MFA Press Statement: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law Mr K Shanmugam to attend the 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law Mr K Shanmugam will be in New York from 23 September to 2 October 2012 to attend the 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

Minister Shanmugam will deliver Singapore’s statement at the General Debate of the UNGA and officiate at the Forum of Small States (FOSS) Conference on Small States, convened by Singapore to commemorate the 20th anniversary of FOSS[1]. While in New York, Minister Shanmugam will attend a number of meetings, including the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Governance Group (3G) and the Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, as well as hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts from various countries.
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
21 SEPTEMBER 2012

[1] FOSS is an informal group of UN Member States with populations of 10 million or less. It was founded in 1992 by Singapore and currently has 105 members. A list of FOSS members is at Annex.
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Annex - MEMBERS OF FOSS

1 Albania
2 Andorra
3 Antigua & Barbuda
4 Armenia
5 Austria
6 Azerbaijan
7 Bahamas
8 Bahrain
9 Barbados
10 Belarus
11 Belize
12 Benin
13 Bhutan
14 Bolivia
15 Bosnia & Herzegovina
16 Botswana
17 Brunei Darussalam
18 Bulgaria
19 Burundi
20 Cambodia
21 Cape Verde
22 Central African Republic
23 Comoros
24 Costa Rica
25 Croatia
26 Cyprus
27 Czech Republic
28 Denmark
29 Djibouti
30 Dominican Republic
31 El Salvador
32 Estonia
33 Fiji Islands
34 Finland
35 Gabon
36 Gambia
37 Georgia
38 Grenada
39 Guinea-Bissau
40 Guyana
41 Haiti
42 Honduras
43 Hungary
44 Iceland
45 Ireland
46 Jamaica
47 Jordan
48 Kuwait
49 Kyrgyzstan
50 Lao PDR
51 Latvia
52 Lesotho
53 Libya
54 Liberia
55 Liechtenstein
56 Lithuania
57 Luxembourg
58 Macedonia
59 Maldives
60 Malta
61 Marshall Islands
62 Mauritania
63 Mauritius
64 Moldova
65 Monaco
66 Mongolia
67 Montenegro
68 Namibia
69 Nauru
70 New Zealand
71 Nicaragua
72 Norway
73 Oman
74 Palau
75 Panama
76 Papua New Guinea
77 Paraguay
78 Qatar
79 Rwanda
80 Saint Kitts & Nevis
81 Saint Lucia
82 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
83 Samoa
84 San Marino
85 Senegal
86 Seychelles
87 Serbia
88 Sierra Leone
89 Singapore
90 Slovakia
91 Slovenia
92 Solomon Islands
93 Suriname
94 Swaziland
95 Sweden
96 Switzerland
97 Timor-Leste
98 Togo
99 Tonga
100 Trinidad & Tobago
101 Tunisia
102 United Arab Emirates
103 Uruguay
104 Vanuatu
105 Zambia
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