Samoa
11 Jan 2013
Towards the end of 2013 or beginning of 2014, an intergovernmental preparatory committee will convene to prepare for the 2014 Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The decision on the preparatory process for the Conference was taken in the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on 21 December 2012, following consultations in the Second Committee, which approved Resolution A/C.2/67/L.40. The PrepCom process likely will culminate with a final meeting ahead of the Conference...
07 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 December 2012: The Compliance Assistance Programme of the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Regional Office for Asia and Pacific (ROAP) is completing a series of Montreal Protocol Enforcement Training Workshops to help customs and enforcement officers in 12 Pacific small island developing States (SIDS) prepare for their Protocol commitments involving hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs). The national workshops, launched in July 2012, are due to be completed in January 2013.
The workshops...
18 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 December 2012: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) launched a publication titled “Catalysing Ocean Finance: Transforming Markets to Restore and Protect the Global Ocean,” in Washington, DC, US. The two-volume publication illustrates how public investment can reverse declines in global ocean health, scale up ocean planning and policy tools, leverage financial flows and transform ocean markets towards sustainability.
The publication includes a case...
17 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 December 2012: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has reported on an initiative carried out in the Asia-Pacific region to help countries make the most of existing domestic climate finance to build climate-resilient roads, bridges, schools and other infrastructure, so as to prevent future losses.
UNDP has provided technical assistance to ministries of finance, environment and other government bodies in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal, Samoa and Thailand, to review national budgets...
05 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
28 November 2012: On 28 November 2012, the UN General Assembly’s (UNGA) Second Committee approved draft resolutions on “Follow-up to and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States” (A/C.2/67/L.40 ) and on the “International Year of Small Island Developing States” (A/C.2/67/L.42).
The first text reaffirms States’ commitment to addressing the vulnerability...
