UNDESA
10 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 March 2012: The Second Global Transition 2012 Dialogue on the New Economy focused on a number of issues related to the green economy during a weekend event on the sidelines of negotiations for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20).
The event was held from 17-18 March 2012 in New York, US. It was co-organized by Stakeholder Forum, the new economics foundation (nef), the New Economics Institute, and the Green Economy Coalition, in collaboration with other...
elena
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07 Mar 2012
The "SIDS-SIDS Success Stories" publication aims to highlight significant achievements that have been made in advancing sustainable development in
small island developing States (SIDS) through collaboration among SIDS in the broader context of South-South cooperation. It was prepared on the eve of the high-level meeting of the five-year review of the Mauritius Strategy of Implementation (MSI), during the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2010....
29 Feb 2012
The 11th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), which will convene in New York from 7-18 May 2012, will consider the special theme of "The Doctrine of Discovery: its enduring impact on indigenous peoples and the right to redress for past conquests (articles 28 and 37 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples)". [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/un-permanent-forum-on-indigenous-issues-11th-session/ ]
03 Feb 2012
This event was originally scheduled as the third of three "informal informal" consultations to negotiate the draft Outcome Document. The decision taken by the Bureau on 22 December 2011 canceled the February consultations, rendering this meeting the second informal informal consultation. The Bureau subsequently decided to schedule this event for two weeks, from 23 April-4 May. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/third-informal-informal-on-uncsd-outcome-document/ ]
30 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 January 2012: The initial discussions on the “zero draft” of the outcome document for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) took place at UN Headquarters in New York, from 25-27 January 2012. The zero draft was developed by the Co-Chairs and Bureau of the UNCSD Preparatory Committee.
In their opening statements, delegates agreed that the draft would serve as the basis for negotiations between now and the Conference, scheduled to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
