Knowledge Management
09 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 March 2012: The UN system celebrated International Women’s Day on 8 March 2012, under the theme “Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty.” In a message to mark the Day, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed that rural women are a major part of the agriculture labour force, performing most of the unpaid care work in rural areas. He noted that, if women enjoyed equal access to productive resources, agricultural yields would rise by 4%, taking at least 150 million people out...
06 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 February 2012: The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and the Commonwealth Secretariat Pacific jointly organized a Regional Workshop on Democratic Institutions, which provided politicians an opportunity to share experiences related to the challenges facing democracy in the Pacific.
Held in Brisbane, Australia, from 27-29 February 2012, the workshop focused on possible solutions applicable across the region to the challenges faced by democratic institutions. Participants also...
06 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 March 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has announced that a pilot plant health clinic will be tested in Solomon Islands, and if successful, scaled up to include other Pacific Island countries. The pilot project is carried out under the framework of the “Strengthening Integrated Crop Management Research in the Pacific Islands in Support of Sustainable Intensification of High-Value Crop Production” project, which is funded by the Australian Centre for...
02 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
23 February 2012: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recently convened a seminar to deepen the understanding of the relationship between climate change and human rights, and to address the adverse effects of climate change on the full enjoyment of human rights. The seminar aimed to track the call to respect human rights in all actions and policies related to climate change, and to build stronger cooperation between human rights and climate change experts.
The seminar...
01 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 February 2012: An ad-hoc Experts Group Meeting on “Harnessing Natural Resources for Sustainable Development: Opportunities and challenges in the tourism sector in Southern Africa” has provided a forum for experts to exchange ideas on economic conditions and topical issues relating to southern Africa.
The meeting, which was held from 28-29 February 2012 in Port Louis, Mauritius, prior to the 18th Intergovernmental Committee of Experts, convened to discuss recommendations for the...
