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TOMMY E. REMENGESAU, JR., President of Palau, said that ¡°so much seems uncertain¡± on this seventy?fifth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.  The hard?won diplomacy that adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris climate agreement, nuclear test-ban treaty, and hopefully soon, a high seas biodiversity treaty, is being undermined by inadequate implementation and inadequate solidarity, he said.  Island States have long emphasized their profound vulnerability, he said, adding ¡°one disaster, one typhoon or one pandemic can wipe out progress that we have painstakingly made.¡±  Calling for access to concessional finance from international financial institutions, and new partnerships that mobilize innovative forms of finance, including through non-state actors, he said it is vital to put global cooperation on a footing that will outlast the pandemic.

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