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RECENT KEY
MEETINGS
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LINKAGES
UPDATE
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Linkages Update is our means of keeping you informed of
what’s new on IISD Reporting Services’
Linkages website.
This page is updated on a fortnightly basis, while the
website continually posts new information provided by our
seven new
Issue Cluster Experts.
If you wish to submit relevant materials, e-mail
prisna@iisd.org
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COMINGS
AND GOINGS
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International Tribunal
for the Law of the Sea elects President and Vice-President.
Supachai assumes WTO DG role.
Patosaari appointed new Coordinator
and Head of UNFF.
UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan seeks
Coordinator
Secretariat.
FAO seeks
Environment and Natural Resources Service
Chief.
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UPCOMING
MEETINGS
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Recently added
meetings:
International Water Conference:
14-16 Oct 2002. Hanoi, Vietnam.
G-77 South-South Conference on Science and
Technology: 27 October 2002 - 30 October
2002. Dubai, UAE.
International Conference on Basin
Organizations: 4-6 Nov 2002. Madrid, Spain.
Second South Asia Water Forum: 14-16
Dec 2002. Islamabad, Pakistan.
International Symposium on Water, Poverty
and Productive Uses of Water at the Household Level: 21-23
Jan 2003. South Africa.
International Workshop on Integrated Water Resources Management:
7-11 April 2003. Denver, CO, US.
21st
Congress of the International Commission on Large Dams: 16-20
June 2003. Montreal, Canada.
Bridging Scales and Epistemologies:
Linking Local Knowledge and Global Science in Multi-Scale
Assessments: 23-27 June 2003. Kunming, China.
Download complete list of upcoming
meetings in pdf format.
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SEVENTH CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON MIGRATORY SPECIES
Bonn, Germany | 18-27 Sept 2002
CMS COP-7 started on a high
note with the signing of a Headquarters Agreement between the German
Government and the CMS Secretariat, officially establishing Bonn as
the CMS Secretariat�s headquarters. Several MOUs were signed and 15
new Parties were added to the Convention. By meeting’s end, 37
species were added to Appendices I and II; 20 to Appendix I and 21
to Appendix II. The Fin, Sei and Sperm whales, and the Great White
Shark were listed on both. However, the rapidly growing Convention,
offset by a restricted budget, will have significant implications
for the CMS Secretariat’s ability to carry out its ambitious agenda,
developing countries’ ability to implement their Convention
obligations, and future projects to be developed.
ENB's summary, analysis, and daily web
coverage.
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STOCKHOLM
CONVENTION WORKSHOP ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS
Vienna, Austria |
19-21 Sept 2002
The objective of the workshop
was to consider the possible need for a liability and redress regime
for damages associated with persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in
the context of the Stockholm Convention, and to provide input to the
first Conference of Parties to the Convention.
SD's summary.
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PIC
INC-9
Bonn, Germany | 30
Sept - 4 Oct 2002
INC-9 closed on 4
October, after adopting its report of the Session and various
decisions and recommendations on the implementation of the interim
PIC procedure. These decisions include adding monocrotophos to the list of
chemicals and issues arising from ICRC-3. Delegates agreed that INC-10 will
be held from 17-21 November 2003 in Geneva.
ENB's summary, analysis, and daily web coverage.
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WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Johannesburg, South
Africa | 26 Aug - 4 Sept 2002
The WSSD negotiated
and adopted two main documents: the Plan of Implementation and the
Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development. Major disagreements included: time-bound targets for sanitation, renewable
energy, energy subsidies, chemicals and health, natural resource
degradation, biodiversity loss and fish stocks; Rio Principles 7
(common but differentiated responsibilities) and 15 (precautionary
approach); governance; trade, finance and globalization; the Kyoto
Protocol; and health and human rights.
ENB's summary, analysis, and daily web coverage.
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RECENT NEWS,
PUBLICATIONS AND ONLINE RESOURCES |
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UN AGENCIES FOLLOW-UP ON WSSD
SANITATION TARGET
UN-HABITAT and UNEP are responding to
the sanitation target agreed at the World Summit on Sustainable
Development, with UN-Habitat establishing a sanitation trust fund,
and UNEP preparing a report on land-based marine pollution.
Click here to find out more.
2002 WORLD FOOD DAY FOCUSES
ON WATER
World Food Day is celebrated every year
on 16 October to commemorate the founding of the FAO. This year's
theme will focus on the essential role water plays in ensuring
sustainable food resources for a growing world population.
Click here to find out more.
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NORWAY SETS 2003 MINKE QUOTA
Having caught 631 Minke whales this year - 40 below the quota of 671
- Norway's whalers will be allowed to catch 711 Minke whales next
year.
Click here to find out more.
WWF CRITIQUES EU-ANGOLA
FISHERIES AGREEMENT
A briefing report by the World
Wildlife Fund highlights the controversy behind the EU's policy to
buy fishing rights from developing countries such as Angola.
Click here to find out more.
INTRODUCTIONS TO CSD, CCD, AND TRADE UPDATED ON LINKAGES
Linkages provides background
information on various issues and multilateral processes. Recently
updated primers include:
Commission on Sustainable Development,
Convention to Combat Desertification,
and
Trade and Sustainable Development.
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