ESCAP-EPOC
16 Jan 2012
The 67th session of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) will comprise two parts. The senior officials segment, which will be held from 19-21 May 2011, will prepare for the ministerial segment, which will be held from 23-25 May 2011. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/67th-session-of-unescap/ ]
16 Jan 2012
This gathering of ministers of environment and of development is an agenda-setting forum to assess the state of sustainable development, identify regional perspectives and priorities, and decide concerted actions in response to imperatives posed by global and regional environment challenges. It is co-organized by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The event is based on the recognition that the Asia and Pacific region continues to face persistent development...
16 Jan 2012
This meeting will be convened by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), and will review progress made in implementing the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which covers the decade 2005-2015. A regional synthesis report, which assesses the countries’ achievements so far and proposes a...
16 Jan 2012
US President George W. Bush is the host of the 2004 G8 Summit. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/g8-sea-island-summit-2004/ ]
23 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 August 2011: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP), and the Government of Samoa have released the final agreed outcomes from the UN Conference for Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) Pacific Subregional Preparatory Joint Ministerial Meeting.
The meeting convened in Apia, Samoa, from 21-22 July 2011. During the meeting, participants adopted “in principle” an outcome document...
