NEW YORK 11 November/SUVA 12 November 2020 ¨C Climate-induced displacement of island communities creates major socio-economic and human security implications for the world¡¯s small island developing States (SIDS). ?
SIDS
Join, UNFPA's Executive Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem and leading figures in sustainable development as they delve into a global conversation on the empowerment of women in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
NEW YORK 20 and 21 October 2020 ¨C Island leaders expressed concern about the widespread impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on small island developing States (SIDS) in a joint roundtable organized by Belize,?Fiji?and the United Kingdom.?
NEW YORK 12 October 2020 ¨C?The?Istanbul?Programme?of Action for the Least Developed Countries?(LDCs) set an ambitious goal to see half of the LDCs graduate from the category during its period of implementation of 2011-2020.?Though that target has not
NEW YORK 8 October 2020 ¨C?The global response to COVID-19 has been at US$20 trillion and growing.
Good Practices, 51³Ô¹Ï, Lessons Learned and Current Challenges in Combating?Poverty and Inequalities
BACKGROUND
The?coronavirus?pandemic is the?greatest?global health crisis?in the?world?and, in the words of the United Nations Secretary-General,?the greatest challenge?civilisation has?faced since World War Two.?
The SIDS National Focal Points Network (NFP) was?launched?in 2018.
NEW YORK 4 August, 2020 ¨C The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about significant health and economic risks to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) across the world.