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PACIFIC CIVIL SOCIETY DECLARATION ON LDCs and MDGs
5 August 2010
 Convened in Port Vila, Republic of Vanuatu, parallel to the Pacific Islands Forum Summit from 3 – 6 August 2010, the Pacific Civil Society Assembly is part of the regional preparation towards the UN Global Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in New York in September 2010 and the Fourth UN Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in Istanbul in May 2011;
We acknowledge the organizing of this Assembly by LDC Watch, in association with the United Nations Millennium Campaign (UNMC) and the United Nations Office of the High Representative of the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Islands States (OHRLLS);
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Pacific Civil Society Assembly on LDCs/MDGs |
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 Assessing Development Challenges in the Pacific Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Reviewing the Brussels Programme of Action (BPoA) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) towards the MDG Summit and the Fourth UN Conference on LDCs (LDC IV)
Aug 3-6, Vanuatu Provident Fund Conference Centre
Port Villa, Vanuatu
Of the 49 current LDCs in the world, 5 are in the Pacific – Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. They are some of the smallest nations in the LDC group, with populations ranging from 10,000 to 500,000. These Pacific LDCs are geographically distant from each other, and from the rest of the world. Pacific regional cooperation has been very active for the past 50 years. There are at least 10 inter-governmental regional organizations active in the Pacific, and their programs are aimed to cover all of the 8 MDGs – regional programs in economic policies and trade, in education, health, water and sanitation, environment, gender/women, governance, and in coordination and partnership.
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Carpet Industry Frayed at the Edges |
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KATHMANDU, Aug 13, 2010 (IPS) - It was an industry pioneer and had even proved itself successful in the export market. But these days Jawalakhel Handicraft Centre (JHC) is barely able to sustain itself on retail sales, and general manager Chimi Dorjee has been reduced to just recalling how things had been when the going was still good.
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Outrage Grows Over Failure to Protect DRC Civilians |
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UNITED NATIONS, Aug 28, 2010 (IPS) - As details emerged this week of the U.N.'s knowledge of rebel activity in the villages where nearly 200 women were systematically gang raped by armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) late last month, human rights groups are demanding an investigation into the U.N.'s failure to prevent the raid from occurring.
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GUINEA-BISSAU: Kindergartens to help in MDG fight |
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GANTAUDA, 24 August 2010 (IRIN) - In the village of Gantauda, 90km from Guinea-Bissau’s capital, Bissau, a child’s third birthday is a milestone: it is the age when they can start at the local kindergarten, which their parents know improves their chances of survival.
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Civil society seeks reparations for climate debt |
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KATHMANDU, July 11: Stating that the South Asian region is reeling under climate injustice meted out to them by the developed countries, civil society organizations have sought parliamentary audit of Nepal´s foreign debts and called for cancellation and repudiation of all illegitimate debts.
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