UNCTAD
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 April 2011: The UN Conference on Trade and Development has announced that its 13th Conference (UNCTAD XIII), convening from 21-26 April 2012 in Doha, Qatar, will focus on the theme “Development-centered Globalization: Towards Inclusive and Sustainable Growth and Development.”
Member States selected the theme during an extended executive session of the UNCTAD Trade and Development Board on 14 April 2011. The sub-themes of UNCTAD XIII will be: enhancing the enabling economic...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
9 May 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) have released a report titled “Why a Green Economy Matters for Least Developed Countries.”
The report was released at the the Fourth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC IV), convening from 9-13 May 2011, in Istanbul,...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 August 2011: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the European Commission International Trade Centre are working to improve access to information for small farmers and farmer organisations to facilitate increased market participation. To this end, SPC convened a workshop on the establishment of a subregional market information system (MIS) in Suva, Fiji, from 17-19 August 2011.
Participants from Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, ...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
The eighth Special Session of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum took place from 29-31 March 2004, at the International Convention Centre in Jeju, Republic of Korea.
Nearly 775 participants, including delegates from 153 countries, as well as representatives of 13 UN agencies, 15 intergovernmental organizations, 55 non-governmental organizations and 110 international and national media outlets attended the three-day...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
The 32nd session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) took place from 29 November – 10 December 2003 in Rome, Italy.
Delegates decided to limit the terms of office of future Directors-General to six years, renewable only once for a further term of four years. This new policy will apply from the 2005 elections onward. The Conference further passed the organization’s two-year budget of $749 million, a $51 million reduction according to a FAO news report. The organization’s...
