RIO+20
17 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have often been considered some of the most vulnerable countries to environmental changes and external shocks. In 1992, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) identified SIDS as requiring special consideration (Chapter 17 of Agenda 21). This recognition led to the Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA), which was adopted at the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of SIDS in 1994. Ten years after agreement on this...
16 Jan 2012
This meeting is also referred to as Rio+20. The UN General Assembly, in December 2009, adopted a resolution calling for a UNCSD to be convened in Brazil in 2012. This meeting will mark the 20th anniversary of the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), which convened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The General Assembly resolution specifies that a three-day PrepCom should convene in May 2010, a two-day PrepCom should convene in February-March 2011, and a three-day PrepCom should convene...
16 Jan 2012
The UN General Assembly, in December 2009, adopted a resolution calling for a UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, also referred to as Rio+20) to be convened in Brazil in 2012. This meeting will mark the 20th anniversary of the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), which convened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The General Assembly resolution specifies that a three-day PrepCom should convene in May 2010, a two-day PrepCom should convene in March 2011, and a three-day...
16 Jan 2012
As called for at the first PrepCom of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, also called Rio+20), three intersessional meetings will be convened, in addition to three PrepComs, to prepare for the June 2012 UNCSD event. Intersessional III is scheduled for 26-27 March 2012. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/third-intersessional-meeting-for-uncsd/ ]
16 Jan 2012
The initial discussions on the "zero draft" of the Outcome Document for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) will take place from 25-27 January 2012, based on a decision taken by the UNCSD Bureau at its meeting on 22 December 2011. The zero draft will be based on a compilation of the input received by the UNCSD Secretariat from member States and other stakeholders by 1 November 2011. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/initial-discussions-on-zero-...
