Review Session: CSD-16
Regional Implementation Meetings
Pursuant to the provisions of the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit of
Sustainable Development (JPOI) and based on the recommendations of the
11th Session of the
Commission of Sustainable Development (CSD), the Economic and Social Council
decided, at its substantive session of 2003, in order to allow effective
consideration of regional and subregional inputs throughout the implementation
cycle and to ensure maximum flexibility :
To invite the Regional Commissions, in collaboration with the secretariat of CSD,
to consider organizing regional implementation meetings in order to contribute
to the work of the Commission, in accordance with the relevant provisions of
JPOI and in collaboration with other regional and subregional organizations and
bodies, as appropriate, as well as the regional offices of funds, programmes and
international finance and trade institutions and other organizations and bodies
of the United Nations system. Such meetings should preferably take place before
the review session of CSD, and should:
 Contribute to advancing the implementation of Agenda 21, the
Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and JPOI;
Focus on the thematic cluster of issues to be addressed in the
ongoing
implementation cycle;
Provide input to the Secretary-General's reports and the
sessions of CSD. Those inputs may include identification of obstacles and
constraints, new challenges and opportunities related to the implementation of
Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and JPOI,
and sharing of lessons learned and best practices; and
Provide for contributions from major groups, taking into account
paragraphs 139 (g) and 149 (c) and (d) of JPOI.
As a contribution to the work of CSD-16, the Regional
Commissions in collaboration with the CSD Secretariat have organized the following Regional Implementation Meetings (RIM):
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Africa RIM (22-25 October 2007, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia)
Organized by:
UN Economic
Commission for Africa
Outcome Document:
Africa Regional Statement to the 16th Session of UN CSD on
Agriculture and Rural Development, Land, Drought and Desertification and
Africa
[Arabic]
[English]
[French]
Background Papers:
Follow-up to the
implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable
Development: Regional Review Report Africa;
Africa Review Report
on Agriculture and Rural Development;
Africa Review Report
on Drought and Desertification
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Western Asia RIM (4-6 November 2007, Cairo, Egypt)
Organized by:
UN
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Outcome Document:
Report of the Regional Implementation Meeting of the Economic and Social
Commission for Western Asia
[English]
[Arabic]
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Asia and the Pacific RIM (26-27 November 2007,
Jakarta, Indonesia)
Organized by:
UN Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Outcome Document:
Report of the
Regional Implementation Meeting for Asia and the Pacific for the
Sixteenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development
Background Papers:
Synthesis of the Thematic Reports on Agriculture and Land, Rural
Development, Desertification and Drought - An Assessment of Asian and
Pacific Progress;
Thematic Report on Agriculture and Land – An Assessment of Asian and Pacific
Progress;
An
Assessment of Progress in Promoting Sustainable Rural Development in the
Asian and Pacific Region;
Assessment of Progress on Mitigating and Reversing Desertification and Land
Degradation Processes, and Implications for Land Management in the Changing
Context of the ESCAP Region with Special Reference to the Asia Pacific
Countries;
Background Paper on Drought - An Assessment of Asia and Pacific Progress
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Latin America and the Caribbean RIM (28-29 November
2007, Santiago, Chile)
Organized by:
UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Outcome Document:
[English]
[Spanish]
Background Papers: Agriculture, Rural Development, Land, Drought and
Desertification: Outcomes, Trends and Challenges for Sustainable Development
of Latin America and the Caribbean
[English]
[Spanish]
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Europe and North America RIM (28-29 January 2008, Geneva, Switzerland)
Organized by:
UN
Economic Commission for Europe)
Outcome Document:
Summary of the Outcomes of the Regional Implementation Meeting on
Sustainable Development
Background Papers: Agriculture, Rural Development, Drought, Desertification
and Land Issues Affecting Sustainable Development in the UNECE Region:
Achievements, Trends and Challenges
[English]
[French]
[Russian]
Sustainable Growth of African Agriculture in the Context of Climate Change
and Desertification: What Role for Development Partners?
[English]
[French]
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