UNDP Press Release: Small Island Developing States Meet in Jamaica on the Road to Johannesburg

Welcome Speeches:

• Ms. Gillian Lindsay-Nanton, Resident Representative, UNDP Jamaica
• H.E. Mr . Ben Clare, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Jamaica
• Mr. Zéphirin Diabré, Associate Administrator, UNDP
  
  
  High-level Segment, Ministerial Comments:
  

• Barbados: H.E. Ms. Elizabeth Thompson, Minister of Physical Development & Environment
• Cape Verde: H.E. Mrs. Madelena Neves Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
• Marshall Islands: H.E. Mr. Michael Konelios, Minister of Finance
  
• Mauritius: H.E. Mr. Rajesh A. Bhagwan, Minister of Environment
• Seychelles: H.E. Mr. Jérémie Bonnelame, Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Tuvalu: H.E. Mr. Otinielu T Tausi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development
  
  
  Research Papers:
  
• Economic: Measuring and Managing the Economic Vulnerability of Small Island Developing States
  Paper Prepared by: Dr. Michael Witter, Dr. Lino Briguglio, and Dr. Assad Bhuglah
  
  
• Environmental: Towards Managing Environmental Vulnerability in SIDS
  Paper Prepared by: Ms. Ursula Kaly, Mr. Craig Pratt and Dr. Russell Howorth
  
  
• Social: Towards Managing Social Vulnerability of the SIDS
  Paper Prepared by: Mr. Cletus Springer, Ms. Lolita Gibbons, and Dr. Bikenibeu Paeniu
  

  
  Final Report: Vulnerability and Small Island Developing States
  Paper Prepared by the University of the West Indies Centre for Environment and Development (UWICED)
  
  Partnership/Initiatives for Type II:
  

• SIDS 2015 - Developing Capacities to Reduce Vulnerabilities
• Improving the Provision of Sustainable Energy Services for Small Island Developing States
• SIDS 2015 - Developing Capacities to Reduce Vulnerability to Natural Disasters
  

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