UNDESA
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 July 2011: The UN and Nippon Foundation of Japan have announced a fellowship programme enabling ocean-focused government officials and mid-level professionals from developing countries to receive advanced education and training in ocean affairs and the law of the sea, so they can assist their governments in formulating comprehensive ocean policy and implementing the legal regime set out in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and related instruments.
Participants are expected to...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 July 2011: The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) Subregional Preparatory Committee for the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and South China Sea (AIMS) Countries has convened in Mahé, Seychelles, to develop AIMS inputs into the preparatory process for the UNCSD in June 2012.
The preparatory meeting, which convened from 7-8 July 2011, gathered over 30 participants, including representatives from governments, UN bodies, NGOs and intergovernmental organizations....
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 July 2011: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), and the Government of Samoa convened the Open Forum on Green Growth. The Forum aimed to increase understanding of green growth in a practical context in the Pacific region, and to contribute to the UN Conference for Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) Subregional Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for Pacific Countries.
The Forum took...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
24 July 2011: The Joint Ministerial Meeting of the UN Conference for Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) Subregional Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for Pacific Countries adopted “in principle” an outcome document, including recommendations, and agreed that Pacific Island Countries (PICs) and the Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific (CROP) would provide comments on the document prior to 1 August 2011.
The meeting was convened in Apia, Samoa, from 21-22 July 2011, by the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 September 2002: The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) met from 26 August-4 September 2002, at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The WSSD’s goal, according to UN General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution 55/199, was to hold a ten-year review of the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) at the Summit level to reinvigorate global commitment to sustainable development. The WSSD gathered 21,340 participants from 191 governments,...
