WSSD
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 September 2002: The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) met from 26 August-4 September 2002, at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The WSSD’s goal, according to UN General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution 55/199, was to hold a ten-year review of the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) at the Summit level to reinvigorate global commitment to sustainable development. The WSSD gathered 21,340 participants from 191 governments,...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 December 2001: The Global Conference on Oceans and Coasts at Rio+10: Toward the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, took place from 3-7 December 2001 at the Headquarters of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, France.
The Conference, which was originally initiated by NGOs, was co-organized by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and the University of Delaware’s Center for the Study of Marine...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
January 2002: The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) Inter-Regional Preparatory Meeting for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) convened from 7-11 January 2002 in Singapore. Hosted by the Government of Singapore, the meeting was organized by the office of the AOSIS Chair, and coordinated and assisted by the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Unit of the Division for Sustainable Development (DSD) at the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). Approximately 120...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
May 2002: The UNDP Global Round Table on Vulnerability and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) – “Exploring Mechanisms for Partnerships” – was held from 9-10 May 2002 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. It brought together over 50 representatives from the members of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), donor countries, UN agencies, the private sector and NGOs. A technical-level meeting took place on 9 May to review the findings of three technical reports on vulnerability in SIDS prepared by...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 August 2003: The Pacific Regional Meeting for the Review of the Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA) for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) took place from 4-8 August 2003 in Apia, Samoa. Organized by the SIDS Unit of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the regional preparatory meeting sought to review the progress achieved in ensuring positive long-term development of SIDS in the Pacific region and prepare a regional position for the...
