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• Published on October 3, 2024 - 02:26 GMT

  

  Visit by Special Envoy of the Prime Minister and Senior Minister of States, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of National ...

  Senior Minister of State (SMS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of National Development, Sim Ann, will visit Doha, Qatar to participate in the 3rd Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Summit, in her capacity as the Special Envoy of the Prime Minister. …

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• Published on October 2, 2024 - 00:51 GMT

  

  Congratulatory Messages from President Tharman Shanmugaratnam to President Xi Jinping and from Prime Minister and Minister for ...

    President Tharman Shanmugaratnam has written to President Xi Jinping to convey his best wishes on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on 1 October 2024. Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence …

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• Published on October 2, 2024 - 00:51 GMT

  

  Letters from Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong to Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and Incoming ...

  Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong has written a valedictory letter to outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and a congratulatory letter to incoming Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru. The text of the letters is appended.   …

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• Published on September 29, 2024 - 22:49 GMT

  

  Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan's National Statement at the General Debate of the 79th Session of the United ...

    Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan delivered Singapore’s national statement at the General Debate of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York on 28 September 2024.     In the statement, Minister Balakrishnan highlighted the …

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• Published on September 28, 2024 - 19:12 GMT

  

  Transcript of Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan's Wrap-Up Interview with Singapore Media During the 79th Session ...

  Minister Vivian Balakrishan:Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here. This is near the end of my eighth United Nations (UN) General Assembly session over the years. It has been an exhausting, very engaging and challenging time.   This year, what …

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• Published on September 27, 2024 - 15:35 GMT

  Joint Statement on the Security and Resilience of Undersea Cables in a Globally Digitalized World

  Communications networks underpin almost every aspect of our lives. Yet the rapid development of communication technologies and massive scale of these networks increases our dependency on these systems and introduces vulnerabilities.              Undersea …

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• Published on September 27, 2024 - 15:35 GMT

  

  Congratulatory Letters from President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong to President of Sri Lanka Anura ...

  President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong have written to congratulate President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Anura Kumara Dissanayake on his election. The texts of the letters are  …

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• Published on September 27, 2024 - 15:35 GMT

  Remarks by Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan at the Forum of Small States Reception in New York, 26 September ...

  Thank you for being here.   1.         I think you would all agree this is a challenging time for all small states. Geopolitical tensions polarise the work of the UN (United Nations). There is a growing tendency towards unilateralism and if you think about …

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• Published on September 26, 2024 - 14:29 GMT

  Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan at the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Addressing the ...

  Mdm President, Excellencies,   1.                             A very good afternoon to everyone. Singapore aligns ourselves with the statement delivered by The Honourable Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa,  Prime Minister of Samoa, that was delivered on behalf of AOSIS …

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• Published on September 26, 2024 - 14:29 GMT

  

  Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan's Participation at the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting on the Sidelines of the ...

           Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, attended the 2nd G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM) on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, on 25 September 2024, at the invitation of …

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• Published on September 26, 2024 - 14:29 GMT

  Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan at the UN Security Council Open Debate, 25 September 2024

  Mdm President, Members of the Security Council,                                 The world is in an acutely dangerous phase and civilians in multiple trouble-spots are paying a terrible price. And so, the United Nations is at an inflection point. We need to …

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• Published on September 25, 2024 - 11:18 GMT

  Remarks by Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Maliki Osman at the Event on “High Ambition for the High Seas: Accelerating the ...

  1.         Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. I am honoured to be here today as we seek to promote the ratification and implementation of the BBNJ Agreement. 2.           Singapore is a strong proponent of the Agreement, which is the …

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• Published on September 25, 2024 - 11:18 GMT

  Singapore Deposits Instrument of Ratification of the BBNJ Treaty in New York, 24 September 2024

           Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan deposited Singapore’s instrument of ratification of the Agreement under the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological …

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• Published on September 25, 2024 - 11:18 GMT

  

  Remarks for Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Maliki Osman at the High-Level Ministerial Roundtable on "Strengthening ...

  1.          Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, it is my pleasure today to join you at today’s roundtable on “Strengthening Multilateralism by Upholding the United Nations Charter”, and the role of small states in this regard. It is a timely and pertinent …

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• Published on September 24, 2024 - 09:25 GMT

  

  Press Statement by the Global Governance Group (3G) on its Seventeeth Ministerial Meeting on 23 September 2024

          The 17th Ministerial Meeting of the Global Governance Group (3G)[1] was convened in New York on 23 September 2024 on the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). This annual meeting with the Group of Twenty (G20) Troika aims to …

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• Published on September 24, 2024 - 09:25 GMT

  Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan's National Statement at the Summit of the Future in New York, 23 September ...

          Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan delivered Singapore’s National Statement at the Summit of the Future in New York on 23 September 2024.           Minister Balakrishnan welcomed the adoption of the Pact for the Future, the Global …

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• Published on September 24, 2024 - 09:25 GMT

  Statement by Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Maliki Osman at the SOTF Interactive Dialogue on “The Future Starts Now: ...

  1.              Thank you very much Excellencies, The focus of this dialogue session – enhancing the global system for current and future generations – asks a very simple question: how can we do better? 2.              Unfortunately, we find ourselves in a …

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• Published on September 22, 2024 - 08:47 GMT

  Statement by Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Maliki Osman at the Summit of the Future Action Days Side Event, "The ...

  1.                  Excellencies, distinguished guests, it is really my great pleasure to join you for today’s side event.   2.                  I would like to begin by thanking our co-hosts, Jamaica and the Netherlands. They have not only put this event …

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• Published on September 21, 2024 - 08:45 GMT

  Visit of His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, to Singapore, 20 September 2024

           President of the Republic of Rwanda Paul Kagame met President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong and was hosted to a meal by Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong today.             President Tharman and …

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• Published on September 20, 2024 - 08:40 GMT

  

  Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan and Minister in the Prime Minister Office, Second Minister for Foreign Affairs ...

  Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Second Minister for Education and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Mohamad Maliki Osman will attend the 79th Session of the United Nations General …

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