4 APRIL 2013
UNITED NATIONS (April 4) – The first was held in Barbados almost 20 years ago, the second in Mauritius about 10 years later, and it’s now official: the third global conference on small island developing states is set for the Pacific island of Samoa.
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Wu Hongbo is leading a UN planning mission to Samoa to prepare for the 2014 Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States.
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