AOSIS

26 Jan 2012 | SIDS Policy and Practice
25 January 2012: The initial discussions on the “zero draft” of the outcome document for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) began on 25 January 2012, at UN Headquarters in New York, US. Opening comments on the zero draft were offered by five groupings with small island developing States (SIDS) members, namely the Group of 77 and China (G-77/China), the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Pacific SIDS, and the Pacific Islands...
16 Jan 2012
Small island developing States (SIDS) will mark the 20th anniversary of AOSIS on 1 November 2011. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/20th-anniversary-of-sids/ ]
16 Jan 2012
This is a closed, working level meeting for New York-based representatives of small island developing States, convened by the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). Participants will take stock of the three SIDS subregional meetings that have taken place, in advance of the interregional ministerial level meeting scheduled to convene in September 2011. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/preparatory-meeting-for-uncsd-inter-regional-meeting-for-sids/ ]
16 Jan 2012
The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) SIDS Unit, in consultation with the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and in cooperation with members of the Inter-Agency Consultative Group on SIDS, are convening a series of sub-regional SIDS preparatory meetings for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20). The Pacific SIDS' preparatory meeting will be held at the ministerial level, in conjunction with the Pacific Island Forum Economic Ministers' Meeting (...
16 Jan 2012
The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) SIDS Unit, in consultation with AOSIS and in cooperation with members of the Inter-Agency Consultative Group on SIDS, are convening a series of regional SIDS Rio+20 preparatory meetings. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/uncsd-subregional-preparatory-meeting-for-aims/ ]