Fiji has been appointed as the Vice President of the Platform for Disaster Displacement at the UN after the recent meeting of the Steering Group Meeting held in Geneva.
This makes Fiji the first Pacific Island country represented at the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Fiji was nominated to this position by France.
Fiji’s new leadership role on Platform for Disaster Displacement will be coordinated by Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Nazhat Shameem and the team at the Fiji Mission in Geneva.
Speaking on behalf of the Fiji , the First Secretary for the Fiji Mission in Geneva, Vueti May says they acknowledge France for giving them this opportunity to serve the Platform and they look forward to supporting France in its new role as the President of the Platform and plead to all Steering Group members and partners for continued support to ensure that they deliver on the mandates before them.
PDD is a state‑led initiative, which was endorsed by 109 States in October 2015 and it seeks to implement the recommendations of the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda, which supports States and other stakeholders to implement the recommendations for the greater protection of cross boarder displaced persons in the context of disasters and climate change.
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