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Summary Report
IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) has produced a summary report from this meeting. To download our report, click the HTML or PDF icons below. |
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Asia and Pacific Regional Implementation Meeting (RIM) on Rio+20 Outcomes
22-24 April 2013 | UN Conference Centre (UNCC), Bangkok, Thailand
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Daily web highlights (click on the following links to see our daily web pages)
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Highlights for Tuesday, 23 April 2013
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The Asia and Pacific Regional Implementation Meeting on Rio+20 Outcomes, convened by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), continued today in Bangkok, Thailand. In the morning, a panel discussion convened on means of implementation (MOI) with the following panelists: Tariq Banuri, University of Utah and former Director of the Division for Sustainable Development, DESA; Feri Guanco Lumampao, Executive Director, Approtech Asia; Dino Vega, Indonesia Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Chair Chhun, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia; and Keobang Keola, Ministry of Natural Resources, Lao PDR. This was followed by statements from countries and Major Groups on MOI.
Peseta Noumea Simi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Samoa, then gave a presentation on the sustainable development of Pacific SIDS and the Third International Conference on SIDS. Countries, Major Groups and international organizations then made statements on the follow up to Rio+20, addressing national and regional priorities for increasing the integration of the three pillars of sustainable development, thematic areas and potential regional mechanisms for implementation, and the role of the ESCAP Secretariat and the UN system.
A Chair’s summary will be distributed on Wednesday morning for consideration by delegates in an afternoon plenary session. |
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Meeting resources
 Meeting website
Annotated provisional agenda
Tentative programme
Background note
Main Outcomes of the UNCSD: Issues for Regional Consideration
Side events
Information for Major Groups
UN Rio+20 Follow Up Website
Asia-Pacific regional activities
IISD RS resources
IISD RS summary report of the High-level segment of the Sixty-fifth session of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), 9-11 April 2013, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland (English: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS summary report of the First Session of the Open Working Group (OWG) of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 14-15 March 2013, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the Caribbean Forum: Shaping a Sustainable Development Agenda to address the Caribbean Reality in the 21st Century and Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Follow-up to the development agenda beyond 2015 and Rio+20, 5-6 and 7-9 of March 2013, Bogotá, Colombia
IISD RS summary report of the Eighth Session of the Committee on Food Security and Sustainable Development (CFSSD-8) and Africa Regional Implementation Meeting (Africa-RIM) in preparation for the Twentieth Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable (CSD-20), 19-21 November 2012, UN Conference Centre (UNCC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of Rio+20: Third PrepCom and UNCSD, 13-22 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
IISD RS coverage of CSD-19, 2-14 May 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
Sustainable Development Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of Activities Contributing to International Sustainable Development
SDG - A mailing list for news on sustainable development policy
Sustainable Development Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Post-2015 Development Agenda Activities
SDG - A mailing list focused on internationally-relevant activities related to setting the post-2015 development agenda
Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news |
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