High-Level Event leading to the Third Meeting of the Parties
to the 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA)
Organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
and the European Commission
Programme
31 May 2021
09:00 hours – 11:00 hours (CET)
Introduction
Event Moderator
Opening Statement by Commissioner Virginius Sinkevičius
Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
Opening Statement by Dr QU Dongyu
FAO Director-General
Short Film produced by FAO
Statement by H.E. Ricardo Serrão Santos
Minister of Maritime Affairs, Portugal
Testimonial Statements by States:
Hon. Semi Tuleca Koroilavesau, Minister for Fisheries, Fiji
H.E. Augusta Maita, Minister for the Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries, Mozambique
H.E. Don José Luis Chicoma Lúcar, Minister of Production, Peru
H.E. Don Luis Planas Puchades, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Spain
H.E. Chalermchai Sreeon, Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand
H.E. Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, Secretary-General, Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS)
Panel Discussion led by Dr Cormac Cullinan
Environmental attorney and author
With the participation of:
Hon. Semi Tuleca Koroilavesau, Minister for Fisheries, Fiji
H.E. Augusta Maita, Minister for the Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries, Mozambique
H.E. Don José Luis Chicoma Lúcar, Minister of Production, Peru
H.E. Don Luis Planas Puchades, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Spain
H.E. Narapat Kaewthong, Vice Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand
H.E. Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, Secretary-General, Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS)
Cdr. (Retd.) Peter Horn, MBE, Project Director, The PEW Charitable Trusts
Conclusion of the Event