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Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States
Bill | 25 Mar 2013
Planning Mission UN DESA USG Mr. Wu who will serve as Secretary General of the conference is leading the first planning mission to Samoa April 1-4 2013. The conference will be held in Apia Samoa in 2014. Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi who heads the Samoan National Task Force will personally greet. Mr. Wu. The Government of the Independent State of Samoa has designated Ms. Faalavaau Perina Sila as the National Coordinator of the conference.
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SIDS-focused Green Economy: An Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities
Bill | 14 Jan 2013
The report "SIDS-focused Green Economy: An Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities" was launched at COP7 of the Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region, which took place in Maputo, Mozambique, from 10 to 14 December 2012. The Contracting Parties of the Nairobi Convention -among which there are SIDS, i.e., Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles- , the Intergovernmental organisations and...
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Face-to-Face With Sustainable Development Challenges
Bill | 05 Nov 2012
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) around the world face unique challenges in the context of sustainable development, including vulnerabilities to climate change such as a rise in sea-levels. “If we don’t address climate change, islands may not exist,” said the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Seychelles, Mr. Jean-Paul Adam, in an exclusive interview with DESA’s Division for Sustainable Development. Discussing different challenges that SIDS face to implement...
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Face-to-Face With Sustainable Development Challenges
Bill | 05 Nov 2012
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) around the world face unique challenges in the context of sustainable development, including vulnerabilities to climate change such as a rise in sea-levels. “If we don’t address climate change, islands may not exist,” said the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Seychelles, Mr. Jean-Paul Adam, in an exclusive interview with DESA’s Division for Sustainable Development. Discussing different challenges that SIDS face to implement...
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Statement Summary and Video from United Nations 67 General Assembly General Debate
Bill | 27 Sep 2012
Please find below links to Statement Summary and Video Dominican Republic (The): H.E. Mr. Danilo Medina Sánchez, President Statement Summary and video 25 September 2012 Marshall Islands (The): H.E. Mr. Christopher Jorebon Loeak, President Statement Summary and video 25 September 2012   Nauru: H.E. Mr.  Sprent Arumogo Dabwido, President Statement Summary and video 25 September 2012   Timor- Leste: H.E. Mr.  Kay Rala Xanana Gusmã...
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