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<b>From:</b> press-releases-bounces@lists.spc.int [mailto:press-releases-bounces@lists.spc.int]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>SPC Media<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 2, 2017 12:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> press-releases@lists.spc.int<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [SPC-News] PACIFIC RESILIENCE WEEK TO ADDRESS NEGATIVE IMPACT OF CLMATE CHANGE AND DISASTERS<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00B0F0">MEDIA ADVISORY</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">PACIFIC RESILIENCE WEEK TO ADDRESS NEGATIVE IMPACT OF CLMATE CHANGE AND DISASTERS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4472C4">29 September, 2017</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#4472C4"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#2E74B5"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Governments and partners from across the region will hold a series of meetings to mark
<b><span style="color:#5B9BD5">Pacific Resilience Week</span></b> from 2 – 6 October, 2017, focused on protecting lives and livelihoods from the negative impact of climate change and disasters. The meetings will aim to strengthen coherence and effectiveness
of various humanitarian, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction initiatives for the benefit of people around the region.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Under the theme
<b><span style="color:#2E74B5">‘</span><span style="color:#5B9BD5">Pathways to a Resilient Pacific’</span></b>, Pacific Resilience Week brings together more than 200 officials from national and local government, as well as representatives from civil society,
the private sector, academia, the UN and various development partners. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The set of meetings will strengthen the implementation of the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific (FRDP), the set of
principles</span> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
endorsed last year by the region’s leaders to build resilience to climate change and disasters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Media are invited to be present at the following key sessions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;text-transform:uppercase"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;text-transform:uppercase">Opening of the Pacific Resilience Week
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Date:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Monday 2 October, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Time:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 6.00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Venue:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Fiji Museum, Ratu Cakobau Drive. Suva<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;text-transform:uppercase"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;text-transform:uppercase">Pacific humanitarian partnership meeting<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Date: Monday 02<sup>nd</sup> October 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Time: 9.00am<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Venue: Grand Pacific Hotel, Suva<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">PANEL DISCUSSION ‘WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, DISASTER AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE: PRACTICAL WAYS FORWARD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Date:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Tuesday 3 October, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Time:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 6.00-9.00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent:-1.0in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Venue:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> Novotel, Lami (<i>Joint session with the 13<sup>th</sup>
Women’s Triennial</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE JOINT CLIMATE CHANGE ROUNDTABLE AND PACIFIC PLATFORM FOR DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Date:</span></b>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thursday 5 October, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4.00pm<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Holiday Inn, Suva<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Note – should there be any change in time we will notify media in a follow up invitation<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5">__________________________<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5B9BD5">More about the 2017 Pacific Resilience Week:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
<b><span style="color:#5B9BD5">2017 Pacific Resilience Week</span></b> comprises four mutually reinforcing meetings focused on both partnership and various aspects of humanitarian response, disaster risk management and climate change adaptation. Media are
welcome to attend and provide media coverage on any of the three meetings held 2 – 5 October, 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2-3 October: The Pacific Humanitarian Partnership Meeting</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location: Grand Pacific Hotel<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Opening starts at 9.00am<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Organised by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), this is the annual assembly of representatives from national authorities and
humanitarian partners seeks to strengthen the alignment of preparedness and response activities with Government plans.
<b><span style="color:#0070C0">#PHP17</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2-3 October: The Pacific Climate Change Roundtable</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location: Holiday Inn
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Opening starts at 9.00am<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Organised by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), this is the biennial meeting of national country representatives, practitioners, policymakers,
and various partners to discuss climate change issues, challenges, lessons learned and opportunities.
<b><span style="color:#0070C0">#PCCR2017 #4PacIslands</span></b><span style="color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4-5 October: Joint Pacific Climate Change Roundtable and Pacific Platform for Disaster Risk Management
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location: Holiday Inn
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Opening starts at 9.00am<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Organised by the Pacific Community (SPC), the United Nations Officer for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), this meeting focuses on strengthening the implementation of the Framework
for Resilient Development in the Pacific. <b><span style="color:#0070C0">#PRW17 <o:p>
</o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">For further information, contact:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><i><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">UNOCHA:
</span></i></b><i><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sevuloni Ratu, Email: +679 999 0021,
</span></i><a href="mailto:ratu@un.org"><i><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ratu@un.org</span></i></a><i><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SPREP:
</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ms Nanette Woonton +679 727 8433,
</span></i><a href="mailto:nanettew@sprep.org"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">nanettew@sprep.org</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SPC:
</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ms Evlyn Mani, +679 801 0768 / Ms Vita Matnimeke +679 936 1006<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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</b>Andy McElroy +679 999 174, </span></i><a href="mailto:mcelroy@un.org"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">mcelroy@un.org</span></a><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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