BPOA
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 May 2011: A “soft launch” of the revitalization of the Small Island Developing States Network (SIDSnet) took place on 4 May 2011, at UN Headquarters in New York, US, in an event hosted by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), along with the University Consortium of Small Island States (UCSIS) and Global Island Partnership (GLISPA). Speakers also highlighted and encouraged SIDS’ preparations for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20)....
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 May 2011: The High-level Segment of the 19th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD 19) opened on 11 May 2011, in New York, US. Two political groups made statements reflecting the situation of small island developing States (SIDS).
Argentina, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China (G77/China), said that the CSD provides a “key avenue” to fill the many remaining gaps in implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA) and the Mauritius Strategy for...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
9 May 2011: The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) circulated an advance, unedited version of the Report of the Secretary-General, titled “Integrated analysis of United Nations system support to Small Island Developing States,” ahead of its 2011 substantive session.
The report of the Secretary-General was requested by ECOSOC and the General Assembly in September 2010, at the five-year high-level review of the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation (MSI) of...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
1 August 2011: The UN General Assembly has issued an advance, unedited copy of the Report of the Secretary-General on “Review of United Nations system support to Small Island Developing States.”
The report was requested by the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the General Assembly in September 2010, at the five-year high-level review of the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation (MSI) of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 July 2011: The 2011 Substantive Session of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) agreed on, inter alia, a Ministerial Declaration on education; recommendations on preparing for the 2012 Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review (QCPR) of the UN system’s operational activities by the General Assembly; follow-up to the Fourth UN Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDC IV); and postponing consideration of a review of UN support for small island developing States (SIDS).
The...
