Mauritius
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
The first Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD or Rio+20) convened from 17-19 May 2010, at UN Headquarters in New York, US. The three-day event commenced with the adoption of the PrepCom’s provisional agenda and programme of work. Two Contact Groups were created: the first to review the preparatory process; and the second to review the draft rules of procedure for the Conference. The Committee also elected the following Bureau...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
May 2010: The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Unit of the Division for Sustainable Development (DSD) has published the sixth issue of SIDS Newsletter. This issue contains updates on preparations for the high-level meeting, to be convened on 24-25 September 2010, to carry out a five-year review of progress in addressing the vulnerabilities of SIDS through the Mauritius Strategy for Implementation (MSI+5).
In an update on informal consultations on the draft political declaration, the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
23 July 2010: The 2010 Substantive Session of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) convened for its 43rd session in New York, US, from 28 June-23 July 2010. On 21 July, ECOSOC considered recommendations from its subsidiary bodies, including the Committee for Development Policy, which addressed policy coherence on the climate change agenda in relation to its financial architecture and to other development agendas.
The representative of the Committee for Development Policy explained that the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 September 2010: The Vice-President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has transmitted a summary of the 20-21 July 2010 ECOSOC debate on the review of UN support for small island developing States (SIDS) to the President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA). The summary was circulated prior to the High-Level Review of the 65th session of the GA (24-25 September) to assess progress made in addressing the vulnerabilities of SIDS through the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 September 2010: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has referred the draft Resolution and outcome document of the High-level Review Meeting on the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (MSI+5) to the High-level event, which will convene in New York, US, from 24-25 September 2010.
The Resolution (A/65/L.2) includes a political declaration in which heads of State and...
