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SIDS Preparatory Meeting for the
10-Year Review of the Barbados Programme of Action (BPOA)
United
Nations Headquarters, New York | 14-16 April 2004
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Highlights from
Friday, 16 April 2004
On Friday, 17 April,
delegates concluded their reading of sections on: trade: globalization and
trade liberalization; sustainable capacity development and education for
sustainable development; sustainable production and consumption; national
enabling environments; health; knowledge management and information for
decision making; culture; implementation; access to financial resources; and
monitoring and evaluation. Following the conclusion of the initial exchange
on the Strategy Document on Friday afternoon, delegates considered the way
forward. Facilitator MacKay noted that while agreement can be reached
quickly in some areas, there are many others where more discussion is
required. He proposed to convene two to three days of informal “informals”
in New York to begin negotiations on a compilation text, based on the
Strategy Document and proposals that have been tabled during the informal
consultations. In light of the number of outstanding issues, Facilitator
MacKay recommended, and delegates agreed, that informal consultations should
be held on 28 and 29 August 2004 in Mauritius to facilitate preparations for
the IM. Photo:
Anwarul
Chowdhury, Secretary-General of the Mauritius International Meeting, and
Facilitator Don MacKay
 Listen
to Facilitator Don MacKay's report back to the Preparatory Meeting |
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AGENDA
FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MEETING:
On Friday morning, a draft Provisional
Agenda was circulated. The G-77/China proposed, and delegates
agreed, to amend the agenda, by removing a sub-item on “Special Events”
under the General Debate, and by replacing agenda items on the draft
Strategy and Political Documents with an agenda item on the adoption of
the final outcomes of the IM.
CSD-12 PLENARY: CSD-12 Chair
Børge Brende opened the CSD Plenary on Friday
afternoon, inviting the Commission to resume consideration of the
preparations for the review of the implementation of the BPOA. Following
a report from Facilitator MacKay on the informal consultations that took
place over the three days, the Commission:
*adopted the Agenda for the
International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of
Action for the Sustainable Development of SIDS (E/CN.17/2004/L.2);
*agreed to designate MacKay as the facilitator of the informal
“informals” to be held in New York in the middle of May; and
*decided to
hold informal consultations on 28 and 29 August in Mauritius prior to
the IM.
IM Secretary-General
Chowdhury said his office plans to work closely with the host country
and consult with delegations on organizational issues concerning the IM
agenda. On the Civil Society Forum scheduled for 27-29 August 2004, he
highlighted the decision taken on NGO accreditation and noted that only
eight new NGOs have been accredited thus far. He urged delegates to
consider how to best allow for additional NGOs, who have not met the
deadline for submission of accreditation applications, to participate in
the IM. He called on the international community to contribute to the
voluntary funds to allow for SIDS participation in the informal
consultations prior to the IM. He praised delegates for their engagement
and MacKay for his able leadership in facilitating the informal
consultations, and thanked delegates for their spirit of cooperation.
Noting that the SIDS agenda has expanded
since the Barbados Conference, CSD-12 Chair Brende said the IM offers
the international community an opportunity to review challenges and
emerging issues, and called for finding practical solutions for SIDS. He
closed consideration of the CSD-12 agenda item on the preparations for
the IM at 5:40 pm.
Informal Consultations |
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Members of the G-77/China during the
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Paul McGinnis, Canadian International Development Agency, Canada (left) and Ditte Juul-Jorgensen,
European Commission (right) |
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The US delegation during the informal
consultations |
Diane Quarless and Kenza Kaoukib-Robinson,
SIDS Unit (left) and Espen Ronneberg, SIDS Unit (right) |
Delegates from the EU during the informal
consultations |
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The Canadian delegation consults on the
Document (left) and Secretary-General Chowdhury, Jagdish Koonjul,
Spokesperson for the G-77/China, and Facilitator MacKay (right) |
Diane Quarless, SIDS Unit, with John Ashe, Antigua and Barbuda
(left) |
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Members of the EU, US and the G-77/China
consult on the agenda for the Mauritius International Meeting (left) and Sateeaved Seebaluck
with members of the G-77/China | |
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Sateeaved Seebaluck, Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Environment, Mauritius, with Veerle Vandeweerd,
Global Programme of Action
for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land Based Activities,
UNEP (left) |
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Side
Event: A Programme of Work on Island Biodiversity in Response to the
World Summit on Sustainable Development--organized by the
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity |
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Paola Deda, CBD
Secretariat, makes a presentation on "Setting the Basis for a
Programme of Work on Island Biodiversity" |
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. A table introduces
delegates to Mauritius (left) and SIDSnet (www.sidsnet.org)
(right) |
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Relevant
Links:
 The
Barbados Plan of Action
BPOA+5 review
The
2002 GA resolution calling for the 10-year review
Pacific
Regional Meeting, Samoa, 4-8 August 2003
Atlantic,
Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, and the South China Sea (AIMS) Regional Meeting,
Cape Verde, 1-5 September, 2003
Caribbean
Regional Meeting, Trinidad, 6-10 October 2003
Expert
meetings
Inter-Regional
Preparatory Meeting for the 10 Year Review of the BPoA
Nassau
Declaration
AOSIS
Strategy Paper for the Further Implementation of the BPOA
List
of SIDS
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