ESCAP-EPOC
02 Apr 2013
The ICPD regional meeting for UNESCAP region is expected to take place in Bangkok, Thailand, from 16-20 September 2013. The conference will identify priorities for the future to prepare for the ICPD beyond 2014 agenda, focusing on sexual reproductive health, population dynamics and sustainable development, and demographic change. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/icpd-regional-population-conference-unescap/ ]
Pacific Leaders Call for Regional Solidarity in Addressing Climate Challenges in Post-2015 Framework
26 February 2013: Representatives of Pacific island states called for regional solidarity in addressing climate challenges at a one-day consultation on post-2015 development, held in Dili, Timor-Leste, on 26 February 2013.
The consultation took place immediately before the International Development for All Conference in Dili, and was hosted by the Government of Timor-Leste and supported by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), involving delegates, heads of...
01 Mar 2013
The Government of Timor-Leste is hosting an international conference on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, under the theme "Development for all : Stop conflict, build states and eradicate poverty," from 26-28 February 2013. This event will be preceded, on 25 February, by the Pacific Islands stakeholder consultation meeting on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The conference will provide a country-owned and country-led forum for representatives of the g7+ and Pacific Island countries to...
07 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 February 2013: The 45th session of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)/World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Typhoon Committee considered, inter alia, urban flood risk management, cyclone renaming, severe weather forecasting, an assessment report on the influence of climate change on tropical cyclones.
At the session, which took place from 29 January to 1 February 2013, in Hong Kong, China, the Typhoon Committee noted its new publication, “The Second...
09 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 December 2012: Asia-Pacific countries have adopted a five-year regional plan of action for cooperation and capacity building in the use of space technology for disaster risk management and sustainable development.
Countries adopted the plan at the close of an intergovernmental meeting on “Asia-Pacific Years of Action for Applications of Space Technology and the Geographic Information System for Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development 2012-2017,” organized by the UN...
