UNIDO
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 April 2011: The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the UN hosted an event on “CSD 19 and Rio+20: Advancement of resource efficient and cleaner production strategy and programmes in developing and transition countries,” at UN Headquarters in New York, US, on 18 April 2011.
The event sought to provide a stepping stone for UN member States to develop a political consensus on green industry (or resource-efficient production) at the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
June 2011: The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has published the sixth edition of its magazine, “Making It: Industry for Development.” The newest edition is sub-titled “Agribusiness: From farm to fork.”
The magazine features an article on “Agribusiness: Africa’s way out of poverty,” which argues that a shift to an agribusiness development growth trajectory is crucial for poverty reduction. Along the same line, the article “Agribusiness in Africa” outlines some of the issues and...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
The eighth Special Session of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum took place from 29-31 March 2004, at the International Convention Centre in Jeju, Republic of Korea.
Nearly 775 participants, including delegates from 153 countries, as well as representatives of 13 UN agencies, 15 intergovernmental organizations, 55 non-governmental organizations and 110 international and national media outlets attended the three-day...
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...
