CARICOM
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 December 2010: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted a resolution titled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community.”
In the resolution, the UNGA urges agencies, organizations and programmes of the UN system to enhance cooperation with the UN Secretary-General and the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to intensify consultations and cooperation aimed at the fulfillment of CARICOM’s objectives.
The Assembly also expresses deep concern ...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 January 2011: The 27th Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council was held on 17 January 2011, at CARICOM headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana.
At the opening, Amb. Lolita Applewhaite, CARICOM Acting Secretary-General, urged the Council of Ministers to seek to “find solutions as an integrated whole” to the challenges faced by the region, pointing to the volatility of tourism and the “troubling inability” of the international community to fulfil their financial pledges to...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
26 February 2011: The 22nd Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in St. George’s, Grenada, on 25-26 February 2011. The Communiqué issued at the conclusion of the meeting includes a section on climate change priorities for the region.
In the Communiqué, CARICOM leaders agree that CARICOM member States would make efforts to ensure adequate and balanced representation by competent CARICOM experts, through the Latin...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 March 2011: A number of speakers at the second session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom II) for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio 2012), which convened from 7-8 March 2011, at UN Headquarters in New York, highlighted issues of concern to small island developing States (SIDS), especially the sustainable management of oceans and fisheries.
In its opening statement at PrepCom II, Fiji, on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), stressed the need for...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 March 2011: The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs) Project has launched a dedicated project website that features links to regional hubs, updates on project activities, information on upcoming events and related publications.
The specific objective of the ACP MEAs project is to enhance the capacity of ACP countries to implement MEAs and honor related commitments. Funded by the European Commission, executive agencies include: the African Union...
