UNDESA
21 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 June 2012: The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) opened on Wednesday, 20 June 2012, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Following the election of officers, adoption of the agenda and other organizational agenda items, delegates proceeded to conduct a general debate. Over 50 Heads of State and Government, Vice-Presidents, ministers and Heads of delegation addressed the meeting on its first day. The high-level participants also took part in a roundtable discussion. In...
08 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
31 May 2012: At the daily press briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, it was announced that he has made three high-level appointments, for the positions of Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, and Assistant Secretary-General in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).
For the position of Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information...
05 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 June 2012: At the third and final round of “informal informal” consultations ahead of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), delegates resumed consideration of the draft outcome document for Rio+20, which is titled “The Future We Want.”
The session took place from 29 May-2 June 2012, at UN Headquarters in New York, US. It was added following the last informal informal negotiations, held from 23 April-4 May 2012, at the same venue, which were intended to be the final...
05 May 2012
The Partnership Forum, to be held from 20-22 June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will consist of sessions showcasing the contributions of partnerships to the implementation of sustainable development. The goal of the Forum is to build on the mandate agreed at the 11th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD 11) and to "reenergize, revitalize and strengthen" partnerships to make them more effective and accountable vehicles for implementation. Sessions will: showcase best...
05 May 2012
The Bureau of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) announced, on 4 May 2012, that an additional week of informal informal consultations on the UNCSD outcome document would take place from 29 May-2 June 2012. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/third-informal-informal-consultations-on-the-uncsd-outcome-document/ ]
