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The Maldives has played a leading role in raising awareness about the human dimension of climate change

In September 2009, WMO and its partners had organized

Innovative tools and new partnerships facilitated a scaling-up of the vulnerability analysis of WFP to incorporate

He informed the Commission that WMO was planning to hold an extraordinary session of the World Meteorological

Among its major achievements are the further consolidation and implementation of the UNESCO Climate Change Initiative and its core programmes on climate knowledge, climate change education and

The major achievement is that following the deliberations of the internal Thematic Working Group on Climate Change, the UNESCO Climate Change Initiative is now articulated around four core programmes: a science-based UNESCO

In this domain, United Nations entities employ space-based technology to monitor processes and trends on a global scale for informed decision-making within their

We categorically reject the illegitimate Copenhagen Accord, which allows developed countries to offer insufficient greenhouse gas reductions based on voluntary individual commitments, violating

In this regard, the SBSTA recalled the outcome of World Climate Conference-3, inter alia the call for major strengthening of the GCOS and all

One delegation requested that the secretariat review the water hotspots that had been identified, in order to better reflect and cover all the areas of Asia and the Pacific that were particularly vulnerable to different extreme

1.47 Resources from the support account for peacekeeping operations and extrabudgetary resources would: (a) support the Global Compact initiative in facilitating cooperation among key stakeholders and promoting partnerships in support of United Nations goals; (b) supplement the work of the Office of Political, Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Affairs on issues relating to peacekeeping; (c) assist the Secretary-General in the exercise of his good offices and peacemaking activities in all regions of the world; (d) be used for special projects to be undertaken by the Office of the Secretary-General; (e) support the activities of the United Nations High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations; and (f) support the

Through the provision of forest products and the multiple

Recognizing that the complex character of the global food crisis, in which the right to adequate food is threatened to be violated on a massive scale, is a combination of several major factors, such as the global financial and economic crisis,

However, this approach would totally undermine multilateralism, which the

Everything that we’re talking about here today represents the groundbreaking thinking that we need to embrace if we’re going to be serious about meeting our 21st century energy and

We discuss this topic with Dr. Andreas Gerdes, professor of Construction

(e) Perhaps most importantly, critical questions about equity and mutual interdependence will also increasingly arise given current rates

This new right is considered particularly important in the Maldives, a country

The SBI noted the information related to

Nevertheless, for the first time in three years the Committee

Remaining concerned by the slow and uneven progress in achieving the goal of halving the proportion of the population without sustainable

Those challenges included: the growing demand for natural resources including water and wood; the consequences of erosion, deforestation and other forms of watershed degradation; the increasing occurrence of natural disasters; increasing

The SBI considered the invitation by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) at its