MSI
16 Jan 2012
This meeting will be convened by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), and will review progress made in implementing the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which covers the decade 2005-2015. A regional synthesis report, which assesses the countries’ achievements so far and proposes a...
16 Jan 2012
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization will convene this special conference in Rome during its governing conference to review the Mauritius Strategy to Further Implement the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of SIDS. It will thus follow up the call in the Mauritius Strategy for “the 2005 FAO Conference of SIDS ministers of agriculture to consider endorsing priority actions for an enhanced contribution of agriculture, forestry and fisheries to SIDS sustainable development...
16 Jan 2012
FAO has announced that it will convene a special conference in Rome during the meeting of its governing body to review the Mauritius Strategy to Further Implement the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of SIDS. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/fao-special-conference-on-small-island-developing-states/ ]
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
1 December 2010: In meetings on 30 November and 1 December 2010, the UN General Assembly’s Second Committee (Economic and Financial) concluded its 65th Session, taking action on a draft titled “Follow-up to and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States.”
In total, the Committee adopted 40 draft resolutions and three draft decisions during the present session. If adopted,...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 December 2010: In a plenary session held on 20 December 2010, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the Report of its Second Committee on sustainable development (65/436), which includes two draft resolutions on the sustainable development of small island developing States (SIDS) (65/155-156), and one on climate protection with specific mentions of SIDS (65/159).
Adopting the annual text titled “Towards the sustainable development of the Caribbean Sea for present and future generations,”...
