pacific_proceedings_final.qxp 12/29/2010 1:23 PM Page i PACIFIC CIVIL SOCIETY ASSEMBLY ON MDGS /LDCS Reviewing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Brussels Programme of Action (BPoA) towards the MDG Summit and the Fourth UN Conference on LDCs (LDC IV) 3-6 August 2010 pacific_proceedings_final.qxp 12/29/2010 1:23 PM Page ii ii | Page PACIFIC CIVIL SOCIETY ASSEMBLY ON MDGS/LDCS Reviewing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Brussels Programme of Action (BPoA) towards the MDG Summit and the Fourth UN Conference on LDCs (LDC IV) 3-6 August 2010 Port Vila, Vanuatu Published by: LDC Watch International Secretariat B.O. Box: 8130, Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: +977 1 4004976, 4004985 Fax: +977-1-4004508, 4443494 Email:
[email protected] Website: www.ldcwatch.org Publication supported by: United Nations Democracy Fund Date of Publication: November 2010 Cover Photo: Pacific Civil Society Representatives adopting the Port Vila Declaration pacific_proceedings_final.qxp 12/29/2010 1:23 PM Page iii iii | Page Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Context 1 1.2 Pacific Civil Society Assembly on LDCs/MDGs 1 1.3 Specific Objectives 1 1.4 Outcomes 2 1.5 Assembly Process 2 2. Summary of Welcoming Remarks and Opening Statements 3 3. Country Presentations and Thematic Issues 7 3.1 Kiribati 7 3.2 Tuvalu 9 3.3 Vanuatu 11 3.4 Samoa 15 3.5 Solomon Islands 15 4. Way Forward: Summary of Discussion on Country Papers 17 5. Moving Forward through Regional Cooperation 19 Annex I - Final Programme 23 Annex II – List of Participants 25 pacific_proceedings_final.qxp