BPOA
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
January 2004: The Inter-regional Preparatory Meeting for the Ten-year Review of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) took place from 26-30 January 2004, at the Radisson Cable Beach Hotel in Nassau, the Bahamas.
During the week, delegates engaged in a general debate and six panel discussions, and considered and adopted the Nassau Declaration and the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Strategy Paper for the Further Implementation of...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
December 2003: Following the opening of the 58th session of the United Nations General Assembly (GA) on 16 September 2003 at UNHQ in New York, delegates engaged in general debate from 23 September to 3 October, and concluded the first part of its work on 23 December 2003 with the adoption of 281 resolutions on, inter alia, HIV/AIDS, financing for development, human rights, terrorism, humanitarian assistance, and GA revitalization. Presented in what was described as a “shorter-than-usual results...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
March 2004: The Bureau of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) held a briefing on 15 March 2004 in New York on the preparations for the portion of the 12th Session of the CSD that will serve as the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the International Meeting on the 10 year Review of the Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA +10).
The International Meeting is scheduled to be held in Mauritius from 30 August-3 September 2004. During the briefing, participants were alerted to the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
May 2004: Three days of informal informal consultations were held in preparation for the International Meeting (IM) on the Ten-Year Review of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) from 17-19 May 2004 in New York.
During the consultations, facilitated by Don MacKay (New Zealand), delegates undertook a second reading of the compilation text produced from the SIDS preparatory meeting held from 14-16 April 2004. While good...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
August 2004: The 35th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) took place from 5-7 August 2004, in Apia, Samoa, bringing together Heads of State and Governments of Australia, the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Tuvalu, and representatives of Palau and Vanuatu.
The Forum approved the Terms of Reference for the preparation of the Pacific Plan – a plan that aims to...
