Maldives
28 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 February 2012: At its first substantive meeting, the Ad Hoc Working Group to Further Study and Strengthen the Smooth Transition Process for the countries graduating from the least developed countries (LDC ) category took stock of the current situation regarding international support measures for LDCs, as well as existing smooth transition measures, and considered LDCs’ concerns related to the phase-out of those measures.
The Ad Hoc Working Group to Further Study and Strengthen the Smooth...
03 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 January 2012: The Ad Hoc Working Group (AHWG) on the graduation of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) held its first, organizational meeting, at which it approved the draft programme of work. The Group aims to prepare recommendations on improving the smooth transition process of LDCs to the 67th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), with a view to tabling a new resolution on the topic.
The Group “to further study and strengthen the smooth transition process for the countries graduating...
27 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
26 January 2012: The opening statements during the initial discussion on the zero draft of the Outcome Document for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) continued on 26 January 2012, at UN Headquarters in New York, US, with representatives from three small island developing States (SIDS) – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Maldives, and Trinidad and Tobago – presenting comments on the draft.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines emphasized: prompt and reliable delivery of...
17 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 January 2012: The UN University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) has released a paper on the impact of climate change on Atoll Island States, the legal effects of potential re-location of their citizens living in low-lying islands, and issues of sovereignty, which determines the ability of the people of the islands to keep long-term control over their current natural resources.
The paper, co-authored by Lilian Yamamoto and Miguel Esteban, focuses on the situation of Atoll Island...
16 Jan 2012
The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program (SREP) will hold a meeting of its pilot countries, to evaluate progress and discuss tasks ahead. Pilot countries taking part in SREP are: Ethiopia, Honduras, Kenya, Maldives, Mali and Nepal. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/cif-srep-pilot-countries-meeting/ ]
