8 March 2012: As part of the Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) celebration of International Women's Day, CARICOM Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque announced the release of public campaign products on ending violence against women.
6 March 2012: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) have released a joint report conveying the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water in 2010.
1 March 2012: The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) have released a series of case studies that highlight the crucial role of producer groups and cooperatives in fighting hunger and poverty.
27 February 2012: The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in collaboration with the US Government's Feed the Future Initiative and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, has launched an initiative to measure women's empowerment in the agriculture sector.
22 February 2012: The band Linkin Park has announced its support for the UN 's Sustainable Energy for All Initiative by launching the "Power the World" project through its aid organization Music for Relief.
February 2012: The Global Islands Partnership (GLISPA) has released the February issue of its newsletter, titled "GLISPA Progress Update," which features articles on: the recent GLISPA Steering Committee meeting; the Caribbean Challenge Initiative; the Micronesia Challenge; the Western Indian Ocean Coastal Challenge; GLISPA Plans for Rio+20; and the upcoming 2012 World Conservation Congress.
22 February 2012: Delegates at the 12th Special Session of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GCSS-12/GMEF) focused on emerging policy issues under the overall theme of “The environmental agenda in the changing world: From Stockholm (1972) to Rio (2012).”
8 February 2012: Health experts agreed at a Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) seminar that health should feature prominently in the agenda and outcome of the June 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20).
Argentina, current President pro tempore of the Southern Cone Common Market (MERCOSUR), will host MERCOSUR's Ordinary Meeting of Environment Ministers (RMMA). This RMMA is expected to focus on the June 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20).
The fourth in the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/World Health Organization (WHO) "Road to Rio+20" weekly seminar series will examine environment and health issues in the Amazon Region, and discuss the role of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO). This seminar will also be Webcast.
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