By Loretta B Manele
The summit will be about building partnerships to implement sustainable fisheries in the region.
Collin Beck, the permanent secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade (MFAET) spoke about this during a press conference with the media.
He was referring to the “Honiara Summit 2025: Umi Tugeda Delivering on SDG 14:4 Achieving Sustainable Fisheries” which will take place from 24th to 25th February at the Friendship Hall.
Beck stressed that the summit is about building partnerships with everyone on we can take corrective measures and share with each other how we can best deal with sustainable fisheries.
He said the summit will be a place where scientists and policy leaders will more or less come together in terms of trying to accelerate implementation on the Sustainable Development Goal 14.4 which is to “Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.”
Beck emphasized that this summit is important for Solomon Islands and the pacific region.
He mentioned that nearly all our people live close to coastal areas so having this summit means having discussions that relate to our livelihood and our future.
Beck also stated that the second aspect of the summit is to also issue a political declaration of where we are, what we need to do and going forward, the key messages we would like to put out there not only for attention but for action.
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