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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday greeted the government and the people of Samoa on their Independence Day – celebrated on 1 June every year. When taken into the microblogging platform X, Jaishankar further said: “committed to strengthening our Pacific Island partnership.”
Here are ten things to learn about samosa:
First Pacific Nation to achieve independence: Samoa became independent in 1962, the first in the Pacific to do so.
UN membership: Samoa joined the United Nations in 1976, embracing the charter and advocated the Pacific voices on global platforms.
Graduation for medium-or-I conditions: Samoa infection from a minimum developed country in a medium -income country in 2014.
Commitment for sustainable development: Samoa adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and presented two voluntary national reviews on the United Nations’ high-level political platform.
Samoa Pathway Leadership: Samoa Small Island is the custodian of the Developing States (SIDS) agenda, known as Samoa Pathway, and is the co-chairman of the Sids Partnership Steering Committee with Portugal.
First woman Prime Minister: Fiame Naomi Matafa became the first female Prime Minister of Samoa, a milestone in gender equality and leadership.
Human rights achievements: Samoa has confirmed 6 out of 6 core United Nations Human Rights Activity and is the only A-Status National Institute of Human Rights among Pacific Island countries.
Labor Reforms and Triptivity: Samoa confirmed all 8 core ILO conferences by 2008 and institutionalized tripartite consultation with the ILO Convention 144.
CRC session in Samoa: In 2020, Samoa hosted the 84th session of the committee on children’s rights, the first treaty body meeting held outside Geneva or New York.
High Vaccination Coverage: With the help of UNICEF and WHO, Samoa acquired more than 90% of Kovid -19 vaccination coverage, strengthening health systems and infrastructure.
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