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Inter-Regional Preparatory Meeting
for the 10-Year Review of the Barbados Programme of Action (BPoA)
Nassau,
Bahamas | 26-30 January 2004
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Highlights
from Tuesday, 27 January
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Sichan Siv addresses the Plenary, while sitting on the dais are Diane Quarless,
Chief, SIDS Unit, UNDESA, Marcus Bethel, Chair of the Meeting, and Minister of
Health and the Environment, Bahamas, Anwarul Chowdhury, Secretary-General of hte
International Meeting, and Jagdish Koonjul, Chairman of AOSIS (Mauritius) Click
here to see the provisional agenda of the meeting
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On Tuesday morning, 27 January, delegates convened in Plenary
to hear statements by Ministers, Heads of Delegation, observer States and Heads
of Organizations. In the afternoon, participants engaged in two panel discussions
on enhancing competitiveness, and promoting cultural diversity, developing cultural
industries and empowering youth. The drafting group met throughout the day to
continue deliberations on the draft Strategy for the further implementation of
the BPOA.
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Statements
by Ministers and Heads of Delegations
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Panel
Discussion III: Enhancing competitiveness, trade, finance, entreneurship and partnerships
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Panelists
(left to right): Luis Fonseca, Cape Verde, Pierre Encontre, UNCTAD, Bishnodat
Persaud, Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery, Dr. Dennis Pantin (Moderator),
University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, Hu'uaga Petelo, Deputy Director
of Trade, Tonga, Jocelyn Dow, Guyana, and A. Bhuglah, Mauritius |
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Luis Fonseca,
Cape Verde, A. Bhuglah, Mauritius, Pierre Encontre, UNCTAD, and Bishnodat Persaud,
Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery. |
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Luis Fonseca, Cape
Verde, Pierre Encontre, UNCTAD, Bishnodat Persaud, Caribbean Regional Negotiating
Machinery, Dr. Dennis Pantin (Moderator)
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Hu'uaga Petelo,
Deputy Director of Trade, Tonga, Jocelyn Dow, Guyana, and A. Bhuglah, Mauritius
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Panel
Discussion IV: Promoting cultural diversity, developing cultural industries and
empowering youth
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Michael
Witter, University of West Indies (left), and Hilary
Brown, CARIFORUM Cultural Support Fund
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Chief Moelagi
Jackson, Samoa (left), and Patricia Ramsey, University of Technology, Jamaica,
and Verna Barnett, UNESCO (right)
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Relevant
Links:
 The
Barbados Plan of Action
The
SIDS+5 report
The
Earth Negotiations Bulletin summary and analysis of the 1994 Barbados meeting
The
ENB summary of the SIDS+5 meeting
The
2002 GA resolution calling for the 10-year review
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List
of SIDS Pacific
Regional Meeting, Samoa, 4-8 August 2003
Atlantic,
Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, and the South China Sea (AIMS) Regional Meeting,
Cape Verde, 1-5 September, 2003
Caribbean
Regional Meeting, Trinidad, 6-10 October 2003
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