Cook Islands
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Avarua
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English, Cook Islands Māori, or "Rarotongan," and Pukapukan
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10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 July 2011: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) concluded its debate on challenges to achieving the human right to water and sanitation in the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), with some delegates stressing the impact of climate change on the realization of this right, in particular in least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing States (SIDS).
Kyrgyzstan emphasized his country’s reliance on glacial water sources, noting that under the influence of global...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 August 2011: The UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) announced the launch of the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR11), titled “Revealing Risk, Redefining Development.”
The report was launched in Auckland, New Zealand, at the Third Session of the Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management, co-convened by UN/ISDR and the Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC) of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC).
In his...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 August 2011: A meeting to review the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) project, organized by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), discussed policy, technical, and operational issues and issued recommendations to enhance the impact of PACC and include lessons learned into other regional legal frameworks.
The meeting took place in Port Vila, Vanuatu, from 8-12 August 2011, and brought together over 50 participants, including national coordinators, representatives from the...
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