speeches
Opening Cocktail for 52nd Underwater Minerals Conference Prime Minister Hon Mark Brown’s Opening speech Tamarind House |15 September 2024
Opening address by Honourable Prime Minister Mark Brown - here
2024 SIDS Conference: International Seabed Authority Side Event “Leveraging SIDS knowledge, technology, innovation and capacity to advance the deep-sea research for the benefit of humanity.” - St. John’s Antigua and Barbuda | Monday 27 May 2024
Keynote address by Honourable Prime Minister Mark Brown - here
9th Our Oceans Conference 2024 High-Level Segment with Heads of States - Athens, Greece, 16 April 2024
Address by Honourable Prime Minister Mark Brown - here
9th Our Oceans Conference 2024 Side Event: Coastal resilience in the climate crisis: Supporting solutions for small island developing states - Athens, Greece, 16 April 2024
Address by Honourable Prime Minister Mark Brown - here
9th Our Oceans Conference 2024 Waitt Institute and the Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner Side Event - Athens, Greece, 15 April 2024
Remarks by Honourable Prime Minister Mark Brown - here
International Seabed Authority Side Event at the UN Ocean Decade Conference 2024 - Barcelona, Spain, 12 April 2024
Opening Remarks by Honourable Prime Minister Mark Brown - here
South Pacific Community - Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner Side Event at the UN Ocean Decade Conference 2024 - Barcelona, Spain, 11 April 2024
Opening Remarks by Honourable Prime Minister Mark Brown - here
2024 UN Ocean Decade Conference High-Level Opening Segment - Barcelona, Spain, 10 April 2024
Opening Remarks by the Honourable Prime Minister Mark Brown - here
Address by Prime Minister Honourable Mark Brown on the Seabed Minerals Amendment Bill 2024 Parliament - Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 19 February 2024
Delivered by Cook Islands Prime Minister, Honourable Mark Brown - here
78th UNGA High-Level Side Event: Launch of a Global Call to Action for Accelerating Sustainable Development through Deep-Sea Research, Technology Development and Innovations - United Nations Headquarters, New York, 19 September 2023
Keynote address by Cook Islands Prime Minister, Honourable Mark Brown - here
28th Session of the International Seabed Authority - Kingston, Jamaica - 26 July 2023
General Statement by Cook Islands Prime Minister, Honourable Mark Brown - here
Joint statement delivered at the 28th International Seabed Authority Assembly Session (26 July 2023) on behalf of Australia, Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, the Kingdom of Tonga and Vanuatu - 26 July 2023
Joint Pacific Statement delivered by Ms. Alex Herman - here
Fifth P-SIDS Regional Training and Capacity Development workshop organised in the context of the Abyssal Initiative for Blue Growth - Nuku’alofa, Tonga - 20 June 2023
Introductory Remarks by Cook Islands Prime Minister, Honourable Mark Brown - here
High-Level Panel Segment: Charting a course for responsible and sustainable management responsible of seabed minerals of the Blue Pacific Continent - Nuku’alofa, Tonga - 20 June 2023
Delivered by Honourable Mark Brown, Cook Islands Prime Minister - here
Moana Minerals Blessing & Naming Ceremony of the Research Vessel Anuanua Moana - 02 March 2023
Address by the Honourable Mark Brown, Prime Minister and Minister for Seabed Minerals - here
UNOC Ensuring the stewardship of seabed mineral resources and the protection of the marine environment of the Area for the benefit of humankind Altice Arena, Interactive Dialogue Room - Lisbon, Portugal - 29 June 2022
Commission of the Seabed Minerals Authority Ms. Alex Herman - here
UNOC Fostering international and regional cooperation in support of the sustainable development of the blue economy of LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS Hotel Olissippo Oriente, Room Pequim B - Lisbon, Portugal - 29 June 2022
Commissioner of the Seabed Minerals Authority Ms. Alex Herman - here
World Oceans Day - 8 June 2022
Prime Minister Honourable Mark Brown - here
Exploration Licence Granting Ceremony - 23 February 2022
Third United Nations Conference on the Law of Sea - Caracas, Venezuela - 29 July 1974
Statement by Honourable Premier Sir Albert Henry - here
Last Updated: 20 February 2024