6 April 2011: The Steering Committee of the Global Islands Partnership (GLISPA) met from 22-23 February 2011, in Washington, DC, and has issued the report of its meeting.
8 April 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has participated in an event in Beijing, China, marking the 30th anniversary of China having become a Party to the Convention. CITES was the first multilateral environmental agreement (MEA) that China joined.
The theme for World Oceans Day 2011 is "Our oceans: greening our future." The UN General Assembly officially designated 8 June as annual World Oceans Day in Resolution 63/111 to raise global awareness of the current challenges faced by the international community in connection with the oceans.
4 April 2011: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) met on 4 April 2011 to adopt a draft resolution on oceans and the law of the sea.
The second meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole on the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socio-economic Aspects, will convene from 27-28 June 2011.
16 February 2011: The fourth meeting of the Issue Management Group (IMG) on Biodiversity convened in Geneva, Switzerland, on 16 February 2011, to discuss its approach to implementing decisions taken by the Environment Management Group (EMG) Senior Officials on biodiversity.
8 March 2011: The UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS) will hold an informal preparatory meeting for the 12th meeting of the UN Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (ICP 12) on 9 March 2011, in New York, US.
This meeting will convene in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss issues relating to biodiversity, among others. The CEB meets twice a year and brings together the Heads of 27 UN system organizations (15 specialized agencies, 10 UN Funds and Programmes, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the World Trade Organization (WTO)) under the chairmanship of the UN Secretary-General.
21 February 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) informed Parties that certified copies of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety are now available, and that the Supplementary Protocol will open for signature on 7 March 2011.
4 February 2011: The ninth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF9), which focused on the theme “Forests for people, livelihoods and poverty eradication,” was held from 24 January-4 February 2011, at UN Headquarters in New York, US. Over 700 participants attended the two-week session, which addressed: the International Year of Forests (Forests 2011); forests for people, livelihoods and poverty eradication; and means of implementation for sustainable forest management (SFM).
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