The opening of
the 2007 UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) session was
preceded by numerous meetings and reports related to its agenda
topics, providing testament to the timeliness of its agenda – energy
for sustainable development, industrial development, air pollution
and the atmosphere, and climate change. …
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Lynn Wagner, Ph.D.
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UNFF7 ADOPTS INSTRUMENT ON FORESTS AND
MULTI-YEAR PROGRAMME OF WORK |
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UN headquarters, New York, 28 May—The
seventh session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF7),
which convened from 16-27 April 2007, at UN
headquarters in New York, US, negotiated a
non-legally binding instrument (NLBI) for
sustainable forest management (SFM) for all types of
forests and a Multi-Year Programme of Work (MYPOW)
for the period 2007-2015. The final day of
negotiations extended into the night, with both
documents adopted by 6:00 am on Saturday, 28 April.
Delegates also adopted the draft resolution to which
the NLBI will be annexed, for consideration by the
UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). During the
meeting, delegates participated in two
Multi-Stakeholder Dialogues, a panel discussion with
member organizations of the Collaborative
Partnership on Forests and the launching of
preparations for the International Year of Forests
2011.
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Photo: UNFF7 Chair Hans Hoogeveen (the
Netherlands) declared the meeting closed at 6:30 am,
28 April 2007. |
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EUROPEANS CONSULT ON AN INTERNATIONAL
MECHANISM OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE ON BIODIVERSITY |
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Geneva,
29 April—The
European Regional Consultation of the Consultative
Process Towards an International Mechanism of
Scientific Expertise on Biodiversity (IMoSEB) took
place from 26-28 April 2007, in Geneva, Switzerland.
Participants reached general consensus on a list of
“needs” for an IMoSEB, an option for an IMoSEB to
meet these needs, as well as on the goals and
guiding principles for effective communication of
scientific information on biodiversity.
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Photo: Participants at the European
Regional Consultation of the Consultative Process
Towards an IMoSEB. |
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INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON FISH STOCKS
AGREEMENT DISCUSSES RESUMPTION OF REVIEW CONFERENCE |
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UN
headquarters, New York, 25 April—The
sixth round of Informal Consultations of States
Parties to the Agreement for the Implementation of
the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on
the Law of the Sea relating to the Conservation and
Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly
Migratory Fish Stocks (UNFSA or the Agreement)
convened from 23-24 April 2007, at UN headquarters
in New York. Participants considered implementation
of the Agreement, progress in the implementation of
the outcomes of the Review Conference of the
Agreement, and preparatory steps for the resumption
of the Review Conference. A side event on
recommended criteria for reviewing the performance
of Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs)
made progress towards drafting a list of suggested
criteria for RFMO review.
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Photo: Participants during the side
event on criteria for reviewing the performance of
RFMOs. |
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Intergovernmental
Organizations |
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Third Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention
on Persistent Organic Pollutants:
30 April-4 May 2007, Dakar, Senegal
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Ninth Session of IPCC Working Group III and 26th Session of
IPCC:
30 April-4 May 2007, Bangkok, Thailand |
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Fifteenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable
Development:
30 April-11 May 2007, New York, US |
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30th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting:
30 April-11 May 2007, New Delhi, India |
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26th sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies and Kyoto
Protocol Ad Hoc Working Group:
7-18 May 2007, Bonn, Germany |
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Workshop to Reduce Mercury Use and Release in Products for
the Asia Pacific:
17-19 May 2007, Bangkok, Thailand |
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First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the
Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine
Environment of the Caspian Sea:
23-25 May 2007, Baku, Azerbaijan |
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