”