UNEP
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...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
While discussions focused on Iraq and combating terrorism, the 2004 G8 Summit, which took place from 8-10 June at Sea Island, Georgia, US, produced a number of environment and sustainable development-related outcomes.
These include agreements on: an action plan to “apply the power of entrepreneurship and the private sector” toward poverty alleviation; taking all necessary steps to eradicate polio by the end of 2005; an initiative to help prevent famine by improving worldwide emergency...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
The 60th Session of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific convened from 22-28 April 2004 in Shanghai, China, concluding with the adoption of the Shanghai Declaration, which reaffirmed the central role of the UN in promoting international cooperation for development and called for the highest priority to be given to reducing poverty in the region.
Resolutions were also adopted on: a regional call for action to enhance capacity building in public health; implementing...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
The XIV Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) took place from 17-19 August 2004 in Durban, South Africa.
Ministers addressed developments in the international situation, reviewed implementation of decisions taken at the XIII NAM Conference of Heads of State held in Kuala Lumpur in February 2003, and prepared for the next NAM Summit, which is scheduled to take place in Havana, Cuba in September 2006. The meeting concluded with a Ministerial Declaration that flagged concern at...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
October 2004: The United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) first Global Women’s Assembly on Environment: Women as the Voice for the Environment (WAVE) convened from 11-13 October 2004, in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Assembly focused on generating outputs related to the upcoming Beijing+10 review session, the five-year review of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and the 13th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-13). Over 150 participants from 60 countries attended...
