Haiti
22 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 June 2012: The UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (OHRLLS) has released an advanced version of the UN Secretary-General’s report “Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011 to 2020.”
The report assesses progress on the implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) for the decade 2011–2020,...
20 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 June 2012: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has announced a $12 million grant to support Haiti’s reforms to modernize its energy sector and increase the availability, efficiency and affordability of energy.
This is the second of three policy grants aimed at providing budget support to Haiti’s efforts to turn the public power utility Electricité d’Haïti (EDH) into a viable and operational company through a management contract. In addition to budget support for energy policy...
18 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 June 2012: The Secretariat of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is marking World Day to Combat Desertification, which is celebrated annually on 17 June, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, just a few days before the opening of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20).
To mark the Day, the Rio Conventions Pavilion at UNCSD focused on the theme of securing healthy soils and stopping land degradation within a generation, as well as global observance of the World...
08 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 June 2012: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) Ad Hoc Working Group (AHWG) to Further Strengthen the Smooth Transition Process for the Countries Graduating from the Least Developed Country (LDC) Category held its second formal meeting on 6 June 2012, in New York, US. The Group considered draft recommendations and adopted the report to be submitted to the 67th session of the UNGA.
In its recommendations on strengthening the smooth transition process, AHWG notes that: information about and...
25 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 May 2012: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has reported on progress achieved in the reforestation of the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic under a project titled Green Border, implemented by UNDP in partnership with the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
The Green Border is a four-year project on the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic that aims to reduce community vulnerability to natural disaster risk in shared rivers and...
