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CHRONICLE E-ALERT: Oceans, Coasts and Islands HA-20-1-06
The Third Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands is being held
at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris from 23 to 28 January 2006. Organized
by the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts and
Below are UN Chronicle articles on oceans, coasts, small islands and the tsunami,
as well as links to related UN websites on these issues.
OCEANS, COASTS AND ISLANDS
Tales of Loss and Hope for the Future (Issue 2, 2005)
By Mikel Flamm
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2005/issue2/0205p02.html
Observing Post-Tsunami (Issue 2, 2005)
By Antje Beyen
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2005/issue2/0205p42.html
The Mauritius Strategy (Issue 1,
2005)
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2005/issue1/0105p38-39.pdf
‘Development Is Not an Overnight Affair’ (Issue 3, 2004)
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2004/issue3/0304p38.asp
Untreated Sewage Threatens Seas, Coastal Population (Issue 1, 2003)
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/issue1/0103p39.html
UN Atlas of the Oceans: 'A new tool for decision-making' (Issue 1, 2003)
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/issue1/0103p42.html
Making Good on Commitments Already Made: The Special Needs of Island States (Issue
4, 2002)
By Chithambaranathan Mahendran
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue4/0402p72.html
Reversing the Loss of Environmental Resources: The Ocean's Wealth Is Not Inexhaustible
(Issue 4, 2002)
By Jose Luis Jesus
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue4/0402p54.html
Barbados +5 (Issue 3, 1999)
By Yvonne Acosta
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/1999/issue3/0399p48p.htm
LINKS TO RELATED RESOURCES AT THE
UNITED NATIONS
Third Global Conference on Oceans,
Coasts and
http://www.globaloceans.org/paris3/
UNEP
http://www.unep.org
UN-Oceans
http://www.un-oceans.org
Oceans and Seas - UN DESA
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sdissues/ocean/ocean.htm
Small Island Developing States - UN DESA
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sids/sids.htm
Oceans and Law of the Sea - UN
http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm
UN Atlas of the Oceans
http://www.oceansatlas.org
In the Wake of the Tsunami (centrespread - UN Chronicle Issue 1, 2005)
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2005/issue1/0105p40.pdf
Small Island Nations - UN Works
http://www.un.org/works/smallislands/index.asp
Small Islands Big Stakes - UN
http://www.un.org/smallislands2005/
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