Maldives
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 July 2011: After returning from a mission to the Maldives, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs) for the UN Human Rights Council, Chaloka Beyani, stressed that the negative effects of climate change on peoples’ rights such as the right to housing, and safe water and livelihoods are being felt across many islands.
Beyani called on the Government of Maldives to put in place measures to manage internal displacement caused by climate change and natural...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
27 July 2011: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) held a debate on the human right to water and sanitation, during which a number of speakers highlighted that climate change constitutes an obstacle to the enjoyment of this right, stressing the particular situations of small island low-lying States.
The debate took place on 27 July 2011, at UN Headquarters in New York, US. In his opening address, Joseph Deiss, UNGA President, recalled that, in July 2010, the General Assembly adopted a resolution on...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 August 2011: The Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) has released the report from its 14th meeting, during which the Board invited civil society to engage in a dialogue with the AFB in Durban, South Africa, at the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 17) to the UNFCCC, as well as discussions with institutions supporting the accreditation process of National Implementing Entities (NIE).
Also during the 20-22 June 2011 meeting in Bonn, Germany, the AFB invited Annex I Parties to make...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 July 2011: The 2011 Substantive Session of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) agreed on, inter alia, a Ministerial Declaration on education; recommendations on preparing for the 2012 Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review (QCPR) of the UN system’s operational activities by the General Assembly; follow-up to the Fourth UN Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDC IV); and postponing consideration of a review of UN support for small island developing States (SIDS).
The...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 April 2008: Many speakers addressed links between climate change and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) during the UN General Assembly’s two-day thematic debate entitled “Recognizing the achievements, addressing the challenges and getting back on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.” In her opening remarks to the 1-2 April 2008 thematic debate, Asha-Rose Migiro, UN Deputy Secretary-General, highlighted many speakers’ concern that climate change...
