The UNEP Shelf Programme and partners (SOPAC/SPC, Geoscience Australia, and the Commonwealth Secretariat) will organize this Pacific Island Maritime Boundaries workshop. This is the second workshop in which the 14 attending States will address the issues surrounding the 22 unresolved maritime boundaries in the region. In addition, States with potential for extended continental shelf will work to finalise their submissions, including the analysis of recently collected multibeam data.
dates: 20 February - 2 March 2012 location: Sydney (New South Wales), Australia
Market-based measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from international shipping will be among the agenda items discussed by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), when it meets for its 63rd session. The MEPC will also discuss issues relating to the implementation of the ship recycling and ballast water management conventions, and consider the adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) relating to reception facilities in small island developing States.
dates: 27 February - 2 March 2012 venue: IMO headquarters location: London (England), United Kingdom
The 56th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 56) will take place at UN Headquarters, in New York, US, from 27 February-9 March 2012. The priority theme will be the empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges.
dates: 27 February - 9 March 2012 venue: UN Headquarters, United Nations North Lawn Building (NLB) location: New York (New York), United States of America
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP), implemented by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), will hold this workshop for Pacific countries.
dates: 28 February - 6 March 2012 location: Suva (Central), Fiji
