Overview
The PrepCom for the Mauritius Strategy+5 High-Level Review will be held during the SIDS Day of the 18th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-18). The PrepCom will receive the outcomes of the regional review meetings, and will determine the structure and conduct of the High-level Review to be held in the following session of the General Assembly.
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Inputs to SIDS Day
The Secretary-General's Report "Review of Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy" (E/CN.17/2010/9) was presented at SIDS Day. The report provides an initial global synthesis of the national and regional MSI+5 reviews, with the aim of informing deliberations of member States at SIDS Day.. Based on the recommendations expressed by member States, a refined report will be submitted for the consideration of member States at the 65th session of the General Assembly in September 2010.
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SIDS Day - Morning Session
The Chair, H.E. Dr. Luis Alberto Ferraté Felice, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources of Guatemala, opened the session. Introductory statements were made by Mr. Cheick Sidi Diarra, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, Dr. Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary-General of the DESA and H.E. Dr. Dessima Williams, Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States. The Director of the Division for Sustainable Development, DESA introduced the Secretary-General's Report "Review of Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy" (E/CN.17/2010/9), followed by general statements.
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| H.E. Dr. Luis Alberto Ferraté Felice, Guatemala | Cheick Sidi Diarra UN Under Secretary-General | Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary-General, DESA |
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| Tariq Banuri, Director, Division for Sustainable Development, DESA | H.E. Dr. Dessima Williams, Grenada, Chair of AOSIS |
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| Review of Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy - Secretary General’s report (E/CN.17/2010/9) - presentation by Tariq Banuri, DSD Director, UN - Department of Economic and Social Development |
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| Alliance of Small Island States | Statement by Alliance of Small Island States |
| Antigua & Barbuda | Statement by Antigua & Barbuda |
| Australia | Statement by Ambassador Gary Quinlan |
| European Union | Statement by H.E. Ambassador Juan Antonio Yanez-Barnuevo |
| Fiji | Statement by Fiji |
| India | Statement by Vijai Sharma |
| Indigenous Peoples | Statement by Indigenous Peoples |
| Japan | Statement by H.E. Mr. Shigeki Sumi |
| Mauritius | Statement by Mauritius |
| Mexico | Statement by Mexico |
| Pacific SIDS | Statement by Honourable Lotoala Metia |
| Samoa | Statement by H.E. Mr. Aliioaiga Feturi Elisaia, Permanent Representative of Samoa to the UN |
| Tuvalu | Statement by Honourable Lotoala Metia |
| Tanzania | Statement by Modest J. Mero |
| USA | Statement by Ambassador Rick Barton |
| Women | Statement by Women |
SIDS Day - Afternoon Session
The discussion continued in the afternoon with a focus on the thematic areas of CSD-18 in their relation to SIDS. The Director of the Division for Sustainable Development, DESA introduced the Secretary-General's Report Integrated review of the thematic cluster of mining, chemicals, waste management, transport and sustainable consumption and production in small island developing States - Secretary General’s report E/CN.17/2010/14, followed by brief introductions of the topics by the four invited resource persons: Bruce Graham (Waste Management), Immaculate Javia (Mining), Gordon Bispham (SCP) and Amjad Abdulla (Transport). Interactive discussion followed.
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| Amjad Abdulla, Director General, Ministry of Environment, Energy and Water, Maldives | Immaculate Javia, Trainer in Small-scale Mining, Papua New Guinea | Bruce Graham, Environmental Consultant, New Zealand | Gordon Bispham, Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC) |