UNDESA
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
March 2004: The sixth meeting of the Bureau of the twelfth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) took place at UN Headquarters in New York on 19 March 2004.
CSD-12 Chair Brende briefed the Bureau Vice-Chairs on his meeting with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. He said the Secretary-General reaffirmed the importance of following up on the World Summit on Sustainable Development and achieving the Millennium Development Goals, and confirmed that he would address the High-...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
March 2004: The Bureau of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) held a briefing on 15 March 2004 in New York on the preparations for the portion of the 12th Session of the CSD that will serve as the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the International Meeting on the 10 year Review of the Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA +10).
The International Meeting is scheduled to be held in Mauritius from 30 August-3 September 2004. During the briefing, participants were alerted to the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
April 2004: The twelfth session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-12) was held from 14-30 April 2004, at UN headquarters in New York.
The first three days of CSD-12 (14-16 April) served as the preparatory meeting for the International Meeting on the 10-year Review of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States. The subsequent two weeks (19-30 April) were devoted to the CSD-12 Review Session, the first session held...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
April 2004: The Preparatory Meeting for the International Meeting on the Ten-year Review of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States took place from 14-16 April 2004, at UN headquarters in New York. The meeting commenced with the official opening of the 12th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, which was tasked to undertake the three-day preparatory meeting for the International Meeting, scheduled to take place in Mauritius later...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
July 2007: The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) met in Geneva, Switzerland, from 2-27 July 2007, for its annual substantive session.
This year marked the launch of two new elements: the Annual Ministerial Review (AMR) and the Development Cooperation Forum. During the first AMR, ministers from Bangladesh, Barbados, Ethiopia, Ghana, Cambodia and Cape Verde presented national voluntary presentations, following which participants responded.
On the final day, ECOSOC delegates suspended the...
