UNICEF
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
October 2009: Now available in English, Spanish and French, the UN Development Group’s (UNDG) Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues call for indigenous peoples’ full participation in the definition and implementation of policies and plans related to climate change impact mitigation.
The Guidelines further stress that indigenous peoples’ traditional ecological knowledge should be considered as an important element within the adaptation debate. They highlight that the direct and indirect...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 October 2010: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), together with representatives of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), have formed a multi-agency working group on food security. The Food Secure Pacific Working Group convened in early October in Suva, Fiji, to begin implementation of the Food Security Regional Framework.
One of the first tasks of...
